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I didn't want to spend any money on a camera mount, since I would only use it occasionally. So I made one from some 1/4" copper pipe and fittings that I had laying around.
I used one 1/4" T, 2" of 1/4" straight pipe, and one 1/4" end cap. I then cut the bottom portion of the T in half. Soldered the pipe to the T and then the end cap to the pipe. I drilled a hole through the end. Installed a bolt and a rubber washer. I spray painted everything gloss black. Attached some weatherstripping foam to the T halves. I wrapped the fairing stay with some sticky tape to protect it and to prevent the mount from ever moving. I then attached the mount via some small hose clamps. Here is what the finnished product looks like.
Here is a Test Run with a small Kodak EasyShare Camera mounted to it. Nothing special about the slow easy ride, as I was checking out how it worked. Video was taken via Quicktime format. Clarity and smoothness lost due to conversion and compression. I'm really happy about how it turned out and it cost me nothing.
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I used one 1/4" T, 2" of 1/4" straight pipe, and one 1/4" end cap. I then cut the bottom portion of the T in half. Soldered the pipe to the T and then the end cap to the pipe. I drilled a hole through the end. Installed a bolt and a rubber washer. I spray painted everything gloss black. Attached some weatherstripping foam to the T halves. I wrapped the fairing stay with some sticky tape to protect it and to prevent the mount from ever moving. I then attached the mount via some small hose clamps. Here is what the finnished product looks like.

Here is a Test Run with a small Kodak EasyShare Camera mounted to it. Nothing special about the slow easy ride, as I was checking out how it worked. Video was taken via Quicktime format. Clarity and smoothness lost due to conversion and compression. I'm really happy about how it turned out and it cost me nothing.
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