(http://img264.imageshack.us/img264/2227/batpod2hqtjo5.jpg)
(http://www.cool-wallpapers.biz/gallery/movies/batman-dark-knight/batman-dark-knight-motorcycle.jpg)
info: http://www.heathheathens.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=940
"The front and rear tires are both a monstrously huge 508 millimeters, and the engines are in the hubs of each wheel. Steering isn't by hand but by shoulder, since there aren't handlebars. Instead, there are shields that fit each arm like sleeves and have the ability to rotate around the bike's frame. The two foot pegs are set 3 1/2 feet apart on either side of the tank, which the rider lies on, belly down."
discuss
(searched found nothing, hope it aint a derby!)
Not a re-post from here, but we saw this at least a year and a half ago on TOB...
Looks like a sporty version of a boss hoss (this is not a compliment to either).
Dude, his cape flapping around that rear wheel is an OH & S issue for sure :o
looks like a murdered out version of this
(http://www.tacomasrunner.com/images/big_wheel.jpg)
Quote from: eVilTWIN on June 18, 2008, 07:01:29 PM
looks like a murdered out version of this
(http://www.tacomasrunner.com/images/big_wheel.jpg)
MISFITS fan are we?
Quote from: roy-nexus-6 on June 18, 2008, 06:52:38 PM
Dude, his cape flapping around that rear wheel is an OH & S issue for sure :o
I don't know if his bat-head is snell approved either.... ;)
Batman is such a SQUID!
I don't know about that. I think he's got more armor on than the rest of us...
Quote from: eVilTWIN on June 18, 2008, 07:01:29 PM
looks like a murdered out version of this
(http://www.tacomasrunner.com/images/big_wheel.jpg)
My Dad had that exact bike (200cc) and I had the 80cc. I learned how to shift with a clutch on the 200.
Meh-mories.
Quote from: someguy on June 18, 2008, 06:21:11 PM
Looks like a sporty version of a boss hoss (this is not a compliment to either).
which reminds me of last weekend when i rode behind an orange boss hoss motorcycle and baby blue antique chevy styled rear end trike last weekend at the Austin, TX R.O.T. rally.
I can't find 1 reason to like those things either.
the bat bike on the other hand would be fun for about a day though.... which in turn reminds me of the Can-Am Spyder's I saw at the local honda dealer last week...
but i digress
So that Bat Bike actually works ???
I thought it was all Hollywood Smoke and Mirrors :P
Even the original (Tim Burton) Batmobile's worked...
interesting video regarding the development of the batpod, including it being ridden:
The Dark Knight: Bat Pod (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00LUKXvqsIE&feature=related#normal)
I'll go ahead and offer the dissenting opinion: I would rock that in a heartbeat. It just looks like it would be so much fun to ride! Talk about an attention getter, and something that you don't see every day.
Neat find Derby
Um...didn't everyone see this back in 2008??
Old news [coffee]
Quote from: Monster Dave on October 26, 2009, 07:45:40 AM
Um...didn't everyone see this back in 2008??
Old news [coffee]
the bike? yeah...
video of the bike being ridden in the "real world?" not so much
(unless you can find the video elsewhere on the board.)
Quote from: Obsessed? on October 26, 2009, 06:49:39 AM
I'll go ahead and offer the dissenting opinion: I would rock that in a heartbeat. It just looks like it would be so much fun to ride! Talk about an attention getter, and something that you don't see every day.
+11tybillion
Dave, are you questioning Derbys Search-Fu? Oh my, isn't that a sign of the apocalypse?
Quote from: yuu on October 26, 2009, 08:23:24 AM
Dave, are you questioning Derbys Search-Fu? Oh my, isn't that a sign of the apocalypse?
+1
I think that's ban-worthy :D
Quote from: yuu on October 26, 2009, 08:23:24 AM
Dave, are you questioning Derbys Search-Fu? Oh my, isn't that a sign of the apocalypse?
Its not Search-fu, Derby is the NEO of the internets... Well at-least the DMF.
He sees all threads.
[cheeky]
I was just say'n...
I know that I saw this somewhere before....deja-vu maybe!!!
Quote from: Monster Dave on October 26, 2009, 10:14:01 AM
[cheeky]
I was just say'n...
I know that I saw this somewhere before....deja-vu maybe!!!
You thought you saw it because you posted a similar link from popular mechanics back in June or July. They had a video clip about the imax and mentioned the bike but the clip wasn't specifically about the bike or include any non-cinematic clips of it.
Quote from: erkishhorde on October 26, 2009, 12:23:15 PM
You thought you saw it because you posted a similar link from popular mechanics back in June or July. They had a video clip about the imax and mentioned the bike but the clip wasn't specifically about the bike or include any non-cinematic clips of it.
Well that would explain it wouldn't it!! Thanks! [thumbsup]
Whew! Saved. No universe implosion today. [beer]
Quote from: Obsessed? on October 26, 2009, 06:49:39 AM
I'll go ahead and offer the dissenting opinion: I would rock that in a heartbeat. It just looks like it would be so much fun to ride! Talk about an attention getter, and something that you don't see every day.
+1
Id be all over that [evil]
I wonder if it comes in dual sport version?
Sure does!
Same Bat bike, same Bat suspension, just comes with a set of these:
(http://renooffroad.com/RealRoma/Images/quadtiresSuperSwamperSWL-52.jpg)
;D
So i want to start building this in my garage, but i first need to find is those tires. Or maybe just some standard Douche' 280's will work? [moto]
As i recall those front tires were Hoosiers off on of those flat track sprint cars. I know the tires for the rear of the tumbler were 37 inch "super swampers" made by this company, http://www.intercotire.com/ (http://www.intercotire.com/)
i really want to build one of these things.
So to make this Ducati revelant what do you guys think about using twin 620 motors?