I only started engaging with LinkedIn recently and encountered posts by or about Dennis Savic and Savic Motorcycles. I reposted a few of these posts on LinkedIn recently and thought it best to provide some context here. Dennis did some minor design work for me back in 2015 just after he graduated from UWA as a Mechanical Engineer. He was an impressive graduate back then and soon started his journey with Savic Motorcycles.
Imagining your own vision for the future in any sort of product and then realizing that vision in the real world is incredibly difficult. However, doing that in manufacturing in Australia for an automotive industry niche market is next level. It takes incredible levels of skill, perseverance and grit. Kudos to Dennis for his dedication and commitment to his vision.
I’m not a motorcycle rider but can appreciate the design of the Savic motorcycles. Check out the pistachio green motorcycle in the image below. Also check out the videos on Youtube. Snippets of the designs Dennis did for me back in 2015 as a graduate engineer are shown at the end of this post.
The following image show the design concepts Dennis came up with based on my descriptions of intent. This was a concept for a protective case that would have folded flat for travel but unfolded into an adjustable stand to raise portable displays up to eye level. The idea was that the base and support legs would fold out from the same cover that protected the screen when packed away, making it all one compact unit. Using force hinges (the kind that stay where you put them) and lightweight displays, it was designed to create multiple stable setups from the same flat case. It aimed to solve the problem of carrying a second screen around without needing a separate stand or worrying about protection, but the product never made it past the initial concept stage.
Included is an image of the intended end-user experience. Your laptop is placed in front of the case with a second screen elevated to eye level.
A cardboard mockup of the proposed case/stand combination is also included. Implementing this sort of basic hardware concept in Australian manufacturing was too hard for me as someone who works mainly in software development. I can’t truly appreciate the challenges of getting an EV motorcycle to market in Australia.
