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Design & Development
Concept, CAD, simulation and iteration. Frame geometry, aerodynamics, powertrain integration.
University of Sheffield · MotoStudent 2027
Designing and Building a Motorcycle
from Scratch
From CAD to checkered flag — a student-led race engineering team.
About us
A student-built motorcycle, end to end.
We are a student-led motorcycle engineering team based at the University of Sheffield. Made up primarily of engineering students, our goal is to design, build, and race a fully original motorcycle for the 2027 MotoStudent competition. The project brings together mechanical design, manufacturing, testing, and race engineering — giving members hands-on experience you can't get in a lecture theatre.
The journey
Where engineering meets competition
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Manufacturing & Assembly
Machining, welding, composite layup and assembly — turning drawings into a rideable machine.
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Validation & Testing
Dyno runs, shakedowns, data-logging and iterative tuning to prove the bike is race-ready.
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Race & Compete
MotoStudent 2027 — where every hour in the workshop meets the stopwatch on track.
The team
Engineers, designers, racers.
We're a cross-discipline group of Sheffield engineering students — mechanical, aerospace, electrical — with one shared goal: put a bike we built ourselves on the grid at MotoStudent 2027. Every chassis node, every line of CAD and every hour in the workshop has a name behind it.
New members welcome across all years. If you want to turn coursework into a real machine, get in touch.
Sponsor the build. Back the team.
We're seeking sponsors and industry partners to support our journey to MotoStudent 2027.
Get in touch