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Akira
Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 7:14 pm
by ElChado87
This reminds me of Kaneda's bike in the film Akira...
http://www.motorcyclemuseum.org/classic ... asp?id=130
Not too far off me thinks...
Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 9:18 pm
by blues2cruise
It resembles a scooter.
Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 12:31 am
by JC Viper
When I look at it I feel like listening to CCR or other 60's/ 70's rock music.
Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 2:09 am
by DireWolf
Leaves me with the question of........."why?"
Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 3:47 am
by Johnj
DireWolf wrote:
Leaves me with the question of........."why?"
Fuel economy. Read the article.
Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 3:59 am
by DireWolf
Yeah. I saw that, but even in the early 80's alternative ways to fuel effecient vehicles were being explored.
He spent a ton of time and assumably $$ figuring out how to basically double his mileage on an already effecient fossil fueled vehicle....
I get 70-80MPG on my stock bike.
Oh - AND his looks like a scooter.
Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 2:06 pm
by Gadjet
Akira's bike has been built
click here to see
Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 5:17 pm
by Gurgus
Apparently, there is a live action verison of "Akira" coming out in summer '09, so I guess we'll be seing a working version of that bike. Or maybe not, considering how much CGI animation is used in movies these days. Myself, I'd love to see a working version of that bike. I've loved that movie since the first time I saw it.
Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2008 2:38 am
by Pittance
Since we are already on the subject, and I havent found anyone else who has seen this movie: I watched the movie once a few months ago, and had a hard time following all of the details. Is the manga worth exploring for a more detailed storyline?
Also, looking at the bike again, it seems like it is 2 parts, the front where the computer console (and probably the engine) is, and the rear where the back tire is. It doesnt seems like it could tilt over very far without scraping, which wouldnt give it very good handling. Also, I would think itd be incredibly hard to get any sort of drivetrain from the front to the back without the use of maybe a chain. But then, I dont know that much about bike mechanics.
Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2008 2:12 pm
by Zohw
http://negatendo.net/kmc/en_neo_fukuoka.htm
Plenty of detailed shots on the construction.