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Old 07-01-10, 11:26 PM
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Default Tron light-cycles to be produced and sold as road bikes...



Custom bike builders Parkers Brothers Choppers are selling five, full size, working Tron Light cycles with a starting price of $35,000 each.

The bikes are yet to be built but Parkers claim they'll feature hubless wheels, carbon-fibre bodywork and neon lighting behind plexiglass panels.

Parkers are planning a run of five bikes, each one a different colour. A $5000 deposit will start the build, progress will be broadcast on You Tube.

The bikes are being sold through US E-bay and Parkers claim only five will ever be built. Build time is expected to be between six and eight weeks, just in time for the USA launch of the new Hollywood film Tron Legacy.

Parker Brothers Choppers (321) 960-0756
1243 N. Harbour City Blvd.,Melbourne FL 32935
parkerbrotherschoppers@yahoo.com



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Old 07-01-10, 11:33 PM
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I dont know anything about bikes but isn't 35k to little for that kind of work?
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Old 07-01-10, 11:39 PM
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Originally Posted by I8ABMR
I dont know anything about bikes but isn't 35k to little for that kind of work?
For a limited production of 5? It may be more of a collectors' item than a functional road bike.

Many special edition bikes from Harley and Ducati easily reach $30k+, and they make hundreds of each of those...
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Thats what I mean. If the ones they make hundreds of cost 30k then I would assume something like this would go for considerably more ....unless its the non functional part of it that makes it fall in price
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Sounds neat, although I wish they worked just like the light-cycles in the film Tron...at night though they should be real cool.
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Old 07-02-10, 06:10 AM
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Anyone else chuckle at the name of the company?

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Awesomeness!!!!
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I am more fascinated by the hubless wheels.

If they can only do this on a car...



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that's pretty cool

they should throw in a matching glowing suit
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Originally Posted by I8ABMR
I dont know anything about bikes but isn't 35k to little for that kind of work?
custom bikes can range anywhere from 20-100k.. American Chopper bikes sell for 100k i believe...
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