Team Members:

Captain: Jason LichtmanAaron AngeramiChirag Bhatia

Neil Ghosh

Most companies that sell luxury vehicles with sport features do so with their automobiles and SUVs, but have difficulty marketing and selling motorcycles with similar features. For instance, BMW has a reputation of giving sporty vehicles luxury components that will make the ride both fun and relaxing. Yet, this is hard to come by in the motorcycle arena. Take the bike to the left: designed by BMW, but does not have many luxury components for the rider to enjoy. Our team has noticed this trend through our research, and this is what sparked our idea. In our design, we intend to raise the par for luxury found on sport motorcycles.

•Designing a motorcycle that is powerful, fast and has the quality of a sports bike, but provides the benefits of a luxury car.

•Designing a motorcycle with a counterbalance mass distribution system that will provide stability to the ride without hinder its quality.

•Designing an aerodynamic bike with wind tunnel technology, to provide sleek chassis structure

•Ensuring fuel-efficiency by using light-weight syntheticmaterial fit for the power of the engine.

•To design a bike with such features to have a base price under$30,000.

1) Do you ride motorcycles?2) Do you own a motorcycle?3) Does anyone in your family own a motorcycle?Definition: Sportbike:A motorcycle type in which the rider is bent forward for better flow of the air (as opposed to the upright position of a touring bike). Also called a

"crotch rocket" because of the strain it places on the rider's crotch and because of its very fast speed.Cruiser: [1] Any motorcycle designed to be ridden long distances.

4) If you answered yes to question 3 or 4, is the motorcycle a cruiser or a sportbike? 5) If you answered yes to question 3 or 4, what attracted you to the type of bike you own?

_____________________________________________________________________________6) Do you prefer sportbikes or cruisers?7) What do you look for in a sportsbike?_______________________________________________________________________________8) Do you think sportbikes need to be fast?9) Do you think that sportbikes need to be comfortable?10) Do you think that sportbikes should have luxury accessories?How do you feel about the following features in a sportsbike:11) Heated seats?

12) Temper-pedic seats?

13) On board computer

14) A GPS?

15) A CD player/ XM radio/ MP3 player?

16) An advanced system that will allow the rider to lean into turns without fear of falling?

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Sportbike Cruiser

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Sportbike Cruiser

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Preference of Sports Bike to Cruiser Bike

62%

38%

Response to Having Luxury Amenities in a Sports Bike

73%

27% Sports Bike

Cruiser Bike

Response to Luxury Features On Our Bike

88%

12%

•To design a motorcycle that has the physical components of a sports bike

•To design a motorcycle that pampers the rider with luxury amenities that are fit to the rider’s preference.

•Gives the rider seating that allows for high speeds and comfort.

•To design a bike that targets the young businessperson who is looking to travel with speed and style.

•To design a bike that has a cost of under $30K.

Concept Motorcycle

Mechanical Components and Their Durability

Luxury Aesthetics

LuxuryAmenities

For Rider

GPS, Heated Seats, CD Player,

Heat/AC

Engine Fuel Chassis

Powerful for Street Driving

TiptronicTransmission

System

Smooth Riding

Fuel Efficient

ConcealedGas Tank

Durable Chassis

Provides Center of Gravity

Sleek Design

Touch Ups

Aerodynamic

Paint JobLightSystem

RimsCounterbalance

MassDistribution

System

Less Injury from Sharp Turns

Sensitive Shock System

Size of BikeComplies withMechanics of

Luxury Features

Wind TunnelTechnology

ConcealedStorage Space in Place of

Gas Tank

MultipleDesigns

Limitations

ExtraStorage Space

Performance vs. Design

Automatic/Manual Transmission

Engineer Tiptronic

Transmission System

AddingLuxury

Components

Building Micro-Circuitry to add

GPS, stereo, heated seats, etc.

Helmet where gas

tank normally is

Being Able to provide Luxury

benefits using the space of the design of the motorcycle

Finding spaceFor all the

luxuryComponents of

the Bike

Helmet storage space

Tempur-pedic and heated

seat

8 piston/caliper Brembo® abs

brakes

Huge exhaust for easy flowing

Titanium chassis

High power xenon lights

Counterbalance mass

distribution system

Digital shock system

Tip-tronic transmission

High flow air intake

The Counterbalance Mass Distribution System stabilizes the rider around turns. When The Counterbalance Mass Distribution System stabilizes the rider around turns. When leaning into a turn, a rider’s center of mass is shifted inwards. This can cause the bike to leaning into a turn, a rider’s center of mass is shifted inwards. This can cause the bike to tip over. To alleviate this potential problem, a counterweight will swing out to realign the tip over. To alleviate this potential problem, a counterweight will swing out to realign the center of mass with its original, more balanced position.center of mass with its original, more balanced position.

The shock system on our bike is revolutionary because it features a pillarless design that makes the bike look like it is hovering. The shocks do not balance the bike using the back of seat, but rather the middle of the seat. The back and the front of the bike are balanced using a computer system that detects shifts in the center of the mass of the bike.

The dashboard is equipped with six LCD displays: The dashboard is equipped with six LCD displays: odometer, tachometer, speedometer, CD player, gas gauge odometer, tachometer, speedometer, CD player, gas gauge

and Global Positioning Systemand Global Positioning System

Due to the nature of the interwoven network frame, the chassis is extremely durable and will allow for one to look inside the bike. This adds to the aesthetics of the bike and makes the framework dual-purposed.

•The windshield and the back of the seat experience the most stress in wind tunnel.

•In order to ensure that the rider and the bike can handle the high velocities of the wind, a strong fiberglass body will be used.

•When a 50m/s wind is applied to the 2-D layout of the motorcycle, the max velocity is 200 m/s. This is not a practical value, but we can still see the target areas that will experience most drag in the ride. The values are all proportional.

•In order to add the luxury amenities to the bike, we could not have the rider sit snug to the bike, like in most sport bikes. This was a design compromise, but we still managed to find an ideal sitting style where sport riding could be achieved while still enjoying the luxury features.

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– Finding appropriate materials for designFinding appropriate materials for design– Designing micro circuitry of luxury Designing micro circuitry of luxury

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