Your GoPro Hero 7—or Hero 6 or Hero 5—comes with the bare essentials needed to start recording your own videos, with the exception of a micro SD card. You get two mounts and the frame to secure your camera—that’s it. It’s impossible to capture your cross-country treks and moto shenanigans with two measly sticky mounts.
If you affix both of those mounts to your bike, what are you going to do when you get to your destination? Leave your camera on your motorcycle? The GoPro Hero is the ultimate action camera, not just a motorcycle camera. It's meant to live with you as you go snorkeling, surfing, hiking, skydiving, waterskiing, or strapped to your furry friend at the dog park. We've compiled some of the best accessories for your GoPro Hero so you can get the most out of it.
It's hard to piece together a complete GoPro Hero accessory kit, and purchasing each mount by itself is costly. The 50-in-1 GoPro Hero Accessory Kit contains every mount you could ever need, at a price that allows you to spring for another battery or a larger SD card.
One of the pieces included in this kit is a chest strap that fits over your jacket. If you ride with a backpack, there’s a mount that attaches to your shoulder strap. The suction cup mount works great on flat pieces of bodywork, the gas tank, or windscreen, as long as it isn’t overly curved. Five standard GoPro sticky mounts ensure that you can get the perfect angle on your bike.
The tripod is perfect for setting up on the apex of a turn as you blow past it. Just be careful during the setup process and pay attention to traffic and road conditions. The floating grip and selfie stick are not intended to be used on your bike, but give you a reason to take your GoPro everywhere with you.
When GoPro created the Hero 5, it ditched the clear, full-coverage plastic housing in favor of a frame housing that clamps around the perimeter of the camera. It made the Hero 5 waterproof up to 32.8 feet and added an interchangeable lens protector to counteract the loss of the housing, but lost the total protection that the full-coverage case added.
The Kupton Waterproof Case does more than protect your GoPro from salt water, it also prevents bugs, pebbles, and road debris from ever coming into contact with your camera. In the case of an accident, or your mount and tether failing, it helps keep your camera protected from the pavement.
The GoPro Hero 7 eats batteries when shooting 4K at 60 FPS, averaging between 45 to 50 minutes of recording time that does vary depending on what you’re shooting and the ambient temperature. There are larger battery options out there, but those increase the size of your GoPro Hero, making them useless in waterproof housings. Purchasing another battery only half-solves this problem because you can only charge one battery at a time in the camera.
The GoPro Dual Battery Charger is the ultimate solution by charging two batteries simultaneously. This leaves the USB-C port accessible to keep shooting while attached to an external power source.
Sometimes your rides last longer than your GoPro Hero's battery life. With the Anker PowerCore 10000 you never run the risk of missing the shot due to no juice. Anker's PowerCore is smaller than a deck of cards, fitting easily in your jacket pocket or luggage. This product extends the standard 45 to 50 minutes of shooting time into hours, making it an amazing travel companion for your cross-country trip.
We encourage you to be on your motorcycle every second of your life, but we know you have to spend time out of the saddle. If you enjoy spending any of your leisure time outside, then the Handler Floating Grip needs to be your next GoPro Hero accessory you add to your kit.
This buoyant selfie stick makes capturing your watersports adventures easier with its adjustable lanyard and quick-release base that fits all of your other GoPro mounts. If you drop the Handler in water, or tall grass, the hi-vis orange cap is easy to spot. Skip the cheap plastic selfie stick, and ensure your GoPro won’t live at the bottom of the ocean.
Without an SD card, you won't be able to record any video, and the SanDisk Extreme 256GB microSD is the ideal card for your GoPro Hero. With a read/write speed of 160MB/s and 90MB/s, respectively, you are able to shoot 4K 60 FPS video flawlessly.
Avoid the “Card Full” notification and opt for the 128GB version, which can store more than four hours of 4K video. You can always opt for smaller or larger storage size, but your GoPro Hero needs a microSD card with a minimum storage capacity of 16GB or a maximum storage capacity of 256GB.
