Who wants a full-size Tron light cycle?
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torsoboy
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Yep, missing all the middle details. Of course, there is an engine there, but that shouldn't have stopped them from at least putting a false detail panel there.
That's awesome that it can go in a straight line. I'm glad they kept showing that. Over and over. In 3 second increments. Always coming to a stop. Is there even an engine in it? Or is someone just motor-boating the cameraman? LOL
Great proof of concept for a company, though. That's really gotta draw a ton of business for them. I love the spokeless wheels.
Wakeem
Sr Member
They took some of the images down from the linked site...Anyone still have them or know the photographer's site as he/she requested they be removed.
I need to see the lightcycle in the film. I'm pretty sure I prefer the original so far. Those guys attempting to ride the bike look like me when I was barely 10 years old trying to ride a sportbike. In other words, very nervous.
Still, from this video and the other on the company website. These guys might come up with some cool designs. They showed a clip of Kaneda's bike in Akira. I would really like to see them try Cloud's Fenrir in Final Fantasy Advent Children or Priss' Highway Star from the original Bubblegum Crisis.
I need to see the lightcycle in the film. I'm pretty sure I prefer the original so far. Those guys attempting to ride the bike look like me when I was barely 10 years old trying to ride a sportbike. In other words, very nervous.
Still, from this video and the other on the company website. These guys might come up with some cool designs. They showed a clip of Kaneda's bike in Akira. I would really like to see them try Cloud's Fenrir in Final Fantasy Advent Children or Priss' Highway Star from the original Bubblegum Crisis.
Looks like you can't lean the bike. The side of the wheels are not the wheels and do not rotate so if you lean it too much you grind the those sides down. Looks cool for a law ornament but it looks like a PITA to ride.
exoray
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Michael Lichter
A mirror of the photos can be found here...
Michael-lichter | Products & Tech News
And mirrors of the article with photos still intact...
Custom-built, Street-legal
A Closer Look At The $55,000 Street Legal Tron Light Cycle
TechEBlog » Parker Brothers Choppers Builds $55,000 Street-Legal TRON Light Cycle
And here is a few more videos that show construction and what not... (Note some of the videos might contain images that might not be work appropriate)
Must See: Fully Functional ‘Tron’ Light Cycle Is Here! | Geeks of Doom
And after watching the above videos I have to say it's one craptacular build up under the fiberglass, the frame is just amateur IMO... You wouldn't catch me on that thing on a real roadway... The last thing an unstable bike design needs is a ridged frame composed of some stock flat bar stock tacked to a tube frame, lacking any suspension...
After looking at the inside of it i would bet someone is going to die on that thing. Never mind the crap frame. Those wheels are the most dangerous things i've seen in a while. How long do you think you can ride a motorcycle rim along the outside of an aluminum car rim using roller bearings in between. And what happens when the bearings wear in? The wheel flops around. The hubless wheels have been made properly before with linear bearings. This is like the ******* version of that design
dexter1138
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These guys are all show and no go, they should just build static replicas.
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exoray
Master Member
WOW! I wasn't even paying attention to that, talk about a pure death wish design... Even minimal lateral force would be destructive to that bearing design as there is nothing holding it together, even if you managed to stay alive going in a perfectly straight line without failure, turns would be murder on the bearings... Also the tires appear to have no real profile beyond flat... IMO riding that this is just asking to join the Darwin Award list...
Wakeem
Sr Member
Thanks. Yeah, looking at those vids a person would be pretty silly to ride that thing at any kind of speed on a normal road let alone an expressway. Also, as it's not SA there really isn't a point in just having it as a display either.
Yep disapointed that it isn't SA. It's a shame, it wouldn't have been that much more trouble to do. (And I agree the hubless wheels could have been done better)
Still, wouldn't say no if they gave it to me!
Still, wouldn't say no if they gave it to me!
Vaderman
Sr Member
This 'cycle seems like a good candidate for an electric bike.
To make the coverings hide that V twin, the thing is way too huge to be comfortable, not to mention the turning radius, which appears to be about a quarter mile.
Nice work building some of these even before the movie is out though and making it a real bike!
This would go nicely with the Tron leathers for sale by udreplicas.com...
To make the coverings hide that V twin, the thing is way too huge to be comfortable, not to mention the turning radius, which appears to be about a quarter mile.
Nice work building some of these even before the movie is out though and making it a real bike!
This would go nicely with the Tron leathers for sale by udreplicas.com...
Wakeem
Sr Member
This 'cycle seems like a good candidate for an electric bike.
To make the coverings hide that V twin, the thing is way too huge to be comfortable, not to mention the turning radius, which appears to be about a quarter mile.
Nice work building some of these even before the movie is out though and making it a real bike!
This would go nicely with the Tron leathers for sale by udreplicas.com...
A poorly designed bike which the designers aren't even riding at speed and a leather suit which probably isn't fully tested for sportbike riding? You would really be asking for trouble with that combination.
In case you're still interested, a friction roller on the rear wheel, usually.
Really the engineering looks fine on this thing. It's never going to be able to go very fast, I don't believe the claim for 150mph for a second. Not if it is a roller drive on the wheel.
It's just a rolling, marginally rideable sculpture. The design doesn't really allow for a suspension, and in order to be practical at all, the frame HAS to use a lot of heavy plate and tube - even at low speed the shear forces on that steel plate arrangement holding the rear wheel on would be WAY more than what is imparted from a normal hub and swingarm. No wonder they're big. As for the wheels, the thing will never do enough miles to wear out the bearings.
Even so I'd expect these are going to be sold subject to some epic caveats.
I watched the build videos on this thing, and I would be very nervous trying to ride one of these, since the engineering (especially in the wheels) is a bit questionable to be able to handle high speeds. :confused
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