$35,000 and you could have your own light cycle.
Rule 43 of the Internet: the more you want something, the higher the chance someone is selling it on eBay. Case in point: 5 working replicas of the amazing light-cycles seen in the movie Tron are now for sale on eBay for $35,000 each. There will be one and only one for each color: yellow, blue, red, green, orange. Built by Parker Brothers Choppers in Florida, the converted motorcycles look exactly like their movie counterparts, right down to the neon lights. The only thing they’re missing is a trailing ‘light-wall’ to run all the other bikes off the road. Wanna see what I mean? Check out the following trailer for the Tron sequel which prominently features the light-cycle in all its deadly glory.
As we mentioned earlier, when Tron first came out in 1982 it was a ground breaking movie, exploring the emerging world of video games and computing. The sequel (Tron Legacy) arrives in a time when that digital world has become more and more integrated with our own. It seems fitting then that someone took one of the coolest props from the movie and actually made it into a working machine in the real world. True, Parker Brother Choppers’ light-cycles won’t help you dual people to the death, but they are street legal motorcycles with custom features that will turn anyone’s head. From hypo-sprays to exoskeletons, science has a history of picking up ideas from science fiction. It should be interesting to see if any of the other ‘impossible’ ideas from Tron make their way to reality in the near future.
Parker Brothers Choppers isn't new to the movie replica business. They created a non-street ready version of the 'batpod' seen in Dark Knight. Pretty slick, but I still think I prefer a light cycle. Anybody have $35,000 to spare?
[image credits: Parker Brothers Choppers]
[source: eBay listing (link may expire)]
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scam… comments are disabled on youtube vids..cant be rode over 15mph not street legal no tags or lights or tron lights for that matter…doesnt even look exactly like the movie bike…i feel a huge lawsuit comming on..from buyers and from movie license
the title is from july 2010. Obviously the new ones being made are different. this one was from last year.
title? like to see that..if so, how did they get one for a bike not able to be rode faster than a goped with no lights..they may have a title to the bike the motor came from…but that isnt a legal licensced motorcycle.. it cant be..it wont pass the cone test..it cant turn…wasnt that the point of the light cycle to turn quick? The bike was sold as a street legal tron bike in custom lights picked by the buyer..none have got one yet and its not street legal..face it you got scammed..contact your laywer
I think you’ve mistaken what JIR means by (their admittedly weird use of) ‘title’. They’re saying this article is dated July 2010.
The eBay link doesn’t return anything useful for me, so I guess they sold them.
I would like to know what makes you an expert… in most states you can get what is called a BFP or Built From Parts title;and, motorcycles in most states only require a headlight,tail/brake light,and sometimes a horn.If it only goes 15 mph (there is no way) you don’t need to do anything as tags start for motorcycles that do 35 mph plus. Also,It goes against phisics to do a 90 degree turn in right angles;that is just movie fun stuff.I recommend you visit Parker Brothers Choppers;they built them for the movie and say they can build you one in an electric or 996 cc v-twin gasoline engine style(if you have the scrach…) And one final suggestion;If you don’t know what you are talking about…shut the hole under your nose…
Man I would SOOOOOO get the black/blue one! If
I had $35000 and a license…
Man I would SOOOOOO get the black/blue one! If
I had $35000 and a license…