Buy a Real Life Light Cycle for Only $55,000
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Whilst it looks (somewhat) nice it is a completely flawed designed to model a motorcycle on.
The seating position and fairing reduce the ability to utilise effective countersteering. Also the seating position, position of the handles as well as distribution of weight over the motorcycle means emergency braking is severly hampened.
Front brakes work best when you can apply as much downward pressure through the front of the bike as the vehicle undergoes a high level deceleration. The front tyre spread as well as pressure from the rider as energy is transformed into physical force upon the forks produces additional drag and creates greater friction between the rubber and the road.
Given that handle and fork configuration, no amount of pressure from the rider's during a high deceleration event will communicate in greater downward pressure on the forks, and as such, tyres.
It would be an unwieldly, uncomfortable, bulky, and inefficient vehicle .... some things belong solely in the realm of science fiction rather than finding transition into practical application.
I mean, I must congratulate them on their efforts, but it's an unsafe vehicle to operate ... as you could see from the video, all of them had trouble operating it.
No time do you put down *both* feet at an intersection unless you want to stand up to help get blood circulating through your right leg again during a long trip.
....And why is there no front brake? <.<
The seating position and fairing reduce the ability to utilise effective countersteering. Also the seating position, position of the handles as well as distribution of weight over the motorcycle means emergency braking is severly hampened.
Front brakes work best when you can apply as much downward pressure through the front of the bike as the vehicle undergoes a high level deceleration. The front tyre spread as well as pressure from the rider as energy is transformed into physical force upon the forks produces additional drag and creates greater friction between the rubber and the road.
Given that handle and fork configuration, no amount of pressure from the rider's during a high deceleration event will communicate in greater downward pressure on the forks, and as such, tyres.
It would be an unwieldly, uncomfortable, bulky, and inefficient vehicle .... some things belong solely in the realm of science fiction rather than finding transition into practical application.
I mean, I must congratulate them on their efforts, but it's an unsafe vehicle to operate ... as you could see from the video, all of them had trouble operating it.
No time do you put down *both* feet at an intersection unless you want to stand up to help get blood circulating through your right leg again during a long trip.
....And why is there no front brake? <.<
The front and back are basically made of 2 wheels joined together(its why there so thick) with a channel between them. in between the back wheel is where the drive belt is. After that you just put bearings around the inside where the spokes would be and the wheel will support the bike without anything in the center.caleb451 said:
Holy crap, the guys that built these are based in my town, I pass their shop almost everyday.
I need to pay more attention to see if I can spot one.
I need to pay more attention to see if I can spot one.
I cna only laugh if two people buy these and one wrecks into the other, trying the light path stunt you see in the movie that destroys the bike.
Still, thats cool, even if it doesnt light up.
Still, thats cool, even if it doesnt light up.
Pretty sweet, but something like that really needs to be some sort of high performance electric/hybrid drive - the engine throb was kinda out of place 
Nice look to it, I wouldn't mind seeing some bikes that took that as a concept, then took artistic license with it. Relax the driver's position (making steering easier, heh), bring the arms closer together so you're not hugging a tree, and I dunno - do the tyres need more curvature to be effective for turning?
Pretty sweet as a show model though, kudos to them for making it! One question - did they license them? Cos if they're selling them without licensing the IP then they're setting themselves up for a law suit - that company making lasers that kinda looked like lightsabers got a letter from Lucas Arts in fairly short order after all...
Nice look to it, I wouldn't mind seeing some bikes that took that as a concept, then took artistic license with it. Relax the driver's position (making steering easier, heh), bring the arms closer together so you're not hugging a tree, and I dunno - do the tyres need more curvature to be effective for turning?
Pretty sweet as a show model though, kudos to them for making it! One question - did they license them? Cos if they're selling them without licensing the IP then they're setting themselves up for a law suit - that company making lasers that kinda looked like lightsabers got a letter from Lucas Arts in fairly short order after all...
Thats nothing that can't be fixed with some EL Wire [http://xoxide.com/elwire.html] or LEDs or something.theComposer said:
Having said that, I'm still debating on whether or not putting a third mortgage on your house and selling all spare organs would be worth owning one of these.
I would totally drop $55,000 on this. Hell I would pay double to get one after all of them run out.
