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This is an archive article published on November 23, 2011
TN engineering students design 8216;nano motorcycle8217;
A group of final year mechanical engineering students of a private university in Tamil Nadu have claimed to have designed a 25-kg single-seater 'nano' motorcycle that could give a mileage of 97 km per litre of petrol.
A group of final year mechanical engineering students of a private university in Tamil Nadu have claimed to have designed a 25-kg single-seater 8216;nano8217; motorcycle that could give a mileage of 97 km per litre of petrol.
The students of PRIST University,Thanjavur,have designed the motorcycle under the guidance of their professors and in collaboration with Hi-Tech Project Industries,a private engineering services company at Porayar in the district.
Demonstrating the motorcycle,named 8216;Nano Bike8217; at the Hi-Tech Project Industries campus yesterday in the presence of the company8217;s research wing staff,the students claimed the vehicle can touch a maximum speed of 45 kmph and carry one person.
They have fabricated the bike using steel,aluminium alloy and plastic. The main frame is made of steel while the wheels were made of aluminium alloy. The petrol tank is made of Plastic. To reduce noise,belt drive has been used instead of the traditional chain drive mechanism,the students said.
The students claimed that commercial production of the motorcycle was viable and would cost only about Rs 8,000 per unit.
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