bmccrary
Touring Mod
Ok so I will be starting my senior year here at UNCC this fall. :rockon:
Each year we have some sort of design class where the goals change and the amount of work and engineering required for the project goes up. Senior design takes up two semesters as opposed to one semester that the previous design classes took.
For more information on my previous projects, and to get an idea of what I have done in the past please check my webpage.
Joseph B. McCrary
So for senior design I need to come with an idea that I really like that justifies spending an entire year working on and dealing with, lol. Within the first couple weeks after classes start in August I have to have a proposal submitted and have a faculty member’s support. Since this is a major project and from what I hear, most employers look to see what your senior project was, I want to make it a good one.
Since motorcycles have been and continue to be a major part of my life, I want to do something involving motorcycles. Offroad or Street.
I have to come up with a design, produce and 3D computer model and make a prototype in addition to the paperwork and B.S. that goes along with any project.
So here is where you come in! Help me come up with an idea for a project. A few pointers though.
-I do not want to do anything to the FZ so that it is down for the year. I want to keep riding it! So if the project requires me to tear the bike apart do make it work... I would rather not.
-I would like to do something original, more than simply remaking something that is out there and bolting it up. If it is improving something that is currently available; maybe, it will depend on the situation.
-I would like it to be something that if produced would be in demand or could be used by someone other than myself.
To give you an idea as to where my head is....
One idea I had, which is probably already being fixed by Kawi’ is to redesign the swing arm and the rear end of the 09' Kawasaki's. They currently have a problem with the rubber chain guard on top of the swing arm. With the current design the bend in swing arm causes the chain to wear the guard quickly, so much that it does not make it through a 3 hour GNCC before the rubber is too thin and begins contacting the metal. With this redesign I through around the idea of coming designing it so that the rear end becomes linkage-less, similar to the KTM's, Cannondale’s/ATK's and Huskavarna's.
So is there something you would like to see on the FZ or any bike for that matter that would be of some use to the public in general?
Lay it on me!
All comments are appreciated it. I have the entire summer to come up with something. Thanks for your help!
-bryan
Each year we have some sort of design class where the goals change and the amount of work and engineering required for the project goes up. Senior design takes up two semesters as opposed to one semester that the previous design classes took.
For more information on my previous projects, and to get an idea of what I have done in the past please check my webpage.
Joseph B. McCrary
So for senior design I need to come with an idea that I really like that justifies spending an entire year working on and dealing with, lol. Within the first couple weeks after classes start in August I have to have a proposal submitted and have a faculty member’s support. Since this is a major project and from what I hear, most employers look to see what your senior project was, I want to make it a good one.
Since motorcycles have been and continue to be a major part of my life, I want to do something involving motorcycles. Offroad or Street.
I have to come up with a design, produce and 3D computer model and make a prototype in addition to the paperwork and B.S. that goes along with any project.
So here is where you come in! Help me come up with an idea for a project. A few pointers though.
-I do not want to do anything to the FZ so that it is down for the year. I want to keep riding it! So if the project requires me to tear the bike apart do make it work... I would rather not.
-I would like to do something original, more than simply remaking something that is out there and bolting it up. If it is improving something that is currently available; maybe, it will depend on the situation.
-I would like it to be something that if produced would be in demand or could be used by someone other than myself.
To give you an idea as to where my head is....
One idea I had, which is probably already being fixed by Kawi’ is to redesign the swing arm and the rear end of the 09' Kawasaki's. They currently have a problem with the rubber chain guard on top of the swing arm. With the current design the bend in swing arm causes the chain to wear the guard quickly, so much that it does not make it through a 3 hour GNCC before the rubber is too thin and begins contacting the metal. With this redesign I through around the idea of coming designing it so that the rear end becomes linkage-less, similar to the KTM's, Cannondale’s/ATK's and Huskavarna's.
So is there something you would like to see on the FZ or any bike for that matter that would be of some use to the public in general?
Lay it on me!
All comments are appreciated it. I have the entire summer to come up with something. Thanks for your help!
-bryan
