Tron: Legacy light cycle designer reveals its secrets

[LastRqss]

wait how is the rider to dismount the bike?

[ivovideathwish]

thumbs up if uve got a bigger dick than me

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[Suwersiderly]

omg how NINJA DAT IZ

[Ramix09]

@kylecavnar yes, probably xD

[Ramix09]

@kylecavnar i mean if the bike was real

[TheKardboardGeek56]

Anyone hear Osama's jet flyin in the background? That thing sounded like it was on a collision course for you!!!!!!!!!!!

[moookieman]

0:52 cute voice crack

[DarkLordDre]

real tron lightcycle fuckin sick

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[giga772]

German engineering ftw!

[qeSan]

If you want to see a light cycle realised search for this vid: Tron Lightcycle Test Drive Parker Brothers Choppers TRON Legacy.wmv or the latest one Final Tron Lightcycle Parker Brothers Choppers Fire Flame Remix

[Ramix09]

my question is: how the fuck they can turn left or right?

[CrimsonCru]

if that thing works, i dont care how much it costs, i want it!!!

[Risket]

That would be so awkward to ride. Especially for us guys. Find the video of the fully functional light cycle and the guys riding it and you'll see what I mean.

[KATRNALUV]

0:52 HE CRACKS HIS VOICE thumbs up if you heard

[Autojazz435]

the way he describes it we have the friction drive tech do make it work!

[desiromeo107]

everyone here knows they made a street legal version of this bike right?

[flipmodeOptimus]

Difficult to steer in real life King Pin Inclination is all wrong i.. reply if you feel different

[evenpoon]

I can even drink Soda when I'm driving!!

[cakesmaiden]

make sure to put your mask on before you got dusted on your face :)

[IamNiiTeiko]

would this really be comfortable to ride in real life?

The Almighty's Blessings

[arandomperson3]

Dear Santa...

[bobbihana]

i would so drive this everyday!!

[daftmastercheifpunk]

So...yeah.

[EphraimGuitar]

they need to put all the lights in and get these on the road baby!! :D

[bonnieladscotty]

i just seen one of these built by a custom chopper company, its rimless drive and everything! its beautiful to look at! this is the future of travel. i'd even buy a car that looked like this!

[drtyrell969]

Let's note: SYD MEAD received NO credit in the new film despite the blatant ripoff. Way to go Gen X!

[OldYgg]

I think there are two sets of real-world working tron-like bikes. I just wonder how it handles.

[micropod]

Cool, just got his book "Cosmic Motors" so was rather pleased to find this video! :-)

[waffleiron24]

I...WANT!!!!!!!!!!!!

[n3rd89]

I cant imagine these have a good turning circle IRL sadly :(

[popculture227]

Lol ahh stereotypes..."And it will be in a BLACK enviorment" Lol ahhh how racist life is.

[KidJayce]

Man if they actually started a trend of speed bikes or ninja bikes mimicking the TRON look... dang that would be bad ass to see a pack of these on the freeway at night.... Thumbs up!

[dontrustwhiteyever1]

@KidJayce Yea but they cant hide from the cops. They would glow in the dark.

[Ciiatro]

Actually, one company made like 6 of them. Parker Brothers, I believe. They are all fully functionally, hubless wheels, and street legal. The have some videos on youtube of one of them. They're bad ass.

[MAjYQSammi]

@Ciiatro I saw that too! They're like $30,000 if you want one. Haha!

[matrix86]

@KidJayce watch?v=FtJI-I9yl48

[Raptorx007]

@KidJayce The technology is there for the taking. Dainese and alpinestars should make a bike gear like this. It will improve the visibility which is cruccial for a biker. To bad i didnt have allot of money to start it.

[cjeam9199]

@Raptorx007 Well the light's might improve the visibility of the rider to other vehicles, but the rider is lower and less mobile so they can't see as much, additionally, they're going to hit stuff head first, which is a bad plan.

[MrMoshiMoshy]

@KidJayce The Parker Brothers made one but they don't have the neon-suit

[devafanda]

how do they get the wheels to move? i mean how do they transfer the engine power to the wheel?

[YippieYiYoYo]

@devafanda i would imagine that there is a wheel that the motor is spinning that is touching the big back wheel causing that to spin in the opposite direction... if that makes sense

[devafanda]

@YippieYiYoYo it might be possible.. but thats just stupid!

[victomofrage]

I would love to see a video of that bike trying to make a realistic u-turn until then it is a cool concept, but utterly useless in reality. Without a realistic turning radius it does not ride like a sport bike, and would end up sitting in the garage of a guy who owns 10 motorcycles, but never really rides any of them.

[empyreanlc]

wonder why Syd Mead didn't work on it

[vastenmielinen]

2 bikes i definately want !

-Marine Turbine Y2K

-Tron Legacy Light Cycle

awesomeness

[stapletonm14]

Now you just need to make it work! It would be awesome to drive to work on a Light Cycle!

[12311981]

@stapletonm14

The bikeshop that build the bikes for the movie made 20 extra working bikes that were auction on ebay for about $35K each & I believe they are electric, but haven't yet been delivered, because by contract they can't release them before the movie opens on Dec 17th 2010.

[RyMaNF0v]

@stapletonm14 It would be awesome to live in the TRON world period! A guy can dream can't he?

[linkrazr]

@stapletonm14 Look up the Parker Brother Motorcycle shop. They actually built some and are street legal.

Hell, they even built the Bat Pod from Dark Knight.

[JungSwon]

@linkrazr i think those ARE the licensed tron light cycles. Disney had them make five for each color? not 100% positive though

[JungSwon]

@stapletonm14 yeah it would be...if the design didnt hurt ur back like a bitch. They designed it in the light cycles "stretch" mode which is when they get more speed in the movie by leaning forward and pushing the bike outwards when they should have stuck with a comfortable normal ride. Its also got a chopper engine in there which i think also ruins the tron-ness.

[chinesefood19]

@stapletonm14 a bike shop in florida made a working light cycle. the only legaly street drivable one.

[Autojazz435]

@stapletonm14 we have the friction drive tech for this type of bike and electric motors to drive it so im pretty sure someone could build it in fact someone already has!

[Eufeion]

@stapletonm14 Search on youtube for: Tron Lightcycle Test Drive Parker Brothers Choppers TRON Legacy.wmv

Its a vid of them test driving it

[alucardr]

@stapletonm14 While listening to Daft Punk!!!!

[Mavrick1509]

@stapletonm14 search parker brothers on youtube they made a pretty badass version

[marco136669]

@stapletonm14 there is actually a working version of this by parker brothers choppers :-)

[executable19]

@stapletonm14 And derezz your boss on the way home!

[RANDOMPERSONsaysFUFU]

thats awesome