This is similar to what I’m putting together. I’m building a distributed network of 8bit microcontrollers however and using a Pocket PC to record the video. Additionally, I’m building my own ECU…Suzuki just makes it so hard to tamper with the OEM one.

so how exactly does the hard drive not get fuxx0red?

Now I can see life through the arrogant asshole motorcycle riders’ viewpoint! Good job overtaking that sedan on a left turn into a commercial site, you’re lucky he wasn’t doing a U-turn.

Maybe if you took a moment to see life through the motorcycle rider’s viewpoint you wouldn’t threaten his life. I hope you get AIDS.

This hack is awesome, but he needs to keep adding functionality. A bluetooth headset/mic built into the helmet, wireless NIC for transferring data or even to replace a Chatterbox, and some sort of capacitor/UPS/second battery to prevent the PC from rebooting when the bike is started. If it were me I’d use Windows so I could have an iPaq mounted up front as a display/front end for the GPS, but I’m sure you can do something similar with UNIX and more patience than I have.

Also, I’d prefer the camera mounted to the triple tree facing forward, but to each his own.

As a motorcyclist, I could care less about whether or not you respect me, as far as what you think of what I do (pass you illegally, most likely). If I break laws, I do so at my own peril. if I make a mistake, it’s me that dies, not you. That’s why liability insurance for motorcycles is a fraction of the price it is for cars, despite the increased likelihood of an accident — if my bike t-boned your car at 40mph, you’d probably be just fine. If I screw up, it’s possible you might get blamed unfairly, but I might die! You’re more concerned about getting points on your license than you are with someone else’s life.. Which makes me sad and a little afraid. A friend of mine was killed last year by a car who failed to yield. I don’t want/need your respect, just don’t you fucking kill me, K?

angrycarguy, not every motorcyclist rides around like a jackass. In fact, most of them don’t. I don’t cut people off, I don’t lane share (except with other riders, for obvious reasons), I don’t wheelie with cars around, etc. And yet, somehow, I’ve been hit TWICE by cars. Once the guy blew a red light and clipped me, and another decided to pass me on a single lane entrance to the highway – mind you the posted limit for the curve is 25, and I was doing about 50…. he should be passing me?

Trust me, I understand… but realize there are many more asswipe drivers out there. Its the same asswipes who, on a bike, would do stupid shit right next to you, risking your life as well as their own. Most likely, no, you wouldn’t die – but trust me, it can happen. I’m also a firefighter, and have seen my fair share of accident scenes.

Oh, and im not a cruiser owner, I have a sportbike, and the speed limit is a starting point. Doesn’t make me an unsafe rider, it simply means that you have to know yourself and your ride before going onto public roads, which alot, unfortunately, don’t. They become statistics, and make riders look bad. They also make us very upset, because we hate it when a brother rider dies – regardless of fault.

Get it?

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