I thought it would be fun to make a motorcycle. My nephew had given me an old science project kit that he had from childhood and thought I could use the parts, and so I did! I used the tires and some plastic spacers for the wheels and then started building up. Of course, it would not be a project if there were not brass, copper and electronic circuit board parts. Without boring you with every detail of each part, here are the highlights. The engine is a Mock V-8. I know, not very realistic for a motorcycle, but hey, it is a caricature not the real thing. I thought a V-8 would be a cool look even though it is only really 4 cylinders and I had just the right parts from a circuit board to give the proper angle and spacing of the cylinders. Those were then attached to a square metal electronic part (crankcase) and a cutoff push button from a DVD player (to give width). Those were in turn placed in a metal electronic component cover. The first picture shows most of those parts in their original form. The brass mesh air filters were hard to make. Besides being tiny, they are compound angles folded to shape with tiny copper caps I had to cut from mesh sheet material. The exhaust pipes (thick copper wire) were probably the most difficult. Bent in compound angles and they had to lie very flat and close to the bike and then fit into an exhaust cone at the end. There may have been some contributions to the swear jar with that part of the project. The seat is a brass wire frame and covered with leather from an old purse Karen got rid of. As all projects are, it was challenging and tedious, but also rewarding when it was finished. I mostly used my Dremel 4300 Rotary tool with various grinding, cutting and polishing accessories to complete the model.
