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     The Hyanide is the bike Luke needed on Planet Hoth. A fleet of these bad ass bikes and forget the Imperial Walkers. They would  have run rings around them; mount a blast rifle on the front and we would have Imperial Stumpers.
     All the stormtroopers could've done was cry in their white plastic salad bowl helmets. The Hyanide (name taken from it's resemblance to a hyena) is a true motorcycle, unlike other "concept" vehicles, in that it employs counter-steering, (turn left to go right, right to go left).
     However, there is pedal that is pushed at the same time to turn the rear wheel at the same time to maintain tension on the track tread. Imagine a Mobius strip that propels you forward at 130 mph on the snow...
    Created by German designer Oliver Keller and Tillman Schlootz, (you can find out more at http://www.technovelgy.com/) this is going to be in my garage when I move to Maine.
Category: general -- posted at: 10:53 PM
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