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1. ANALYSIS OF BRIEF Research & investigation RAT BIKES • KEY FEATURES REQUIRED ! • 500 MM CENTRES FOR WHEELS • 50 MM OF EACH TYPE OF WELDING OR WITHER 50 MIG/TIG • SADDLE MUST BE INCLUDED • DESIGN A TANK TO GO WITH STLYE • HANDLEBARS MUST ALSO BE USED IN SAME EFFECT • MUDGUARDS OPTIONAL FIRSTLY THE INSIPERATION FOR MY MOTORBIKE CAME FROM A FEW SOURCES. I AM INTERESTED IN ECOLOGICAL MATERIALS AND METHODS SO I REASEARCHED THESE TYPES OF BIKES THAT ARE ECO FRIENDLY OR USE VERY LITTLE MATERIAL TO MAKE. WHILST DOING THIS I CAM ACROSS THE IDEA OF A ‘RAT BIKE’ • 3 MAIN TYPES OF THEME. • CRUISER STYLE • SCRAMBLER STYLE • RACING BIKE MY BIKE Theme : so my main theme is going to be that of a rat bike made to look like a show bike. The theme will be incorporated in a number of ways. The finish of the bike the colour and small extras will add character to the bike. The small details will really matter INTERESTED IN THIS TYPE OF IDEA I GOT A SECOND SOURCE OF INSPIRARTION FROM A MOVIE I WATCHED. THE SETTING OF THE WORLD IN THE MOVIE WAS A POST APOCALYPTIC END OF WORLD SCENE. WHERE THERE WAS NO MANUFACTURE AND SCAVENGING WAS THE MAIN CURRENCY. THE MOTORBIKES IN THIS FILM WERE REALLY COOL SO I LOOKED MORE INTO THEM AND THEY IN FACT TURNED OUT TO BE RAT BIKES. BIKES BUILT AND MAINTAINED WITH AS LITTLE EQUPIMENT OR MONEY AS POSSIBLE FRAME. MOST OF THESE TYPE OF BIKES SURVIAL BIKES ARE USING A CRUISER STYLE FRAME BEACUASE OF THE FACT IT CAN HOLD LARGERE ENGINES MORE POWER. . . I’M BASING MY FRAME AROUND THAT OF YAMAHA CHOPPER MAINCONCEPTS DEVELOPMENT OF IDEAS SO I BEGAN TO RESEARCH MORE INTO THESE RAT BIKES. I THOUGHT SOME OF THEM WERE ACTUALLY SORE TO LOOK AT IT. MAILY BEACUSE OF THE FACT THAT THEY USE LITTLE AS NOTHING TO KEEP THEM RUNNING. EXAMPLE SO. . . THEN I CAME ACROSS SURVIVAL BIKES ! THESE BIKES ACTUALLY CAME FROM THE IDEA OF THE RAT BIKE EXCEPT FOR THE FACT THEY ARE SHOW BIKES. THEY WERE MADE TO THE STYLE OF A RAT BIKE BUT THEY ARE ACTUALLY NOT AND MOST OF THEM ARE VERY EXSPENSIVE