In the photo you can see the size differences between the original Honda CBR 954 chassis and the new trellis built for the Bott 1000 Morlaco. One of our objectives in the design stage was to achieve a smaller and narrower bike than the original one, mainly in the area that the rider embraces with his knees. In this way we could improve the ergonomy, making a bike more comfortable to ride, and also making possible to use a narrower bodywork, improving aerodynamics.
The chassis that appears in the photo is the first prototype we built, it was bronze welded by Tony Foale, a man with a vast experience, who has built hundreds of bikes. Later we built a second prototype, this one was TIG welded by myself.
[tags]chassis, morlaco, trellis, welding, construction, motorbike[/tags]