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    Image of Margatron Margatron
    10/13/09

    In reply to BMW Simple Handles Itself Like a Real-Life Tron Lightcycle
    Can it handle a Canadian winter? If so, WANT.
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    Image of Leito Leito
    10/13/09

    In reply to BMW Simple Handles Itself Like a Real-Life Tron Lightcycle
    nice but nothing new
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    TheLostVikings R.O.A.C.H. promoted this comment Leito was starred Leito was unstarred
    Image of Lizard_King Lizard_King
    10/13/09

    In reply to BMW Simple Handles Itself Like a Real-Life Tron Lightcycle
    "Sadly, don't expect to see this vehicle yet. BMW says they have no plans to start manufacturing it yet."

    The delay is due to engineers having a problem combining the terms "BMW" and "Simple"
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    Image of nomad13 nomad13
    10/13/09

    In reply to BMW Simple Handles Itself Like a Real-Life Tron Lightcycle
    Why do car companies always do this? Here's our "experimental" model, which is beautiful, well thought out, and thoroughly awesome, and here is our less attractive, less efficient, less well thought out production model. What the hell?! Why can't car companies for once, FOR ONCE, make one of these cool concepts a reality? Somebody explain that to me please! And don't say: because nobody would buy one. (Admittedly) Just speaking from a personal standpoint, I would sell my sister for one of these machines.

    (Sis, if you're reading this... tough.)
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    Image of ToVoPro ToVoPro
    10/13/09

    In reply to BMW Simple Handles Itself Like a Real-Life Tron Lightcycle
    Just as I stated on Engadget on this article they posted 2 days ago:

    George Lucas called, said he wanted his car back...
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    Pope John Peeps II promoted this comment ToVoPro was starred ToVoPro was unstarred
    Image of Pope John Peeps II Pope John Peeps II
    10/13/09

    @LouisJebber: Out of curiosity, did you have some sort of success at Engadget with that pretty lame comment? Success enough to wait two days, think about it a lot, then decide to post it here?
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    Image of ToVoPro ToVoPro
    10/15/09

    @Pope John Peeps II: No, Gizmodo was just 2 days late of announcing this news. It was on Engadget 2 days earlier. I've been noticing that a lot lately. Engadget announcing stuff only to have Gizmodo be late on the ball. I apologize "pope" if I'm offending your fanboyism for Gizmodo... #bmwsimple
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    Image of I Think We're Property I Think We're Property
    10/13/09

    In reply to BMW Simple Handles Itself Like a Real-Life Tron Lightcycle
    Again, reminding me of the whole "enclosed motorcycle" thing that kept showing up in cyberpunk. I might actually get something like this, though, if it was cheap enough to justify the lack of flexibility inherent in having a one-person transport.
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    Image of Navin R Johnson Navin R Johnson
    10/13/09

    @I Think We're Property: Two people. There's clearly a "back seat" in photo #3
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    Image of Noobs-R-Us Noobs-R-Us
    10/13/09

    In reply to BMW Simple Handles Itself Like a Real-Life Tron Lightcycle
    Looks like a Viper from Battlestar G.
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    Image of JosephCole JosephCole
    10/13/09

    In reply to BMW Simple Handles Itself Like a Real-Life Tron Lightcycle
    Needs to be painted black, flat black.
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    lostarchitect approved this comment JosephCole was starred JosephCole was unstarred
    Image of lostarchitect lostarchitect
    10/13/09

    @JosephCole: I agree, let's make it terrifying to behold as well as terrifying to pilot.
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    Image of Nitesh Singh Nitesh Singh
    10/13/09

    In reply to BMW Simple Handles Itself Like a Real-Life Tron Lightcycle
    I still just want a Yamaha Tesseract, is that too much to ask for?
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    TheLostVikings R.O.A.C.H. promoted this comment Nitesh Singh was starred Nitesh Singh was unstarred
    Image of ripfire ripfire
    10/13/09

    In reply to BMW Simple Handles Itself Like a Real-Life Tron Lightcycle
    Sure it may ride like Tron cycles, but can it do instant 90deg. turns?
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    Image of lostarchitect lostarchitect
    10/13/09

    @ripfire: Only by accident and with consequences.
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    Image of carbonfilament carbonfilament
    10/13/09

    In reply to BMW Simple Handles Itself Like a Real-Life Tron Lightcycle
    So basically they bought a Carver, took it apart, rebuilt it, slapped a bimmer label on it and called it a concept vehicle. Um...its been in production for a while now.

    [www.youtube.com]
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    weatherman promoted this comment carbonfilament was starred carbonfilament was unstarred
    Image of weatherman weatherman
    10/13/09

    @carbonfilament: ...and they made it a whole lot uglier in the process.
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    Image of technical difficulties technical difficulties
    10/13/09

    In reply to BMW Simple Handles Itself Like a Real-Life Tron Lightcycle

    inverted the wheel position, but this mercedes life-jet was around in 1997:
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    Kaiser-Machead promoted this comment Edited by technical difficulties at 10/13/09 12:36 PM technical difficulties was starred technical difficulties was unstarred
    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    10/13/09

    @technical difficulties: I remember reading about this in CAR magazine. Funny, as ugly as it is, it looks WAY better than the Simple.
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    10/13/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: and the guy in the pic looks like Bernie Lomax, so it has that going for it.
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    Image of ripfire ripfire
    10/13/09

    @technical difficulties: Is that the same vehicle Mr. Bean would always drive off the road?
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    Image of f0rge f0rge
    10/13/09

    In reply to BMW Simple Handles Itself Like a Real-Life Tron Lightcycle
    that single front wheel looks like it would be scary in the rain.
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    Image of jjswee jjswee
    10/13/09

    @f0rge: Ever heard of a motorcycle?
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    lostarchitect promoted this comment jjswee was starred jjswee was unstarred
    Image of lostarchitect lostarchitect
    10/13/09

    @jjswee: Motorcycles handle just fine in the rain if you take care of your tires--its visibility in the wet that's a problem.
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    Image of OME6A OME6A
    10/13/09

    In reply to BMW Simple Handles Itself Like a Real-Life Tron Lightcycle
    I'd expect a little less ugly from BMW.
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    Kaiser-Machead promoted this comment OME6A was starred OME6A was unstarred
    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    10/13/09

    @OME6A: With the 5, 6 and 7 series still in existence, I see Bimmer pumping out butt fugly for years to come, cuz man are those some piggish nightmares to look at.
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    Edited by Kaiser-Machead at 10/13/09 12:35 PM Kaiser-Machead was starred Kaiser-Machead was unstarred
    Image of Wilson Wilson
    10/13/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: Ah, but Chris Bangle has left BMW as head of design, so there's hope that the ugly will be shaken out of those lines in the next 3 or 4 years.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    10/13/09

    @wilson_c: I sure hope you're right. As it stands, the 3 is the only Bimmer that still makes me smile.
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    Image of szrimaging szrimaging
    10/13/09

    In reply to BMW Simple Handles Itself Like a Real-Life Tron Lightcycle
    So...who built this? The car division or the motorcycle division? I am guessing car, but you never know.
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