OzFighter
01-03-2007, 10:55 AM
Just thought this might make some interesting reading for some of you with an interest in futuristic concept motorbikes. Im basing this thread around the motorcycle made famous by the Japanese Animation, Akira.
A bit of history about the movie.
Akira was released around 1988 and for the time it was a ground-breaking movie in terms of animation quality and story line. The story is very out there in that its set around the year 2019, post WW3. 'Akira' was a boy who developed a higher state of being and could alter space and time with his mind alone. Scientist began conducting experiments and to cut a long story short, opened up a world of trouble bringing about a nuclear type explosion creating a crater half the size of Australia. We then fast forward 20 20 years or so to a motorcycle street gang who spend their days chasing down and beating up rival bike gangs. All is fun and games until one of the members has a collision with a escaped 'test subject' and begins to develop the same powers as the infamous Akira. The rest of the story gets very indepth with the growing powers and government trying to capture him, blah blah blah. See the movie for more info!
Which brings me to this.
In the movie, the leader of the central gang rides this motorcycle that is beyond anything capable of production in this day and age....so we all thought!
A few bike enthusiasts and companies thought it would be great if they could actually build this machine. After all when you research the movie and comics of the same name there is tons of information and specs of this bike. So, bike builders, inventors and japanese companies put alot of time, money and research into building this bike.
Ive been browsing the net and there are quite alot of people trying to build it. All in different phases of development and likeness to the one from the movie. I thought it would be interesting to post up here being that alot of us know a shit load about the technical aspects of motorbikes and the research alone opens up your mind to possibility's of the look of bikes in the future.
Check out some of these links if your interested at all. Ive put in some thumbnails to show you what the bike looks like from the movie and how people has actually started to build this weapon.
Some lines from the movie sums the specs up perfectly and all these people have tried as best as they can to follow these guidelines.
These are some lines from the movie about the bike:
"ceramic, double-rotor two-wheel drive, computer-controlled anti-lock brakes, 12,000 rpms", and that it may be okay for you to "lower the rev below 5,000 while changing gears"...
Some of what is said about the bike in the movie is impossible to create with current technology, but alternative parts have been used and there is some very impressive bikes being built out there!
Check out these links for more detailed information. Even if you know nothing about this movie or Jap Animation, you will be amazed at what some people will try!
-Sites with people building this bike:
http://www.matus1976.com/akira_bike/welcome.htm
http://www.bbakira.co.uk/kanbike/bike.htm
http://www.burningart.com/meico/moto/akira/
http://www.akira2019.com/kaneda_bike.htm
-Good detailed discription about the movie
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akira_(film)
Anyone else know of any crazy futuristic bikes that have been made based on some concept idea?
Some thumbnails:
A bit of history about the movie.
Akira was released around 1988 and for the time it was a ground-breaking movie in terms of animation quality and story line. The story is very out there in that its set around the year 2019, post WW3. 'Akira' was a boy who developed a higher state of being and could alter space and time with his mind alone. Scientist began conducting experiments and to cut a long story short, opened up a world of trouble bringing about a nuclear type explosion creating a crater half the size of Australia. We then fast forward 20 20 years or so to a motorcycle street gang who spend their days chasing down and beating up rival bike gangs. All is fun and games until one of the members has a collision with a escaped 'test subject' and begins to develop the same powers as the infamous Akira. The rest of the story gets very indepth with the growing powers and government trying to capture him, blah blah blah. See the movie for more info!
Which brings me to this.
In the movie, the leader of the central gang rides this motorcycle that is beyond anything capable of production in this day and age....so we all thought!
A few bike enthusiasts and companies thought it would be great if they could actually build this machine. After all when you research the movie and comics of the same name there is tons of information and specs of this bike. So, bike builders, inventors and japanese companies put alot of time, money and research into building this bike.
Ive been browsing the net and there are quite alot of people trying to build it. All in different phases of development and likeness to the one from the movie. I thought it would be interesting to post up here being that alot of us know a shit load about the technical aspects of motorbikes and the research alone opens up your mind to possibility's of the look of bikes in the future.
Check out some of these links if your interested at all. Ive put in some thumbnails to show you what the bike looks like from the movie and how people has actually started to build this weapon.
Some lines from the movie sums the specs up perfectly and all these people have tried as best as they can to follow these guidelines.
These are some lines from the movie about the bike:
"ceramic, double-rotor two-wheel drive, computer-controlled anti-lock brakes, 12,000 rpms", and that it may be okay for you to "lower the rev below 5,000 while changing gears"...
Some of what is said about the bike in the movie is impossible to create with current technology, but alternative parts have been used and there is some very impressive bikes being built out there!
Check out these links for more detailed information. Even if you know nothing about this movie or Jap Animation, you will be amazed at what some people will try!
-Sites with people building this bike:
http://www.matus1976.com/akira_bike/welcome.htm
http://www.bbakira.co.uk/kanbike/bike.htm
http://www.burningart.com/meico/moto/akira/
http://www.akira2019.com/kaneda_bike.htm
-Good detailed discription about the movie
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akira_(film)
Anyone else know of any crazy futuristic bikes that have been made based on some concept idea?
Some thumbnails: