Having followed several builds in this Group, I'm hoping this will be a worthy project. I've picked up the Tamiya Detail-Up parts for the Front Fork Set as well as a Detail Set from Top Studio. The Top Studio detail parts have a lot of little pieces. Keep your fingers crossed and hopefully I can entertain us all.

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Looking forward to watching your build on this motorcycle, Brian (@brithebuilder). Do plan to add some homemade resin parts?

I know what you mean, Brian (@brithebuilder). I built a 1/9 Italeri German WW2 motorcycle with sidecar for this group. I had never built a motorcycle before, either. I had no idea what would be involved. Have fun!

@gblair - I'll try, no pressure right? The WW2 bike with sidecar sounds interesting George, I'll have to look for that.

@chinesegeorge - Good to know it's a newer kit and builds up nicely. I've been looking over the Top Studio bits and there really are a lot of tiny pieces. Should make for a good build no matter what. Hopefully I can get close to the quality I've seen in the thread.

Great kit, great bike and Marquez a great rider. Does the kit come with an injured rider...LOL. Look forward to following your build Brian @brithebuilder. As this is your first bike build, welcome to the world of biking. I recently built the Kawasaki Motogp bike and it was the first time that I used the detail up front forks and it certainly builds a better model!

Hi Brian @brithebuilder, I am an avid follower of Motogp, and the fans call Marquez the Alien and they are not that far wrong! The things he can do on a bike is beyond human. You don't win 8 world championships over three different classes if you are a monkey. I hope you enjoy the build.

@brithebuilder, I think you are going to have a lot of fun! Top recorded top speed of a Motogp bike 364.4kph. Two men have exactly the same speed, Brad Binder (a fellow South African like me) on a KTM, and Francesco Bagnaia on a Ducati. Yes, they are insanely brave and fearless! .

The engine parts went together essentially perfectly.

The clutch from Top Studios is somewhat insane really. I hope the detail is visible in the finished piece. The clutch itself has 16 plates inside, alternating smooth and toothed then capped with a couple resin pieces. Not really difficult but my big hands didn't help while folding up the verticals... I must have popped plates out 10 times while trying to get everything aligned. After getting all the verticals in place, I added a couple drops of CA to the interior of the plates to keep them in place while adding the first top cap. Getting the verticals to pass through the gaps was a slow process but it all worked out.