Start with a blacksmith shop.

Inside the virtual laboratory, Li Zhenhua was admiring the two motorcycles displayed in front of him.

The two motorcycles are a five-cylinder 450cc, 71-horsepower model and a seven-cylinder 700cc, 111-horsepower model.

Of course, both of these vehicles were created in a virtual laboratory based on Li Zhenhua's design.

The two cars were not much different, except that the 111-horsepower car had a larger engine under the fuel tank than the 71-horsepower car. With a larger engine, the car was also larger.

The engine is located below the motorcycle's fuel tank and is mounted transversely, meaning that all the engine cylinders face the wind.

The engine cooling system uses liquid cooling, so it only requires a small water tank and a fan.

The combination of air cooling and liquid cooling minimizes engine heat.

Instead of using the chain drive commonly found on modern motorcycles, the engine's power transmission utilizes a more complex shaft drive system.

The entire driveshaft replaces the drive chain, and power is transmitted from the engine to the front and rear wheels through the driveshaft.

Yes, you read that right. This motorcycle is a full-time two-wheel drive, which greatly increases its off-road capability.

As for the exhaust pipes, there are two on each side, the one on the left is thicker, and the one on the right is thinner.

The thicker bar connects three levers, while the thinner one connects two steel bars.

As for the seven-cylinder version, the exhaust pipe is thicker than the five-cylinder version, after all, it has two more cylinders in displacement.

As for the motorcycle's instrument panel, Li Zhenhua hadn't thoroughly researched it, so he didn't choose an LCD instrument panel but instead used a mechanical one, which is a slight regret about this motorcycle.

As for the fuel tank, it's a bit too large. According to Li Zhenhua's tests in the virtual laboratory, neither of these engines is particularly fuel-efficient.

In real-world testing, the 71-horsepower model achieved a combined fuel consumption of 7 liters per 100 kilometers, while the 111-horsepower model achieved a fuel consumption of over 11 liters per 100 kilometers.

Don't complain about this car's fuel consumption. After all, it uses a radial engine, and its current performance is already quite fuel-efficient.

The two vehicles were indeed quite fast. Each of the two motorcycles, weighing over 400 kilograms, could exceed 300 kilometers per hour. However, Li Zhenhua was unable to measure their final speed.

The reason is simple: he couldn't test it in the lab; it might have to wait until it's built in reality.

Let's find a road with relatively little traffic and a relatively straight section to test it out.

Anyway, when he drove the car to 307 kilometers per hour, the seven-cylinder model was still increasing in speed, but the acceleration was very, very slow.

As for the car's seat design, Li Zhenhua designed the seats to be exceptionally comfortable, taking into account the size of the car and using his own body type as a model.

The comfort level is almost like sitting on a sofa. Like a regular cruiser, it is a motorcycle designed for long-distance riding comfort.

Since it's a cruiser car, cruise control is a must. As mentioned before, the throttle was modified to have this function.

On the right-hand accelerator pedal, there's a horizontally placed gear with a coiled accelerator cable inside. At the innermost part of the accelerator lever is a vertical gear.

Turning the handlebars causes the vertical gear to rotate, which in turn rotates the horizontal gear. The horizontal gear then tightens the throttle cable, increasing the throttle.

By simply adding something between the two gears, the gears can be locked together, thus achieving a simple cruise control.

The engine sound is that of a radial engine, continuous, and it doesn't produce the hoofbeats of an Indian or Harley.

As for the multimedia and entertainment systems that are usually found on cruisers, this car doesn't have them. After all, he doesn't even understand how to use a digital instrument cluster, so how could he possibly have those features?

Li Zhenhua has already thought about these systems. Once the actual vehicle is built, he will find someone with expertise in this area to add all of these systems. The current purely mechanical design is not unacceptable.

As for the future, he also thought that these could all be considered optional equipment. There will always be people who buy the purely mechanical ones, and there are also many people who don't like these technologies.

The car hasn't even been built yet, and he's already thinking about selling it.

The car was built in the virtual laboratory, but it didn't even exist in reality yet, which made him feel quite distressed.

Li Zhenhua waved his hand at the two cars in front of him, and the two mechanically beautiful vehicles disappeared from his sight.

He then exited the virtual laboratory. Fifteen days had passed since he returned from Beiping.

He looked up at the clock on the wall; it was just past noon. His stomach started growling from the intense mental exertion.

After coming down from the second floor, I ate something simple at a small restaurant in town: a bowl of tofu, a tea egg, and three large sesame seed cakes. The tofu also had two large spoonfuls of chili oil and a spoonful of chili peppers.

After finishing his meal, Li Zhenhua went home and turned on his newly configured computer at the counter on the first floor of the blacksmith's shop.

He used CAD to draw motorcycle blueprints on it, and he actually completed the design in the virtual laboratory, doing the work of an entire team all by himself.

However, the design drawings remained in the virtual laboratory and could not be exported, so he could only draw them one part at a time.

This was a massive undertaking, and as he was drawing, the distinctive sound of a diesel engine came from outside the door.

He knew immediately that it was Liu Xiaodong outside the door, who had come to visit him in his pickup truck again.

Just as I was thinking of this, Liu Xiaodong walked in from the door. Without any ceremony, he picked up the thermos next to the counter, took a teacup, put some tea leaves in it, and poured in water.

Looking at Li Zhenhua, who was silently staring intently at the computer, Liu Xiaodong couldn't help but ask the question that had been on his mind.

"Hey, are you possessed? Ever since you came back from Beiping, I haven't seen you leave the computer."

You haven't been forging iron lately, what's wrong with you? Have you lost your purpose in life?

Before you came back, weren't you already thinking about helping Guoba modify his motorcycle?

When Liu Xiaodong asked him a question, Li Zhenhua didn't answer immediately. Instead, he first saved a part he had just drawn.

He then started working on the computer, pulled up an image, and turned the screen towards Liu Xiaodong, indicating that he should take a look first.

Liu Xiaodong was completely baffled by Li Zhenhua's behavior and did not understand his meaning at all.

But once he put his gaze on the computer screen, he couldn't take his eyes off it.

This image is a virtual drawing created by Li Zhenhua using CAD combined with Mayan technology. The image is very realistic; the computer spent more than 30 hours just rendering this one.

It's basically just a photo of a motorcycle in a virtual laboratory.

"Holy crap, what is this?"