Bike India

Best Bikes in India | No.1 Two Wheeler Magazine

  • Home
  • News
    • Upcoming Launches
    • Latest News
    • New Bike Launches
  • Reviews
    • First Ride
    • Road Test
    • Comparison
  • Features
  • Our Bikes
  • Videos
  • Subscribe
  • NG Auto
    • AUTO COMPONENTS INDIA
    • CAR INDIA
    • COMMERCIAL VEHICLE
  • Brands

Commendable Initiative by the Students of JK Lakshmipat University

July 30, 2021 by Team Bike India Leave a Comment

A few Mechanical Engineering students of JK Lakshmipat University, have put forward a concept to reclaim scrap motorcycles and restore them to conditions compliant with today’s vehicular standards. This concept bears special value as it also intends to reduce pollution and manage waste.

Bike India interviewed the team that worked on the bike. The team is made up of five students: Ronak Singh, Abhimanyu Shankar, Anirudh Pareek, Piyush Singh Pawar and Prashant Chaudhary. They are currently in the third year of pursuing a degree in Mechanical Engineering from JK Lakshmipat University in Jaipur, Rajasthan.

Bike India: How did you come up with this idea?

Students: A few of us in the team stayed outside the campus and often experienced difficulty in finding transportation to and from college. Private means of transport are best suited for the location of our university so we began the search for a cheaper alternative to buying a motorcycle.

Having taken apart and then reassembled two motorcycles in the past, we decided that restoring a scrap bike to a level compliant with the present day’s vehicular standards would be the solution to our problem.

Bike India: How did the project start?

Students: When the pandemic struck, the university suspended classes and the students returned to their respective villages. Once back home, I (Ronak) visited a junkyard in Bilara town of Jodhpur district and bought a scrap bike for Rs 3,000. The worn-out motorcycle had nothing but the chassis, engine and shock absorbers. It was then transported to a location near the university in Jaipur. We received the support of a service centre that allowed us to use their space and equipment to perform the necessary restoration work on the motorcycle. The team fondly remembers the contribution of the owner of the service centre towards the project. He did not just lend us space and equipment but also guided the team whenever they needed help.

Bike India: What was the inspiration behind the build?

Students: We have always been interested in the customization of automobiles and we derive our inspiration from shows like Count Kustoms. The local custom shops in our village have also been an inspiration for us to set out on this journey.

Bike India: What were the main changes done to the bike?

Students: The engine was not in the best shape to begin with. It was a 2000 Bajaj Boxer and the carburettor was beyond repair so we had to change it. We made some aesthetic modifications to the structural design of the motorcycle to provide it with a new look.

Abhimanyu Shankar said they tried to give it a café-racer look which was a tough task to accomplish. “It was a challenge to make a 2000 model year motorcycle look competitive enough to match the style of today’s products. It took almost 18 days to completely restore the bike. We are also thinking of small aesthetic changes in the future. We are proud to be a part of this innovation,” he added.

Bike India: Are you planning to come up with new projects in the future?

Students: Yes, definitely. Reclamation of scrap motorcycles to reduce waste and pollution will be our main idea even as we go ahead. We are aiming to establish a start-up that focuses mainly on this work. We plan to take a step forward into the world of electric vehicles as well. We could source parts from scrap bikes and build an electric bike to stay committed to our cause of preserving the environment by reducing pollution. A project to build an electric bike from scrap is already underway and we are trying to get it ready as soon as possible. As of now, we are happy about our current project which we could complete despite the hurdles posed by the pandemic.

Also read: BS6 Benelli 502C India Launch

Story: Cherry Mathew Roy

bikeonline@nextgenpublishing.net'

Team Bike India – who has written 842 posts on Bike India.


Email

Related posts:

California Superbike School - Taming the Track
Royal Enfield 650 Twins Get Cast Alloy Wheels and Other Updates
Bajaj Pulsar NS200 And NS160 Gets USD Forks

Filed Under: Interviews, Latest News, News Tagged With: bike, India, initiative, Lakshmipat University, news, students

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

AlphaOmega Captcha Classica  –  Enter Security Code
 ⟲    ➴
 


MARCH 2023

Bike India - India's no. 1 two-wheeler magazine

17TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL

Bike India - India's no. 1 two-wheeler magazine

Anniversary Ride to the Isle of Man with Freddie Spencer and Sid Lal

TVS Ntorq Ncounters I – Navigating the Night

BMW G 310 GS Explores Nagaland

SPECIAL Featured Story

Yamaha MT-10 SP – Ready for Road, Track, and Touring

Yamaha MT-10 SP – Ready for Road, Track, and Touring

In recent years, however, the MT-10 has begun to show its age, especially in terms of technology and rider aids. It was always on the thirsty side, too, and, by modern standards, the brakes were lacking. It was time for an update, which is why for 2022 Yamaha introduced a new MT-10 earlier this year.

More about this.

Car India and Bike India Awards 2019

Recent Posts

  • Bajaj Pulsar NS 160 and NS 200 Update Review — Enhanced Agility
  • California Superbike School – Taming the Track
  • Royal Enfield 650 Twins Get Cast Alloy Wheels and Other Updates
  • Bajaj Pulsar NS200 And NS160 Gets USD Forks

Car India

Car India Magazine - Get your Digital Subscription

Latest News

Royal Enfield 650 Twins Get Cast Alloy Wheels and Other Updates

Bajaj Pulsar NS200 And NS160 Gets USD Forks

Hero MotoCorp And Zero Motorcycles Collaborate For Premium Electric Motorcycles

Massive New Harley-Davidson Screamin’ Eagle 135 Crate Engines

Subscribe to Car India

Subscribe to our Car India Magazine

Bike India: India’s no. 1 two-wheeler magazine

BIKE India covers the two-wheeler industry in its entirety, both from the local and the international perspective. Also delivers the most definitive verdict on machinery and performance by explaining the hows, whys, and whats on every new bike in a lucid and user-friendly manner. BIKE India is the India’s most authoritative two-wheeler publication, a magazine for people with a passion for bikes and everything to do with their history and heritage.
SiteMap

Copyright © 2023 · BIKE INDIA INDIA’S NO. 1 TWO WHEELER MAGAZINE, BY FAR! ·