Comments on: Tim Cameron’s Dreambike V-Rex Unveiled

By: aaron

aaron — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 01:02:39 +0000

I agree with guitargeek – it is hideous and excessive. it’s a harley powered custom…par for the course. the thing is – I want one to out-hideous the most excessive folks out there! everything on my wish list could be considered excessive by many, and a lot of chopper-type folks consider anything chrome deficient ugly. a harley guy told me he thought vincents were ugly the other day! dumbass.

my only issue with it (for what it is) is that it comes across as plastic-ey.

By: guitargeek

guitargeek — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 00:59:38 +0000

I can appreciate it as an engineering exercise, and I’m definitely excited about CAD/CAM, I just think it’s kind of… homely. Besides, it weighs almost 700 pounds!

I’d like to see other small operations utilize this technology, like Bienville Studios!

I read an article in WIRED about a company (can’t remember the name) that will manufacture whatever part you want, you just send them a computer file of the 3D model. As time goes by, the cost of this capability will only get cheaper, eventually finding it’s way into the grasp of shade tree hot rodders…

By: kneeslider

kneeslider — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 14:41:00 +0000

guitargeek, it’s not the specific design that makes this cool, it’s the fact that a design as radical as this went from computer to real bike. He’s also building the VR-2 which is a lot less radical. But if this bike can be produced with this kind of design work at the price they are selling it for, it could be a huge development.

It could signal a new trend in smaller shops putting out first class bikes with high end design at relatively affordable prices. Think about it. Also, go back to Tim Cameron’s website and look at his other designs, now consider that those are buildable and not just computer fantasy. It makes a guy think, … and smile.

By: guitargeek

guitargeek — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 06:18:20 +0000

So I’m the only one who finds this thing hideous and excessive?

By: kneeslider

kneeslider — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 01:10:54 +0000

I noticed the price, too. Look at the engineering involved here. If they can build this for 40k it could put some price pressure on some other builders who are basing their prices on nothing more than a name. Maybe, too, the high level computer design has something to do with it. When you figure an OCC chopper is pretty much designed on the fly, just like many other “name” choppers, this bike based on Tim Cameron’s computer work could start a trend toward real design work before actual construction begins. Wouldn’t that be a novel idea?

Is it better than doing things the old way? Opinions will vary.