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Originally Posted by HAWAIIZR-1
Hey G,
I just ordered the two Amazon items. I appreciate the feedback and advice. I rather hear from someone with experience than me trying to test out myself by trial and error. I was concerned about attaching suction cups to the car, but I do remember when I tracked the car at Laguna Seca, the video company I hired added 4 cameras to my car by suction cup so no worries. I do want to hear the exhaust note and that is the reason why I yanked the stock mufflers as they sounded like crap at WOT. So far the Dynomax VTs are awesome and people say they are wicked sounding at WOT, but I can't hear them from inside.
I have not even edited the video I shot last weekend while on a touring ride and the MC with the Harley so I still have to play with that. We'll see if I have the time and patience to play with this video stuff. Life is short so I figured I wanted more than just photos.
Thanks again for taking time to share your experience.
Aloha from Japan,
Craig
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Hi Craig,
Great - I am hopeful that it'll all work well for you. I am still playing with it all, too. Be sure to clean the area with a spray bottle of something before you mount. The suction cup on that mount, I think, sticks like a rock.
I may post a short YouTube video of driving with the side mount setup in the neighborhood, but it's a pretty mellow drive... because it's a neighborhood! Which reminds me of a funny story a friend told me once...
He grew up in SoCal near Vandenburg AFB and one of the many things he did was get into cars. I think it was an old Mercedes in which he modified for more HPs. One day he and his friend determined that he would need new rear tires real soon. So what did they do with the old tires before they got new ones - those wet-behind-the-ears 17 years olds?
They -
on a street in a neighborhood - did a stationary burn out. Continuously and in the same spot!
As he told it, "We were generating smoke like crazy, and making a whole lot of noise. It was great! ... until a lady came out of her house with a baseball bat!" "So we figured it was time to leave." lol "When we drove away, the street was on fire where we burned the rubber."
Anyway, I've done a few dumb things myself, but after living in a neighborhood, raising kids, I can now relate to the lady with the baseball bat. Thus, the mellow drive in the neighborhood! ...Other places more prudent, let her rip!
Hey, is that video of your Z at Laguna Seca posted somewhere? Love to see it if you have.
Aloha!
G