Forget Motorcycles! Get a Star Wars Speeder Bike!

[PorkChop96]

Instead of building 'built for speed' flying vehicles with jet fuel or expensive chips and batteries, why not an outer hydrogen filled layer balloon, solar powered, with inner layer with seating and steering via wind power and if it should fail, it will lightly and slowly fall to the ground then land upright on landing pads?

It won't be a thrill ride, that's for sure, but there are those that don't want a thrill ride.

We can spy on and borrow Chinese balloon tech.

Have people really already forgotten about the Hindenburg?

[quintessentone]

Have people really already forgotten about the Hindenburg?

Have people forgotten ancient aliens trying to help us along tech-wise?

[Kwaka]

There have to be ways to protect the rider,

Roll with it. It is those sudden stops that suck. If you cannot handle stacking a motorbike, don't even try stacking a machine like this.

[quintessentone]

Roll with it. It is those sudden stops that suck.

I've seen the aftermath of younger guys who rolled with it and bounced on the roads (gravel etc.) at basically ground level...that's a hospital visit.

[pianopraze]

Ha ha "Kiss Your Ass Goodbye". No, we want a flying motorcycle and want to live. "We want to live."

Given the percent chance a Empire speed bike rider lived in star wars was almost zero…

and they had higher tech than we do!

I stand by my safety rating.

[Kwaka]

I've seen the aftermath

I have experienced it. Roads hit harder than dirt does. Smashing into some boulders, rocks or rose gardens is going suck too. If you can slow it down a bit once you know it is going down, helps. Will still keep the hospitals busy cleaning up the mess from this technology.

In a world where people pay good money to jump out of a good plane, Gotta have some fun somewhere.

[imitator]

Instead of building 'built for speed' flying vehicles with jet fuel or expensive chips and batteries, why not an outer hydrogen filled layer balloon, solar powered, with inner layer with seating and steering via wind power and if it should fail, it will lightly and slowly fall to the ground then land upright on landing pads?

It won't be a thrill ride, that's for sure, but there are those that don't want a thrill ride.

We can spy on and borrow Chinese balloon tech.

Getting "Lawnchair Larry" vibes from this post.
Swap in some helium, ride it with a YETI full of iced coffee, and lo-fi beats for cruising...
That could be a thing.

[quintessentone]

Getting "Lawnchair Larry" vibes from this post.
Swap in some helium, ride it with a YETI full of iced coffee, and lo-fi beats for cruising...
That could be a thing.

I'm down with the Lawnchair Larry vibe, with self-driving high-tech balloon cruisin' capability, and with room for a small light weight beer fridge in the additional 'tow package' attachment.

[Oldcarpy2]

Given the percent chance a Empire speed bike rider lived in star wars was almost zero…

and they had higher tech than we do!

I stand by my safety rating.

So.  You land on the forest World Endor and encounter the furry mammalian Ewoks.

That's lunch sorted, then....

[pianopraze]

So.  You land on the forest World Endor and encounter the furry mammalian Ewoks.

That's lunch sorted, then....

Exactly.

Ewoks are totally awesome.