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    Super-Realistic Predator Motorcycle Will Definitely Cause Some Accidents

    Grace Electric Bike Is Part Motorcycle, Part Race Car and Part Fighter Jet

    Zero S Electric Supermoto Is Street Legal and Hits Top Speed of 60 MPH

    Japanese Miso-Balancing Bike Contraption Keeps Soup Steady

    Yamaha Branded Deus Ex Machina Motorcycle Exoskeleton On Video, Looks Tron-esque

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    Zero X Electric Motorcycle is Fast, Eco-Friendly, USB Compatible
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    Image of Shamoononon: I shave my legs. Shamoononon: I shave my legs.
    12/10/09

    In reply to Super-Realistic Predator Motorcycle Will Definitely Cause Some Accidents
    Looks like that guy used the wrong end of his body to sit on his super heated 140 degree chair.
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    12/10/09

    In reply to Super-Realistic Predator Motorcycle Will Definitely Cause Some Accidents
    A challenger appears.
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    12/10/09

    In reply to Super-Realistic Predator Motorcycle Will Definitely Cause Some Accidents
    My favorite part of this post is the pictures
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    12/10/09

    @Rejexted: I think it's a photoshop contest. Draw the best invisible motorcycle and you win. Here's my entry:
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    12/10/09

    @PurpleMonkeyDishwasher:: I like what you did with the shading, how's mine look?:
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    12/10/09

    @Rejexted: I'm not so sure about that rear fender but the fuel tank more than makes up for that.
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    12/10/09

    In reply to Super-Realistic Predator Motorcycle Will Definitely Cause Some Accidents
    I feel sorry for that motorcycle: it went from zero to "tacky piece of shit" almost instantly.
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    12/10/09

    In reply to Super-Realistic Predator Motorcycle Will Definitely Cause Some Accidents
    Looks like they took you advice Adam! It looks like a post instead of a motorcycle!

    But seriously. You are one ugly mother-fucker!
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    Image of lukeadams lukeadams
    12/10/09

    In reply to Super-Realistic Predator Motorcycle Will Definitely Cause Some Accidents
    I'm pretty sure it did turn invisible, I don't see a picture.
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    12/10/09

    @lukeadams: No, it's a new time saving measure by the Giz editors to keep the readers engaged. It's our job to find the pictures that belong with the post and add them in the comments section.
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    11/18/09

    In reply to Grace Electric Bike Is Part Motorcycle, Part Race Car and Part Fighter Jet
    "That's not enough to make it a serious mode of transportation, but if you live in an urban area it might make some sense."

    riiight, putting around on a $9k bike in an urban area sounds like a really great idea...
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    Image of MeesterBell MeesterBell
    11/18/09

    In reply to Grace Electric Bike Is Part Motorcycle, Part Race Car and Part Fighter Jet
    Too expensive. Why bother to make such a bike? May as well carve it out of solid gold and put it in a museum. #grace
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    11/18/09

    @MeesterBell: Apparently you haven't shopped for a quality bike lately. The company I work for imports and distributes fine Italian bicycles. We currently offer a model retailing at over $14,499, which can be upgraded to hit nearly $20k.

    And no, it has no motor.
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    11/18/09

    @nexusheli:

    i can't believe there are d-bags out there spending that much money on a friggin bicycle.

    is it better than my $80 bicycle? i have no doubt. but unless it's 200 times better, why pay 200 times more?
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    11/18/09

    @nutbastard: While many of them might be d-bags, there are a few that actually have legitimate reasons for buying them. Some people are collectors, and this particular bike is certainly collectible (about 10 were brought into the US). Some are captains of industry and have to have something befitting of their status, and are capable of riding in a capacity to boot.

    You're right though, it's not 200x better, but neither is a Ferrari vs an Accord, or a high-end gaming PC vs a cheap Dell. People tend not to 'need' these things, but we're a consumer society and without people buying $10,000 bicycles, I'd probably be waiting tables along with a number of my industry colleagues and entrepreneurs who've started bike shops in the last 5 years...
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    11/19/09

    @nexusheli: That's nice... but I bought a "quality" bicycle in that I have yet to meet someone with an equal or better one for $1500.

    I had $8000, but I used it to buy a brand new Kawasaki Ninja 500R, plates, insurance, and a full suit of riding gear.

    I can well understand paying more for a well made bike, but I'm not paying over $3000 for a bicycle unless I have corporate sponsors for racing bikes professionally...
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    Image of nexusheli nexusheli
    11/20/09

    @fuchikoma: There's indeed a threshold for sanity when it comes to bicycles. Really for me, even working in the industry and having access to these bikes at a reduced price, I still find it hard to justify spending more than just a couple grand on one. And the one I did manage to invest nearly $2500 into was custom made by hand to my measurements, painted by hand, and has a dedication on it to me.

    I understand a motorcycle is a bit more practical, but not as healthy or green. But it's just like all of us as gadget lovers, many of these things are impractical, or there are more practical ways of doing things yet we have a desire, need, want or love for these things.

    I didn't need a Nikon D90, a D40, or even a Canon G10 or similar would have done just fine, but I was no less grateful when I received that D90 as a 30th b-day present...
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    11/20/09

    @nexusheli: I can totally understand that, and I'm not saying you should just get a motorbike instead - just that it becomes hard to justify that much on a bicycle when you could get so much for the same money (but wow, if I could get a good custom bike for $2500 I would have for sure!) It's like the argument of "why buy a $250,000 car when you could have... a house?" I don't know how many you sell in the $8-9k range, but I kind of agree with MeesterBell's sentiment that for that much it may as well be a museum piece, unless the frame lasts through a century of hard offroad use, and no parts ever require maintenance.

    The biggest issue for me is that people will steal a $500 bike if they can - even if the value of an $8000 one (or a $14,500 one!) isn't obvious by looking at it, you'd pretty much have to carry it around with you anywhere you stopped to make sure you didn't lose something as valuable as a motor vehicle. Where I live there are often no viable places to anchor the frame to anything, so you kind of have to lock the wheel and frame together and hope no one notices it and walks off with it - or walk several blocks from where you parked it.

    So I'd never spend that much on a bike myself - but like your cameras, if I just happened to end up with one, you bet I'd enjoy it!
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    Image of hacku hacku
    11/17/09

    In reply to Grace Electric Bike Is Part Motorcycle, Part Race Car and Part Fighter Jet
    $9k for a bicycle? No thanks... you can get a nice used motorcycle for that price that will do 150mph... #grace
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    11/19/09

    @hacku: You can get an entry-level sportbike that will do 200kph brand new for that too. Actually, a few grand less, and even a grand or two less than that in the USA.

    ...but of course you buy a bicycle because you want a bicycle... but if I had one that expensive I'd have to disassemble it and stuff it into a hard case then carry it with me everywhere I went, because leaving it outside would be insane.
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    Image of dingus dingus
    11/17/09

    In reply to Grace Electric Bike Is Part Motorcycle, Part Race Car and Part Fighter Jet
    Heeeey... Is that young Henry Winkler under all that hair? Can this bike jump sharks?
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    Image of RPMurphy RPMurphy
    11/18/09

    @dingus: Judging by the long hair and curvy chest, I would say it's a girl. But maybe that's just me.
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    Image of dingus dingus
    11/18/09

    @RPMurphy: I'm concerned about the prominent brow and cleft chin. All I'm saying is that's the Fonz plus a wig and some baloons. #grace
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    01/05/09

    In reply to Japanese Miso-Balancing Bike Contraption Keeps Soup Steady
    Isn't that kind of stupid placing the hot soup above the rider? I mean a couple of large bumps with the right timing and the rider gets scalded scalp soup.....
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    01/05/09

    In reply to Japanese Miso-Balancing Bike Contraption Keeps Soup Steady
    Eating utensil: Chopstick < Fork

    Soup Delivery: Hanging Basket < Lid


    Seriously, this is anti-technology.

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    01/05/09

    @b0bcat: chopsticks are much better than forks in my opinion, you have much more control. It all depends on what kind of food you're eating thou.
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    01/05/09

    @★☆★　Waka　★☆★: Clam chowder.
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    01/05/09

    In reply to Japanese Miso-Balancing Bike Contraption Keeps Soup Steady
    Fast and Furious: Miso Horny!
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    01/05/09

    @Eauboy: Shouldn't that be "Miso Hungry"?
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    01/05/09

    @Monty: You want a piece of ass, go to Hollywood Boulevard. You want an adrenaline rush that'll be two large. You want number 24, choose egg roll or wonton soup!


    You almost had me? You never had me - you never had your delivery... Curb hoppin' not curb jumpin' like you should. You're lucky that hundred shot of egg drop didn't blow the welds on the intake! You almost had me?

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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    01/05/09

    In reply to Japanese Miso-Balancing Bike Contraption Keeps Soup Steady
    They need this for when I order pizzas w/ extra cheese.
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    01/05/09

    In reply to Japanese Miso-Balancing Bike Contraption Keeps Soup Steady
    They need this its amazing that they can ride and drive in the crazy fasion they do and not die let alone spill soup.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_ My Brute Dojo Code CDIAFIFE GitEmSteveDave_ My Brute Dojo Code CDIAFIFE
    01/05/09

    @Hiroak: You obviously haven't driven the Garden State Parkway.
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    In reply to Japanese Miso-Balancing Bike Contraption Keeps Soup Steady
    Does anyone remember they used to have this thing on QVC which attached to your dashboard, and it was pretty much a gimbal, so you could go down like a 45 degree angle, and the mug would stay level relative to the earth? I always wondered if they really worked.
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    01/06/09

    @IH8M_SteveDave: The cheap ones you could get at Auto-Zone didn't. But by dad bought 3 anyway...
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