Monday 17 September 2012

Update | Trimming the body

Last week I have been shaping the body of the café racer; the mid section of the body has been trimmed. The first set up of the clay model was rather bulk in the mid section and felt uncomfortable while sitting on the bike. The tank section is very slim, creating a comfortable yet dynamic riding position.
For this moment some close-up shops of the motorcycle, the overall view will be given later on.

In the coming weeks the clay model will be prepared for 3D scanning, after which I will design the motorcycle's body in CAD, making use of the 3D data generate by the scan. This allows my to prepare the molds in CAD as well, so these can be milled out of HD PU foam.

Even so this offers the possibility to manufacture multiple bodies in the molds instead of one! So last weeks I am playing with the thought to develop a small body-kit serie; if some people are interested in a unique kit fitting a Ducati Monster frame.




Sunday 2 September 2012

Video | MX deep sand practice

Kick ass video of some KTM's riding in the dirt; with Dutchy Jeffrey Herlings, Antonio Cairoli and Jeremy van Horebeek!