The model was first designed and its 3D model was created. The engine and the shock absorber

were downloaded from GrabCAD, while the rest were made on Solidworks.

I started making the physical model of the motorcycle with the forks. I used the inner mechanism of a click-pen to provide actual suspension to the forks. The clicker, the refill and the spring of the pen were

inserted into an aluminium rod after hollowing it on a metal lathe machine.

The fuel tank, the swing-arm and the triple clamps were made by CNC milling aluminium. The seat and the wheels were made of CNC milled wood. Even after milling the parts, there was a lot of excess

material attached which had to be sawed, filed and then sanded off.

The rest of the parts were 3D printed in ABS plastic, on a Makerbot, and all the

support material was torn off using a cuticle clipper.

After finishing all the separate parts, some were assembled using nuts and bolts, while

the others were glued to each other using an epoxy adhesive. 

This cafe racer scale model was designed and built for the course "Advanced Prototyping" at The Royal Melbourne Institute of tecnology, Australia during my one semester long exchange programme.