Real 'Akira' Motorcycle

News for nerds writes "At Tokyo Motorcycle Show in Japan (2/3/4 Apr.), the official licensed model of the motorcycle in the anime movie Akira (poster) is displayed. This Kaneda bike is not a mere replica, but a full working model (more pics at ITmedia) with twin-steering system and 249-998cc water-cooled 4-cycle engine, and on its cockpit is DVD-navi-system + trackball & ten-key + custom computer-controlled LED meters - all licenced by the author and the publisher of Akira. Though at the show only miniature figures are sold and real price or release date is unclear, you can check out the manufacturer's website for later info."

Comments

Drivetrain

[The Ape With No Name]

I would absolutely hope there is an ample shield on that seat in case the rube-goldberg-ish chain came off. Otherwise cool.

Hey, nice

[Freston Youseff]

...on its cockpit is DVD-navi-system + trackball & ten-key + custom computer-controlled LED meters...

Yeah...that's, uh, a great investment for a motorcycle.

Re:Where the hell is the Slashdot Mirror?

[ErichTheWebGuy]

One reason why not to do it is for copyright issues. More often than not there is a condition in the Terms of Use (usually after the "we own your firstborn" clause) that says you cannot save their stuff to your computer (I know, cached content, temporary internet files, etc etc but bear with me here). Such a move would almost instantly get some shitass lawyer with nothing better to do all in a hissy-fit and the lawsuits would fly.
Also, consider this:

• slashdot has a story about sco and mirrors sco.com/whateverpage.html
• Boies seees it
• osdn, slashdot, etc. become targets for stupid lawsuits
• all that is good in the universe ceases to exist, yada yada yada