{"id":722,"date":"2004-07-22T00:58:44","date_gmt":"2004-07-22T00:58:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.m3ntalcontraband.com\/?p=722"},"modified":"2020-11-07T19:55:22","modified_gmt":"2020-11-08T00:55:22","slug":"the_akira_bike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/m3ntal.halleytsai.com\/?p=722","title":{"rendered":"the akira bike"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"620\" height=\"260\" src=\"https:\/\/m3ntal.halleytsai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/akira1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5942\" srcset=\"https:\/\/m3ntal.halleytsai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/akira1.jpg 620w, https:\/\/m3ntal.halleytsai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/akira1-300x126.jpg 300w, https:\/\/m3ntal.halleytsai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/akira1-250x105.jpg 250w, https:\/\/m3ntal.halleytsai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/akira1-550x231.jpg 550w, https:\/\/m3ntal.halleytsai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/akira1-429x180.jpg 429w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"text-paragraph\">yes thats kanedas bike from the anime classic <i>akira<\/i> above. and no\u2026its <u>not<\/u> a rendering. that shit is for real! this news may be a bit late for some, but i just read about it yesterday in the august issue of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newtype-usa.com\/home.asp?fanForum=fanForum&amp;thismonthhome=thismonthhome&amp;coverstoryimage=coverstoryimage&amp;coverstorytag=coverstorytag&amp;spotlight=spotlight&amp;featuredLinks=featuredLinks&amp;marketplace=marketplace&amp;leftmenu=leftmenu&amp;leftads=leftads\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">newtype usa<\/a>, so its news to me. a couple of motorbike enthusiasts in japan banded together to create a working replica of kanedas bike down to every last detail\u2026swept canopy, leather seats, everything. many of the mechanics of the bike in the movie werent quite realistic (the rake of the steering arm, etc), so they actually went about refining or just inventing new technologies to make the bike work, while retaining its distinctive and iconic form. the bike rides for real, has a water-cooled 4-cycle engine, computer navigation system (with trackball), and a really cushy seat. i want one. i must have one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"text-paragraph\">&gt; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.neo-fukuoka.com\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">neo fukuoka<\/a> (the manufacturer)<br>&gt; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bsu.co.jp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">bsu group<\/a> (a contributor)<br>&gt; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kanai.net\/gallery\/tokyomotorcycleshow?page=11\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pictures from the 31st annual tokyo motorcycle show<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/m3ntal.halleytsai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/akira1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8135\" srcset=\"https:\/\/m3ntal.halleytsai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/akira1.jpg 400w, https:\/\/m3ntal.halleytsai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/akira1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/m3ntal.halleytsai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/akira1-250x188.jpg 250w, https:\/\/m3ntal.halleytsai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/akira1-240x180.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/m3ntal.halleytsai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/akira2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8136\" srcset=\"https:\/\/m3ntal.halleytsai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/akira2.jpg 400w, https:\/\/m3ntal.halleytsai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/akira2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/m3ntal.halleytsai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/akira2-250x188.jpg 250w, https:\/\/m3ntal.halleytsai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/akira2-240x180.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/m3ntal.halleytsai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/akira3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8137\" srcset=\"https:\/\/m3ntal.halleytsai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/akira3.jpg 400w, https:\/\/m3ntal.halleytsai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/akira3-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/m3ntal.halleytsai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/akira3-250x188.jpg 250w, https:\/\/m3ntal.halleytsai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/akira3-240x180.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/m3ntal.halleytsai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/akira4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8138\" srcset=\"https:\/\/m3ntal.halleytsai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/akira4.jpg 300w, https:\/\/m3ntal.halleytsai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/akira4-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/m3ntal.halleytsai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/akira4-250x333.jpg 250w, https:\/\/m3ntal.halleytsai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/akira4-135x180.jpg 135w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>yes thats kanedas bike from the anime classic akira above. and no\u2026its not a rendering. that shit is for real! this news may be a bit late for some, but i just read about it yesterday in the august issue of newtype usa, so its news to me. a couple of motorbike enthusiasts in japan [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"bgseo_title":"","bgseo_description":"","bgseo_robots_index":"index","bgseo_robots_follow":"follow","footnotes":""},"categories":[114,4,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-722","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-anime","category-archive-favorites","category-interesting-shit"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/m3ntal.halleytsai.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/722","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/m3ntal.halleytsai.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/m3ntal.halleytsai.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/m3ntal.halleytsai.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/m3ntal.halleytsai.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=722"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/m3ntal.halleytsai.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/722\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8139,"href":"https:\/\/m3ntal.halleytsai.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/722\/revisions\/8139"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/m3ntal.halleytsai.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=722"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/m3ntal.halleytsai.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=722"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/m3ntal.halleytsai.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=722"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}