Add Chris Corbould to your list of motorcycle builders because he is the person behind the new Batpod, the high tech motorcycle you'll see Bruce Wayne riding in the next Batman movie, The Dark Knight. The photos released are intentionally unclear, they want you to see the movie, naturally, but from what you can make out, I can guess we won't see this at your local dealer any time soon.
If you think a 360 is a wide tire, this bad boy sports a pair of 508s! Machine guns are mounted up front, Batman actually lays down on the tank, which moves up and down and his arms fit into shields which somehow rotate around the frame to do the actual steering. There are engines in the hubs of each wheel. The footpegs are 3 1/2 feet apart on either side of the tank.
Jean-Pierre Goy is the stunt rider who is the only person to have actually ridden this so far which he has been doing for the past few months somewhere in England.
Hey, you wouldn't expect Batman to ride a Gold Wing would you?
Keith says
Ha Ha , what the hell is that thing ? Should put some atv tires on it and a 2 weeldrive system and call it a Rokon prototype .
Richard says
The word “corpulent” comes to mind.
Chris says
Batman has seen a bad day when his cape gets caught up in that rear tire!
UkBiker says
Should make turning quite interesting…
Chris says
this should make squirrels, woodchucks, skunks, and foxes great speed bumps, after you shoot them of course with those huge cannon like machine guns…but by then I guess you wouldn’t nothing much but a piece of pelt to run over…
Hopkins says
Batman must have a D.O.T. approved mask.
Highsider says
Video here:
http://www.oliepeil.nl/archief/2007/06/to_the_batmobil_1.php
Rico says
That is one bad motor scooter maybe they use it in a Road Warrior movie. I’d love to drive it. People would have second thoughts about cutting you off in traffic.