CAD Modeling / Start to Finish / Custom Motorcycle / KC-1200 / KULLYCO

Check out my Fabrication & Engineering School / Community https://www.skool.com/kca/about Hello, and welcome back to the KULLYCO YouTube channel! Where we do all things fabrication, engineering, and design. We appreciate you watching our content- and we hope to provide value and education to all of our viewers! In this video, I will showing you guys the CAD modeling of my new, custom motorcycle- the KC-1200. I go over the start to finish to processes that I use to efficiently and effectively design / model a motorcycle in CAD. Firstly I talk about mindset... how I ruminate on a project for months before I start designing. You want to get a good feel for what you are going for before you even start the modeling process. Next, we look at how I set up a 2D geometry sketch. Before you start modeling any solid parts you want to start with a baseline 2D sketch and make sure all of your geometry is set correctly. Such as rake, trail, wheelbase, offsets, crank to front wheel, swing arm length, and more. Following your 2D sketch, it is time to start modeling solid parts. I show you how I start with the chassis; including frame, swing-arm, sub-frame and suspension. This are certainly your most important components in developing a motorcycle. Once you have your chassis nailed down, you can begin modeling some of your more aesthetic components. This category will include parts like your fuel cell, oil tank, tail unit, front fender, headlight, headlight faring, exhaust, and much more. With all this being said... I really like to do my motorcycle modeling in stages. This video is what I would consider stage 1. What do I mean by this? Well, I use stage one to get my chassis modeled verbatim. I want to know exactly how I am going to fabricate the rolling chassis. Also I stage one, I will start getting a generalized feel for the aesthetics, and proportions of the bike. However, I will not go as far as modeling all the very detailed components like foot controls, dash panels, brakes, etc... That is because- I like to see the bike in real life, as a REAL motorcycle before I am prepared to model in detailed components. As I am sure a lot of guys have their own strategy.. this is the process that I have found works best for me! I hope you guys enjoy the video and are able to learn something new! Thank you for watching! -KULLYCO