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Street Legal 'Tron' Light Cycle Unites Hardcore Gear-Heads and Fanboys

by Warren Riddle on December 1, 2010 at 02:30 PM

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'Tron: Legacy' hits theaters on December 5th, and the hype is definitely peaking. New trailers (which reveal increasingly intimate details) as well as new products are systematically arriving. And perhaps most notable is one particularly mouth-watering piece of merchandise from Parker Brothers Choppers.

While gear-heads may not seem like the ideal target audience for geeky 'Tron' gear, the Choppers motorcycle crew recently engineered a realistic -- and perhaps even beautiful -- 'Tron' Light Cycle. The latest theatrical Light Cycle was digitally created, so Parker Brothers reportedly had to pull images "off the Web to make the bike." The bike, which costs approximately $55,000, houses a Suzuki TLR1000 V-twin engine -- and is actually street legal. It also awesomely features a dock that enables riders to view the bike's various gauges on an iPad. All it needs, apparently, is authentic cinematic sound effects.

Parker Brothers only produced ten of the custom-built beauties, and consumers have already purchased six. If someone wants one of the remaining four models, they'd better get moving -- because there's at least one famous fanboy waiting to hop on one.

Tags: movies, top, transportation, Tron, TronLightCycle, TronLightCycles

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