Cad (computer aided design) is pretty important in another hobby of mine (www.robowars.org) so i learnt it years and years ago out of neccesity almost. Thankfully it also comes in handy for designing mini moto parts and consequently sending them to the CNC machinist / waterjet / oxy / laser cutter for production
Heres a few ive been working on.
911 Footpegs. The originals are made from cast aluminium and they are extremely weak. i broke 3 sets on my first raceday. These will be made from 10mm aluminium CNC milled out so theyll be pretty damn strong. In the 911 the brackets also brace the main frame / swingarm area so extra strength here is welcome.
The top one is the final design.
Also a long term project ive been working on, i had a GP3 replica frame made out of aluminium by a chinese company years ago to replace my original steel one that was made like a pretzel. a couple of parts i wanted remade because they buggered the design of it up so i reverse engineered the parts that i had to change.
VS the real thing
The side panels - One of these i want to modify to accept the waterpump (like the Phantom minimoto or a GRC RSR)
Steering head - this part has to get modified because of the massive rake they build it around for some reason.
Last piece for now is a new Brake caliper bracket to hold a chinese caliper instead of a GRC one.
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