MINI MOTO MAYHEM

[Asouter]

Blimey, this is some work. Love seeing some of the mad ideas that people have with building PC's instead of the run of the mill with a case! Good work mate look forward to seeing future posts.

There are some cracking builds here, I like the builds that throw away the accepted way of doing things. Updates to follow

 

[Asouter]

Thats mad! But truly awesome! Riding around to your gaming destination!

Thanks man, It's gonna be fun that's for sure

These mods get crazier and crazier on here! Well done.

Thank you update to follow

 

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UPDATE 15/08/12

Time to share the package that I received from Mod With Me. First off is the decals, there was a fair few emails getting the details right but it was worth it. Here are the belly pan logo's and the droplet masks.

And the 3D printed logo's, man these are small !!!

The decals have now been applied and have also been lacquered in, there was no adverse reaction from the lacquer. This is a satin finish (yup I found a satin finish lacquer) the lacquer will stop the decals peeling off and also stop any adhesive on the edges picking up dust. This makes it easy to wipe/clean without the cloth lifting edges.

apologies for the dust that the camera picked up

I have also painted the base colour on the upper fairing panels, this is a pearlescent finish. It's a two stage paint process with the white going down first and I used a blue pearlescent effect over the top of that, It's very subtle and difficult to pick up on the camera.
(if you look at the leading edges you can just about make out the pearlescent effect)

The droplet masks will be applied randomly and ghosted in with a heavier blue flake. Once that has been done more decals will be applied and then the panels will have a few coats of lacquer.

Talking about packages, I had one from Overclockers UK.

guess what's inside .....

YAY ... God I've been waiting for this board for what feels like an eternity but it's now on general release and I have one

Overclockers UK were kind enough to price match against one I'd found for £196 and they also refunded the delivery too .... Thanks guys much appreciated.

So more picks of the board to come later.......

 

[Asouter]

Great choice in board mate

Belting bit of kit!!!

Thanks mate,

Yeah I think so too, for a Mini ITX board it's packing features that other Mini ITX boards just can't match. It was a bit of a no brainer really.

 

[Asouter]

Cant wait to see how this fits in. Pics asap!

Yeah you and me both, I have been waiting to see this close to completion, I can't wait to get that frame powder coated

 

[Asouter]

Fantastic idea, absolutely brilliant.

Thanks Rossi, with a name like that I can see why

Pics Pics Pics!!!

Here you are mcleish........enjoy

 

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UPDATE 21/08/13

Now I have my mitts on the M'board, It's time to get it fitted and share some of the goodies that the Impact has.

First off is the lil boards that come in the box. There's a Supreme FX sound card and a Combi wi fi adaptor (this is the bit I'm interested in)
You can see on the combi board an NGFF socket, Once the NGFF SSD's are available I will fit one and the power and SATA leads won't be needed.

Here they are fitted to the board, looks pretty but that view will be obscured by the GPU

and the other side looking back at the Supreme FX chip

while were down here, we'll take a look at the daughter board and heat sink.

and the board assembled,

With the board together I fitted it onto the tray and have also fitted the flow indicator which will link up the pump and also where the hard acrylic tubing starts.

and some more pics...

a view from the front

and finally the assembly fitted to the bike

For features alone this board is crackin, there's no other Mini ITX board that comes even close, it's solved a few issues with cable management (I like how the CPU power and 24 pin ATX are next to each other) I will also use the power switch on the board and also I will make use of the NGFF socket for my SSD.

The only thing I don't like is that there isn't a full set of matching screws to fit it all together, but this is just a very minor niggle. Overall I'm very happy with this board and looking forward to booting it up and having a good play with it.

Next up is the exhaust....

I had an old one lying around and decided to see what it would look like fitted, I'm glad I didn't scrap this as it's a good fit, here's what it looked like before I started.

It's a lil rusty on this side but after I'd flipped it over and made some cuts, it's very rusty and pitted. This needs sorting before I continue

So it onto the linisher to get the rust out and get rid of that pitting, The pitting needs to be totally eliminated as I want to cover the sleeves in that fake carbon stuff Di-Noc and I don't want the piitting to cause air bubbles.

I cleaned up the inside tubing and painted it black, the sleeving covered very nicely (no air bubbles)
and the end caps, springs and split pins were polished. The end result looks something like this.

and finally here's the pipes fitted

There are some Termigoni Logo's on order and those will finish off the exhausts. It did put a smile on my face fitting these and they add a lil interest to the rear end of the bike.

 

[Asouter]

Looks fantastic so far!!

Thanks man, I'm happy how this is going

This is getting better and better

Cheers Jonny, That's the plan

Some red lights in the exhaust that imitates heat glow when the throttle is applied maybe......?

That's a good idea, but I'm trying to keep cables to a minimum. I going to have a look and see what it looks like. Cheers for the Idea

 

[Asouter]

Looking really good. nice one!

Thanks Samaus, much appreciated. I'm loving Plasma Cannon it is a truly mental build and following avidly

Ive said it once.... Unreal!! Really good work.

Pheeew, I'm glad it satisfied the pic monster

 

[Asouter]

This is absolutely bonkers! Bravo!

How long 'til it's done do you reckon?

Cheers, Happy you like it. I'm hoping to have the build finished between 8 - 12 weeks

Brilliant stuff man

When I saw the little screen I had to buy one myself, thank you for bringing my attention to it - it's exactly what I was looking for! It arrived on Wednesday, took about 3 weeks to arrive from China. Both yourself and the guy who develops Goverlay deserve a beer!

Brilliant, I think I should be getting some kind of commission. How is the screen performing ?

 

[Asouter]

You sick man...

Fantastic! Needs to be up there with the best builds for sure.

Thanks Mr Bell, much appreciated

Absolutely amazing work.

Thanks Razor, I try my best

This is such a nice build, the amount of fine detail you are putting into every little thing is inspiring

Cheers Frijz, If this build inspires others to mod, then it's done it's job. There's nothing more satisfying than inspiring someone else to pick their tools.

 

[Asouter]

Fantastic project

Been following this from the start, awesome updates and awesome overall

Them exhausts would have made perfect res' if you could have fabricated it in some how.

Thanks guys, much appreciated.

I hear what you're saying with the exhaust, I thought the exact same thing while I was working on them. A couple of tube reservoirs (easy peasy) but the tank was the logical choice and more in your face, to show off Mayhems coolant ... It's about giving the sponsor more bang per buck. I honestly think that some builds take the p**s out of their sponsors.

 

[Asouter]

but how would he ride it into a Lan party then?

Greboth is right the bike is fitted with an electric motor, there is a video in this build log of the test ride. (you haven't just been looking at the pics have you ? )

Any updates? this page is lacking mini moto photos

The exhausts should have been literal, ducting the radiator fans to blow out of the exhausts

It's powered by an electric motor so the exhausts are only for show anyway.

Thanks for clearing up some questions for me I'm suprised how busy this forum is and yeah I know it's frustrating waiting for updates. I have to fit in modding time with family, work and "me time"

The progress this week has just been about paint, and waiting for it to dry.. I'm sure you don't want pics of paint drying ?? but seriously I did have a few problems with me being too greedy and putting down too much paint and it sagging. so I've had to wait untill that paint has got hard enough to be sanded down but it's getting there. A shoddy paint job will completely ruin the build.

The exhaust could have been "literal" and taken away warm air but I really don't think that the fans would generate enough pressure to actually exit the exhaust as running pipes and the actual internals of the exhaust would be too restrictive and actually have the complete opposite effect.

It's good that people take an interest in this build, you're comments are much appreciated... no really they are

Blue lights in the exhaust would look mint

I'm going to have to have a look into that idea, someone else suggested it and I won't dismiss the idea. Thank You

 

[Asouter]

Thanks guys, much appreciated

@Bluntwrapped


Thanks for sharing, I've plugged mine into my PC and I've been having a play, you're dead right about tweeking the screen ... I happily messed about for an hour but had to force myself to shut it down as I'd have probably wasted a day on it. I'll save that for later, Did you know you can change the colours of the text ?

 

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UPDATE 10/09/13

So now I have a few weeks off, Time to knuckle down and get some progress done.

First off I have had a stand delivered, A nice new i5k Haswell CPU, some water blocks and some other stuff....

The stand works well, It took a bit of beating to get it to fit where I wanted it, but it makes the bike much easier to work on.

I have solved a problem I had with routing the GPU block back into the bike, I ordered up a SLI block from EK and chopped it down to the length I need, I just need to get another link block. (Hard to find) If anyone has one that they haven't used get in contact please.

A small section of the frame was cut out the make room for the block, You'll also notice that I cut a small hole for the GPU cables as they'll run through the frame.

Here's the off cuts from the water blocks.

The CPU is fitted, Block installed and I started to sort out the Hard acrylic tubing.

More decals have arrived, here's the front mudguard... Just a small nod to ASUS. The mudguard will have a very light dusting of blue flake and finally lacquered.

The side panels are getting prepped for airbrushing, if you look closely you can make out the Mayhems droplet masks. These will be ghosted in.

I have painted the front panel, this is a blue pearlescent paint the number will be added and again a very light dusting of blue flake. I've added the panel to show the contrast between panels.

and finally ... the bike is now broken down for paint and finish, here's the frame ready to go to powder coat tomorrow.... I'm sooo looking forward to see this transform.

 

[Asouter]

What are your short/mid/long term plans for this build?

Sort term - Get it finished and running to a level I'm satisfied with.

Mid term - Get the build to as many shows/Lan events as possible (need to get some exposure for the sponsors and myself)

Long term - Hopefully it will open up opportunities to work with other manufacturers.

I'll probably put the bike into a custom bike show too, it will be interesting to see the bike worlds reaction

 

[Asouter]

UPDATE 16/09/13

While the frame is away, I have been working on the wheels and front end of the bike. When the frame is ready I want the rolling chassis sorted.

First up is the wheels, the rims have been polished, then the tyres and rims have been masked off with tape for priming.

All the new bits for the front end have been assembled and look so much better than the rusty old bent one.

I made up some templates, one for the GPU backplate and the other for the VRM daughter board to protect it from my boots when riding the bike. These where transfered onto acrylic, cut out, filed, sanded and polished.

The GPU backplate breaks up the big slab of circuit board, and with a few random angles both plates tie in with the ROG theme ohh and just to be sure people know what coolant is being used Mayhems web address to remind them.

You'll notice that the rest of the hard acrylic tubing has been done, also the EK waterblocks have been polished.

I like how the internals of the link blocks show through, talking about link blocks .... after contacting them looking for another link block, EK have now added them to their web shop

I've had a delivery from Mayhems....

Mick has sent through his new UV Yellow, I don't think it will suit the build but I will have a try anyway, also he sent through all the dye colours.

A nice range of blues

Reds leading on to pink ... (nice but I'll skip the pink)

and some green and yellows

A big thanks to Mayhems, I will be having a good play with colours and trying to chose a short list for a poll.

any suggestions will be welcome ....

 

[Asouter]

This looks fantastic so far!

Thank you Hoodleader, more to come..

This gets better and better each update, loving it!

Thanks Jonny, I've been playing with the colours Mayhems sent through, so a lil update to follow

Asouter, this my friend is amazing, I love you and think we should be together

LOL you is avin a giraffe Nick....hold on your not a lottery winner are you buddy lol

 

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So a Vid of the choice of colours....

I've been mixing colours all day, and before I show the choices I'd like to explain why some colours have been left off the list

Red, although it looked nice in isolation, when offered up against the m'board it just kinda blended in, it was the same with Black. The greens are Ok but just not for this build and I'm not a big fan of purple.

So it was down to the Blues, and The new Lime Yellow

First is the blue. This was mixed from the Ice White Pastel and has a Nice contrast against the tank.

The second one is the Lime Yellow a bit odd, but it's so vibrant and stands out against the red and black, it shouldn't work but does ...

Enough waffling take a look at the short Video,

 

[Asouter]

I think that you'd want something that looks like 2-stroke petrol - the yellow is closer to that.

The yellow has been a complete surprise, It's very likely that I will use it... if anything it will certainly create controversy, so the yellow will have done it's job

Outstanding!! Very Unique..

Thank you Keenan, very much appreciated.

I vote for Lime yellow

Your vote is noted, +1 for the free thinkers