"Maximum Speed Engaged"

cybereality

My GI Joe had one of these back in the '70's. This is old news...

The_Bear

yes, it's coool, yes, it's neat, yes, it looks exciting, dangerous, unreal. a whole lot of things. Do you remember the nervy feeling you got 1st time you rolled the throttle all the way? how fast was that? do you remember, or does it matter? bug on the face plate the size of a quarter. 135, 147, 160 >>>>. fear, stupidity, adrenaline, freedom, the sound of the engine burning your ears. cars wizzing by like sign posts...geeze i hope there aren't any cops watching. but when was the last time you saw something that actually inspired you to love it or hate it? made you think? feel? that excitement of waiting in line to see that movie everyone is talking about, "Starwars". Did you feel it when you were watching Rob D. Jr. put his hand into the graphic of the arm of the suit. or when they put all the little sequences together and you saw the Ironman suit flying? were you humming the tune to speed racer...10 years old up at 6am, before school to watch speed racer and far star blazers.... my brother put his love of freedom and bikes into a "wait in line for the 'E' ticket ride", "hurry up i'm next", "no, me first", "gotta be the coolest thing", "go out with the girlfriend or go riding, hmmm?" "not like everybody elses (anybody elses)bike design" bike design. he purposefully designed it with reality in mind. off the shelf tech with real world applications. real world limitations, not a fantasy top speed, extra ordinary range. reality. this is the basic, engineered and designed to be make-able. but dont, for one instant, think that jake doens't have a sketch with jets and armor scribbled on top. just way till you see the turbo powered, fuel injected, jet propelled, rocket assisted, carbon fiber ceramat wrapped, road eater, with fold away wings! made ya think. now smile for the camera.

VedetteGabulous

They need to make a real life "Wild Weasel" from Centurions.

Hibikino

You may be able to get one of these in your state or country by now.

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skulldriveshaft

In reading a few comments it looks like not everyone clicked through the small thumbnails. This electric bike/voltron suit would articulate forward, placing the two wheels far ahead of the third, for high speed action. My only question in seeing it in that form is how comfortable the strap-in process would be having the driver's weight against the restraints during high speed travel.

quail

Who smoked my dad out with speed and gave him my segway last night while he was in the garage..... damnit, my segway is ruined

Mrbungleface

OH OH DO WANT

kokodhem

so many people are commenting and none took the time to look at the picture of it expanding horizontally. You don't ride it in a standing position, it folds over and then rides you like your a crotch rocket.

pixelfish

sry i mixed it up...thats supposed to be the wheelers from return to oz

Whisssper

am i the only one who think it looks just like what the monkeys in wizard of oz were zooming around with?

Whisssper

I say throw in some lazer guns or emp cannons...

beatoven

Very Cool - Wheelie would be fun .. Stoppie even better .. Bike box recommended :)

honk4RC

talk about dragging your knees.....

xiphi3

one step closer to the realisation of the Motorslave :D

HikariOblivion

@Step666: Screw the comfort. travelling in excess of 100mph inches from the pavement and navigating with real time motion response is not meant to be like chillin in a lazyboy. You can go with whatever comfy wheelchair model they have out at the time.

PS: nothing built for high perfomance is meant to accomodate your softer side.

@Walter: I had an idea of what it meant, but thatnks for clearning that up...and adding a backstory.

@Lupison: this is an exoskeloton. If you are in an accident, you WANT to be inside this thing. Twisting and bouncing down the highway is much worse then just getting knocked around in this thing which it keeps your neck and spinal colomn relatively straight.

10ninjas

for the record deus ex machina means "the god is in the machine". It's got something to do with plays in shakespeare's time. damn you english class

Walter

This reminds me of a Southpark episode about "IT".

alaskanwonder

I dont see why you'd want the helmet attached to the "bike". You want to be able to be thrown from this thing safely in an accident.

Lupison

I hope you don't get an itch while you are driving it. I can see that being really claustrophobic if you can't move around your feet or hands any.

Other than that I think it looks like a seriously sweet concept. I want to see more future-like vehicals and hopefully a hover skateboard ready for 2010.

Optimus-Prime

You people think too small! Anyone ever play Kinetica? Oh yeah, we're headed that way. Maybe NASCAR will be fun to watch one day.

"...and they're turning left."

MastaFalse

I would not want to go over a speed bump in one of those things

Neodiablo22

@Feba: Saaaaaaaaaay . . . those racers look like they are getting good workouts.

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Brian Sexton

At first, I misunderstood the orientation and scale of the vehicle, thinking the rider was supposed to stand between the two adjacent (as in a Segway Personal Transporter) wheels facing toward the third wheel and that strange little built-in helmet, which made me think Jake Loniak had somehow finally solved the personal transportation industry's greatest problem since the invention of the automobile: how to safely combine driving with oral sex.

Brian Sexton

It´s wonderful, marvelous, I want one!!!

literato

They had a PS2 game almost just like this.

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Feba

Total Deus Ex, and it would be fun as hell to ride..... evan if it is a death trap :)

JackMatt

Death Trap.

GadgetPlay

The bodysuit "assistance" has so much potential in its applications... can't wait to see where this one goes. In the future, rear-ending, tipovers, etc. will be obsolete! Consider the applications of this concept... not everybody can walk around to not need this sort of transportation, whatever the gravity may be. It also looks so fun. I will take mine in ice white with piano black and carbon accents please.

davidoff

Is it Street legal?

ptjims

This is super cool, and I am a motorcyclist, but I 'm not so sure I want to be going 75 (or even 35) with just my head sticking out in front of the "bike", even with a helmet on.

maven2k

@kalashnikov: See the picture from behind. Those little things sticking out from the rear wheel. Yea, those are foot pegs.

Barry99705

this is my brothers design, his background before entering artcenter is 5 years aviation electronics and jet engine mechanics, USMC, 8 years as a senior valve assembler for a company making multi-million dollar valves for refineries and nuclear power plants, co-founder of our own high precision CNC machine shop, where he worked 3 years, welder, CAD programmer, machinist, engineer, artist and designer. his motorcycle of choice is ducati, and his monster S4 is currently in garaged while he finishes his degree. his designs are based on practical engineering principles, we plan on building several of his designs. engineering drawings exist for the titanium tube frame and several of the components. most of the other components are available off shelf. the air muscles are an off the shelf item from a swiss company. the motors are in the wheels. the batteries currently exist. the machine dives forward as it accelerates and it has a function where the arm reclines to the rear so you are sitting down like normal for driving around. it stands up to park and store. you should see the other engineering drawings and renderings. i'll ask my brother to post them. he was pleased to see his design getting feedback on the www we plan to pursue production on some really cool things, we will make most of the components ourselves and do assembly in house. if anyone seriously thinks this something they want to see become reality, and they have the ability to back it up with more than words. contact artcenter, passedena. everyone knows jake. i would give out his email but i want to appear serious and legit, going thru artcenter will prove jake is real. when jake gave his presentation to his teachers, fellow students and guests. they were blown away. and he got a "A" way to go jake your older brother, dr

VedetteGabulous

Stay tuned! The worst case of road rash that a man could ever imagine, coming up next on "Worlds Most Shockingly Painful Moments Caught On Tape".

jackdenials

Sweeeeeet! This thing looks like so much fun. The "horse carriage" car is so old after soooo many years, this is an extremely interesting prospect for future transportation. In agreement with jeemac, this thing is crazy. This gets me all hot inside! lol

decay91

With all the garbage that is coming out these days, we are hardly advancing into the future. This is an extremely fresh, innovative idea that prevents me from dying from boredom like other "new" designs do. Cheers to the designer and his ability to actually tap into what the future may hold for us. SUPERB.

jeemac

only old people and uber nerds could afford this. now re-adjust your mental image

cybergrunt

I don't see a problem here.

Stacky Botrus

Hit a rock, break a knee cap...

sophistra

@nutbastard: You're never too old for LSD.

Or maybe I have that backwards.

itchytooth

Straight Dope.

MagnoliaBoy

That's not how Dr. Octopus planned things...

Bokusatsu_Tenshi

Blathering Blatherskite!

Kaiser-Machead

jaker277

This is super cool. I want! I want!

phijef

@ripfire4: Veritech Cyclone? But thats nothing close to a transforming bike... GTFO

tehronin

@nutbastard: that sounds terrifying and dangerous. for shame!

MrBlahBlah

Sweet, I can use my iPhone while driving one of these.

VirreVojj

Looks kinda uncomfortable. Where do you put your feet? I don't see pegs. Its like the segway crucifixion model. Waaahh.

kalashnikov

OR
the next bat-armor-ed-mobile-weapons-thingy

where do you keep the bat-shark-repellant?

tegronin

@LindsayJoy: Mars has lower gravity than Earth, not higher. IIRC, Earth has the highest gravity of any rocky planet or moon in our Solar System.

AmishJohn

I'm sorry, but unless you are using this to rover around Mars because the gravity is so much stronger and its hard to walk, Segways are such a turnoff. And the fact that this is all tricked out makes it even worse.

LindsayJoy

#1 @ ripfire4: yes, i'll take mine scott bernard style with mini-missles.

#2 @ migo: CONCEPT. if this thing works at all like a segway, then it will have gyros. i wouldn't worry about the wheelies and the face-plant braking just yet...

tegronin

I suppose that his center of gravity gets lower at higher speeds.

rubasrv

I wonder how it turns,without having yourself roll over. It is looking nice though.

billcanada

Best thing i've seen all day. Not only is it deadly but it's made by Yamaha!!! So strap on your Will and Life Insurance cuz this will make a killing!!! Wonder what happens if i hit a speed bump standing going 75mhp??????? LOL

NeLaStWoRdZ

plus it leaves your hands free for whatever.

nutbastard

@itchytooth:

this would be awesome on LSD, skimming around all wraith-like. back when i was a teen and into such things, my favorite thing to do was the 'bicycle centaur' wherein you stand up on the pedals of a moving bike, and rest the fronts of your thighs against the handlebars, and just cruise like that. if you do it right, you can't see the bike at all, because you're leaned forward too much.

nutbastard

This is super cool. I want 3. lol

Kemba5990

So your in a fast moving vehicle, in a body suit, with your arms flailing around.

Pee attack!

Groggy Banana

@yougottabekidding: Welps, you may be right, but it looks like it covers the backside pretty well.

shamoononon

@shamoononon: I have the feeling you'll be the one getting rear-ended if you buy one of these...regardless of your being naked or not.

yougottabekidding

It looks like it's rear-wheel drive. So it's looks like Migo's concern is valid. So, serious limitations on acceleration. Also, it looks like it breaks with the front wheels. So I'm concerned that breaking too fast could cause it to tip forward. This is especially scary, because guess what's the first thing to hit the ground if it tips forward (hope it's a strong helmet).

newgalactic

Image rear ending somebody in one of these. Or being nakid.

shamoononon

@Migo: If it's designed the way I think it should, it should lean forward when you start to move.

ripfire4

Finally, training wheels for my unicycle.

itchytooth

@takashimike: It's on steroids, but that's being overshadowed by the LSD it's also on.

itchytooth

@Migo:
Unless its the front wheels that are driven.
Anyone remember that movie The Wraith? He should have been
riding in/on this...

ShinySideUp

Where are the jet engines, and will it really fly??

darkwaters

i REALLY want to show up to Segway Polo with one of these!!!!!

nutbastard

Strange, I wonder if anyone else sees this, but in terms of physics, but won't he simply pop a wheelie and fall on his back if he floored the throttle? Most vehicles are designed the other way around...

Migo

I want to see a bunch of these racing each other as Olympic sport.

Windhawk

I would totally drive this around for a week and then decide the cool factor wasn't worth standing up all the time.

GeekyNerdGuy

Now this I would definitely give a run. We're so close to Veritech Cyclone.

ripfire4

Segway on steroids is correct.

takashimike

Looks pretty cool, but I could just strap myself to the front of a speeding car with a helmet and get the same gruesome death when a bird hits me at 75mph.

Barry_Ovaltine

OMG... not another MP3 player...

Rabid Penguin

I would say 'nice' but I just can't imagine it would be all that comfortable to ride on/in for extended periods of time.

Step666