Removing Components

The first step in the makeover process is to remove the components that will no longer be needed. We start by removing all the controls and instrumentation. Then the air box area gets stripped and we create a space for the flywheel and batteries.

Strengthening the Front Wheel

The XB12r front wheel is a great looking piece of engineering. It has a rotor that is directly attached to the front rim. Although it’s a great looking piece of engineering, I wanted something that was a bit more proven and robust. I took the front end from the Generic Sport Bike and used that instead. Below is a video of the next step in the process.

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My first generic sport bike is finally complete, and there’s not much left to say about it. Check out the final (for now) gallery of images for this machine. Do you think I made a good looking bike here? Does it remind you of another bike? Let me know by commenting below. (more…)

I’ve been working on this project for a long time. It’s very close to being finished and I wanted to share a render from the end of the modeling phase. About 99% of the geometry is completed at this point and I’m about to begin the texturing phase. Unlike my previous models, this bike will not be fully UV Mapped. The model uses geometry to tell most of the story instead of heavy use of texture maps.

Here are a couple more images of my progress on the “Generic Sport Bike”. One of the challenges with this model is knowing when a part is done. It’s easy to get carried away with the details.

In the images, you can see the “rear hugger” and the tail (more…)

Here are a couple of shots of the front fender mounts on my latest bike model. I’m not working from much reference material for this bike, so these are just off the top of my head. The brighter image is the same as the darker image, but with the exposure increased so you can see the mount in the shadows from the reverse side.

This might also be a nice opportunity to criticize me for the absurdity of creating Subdivision based brake rotors. *wink*

Here are a couple of images from one of my W.I.P models. (more…)