{"id":5215,"date":"2016-08-07T00:44:39","date_gmt":"2016-08-06T16:44:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/08\/07\/star-wars-speeder-bike-replica-is-the-imperial-army-motorcycle-youve-been-waiting-for\/"},"modified":"2016-08-07T00:44:39","modified_gmt":"2016-08-06T16:44:39","slug":"star-wars-speeder-bike-replica-is-the-imperial-army-motorcycle-youve-been-waiting-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/08\/07\/star-wars-speeder-bike-replica-is-the-imperial-army-motorcycle-youve-been-waiting-for\/","title":{"rendered":"Star Wars Speeder bike replica is the Imperial Army motorcycle you&#8217;ve been waiting for"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Https%3a%2f%2fblueprint-api-production.s3.amazonaws.com%2fuploads%2fstory%2fthumbnail%2f16861%2fspdrbke\" src=\"http:\/\/i.amz.mshcdn.com\/dZJgpxG0TmW8q1RUKXOoLedSJRI=\/575x323\/https%3A%2F%2Fblueprint-api-production.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fstory%2Fthumbnail%2F16861%2Fspdrbke.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"float: right;width: 50px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?via=Mashable&amp;text=Star+Wars+Speeder+bike+replica+is+the+Imperial+Army+motorcycle+you%E2%80%99ve+been+waiting+for&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F08%2F06%2Fstar-wars-speeder-bike-motorcycle%2F%3Futm_campaign%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial%26utm_cid%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-tw\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/a.amz.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-tw-f7c0a094d16b7ee7c91a1e50839a8e00.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F08%2F06%2Fstar-wars-speeder-bike-motorcycle%2F%3Futm_campaign%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial%26utm_cid%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;src=sp\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-fb\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/a.amz.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-fb-c0a21e8841794479b8086c32c6f24ba1.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>We already have real <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/lightsaber\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">lightsabers<\/a> and levitating <a href=\"https:\/\/laughingsquid.com\/a-levitating-death-star-bluetooth-speaker\/\">Death Stars<\/a>, so it was only a matter of time before we got a real, working <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/star-wars\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Star Wars<\/a> Speeder bike. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The vehicle, first shown in <em>Return of the Jedi<\/em>, was recently recreated with exacting detail by the Wisconsin-based customization shop <a href=\"http:\/\/vintageworks.com\/\">Vintage Works<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"no-microcontent\" src=\"http:\/\/i.amz.mshcdn.com\/X8YBhRon279rt4IE30JSQgGsDIg=\/fit-in\/575x4096\/https%3A%2F%2Fblueprint-api-production.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fcard%2Fimage%2F169313%2Fspeedr.gif\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Image:  fan actu via youtube<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Using the frame of a regular motorcycle, the team managed to put together what looks like <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2015\/12\/22\/star-wars-drone-race\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">an authentic Speeder bike<\/a> that does everything the original does \u2014 except levitate. In this case, the vehicle speeds through terrain <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FKj_Y1CF97U\">on two wheels<\/a> like most motorcycles. Still, it&#8217;s powered by the fan enthusiasm of the most beloved science fiction franchise ever.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2016\/08\/06\/star-wars-speeder-bike-motorcycle\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>More about <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/vehicles\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Vehicles<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/speeder-bike\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Speeder Bike<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/motorcycles\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Motorcycles<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/star-wars\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Star Wars<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/tech\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Tech<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/Mashable\/~4\/UWOVEhPtSI4\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We already have real lightsabers and levitating Death Stars, so it was only a matter of time before we got a real, working Star Wars Speeder bike. \u00a0 The vehicle, first shown in Return of the Jedi, was recently recreated &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/08\/07\/star-wars-speeder-bike-replica-is-the-imperial-army-motorcycle-youve-been-waiting-for\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":115,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[3985,3984,904,725,3406],"class_list":["post-5215","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-other","tag-motorcycles","tag-speeder-bike","tag-star-wars","tag-tech","tag-vehicles"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5215","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/115"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5215"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5215\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}