Like many of you, I saw the Anime film 'Akira' a number of years ago. It was visually stunning, if a bit uneven in the plot department (something I seem to notice happens a lot in Anime. As soon as you hear someone use the word 'Gaia', just accept that there will be alot of allegory, and pseudo-mystical blah blah for the next hour and a half).
Anyway, in the film a character named Keneda rides a very sweet bike. There have been several attempts to replicate this bike, but its not easy since the drive train needs to bend around the driver and you need a very custom frame. But thanks to some very clever people over in the land of the rising sun (aka Japan) you can now buy a kit that will transform a Honda scooter into a Akira-style bike.
You can get a completely finished bike for only $10,700, a kit for $5,800.
Link to Gizmodo article
Link to Japanese site
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$10,700 for a scooter? I'll stick to by 1500cc cruizer that I paid less for. More power (grunt, grunt, grunt)!
Allan
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