DESIGNING THE LEGO® HARLEY-DAVIDSON ® FAT BOY ® MOTORCYCLE
THE CHALLENGE OF MAKING IT IN BRICKS
"LEGO® bricks are great for building square houses and rectangular structures
that are not meant to move. Motorcycles are not square, and they're supposed
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to move, so from the start everything was a challenge! The frame was probably
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the biggest challenge because it is made mostly out of triangles and is very thin.
It was difficult to make something that matched the real Fat Boy ® motorcycle's
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Softail ® frame, but also had the strength needed to support the model in play.
For the final design, we used a hybrid combination of LEGO Technic
and System
™
Elements to create a model that is both rugged and beautiful, while delivering
a one-of-a-kind building experience; a true feat of LEGO engineering."
OUR APPROACH
"We wanted to build a working engine from LEGO system elements for this motor-
cycle and create the frame and motor so that both would be strong and reliable.
Overall, we made several different major loops on the model to make sure every-
thing was working from a functional perspective, a stability perspective and an
aesthetic perspective. Most importantly, we wanted
to deliver all that in an incredible building
experience, the core of what makes a
LEGO model cool."
