Design, Reverse Engineering and Digital Twin Creation
Background: This is an update to an ongoing project to Reverse Engineer and re-manufacture brake and clutch brackets with levers for Yamaha YDS 2 and YDS 3 motorcycles. Creation of Digital Twins of the original parts and manufacture of the patterns for these were covered in a previous post. A few weeks ago Harling Foundries …
Marcus at Rex’s Speed Shop (RSS) has supplied us with a top quality ignition system for our Yamaha XT500 motor.It is actually the race version (stronger spark) but also has the ability to power lights if we chose to run this bike on the road. The CDI has an XT500 specific ignition timing curve. RSS’s focus is …
There are a few considerations required in relation to the design and manufacture of a bespoke framed flat track framer bike – actually for any design project. Writing this type of information down is a useful step and can promote valuable thinking time and provide crucial input early in the design process. Writing these down can …
Rex’s Speed Shop (RSS) had a requirement to create a digital twin of some of their products. This digital information could then be used to manufacture parts, produce installation and instruction manuals, integrated parts catalogues and other promotional materials. RSS manufactured the physical parts but didn’t have all the digital twin data. As part of ongoing …
Prototyping Large Parts: A friend of ours is a sculptor. He creates the initial shapes for his sculptures by carving into blocks of balsa wood. This method is very skilled and tactile and allows him to see, and feel, the contours, size and scale as he goes. We’re less skilled at this approach and tend …
Background: Yamaha YDS 2s and YDS 3s were sold in the early to mid 1960s. These bikes, had a cable operated clutch and front brake. They used very similar brake bracket castings for both but were sided due to the brake lever pivot bolt holes. There is a slight difference between the YDS 2 and …
Background: This project started out as part of a Yamaha XT 600 – 660 ‘Frankenstein’ motored (bottom end from an XT660 but top end from an XT600 as we wanted to keep the air cooled look) flat track framer bike. The original intention was to cast a new cylinder with modified, more symmetrical, fins that …