Tag: v-twin

Second Image of the Unnamed (Now KTM) Bike

At this point it shouldn’t be much of a guessing game if you know your bikes.

This bike is very distinctive, and thus far the most challenging thing for me is the fact that it’s a v-twin and I’m having trouble judging the distance between the engine’s cylinders and the fearing. From certain angles it feels like the gap is too large. Read More

750cc V-Twin Engine Low Poly Model

Here are some renders from my latest model, a 750cc V-Twin (water cooled) engine. Unlike the Harley Davidson engines you’re used to seeing in the V-Twin configuration, this engine, like many other SuperMoto engines, is water cooled; hence the lack of those distinctive cooling fins.

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First Image of My Latest Bike Model

Can you guess what bike it is?

Update: I’ve outed the bike in a more recent post, so we all know it’s the KTM RC8.

Dorsoduro Supermoto

The Dorsoduro Supermoto was a bit of new ground for me. I’ve modeled a Supermoto before, but not like this, and not in Maya. The engine of the bike is largely exposed and that meant it had to look good, but I was also shooting for a reasonable polygon count.

A large number of key components are modeled using four sided polygons or “quads”, enabling them to be smoothed programmatically.

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