Loving this product so far. Question is: I'm a dual-sport rider and often take my GS Adventure offroad. How does the K2 hold up in rocky, rough riding environments? Heading back to Baja next month, and I would love to have it fully functional but I'm considering leaving the DVR back at the hotel. Advice?
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Hi Guys,
My K2 is fastened to the area under the seat of my 2015 GS Adventure. I just completed 120 days in Asia and Europe, and the roads of Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and China are some of the most technical and daunting roads that I've ridden.
The K2 held up perfectly, no issues.
The front and rear camera are mounted firmly, to a strong/secure anchor point on the front and rear of the bike. I have not tried to apply absorption or shock reduction, so the installation of the cameras is simple, yet the video is still great.
Thank you for your detailed feedback and Suggestions.
Fixing the lens and DVR is one of the necessary conditions to ensure the normal operation of the system.
Have fun and enjoy!
I have used my K2 off-road. Probably not as rough as Baja, but certainly rough enough to pucker up in some spots. The video on mine was fantastic. The GPS track was a wonderful thing to have after the trip since it provided a complete map of our all-day off-road trek. The DashCam Viewer software was great and very nice to be able to playback at higher speeds, have acceleration, azimuth, g-shock, velocity, and of course the full GPS map.
Some suggestions. As Rock mentioned above, be sure that the lenses and DVR are firmly mounted. Mine are not perfect, but as good as will ever be possible. Only under a few circumstances do I see some vibrations in the image. Not enough to tear or jump around. But just enough to know you are moving. This only occurs during highway speeds and specific engine RPM's. As for the DVR mounting, mine was originally taped to the bottom of the under seat box (but eventually the tape gave up) during that trip. There were maybe 30-40 x 1 minute files out of about 1,400 (~11 hours at 1 minute files for each of the front and rear) that showed some purple color and "vertical hold" video errors. These were all from the highway. I suspect it was vibrations momentarily breaking contact with the SD card contacts inside the DVR... Although based on later diagnostics, I believe there was also a power supply issue. After that trip, I secured the DVR with Velcro. I think this gave it the stability of not being able to bounce around, as well as a vibration "buffer" with the hook and loops that the tape couldn't provide. It also makes it easy to remove and replace the DVR to retrieve the SD card.
One more important piece of advice... unless you are the lead dog, be sure to wipe the dust off your cameras when you stop for breaks and such. I got a fairly good layer of dust on mine before I noticed. It did not ruin the video, but did make more glare when driving toward the sun. There was a noticable difference between sunny video and shady video. The effect was mostly eliminated after cleaning off the dust.
When K2 is used off-road, we suggest that you need to fix the DVR and lens stably.
The DVR has shock absorbers inside, so the picture doesn't get too fuzzy.