bubble mail:

"hey lennard

great blog! just wondering if you've thought about featuring the fantastic motorcycles from the famous manga 'AKIRA'?
if you haven't seen the film you really really should..

there have been a couple of (so far unsuccesful imho) attempts to build real versions. one day..


regards
/damian"

he also send me a link to the Negatendo site

thanks Damien!

I did see that movie for the first time when I was 13 or something like that.
still one of my favorite manga movies today. I'm not a big fan of Keneda's red bike but the clowns and the rest of Keneda's gang have some very interesting customs

about the movie

Akira (アキラ?, stylized as AKIRA) is a 1988 Japanese animated cyberpunk science fiction film directed by Katsuhiro Otomo, written by Otomo and Izo Hashimoto, and starring the voices of Mitsuo Iwata, Nozomu Sasaki, Mami Koyama and Taro Ishida. The screenplay is based on Otomo's manga Akira.

The film depicts a dystopian Neo-Tokyo in 2019. The plot focuses on biker Tetsuo Shima (Nozomu Sasaki) and his psychic powers and the biker gang member Shotaro Kaneda (Mitsuo Iwata), who tries to hunt down Tetsuo from releasing Akira. While most of the character designs and basic settings were adapted from the original 2182-page manga epic, the restructured plot of the movie differs considerably from the print version, pruning much of the last half of the manga. The film became a hugely popular cult film and is widely considered to be a landmark in Japanese animation and film making in general.

here some nice akira stuff from the Negatendo site

sorry for the lack of posts lately but I'm working on a lot of projects and I have to move out of my studio this weekend...   ..don't have a new place yet..

zephyr

Bubble mail:

"Hi Bubblevisor love the blog
This is my 91 zephyr 750. This started as a frame engine and wheels and a box of bits bought for £200. It was always meant to be a cheap project (total about £1500). The frame has been modified with a loop at the back the wheels, frame and tank where painted black. The mudguards are both made from one and all brackets were made in the shed. A lot of bits have been binned including idiot lights. I made the seat myself from scratch. The airbox was modified to let the seat fit and all electrics are under the seat. Hagon off road shocks I had lying about are on the back. The exhaust is the original downpipes mated to megaphone silencers (very nice sound). The bars are GSXR400 clipons which fit straight on to zephyr forks. It’s not meant to look immaculate and is very practical and comfortable. It is fully road legal and had its first run out for the NW200 which was wet and miserable with only one race but the zephyr was fine. The bike sort of just developed as it went. Hope you like it. Looking forward to my next build.

Sam"

Nice bike Sam, thanks!