What Would Batman Ride?
Something indescribably badass, apparently. The Warner Bros. publicity department recently released this action shot, which reveals Batman leaning the Batpod's ginormous donut-shaped wheels into a turn. The bike, created by Morgan Freeman's character Lucius Fox, boasts a skeletal structure that looks somewhat like a stripped down Dodge Tomahawk.
Shots of the two-wheeled Batpod from the forthcoming film The Dark Knight first appeared about six months ago in the LA Times, around the time that Meredith Viera nearly pulled a crotch muscle trying to dismount the ergonomically awkward machine. Susan Carpenter of the Times described the bike with "engines [in] the hubs of each wheel... there are shields that fit each arm like sleeves and have the ability to rotate around the bike's frame. The two foot pegs are set 3 1/2 feet apart on either side of the tank, which the rider lies on, belly down."
Batman's relationship to his futuristic steed is described in the film with the line "He doesn't choose it, he requires it." It's a feeling any rider understands well.
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Comments
I like it, however it would take all of my 220 lbs. and then some to take it into a curve since it can stand upright on its own.
Meredith is a bit injury prone. Last year when Will Ferrell was pormoting Blades of Glory, she smacked her head on the ice at Rock Ctr.
Scottie,
She does clumsy well… she manages to make it cute.
Basem
Hey, that looks like the bike that they used in the Batman movie - (it was being filmed in Chicago, and we saw it parked on the set)
The should of just gave him one of those new Victory baggers. They just scream Batman.
That’s not a motorcycle…….
Just looks plain stupid to me…
Awesome coverage of the subject!
I saw on Taiwan TV that Jay Chow buy one lol at Taipei. cool