Motorbikes

**ZAX** · #1 09-17-2023, 09:33 AM

In this thread, I occasionally add some motorcycle that I manage to glue, the first one is:

Yamaha YZR-M1

Scale 1:15
Source Fifík magazine
Author: L.Jakubčo (BaJ)

The model of the cutout is the legendary motorcycle of the Italian racer Valentino Rossi, who rode a Yamaha YZR-M1 motorcycle.

I finally got to this motorbike, which was published in Fifík magazine. I glued it from the original, while this paper is already a bit thin for me, so I struggled with it a bit...I made a few adjustments, but nothing major...mainly I cut out all the air, I used foil in the fairing, I redid the front fork including handlebars, added brake cables (wire), chain (thread) and added a simple pad with a stand...some photos:

**Siwi** · #2 09-17-2023, 09:55 AM

You've done well. Motorbikes are difficult to capture in paper as they have basically no right-angled surfaces, it's all tubes and compound curves.

**ZAX** · #3 09-24-2023, 10:03 AM

Thank you, motorbike models brought me back to paper modeling about 15 years ago after about a 20-year break...

This author released another similar Honda model with Yamaha, I'm finishing it now and hopefully I'll add photos in a week

**airdave** · #4 09-24-2023, 06:26 PM

Very nice YZ

Any idea if there is an FZ model out there?
I used to own one.

**Tapcho** · #5 09-25-2023, 09:59 AM

Very nice Zax. I ave to build a motorcyckle someday. They are so cool.

Here you go Dave (I hope it's the one you are looking for).

Tappi

**airdave** · #6 09-25-2023, 05:38 PM

Sorry Tap...thats a much newer MT

My FZ600 was just before the YZ shown here.
I think it was 1986.
The FZ was a race class all to its own, racing the FZ600.
And then the following year they introduced the FZR (the street version of the works bike for Grand Prix)

**ZAX** · #7 10-01-2023, 01:26 PM

Honda RC213V

Scale 1:15
Source Fifík magazine (free model)
Author: L.Jakubčo (BaJ)

The model of the paper model is the current MotoGP motorcycle ridden by the Spanish racer Marc Marquez.

This is the twin of the Yamaha YZR-M1, which was published in Fifík, this motorbike can be downloaded from the pages of Fifík magazine. Similar to the Honda I did the same mods-cut out all the air, used foil in the fairing, redid the front fork including the handlebars, added brake cables (wire), chain (thread) and added a simple rack pad...a few photos: