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This is a discussion on the next american motor sports company within the CE - Introductions forums, part of the CE : Start Point category; hi call me torque. i am 18(almost 19) and i am graduating high school in december. curently i posses nearly ...

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    hi call me torque.

    i am 18(almost 19) and i am graduating high school in december. curently i posses nearly no experiance in engineering. my only knowlege of engineering is what i have read about the design of specific motorcycles.

    motorcycles is a big thing for me and i was wanting to get into engineering these 2 wheeled wonders. but first i need to get some engineering education and some real world experiance.

    Erik Buell and John Britten were two rolemodels for me. they both built inovative motorcycles but sadly things went bad for both of them. Erik's company was shut down by harley davidson and John had died of skin cancer.

    I don't particularly care where i start in engineering so long as it has to deal with cars/motorcycles

    i dont know where to begin my quest for knowledge but i was hoping you could all help me along the way.

    my goal in life is to build an american motorsports company.

    but first i need an education.

    they say harley davidson built their first motorcycle using a soup can to build the carburetor. at that point neither harley or davidson knew much about engines but it was a start that helped in the long run when one of them decided to get a proper education.

    i'm open minded.

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    Welcome to CE. I believe CEan Gohm is the right man to guide you. Let's wait for his response .
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    Quote Originally Posted by The_Big_K View Post
    Welcome to CE. I believe CEan Gohm is the right man to guide you. Let's wait for his response .
    thank you. i'm sorry if my punctuation and grammar is not good. unfortunatly that was a class i didn't do so well in lol

    if i remember corectly engineering required skills in geometry. i however am doing rather well in that class.

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    Don't worry about grammar or punctuation. Yes engineering does require skills in geometry. Good to hear that you made a decision early in life to opt for engineering.
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    hi.welcome to CE........

    nice to learn that you have a genuine interest in motorcycles.......only genuine interest can bring success ...so keep it up...........
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    Weclome to CE. Quite and interesting introduction.
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    Hey welcome to CE! You have brought up one of my favorite subjects, motorcycles. I was sad to hear the news Buell is closing, tough times. Hopefully HD will make some room for Erik. I am pleased to know the legacy of John Britten is still going strong, what an amazing guy he was. Development of highly efficient internal combustion engines as well as full electric/hydrogen powered bikes would be a great area to develope. In the future I can imagine motorcycles and cars merging together for the urban environment as population density increases creating very small inclosed vehicles that lean (of which there are several prototypes already)

    Start off with the basics. Select a good school that meets your needs. This does not mean it needs to be exclusive or expensive. Take lots of math & science classes plus your basic liberal arts. Next take some mechanical & electrical engineering courses as well as design/art. This will help you deside if your interest is in the engineering aspect or the concept design area. Even though these two aspects are very different and most people only focus on one, having some knowledge of the other will only make you better and more skilled. While in school spend some spare time working on bikes. Some basic mechanics experience will help you to apply theory to practice.
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