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Midknyte
| Posted on Tuesday, April 05, 2005 - 11:17 am: |
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Geeky or Dorky? I can't decide... http://www.gizmodo.com/gadgets/gadgets/vehicles/akira-scooter-mod-038144.php
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Buelliedan
| Posted on Tuesday, April 05, 2005 - 11:24 am: |
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ah, both!! |
Wyckedflesh
| Posted on Tuesday, April 05, 2005 - 11:45 am: |
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for those that aren't aware of the bike, that is a real life rendition of Kaneda's bike from the classic Anime AKIRA it definately falls under the catagory of Geeky. Dorky would have been if they remade Tetsuo's GS500e |
Spiderman
| Posted on Tuesday, April 05, 2005 - 04:40 pm: |
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I wonder if it is front wheel drive? |
Cataract2
| Posted on Tuesday, April 05, 2005 - 05:53 pm: |
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ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww |
Lpowel02
| Posted on Tuesday, April 05, 2005 - 06:50 pm: |
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looks a bit like Tron's Lightcycles...too bad it's not as cool |
Evaddave
| Posted on Tuesday, April 05, 2005 - 08:58 pm: |
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no helmet? He's bordering on Squidly. Flip-flops would put him over the edge.
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Timbo
| Posted on Tuesday, April 05, 2005 - 10:03 pm: |
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Started like this...
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Jerzydevil
| Posted on Tuesday, April 05, 2005 - 10:04 pm: |
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How 'bout geeky,dorky and fugly jd |
Cerbero
| Posted on Tuesday, April 05, 2005 - 10:06 pm: |
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spidey: the "real" bike is supposed to be two wheel drive... you can learn more than you ever wanted to know about the original, and all of its incarnations, here: http://www.bbakira.co.uk/kanbike/bike.htm and/or here: http://burningart.com/meico/moto/akira/index.html ye gods! i'm a geek. ...c |
P0p0k0pf
| Posted on Wednesday, April 06, 2005 - 07:38 am: |
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Has anyone made a full-size version? I'd love to see some aerodynamic testing... I think it deserves a buell sound... :wink wink: |
Stealthxb
| Posted on Wednesday, April 06, 2005 - 11:07 am: |
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If it were a liter bike...geeky! Since it's a scooter...dorky! |
Glitch
| Posted on Wednesday, April 06, 2005 - 11:35 am: |
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The movie is killer! I like the part where the Chopper Clowns are fighting the Sportbikers.
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Cerbero
| Posted on Wednesday, April 06, 2005 - 01:20 pm: |
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P0p: check out the links i provided... several people have made full size versions of kaneda's bike... some of them work and some of them don't. Glitch: i agree... it's one of the best animated movies i've ever seen! (along with everything hayao miyazaki has ever made.) yup. definitely a geek. ...c |
Scitz
| Posted on Sunday, April 10, 2005 - 08:31 pm: |
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I've always dreamed of making a working replica of this bike and still plan to someday. I'm glad to see some people have already and that there are some BadWeb members as geeky as me to know the movie. |
Ztferrari
| Posted on Sunday, April 10, 2005 - 10:19 pm: |
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there is no geekyness to that movie, one of the best anime movies IMHO. What other movie depicts reality, and the absence of it so clearly. When tetsuo starts trippin in the hospital and the little toys turn into big cars, and walls turn into lego blocks and yea, its straight up trippy to the MAX. |