Motivation.
There were times I wondered, why do I like motorcycles so much? What attracts me to them? Why do I keep associating myself with these beasts despite all the objections from my family and loved ones?
It can't be purely motorsports, I love racing but there has to be something more fundamental than that.
While thinking over Project MotoMini, I came to a conclusion - when I was young, I had always felt sheltered, I was the smallest guy in class, among my friends and people I knew. I was made to feel like the little one that needed to be looked after, the one whose decisions cannot be trusted, in time I started feeling that way myself.
I hated it, and I hated myself for feeling so helpless.
Then at the age of 19, I got a motorcycle, ironically because my friends did so too. But while they found thrills and excitement in their machines, I found something totally different, I found confidence. The confidence to believe in my own abilities, my own decisions, the power I had to lead my own destiny. The more I believed in myself, the more I could do, I would start leading trips, or help others fix their bikes, or be the one giving advise on purchases or maintenance.
Motorcycles gave me self confidence and a sense of self-empowerment that I never had. And that's why I want to work on motorcycles, so I can help others feel the same way.
It can't be purely motorsports, I love racing but there has to be something more fundamental than that.
While thinking over Project MotoMini, I came to a conclusion - when I was young, I had always felt sheltered, I was the smallest guy in class, among my friends and people I knew. I was made to feel like the little one that needed to be looked after, the one whose decisions cannot be trusted, in time I started feeling that way myself.
I hated it, and I hated myself for feeling so helpless.
Then at the age of 19, I got a motorcycle, ironically because my friends did so too. But while they found thrills and excitement in their machines, I found something totally different, I found confidence. The confidence to believe in my own abilities, my own decisions, the power I had to lead my own destiny. The more I believed in myself, the more I could do, I would start leading trips, or help others fix their bikes, or be the one giving advise on purchases or maintenance.
Motorcycles gave me self confidence and a sense of self-empowerment that I never had. And that's why I want to work on motorcycles, so I can help others feel the same way.
MotoMini on hiatus.
I've decided to stop work on the MotoMini project for the time being as without a proper direction it would just be a huge waste of effort with only mediocre results. Also, the new school term has just started and we've just been informed of an exhibition that requires our voluntary participation, on the 9th, 10th and 11th.
I will be using this one week to ponder the directions I should take with it. I am not abandoning it as too much time, sweet and money has been put into it and it is not worth letting it be wasted on a pointless objective of 'simply wanting to finish'.
I started it, I will complete it, to the best of my abilities, with results I can be proud of.
Win it or bin it.
I will be using this one week to ponder the directions I should take with it. I am not abandoning it as too much time, sweet and money has been put into it and it is not worth letting it be wasted on a pointless objective of 'simply wanting to finish'.
I started it, I will complete it, to the best of my abilities, with results I can be proud of.
Win it or bin it.
Always have a proper plan.
I had meant for this to be a quick prep-course and thus did not draw any plans, not even a finalised design, just a rough idea of what I wanted to make. This made it difficult to work since I did not know how large a particular area had to be and wasted time sticking large blocks of foam together and grinding them down to a desired shape.
Without dimensions, parts were made as is and do not fit together. Many areas were not accounted for, under the seat, gaps between seat and tank, these areas were instead filled with clay, which is a waste of money as clay is expensive.
Having come this far, it is too late to stop and start over again. But these lessons must not be forgottened.
1.No plan, no finalised design, no dimensions.
2.No dimensions = wasting time grinding down huge blocks of foam into desired size/shape = improper fit.
3.No support rig for frame, or proper jigs to mount foam onto frame.
Without dimensions, parts were made as is and do not fit together. Many areas were not accounted for, under the seat, gaps between seat and tank, these areas were instead filled with clay, which is a waste of money as clay is expensive.
Having come this far, it is too late to stop and start over again. But these lessons must not be forgottened.
1.No plan, no finalised design, no dimensions.
2.No dimensions = wasting time grinding down huge blocks of foam into desired size/shape = improper fit.
3.No support rig for frame, or proper jigs to mount foam onto frame.
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