V-REX - Tim Cameron's next big design

Motorcycle designer and 3D artist Tim Cameron caused a sensation in the motorcycle industry two years ago when he released computer generated images of his DREAMBIKE design - magazines around the world clamoured to obtain images of the radical design and ever since, Tim has been one of the in-vogue designers for the motorcycle industry. Now here's a world exclusive - Tim's next big design, the V-REX.

Graphic and 3D artist Tim Cameron has been riding bikes for 23 years and designing them for roughly the same time – inside his head. From his first Kawasaki 100cc two stroke motorcycle to his current 2005 model bright orange Z1000 Kawasaki, he has been “living, breathing and riding motorcycles as well as sketching, scribbling and painting them on a daily basis for 23 years.”

“I’ve always been interested in the artful form of the motorcycle,” says Cameron. “I consider that any well designed object can carry along with it a powerful and uplifting emotional quality for its user - whether pride, reassurance or just a slight smile of pleasure whenever such a shape is beheld sitting quietly in the privacy of the owner’s garage.

“Motorcycles are already exciting shapes to me, and it is my greatest pleasure to work with such dynamic forms - working with them and hopefully pursuing new design directions is a dream come true for me.

“The new generation of 3D computer design tools with which I work daily, when used properly, give an artist a whole new level of creativity - bringing their wildest imaginings kicking and screaming into existence!

“I tend to pursue any concept I develop from first thoughts straight on through the rough sketch stage and rapidly into 3D modelling. I can’t wait to see if my sketchy, scribbled idea could actually be built or not by modelling it as a solid 3 dimensional shape, albeit computer generated.

“My first 3d design was the 401 – I wanted to make something original as I was learning to use the 3D tools and figured it was worth modelling something that I would persist with. So that’s how it started.

The 401

“The 401 is another inline four. A fairly conservative design with a single-sided shaft drive. I put the radiator up behind the rear wheel so that the viewer has an uncluttered view of the engine and pipes which have been chromed. This rear-mounted radiator system is not original as both Benelli and Harley-Davidson have used similar systems. Personally, when I’m sitting in summer-time traffic with the radiator fans blowing hot air all over me from my bike’s FRONT mounted radiator, I think I would prefer this system! Other bits n pieces in this design are the under-engine exhaust canister and a slight nod to the old Suzuki ‘waterbottle’ of the 70’s via the badged sidecovers.”

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