amhermanii Loc: Midland, MI

From early Spring through late Fall I travel a lot on my motorcycle. Its a full dresser with the trunk on the back. I like to carry my camera. ( Nikon D90) however I am concerned with vibration and bumps on the road. I always try to pad it some even though its in its carry case. Any suggestions or thoughts will be appreciated.

bobmielke Loc: Portland, OR

I've ridden over 80,000 miles with my Triumph Rocket III and Piaggio BV250 scooter in the past 5 years alone. I owned a D90 & now a D7000. Any good camera bag will protect your gear on a bike. Shoot, I do most of my grocery shopping on a bike and carry a dozen eggs all the time.

GTinSoCal Loc: Palmdale, CA

I have thousands of miles on the bike with my cameras.
All I did was add a layer of cushioning with a towel, never had a single complaint from the camera! LOL

You will probably hear lots of people telling you how bad it is for your camera on your motorcycle, but I haven't heard anybody say how bad it is to have them in a Jeep! And my Jeep is a much rougher ride than my bike!

Just another $.02 to add to your arsenal,
Gordon

marcomarks Loc: Ft. Myers, FL

I agree that you aren't likely going to have a problem. If you crashed or got hit in the rear it might be nice to save the camera with some padding like your camera case. I would say heat sitting up there on top of the bike could be more harmful than jarring it.

I have a small black lunch bag that I found at K-Mart that is somewhat insulated with a cushiony "insulite" type material in the walls and bottom, is waterproof, - and it was really cheap. The camera (with lens on) slides down in nicely - either sideways or with lens facing up. It only carries a spare battery, charger, and memory card or two in an outside zipper pouch but it has a shoulder strap and it's good for every day carry. I carry it in my hardshell side bag on my 1500cc V-twin all the time. Of course, if you have more lenses, you'd need something bigger.

Keep in mind that your Nikon came from overseas in a cardboard box that wasn't padded at all, was sorted and delivered to the store you bought it from by gorillas at UPS who can't read "Handle With Care" labels, and it may have fell off a shelf, protected only by cardboard, at the retailer once or twice while being put into stock. So if it can endure a history like that, there's probably not much you can do to it in a camera bag sitting up on a full dresser that has air shocks and rides better than some cars - except excessively overheat it. Now if it was a hard tail chopper we'd have something different to talk about!

GTinSoCal Loc: Palmdale, CA

[quote=marcomarksKeep in mind that your Nikon came from overseas in a cardboard box that wasn't padded at all, was sorted and delivered to the store you bought it from by gorillas at UPS who can't read "Handle With Care" labels... [/quote]

LOL!

I forgot all about that part of the cameras life!!!

LOL

Gordon

mgemstone Loc: Chicago/Cocoa beach/La/NY

Any cushioning or camera bag is good enough. A bigger fear is letting the camera on a parked bike bake in the sun. Heat is a bigger problem.