Wearable Motorbike Makes Batman's Toys Look Pedestrian

That looks like a great way to impale oneself on a trailer hitch.

This is one of those things that seems awesome in theory but ultimately would be completely ridiculous.

Hey I was just thinking this morning- Damn I love my sport bike, but it's simply too safe. This is waaay better.

I've seen some pretty far out designs for bikes, and this one is reeaally out there. But, I kinda' like it! I mean, no, it doesn't look very safe, but it would still be cool to test it out. And then thank God you survived.

Yer lookin at the next bat-vehicle!!
It *will* come in black!

I think the comparison to Ripley's exoskeleton is inappropriate when this is clearly much more similar to Alien itself. This really looks like a Giger creation.

This really reminds me of something I would see on a Saturday morning cartoon when I was a kid. Only there'd be a dozen of these racing on some kind of foreign planet in a no-rules winner takes all intergalactic race.

God I hope that happens in real life.

Wired did an article on the "muscles". Check out the video on the product page!

http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2007/08/robot-arm-model.html

Coming to a Bond movie near you.
The Q Cycle

This would be cool in the future if we traveled through some slick system of tubes and you fly through the things strapped into this thing, but instead of only maxing out at 75mph you move at like 220mph...

I dunno I'm just thinkin outloud...

Wimps. It looks like a total rush.

It doesn't look too comfortable though; hanging from the straps all the time.

Hmm...makes me want to play Metal Gear Solid 4 again...

this reminds me of those gay single wheel bikes on that south park episode.

Looks like the future will have lots of organ donors.

does it connect to your spinal cord so you can drive it with your thoughts ?

It truly is the most practical motorcycle design I have ever seen! I don't know what you people are talking about.

The death from head trauma will be as instantaneous as possible, no more lingering for 14 seconds before "instant" death. And the organs have a high probability of being safely spun to the side of the road intact.

ya im down!

Tri

I could have sworn that I had seen this thing a few weeks ago.

So it is just like a motorcycle but less comfortable, slower, and with cumbersome straps? Just when I was getting tired of sitting and would rather hang from straps having to constantly look up.

imagine if you put your foot down!!

nice to know that Jake Loniak is not affecting our lives in other ways and is keeping himself busy inventing things not worth inventing.

I'd rather have a jetpack.

Nothing new to see here.

It's just one of the Wheelers from Return to Oz.

Add rocket-packs and wings.
Let the designer Jake Loniak test it out and upload the result on YouTube.
We'll laugh our asses off .

Donorcycle 2.0

The first serious accident on this thing will make the veteran ER doctor throw up.

Cartoon will be its best use.

wow... 87 MPG...

...and three organ donors to the mile...

so... that's 261 ODPG (organ donors per gallon)

@CVTEC
That's how you slow down.

Skelebike should be ridden naked.
Imagine a hot chick strapped onto that device.

Hmmm, kinda reminds me of something i just watched on YouTube this morning ... Rollerman (really!), in a 31 wheel roller suit!

Here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCCrpVB5bFc
and here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1x2rbmOyzgo&feature=related

wonder if it will come with an optional jock. Might be usefully especially if there is a lot of speed bumps or pot holes

get going fast enough so you drop really low...... hmmmm thats gotta be the fastest teabaging experince every...... (odpg lol that was funny)

what about the muscles allowing you to sit back in it... one wheel in the front and two in the back. Beats licking asphalt!

How about wings? Like a ground effect cycle, wherein the vehicle is supported by a cushion of air - ground effect like experienced when an air craft gets close to the ground. That would eliminate all those bumps, and create a great, fast ride. Though you would need to replace the driven wheels with ducted fans, jets, or pulsejets.

This looks so awesome, I can't wait to get one, then I can ditch my Sinclair C5. I'd like to know if you can take the stabilizers off though, that would be awesome trucking, hope it comes with CB, breaker breaker....

its a real shame that something this cool gets dissed for its 'safety' - the only unsafe things on our roads are PEOPLE, not the machines. when PEOPLE learn how to pay attention and really care about the person on the road next to them - then safety wouldn't be such an issue. it just amazes me how companies have to make their vehicles completely idiot proof, because people are too stupid to respect the vehicle for what it is and how they are using it. With all the anti-lock brakes, airbags, warning sounds, back-up cameras, traction-controls etc. people just become even MORE complacent and careless, because they drive a 'safe vehicle'. no vehicle is safe when it's driven by someone who doesn't respect it, the road or the public.

if this ever becomes a reality - i will be the first in line and mount a bazooka on it for those careless drivers that shouldn't be on the road ANYWAY!

Great, another article about a piece of vaporware that will never hit the market.

0 to 60 in 3 seconds? That's an impressive feat given that the designer forgot to include an engine.

Put the guy on the other side so he lays on the contraption rather than strapped like he is there and you have something.

Hey, mechelaar,

Dang! That is what I was going to say. Put the driver on top to get him off the road. Make sure the human is 2 to 3 feet off the ground for some visibility and ground clearance. Have a solid floor and a roll cage for safety as well.

As for being dangerous, It isn't any more dangerous than the nut-job riding it. I see bikers without helmets all the time. Apparently most bikers do not care about safety. The rule of thumb is, "A ten dollar helmet is fine if you have a ten dollar head." The people that ride without helmets apparently have worthless heads.
And frankly, the world would probably be better off without the guy in my area who rides his crotch-rocket down the highway at 75 MPH doing a standing wheelie. He would probably love that thing. That would be a perfect match. I just hope he/they don't take anyone else out with them.

Ya know, that design would be cool for some kind of flying contraption. Kind of like a jetpack with the rockets out to the sides. It would keep you from burning your legs off. Add muscle controlled wings to the front struts that can flair out or contract in, and change angles, like a bird's wing does to provide lift when moving horizontally and add maneuverability...

OK, I'll go take my meds now...

Genius system but stupid placement of the human. Build a pod/suit around the human dont let it be freestanding thats really stupid looking and even more dangerous. Dont build a car though make the pod just big enough for a human to fit in and control the bike. -Tachkoma

Reminds me of the Mazda Motonari RX, except done the wrong way round.

No engine.
No fuel tank.
No suspention.
Wearing a motorcycle on your back. With harness, lots of harness.

Umm... How is this better than regular motorcycles?


BTW Jake should've tried harder to make that fat-ass rider(?) look cooler.
That Fred just exegerates the ridiculousness of this idiocy.

Definitely a wheeler from Wizard of OZ 2......very bad lands or something from MADMAX