Redesign of Moped


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Creator/Artist: Sudhir Kumar Atreya

Category: Product Design

Document: Diploma Project Report

Batch: 1977-1979

Source: India,   IDC IIT Bombay

Period:  1979-1988

Medium: Report pdf

Supervisor: Prof. K. Munshi


Detailed Description

The most serious problem that vehicles today face is the fast-increasing price of fuel. In two-wheelers, petrol (gasoline) is the most commonly used fuel. Mopeds consume the minimum amount of gasoline as they are light and low-powered vehicles. So they could be very popular among the day-to-day users. But unfortunately, in Indian markets, mopeds are not sold well. They are very rarely seen on the roads.

Most of the two-wheeler users are young males, and for some reasons, they prefer to buy motorcycles or scooters. So the project started with “converting the possible buyers of scooters and motorcycles into the possible buyers of mopeds” as the basic objective. It was decided to give riding comfort priority. Other design aspects to be considered were visual appeal, functional improvements, ease of production, and maintenance.