Rael Lyra [deviantART via FFFFOUND!]

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Stan Mott [via Dark Roasted Blend]

New Jersey custom bike shop Pitstop Motors built this Predator motorcycle as a commission. It's a fully functional machine, but the owner reported that he earned two tickets on the motorcycle's maiden voyage — thanks to gawkers holding up traffic. Pitstop Motors has made a number of other theme bikes, including a black Spider-Man bike, a dragon bike, and a cyberpunk machine.

More pictures and information about the Predator motorcycle are available at Super Streetbike Magazine.

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Our sister site Jalopnik has a stellar collection of movie cars — both official and replicas. These are mostly fan-made, drivable replicas of cars and bikes from science fiction.

Batmobiles

Some of the more ambitious projects are the Batmobiles. You can actually purchase kits to convert various car models into an Adam West-era Batmobile. But some fans prefer to make their Batmobiles the hard way.

It took Leif Garvin of Stockholm 20,000 hours and $1 million to convert a 1973 Lincoln Continental into the Tim Burton Batmobile. It may not be quite as hi-tech as Batman's car, but it does feature a voice recognition system and rear cameras. [via Toxel]

Bob Dullam attracted massive amounts of attention when he showed off his homemade Tumbler from Batman Begins. Dullam made the entire vehicle from scratch, and even made his own Batsuit and props to go with it. [via Superhero Hype]

And frequent builder Grant Hodgson made a Tumbler of his own. [via Jalopnik]

Bob Causey helped Dullam with his Tumbler and decided to create a Batmobile of his own. Causey took on the Batman Forever version, complete with a remote controlled top. [via /Film]

Kaneda's Bike

There are plenty of models of the iconic motorcycle from Akira, but many of those are non-working copies. Neo-Fukuoka, not a fan group but a professional garage, created multiple, working copies of Kaneda's bike, some offered for sale. [via Riding Sun]

But another fan, Matus, is also creating a replica of the bike from scratch, although he hasn't yet progressed to the exterior.

Mad Max Vehichles

Mad Max vehicles are a perennial favorite among vehicle modifiers. There are impressive lists of fan-made Interceptors at Last Interceptor and Mad Max Movies. But one fan stands out above them all. Adrian Bennett didn't just transform a Ford Falcon Coupe into the famous vehicle, he moved himself, his car, and his entire family from England to a tiny Australian town so he could live out his Mad Max fantasies. [via SCI FI Wire]

Other Mad Max vehicles have gotten the fan treatment as well, such as this Yellow Interceptor made by Grant Hodgson (who also did one of the Batman Tumblers):

And Goose's bike by Mike Acebo:

KITT

Knight Rider's KITT is another favorite, and again there are kits you can purchase to give your car KITT's Cylon eye. Of course, the best KITT mods don't just change the outside of the car, but are also incredibly detailed on the inside, such as this converted 1984 Firebird, which speaks in KITT's voice [via Jalopnik:

And this 1992 Firebird:

Frankenstein's Car

The Gator Car from the original Death Race 2000 would have been more fun, but some Russian fans of the Death Race remake took an impressive crack at Frankenstein's car, starting with a Chevy Camaro. [English Russia]

The DeLorean Time Machine

A DeLorean is already a DeLorean with those retrofuturistic gull-wing doors. But add a flux capacitor, a temporal display on the dashboard, and a liberal sprinkling of light-up buttons, and you've got yourself Doc Brown's time machine. [Auto Blog]

Ecto-1

George Barris, who famously designed the original Batmobile among other TV cars, famously made a replica of Ghostbusters' classic car, one that is perpetually for sale. But others have taken on the Ecto-1 challenge as well. Ghostbusters fanatic Joe Kerezman created an Ecto-1 of his very own.

And a fan calling himself "Venkman21" modified his from a Cadillac ambulance.

Luke Skywalker's Landspeeder

They may not hover, but fans can always pretend in their homespun landspeeders. [all via Interbent]

This puppy was made from a 1988 Ford Escort and is actually a licensed, street-legal vehicle.

This pre-distressed model, created by Daniel Deutsch, runs on batteries and can climb to 25 MPH — impressive, though not exactly putting the "speed" in "landspeeder."

Why the teeth and the clown's head on a pole? It's an art car from Burning Man.

And this last one — which is a bit heavier on the wheels — comes from Pawtucket, Rhode Island, and annual Star Wars Day.

The theme of this year's Burning Man was "Evolution," inspiring a great deal of art, vehicular and otherwise, centered around the animal kingdom. On the more retrofuturistic side of things, this year's Burning Man also featured the "Raygun Gothic Rocket" as an installation, which, contrary to festival rumors, didn't actually take off.

[Burning Man]

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Li's Jetlev-Flyer uses twin water pumps to thrust the rider into the air. And the high-velocity water streams do, in fact, give the rider an altitude of up to 30 feet, and they can steer the device by pushing on the handlebars to properly angle the stream.

However, the use of the Jetlev-Flyer is extremely limited. Because an enormous mass of water is required to achieve the necessary level of thrust for any amount of time, the water cannot be carried on the jetpack itself. Instead, a small vessel is dragged behind the jetpack, pumping water into a long hose attached to the back of the pack. Thus, the Jetlev-Flyer only works near a body of water and is essentially a Jetski, albeit a rather epic one.

Li plans to put the Jetlev-Flyer on sale later this year. So, if you have about 130 grand to burn, you too can have your very own pseudo-jetpack.

[Popular Science]

The Shweeb is a human-powered transit system that employs a recumbent cycle to move a clear passenger tube along a rail. Currently, the only operating Shweeb is located Agroventures Adventure Park in Rotura, New Zealand, where for $45, you and your friends can engage in Shweeb racing. But the inventors believe the Shweeb has possibilities beyond being an amusement park ride, and that it might just revolutionize your daily commute:

Our proposal to get you safely and quickly from one point in the city to another would be to elevate you onto a network of interconnected monorails where you never have to stop at traffic lights. The ideal vehicle for such a system already exists. Fully faired recumbent cycles, because of their low aerodynamic resistance, are breaking all bicycle speed records and currently reaching speeds of 90 kph (56 mph) in sprints. Suspending these comfortable and highly efficient machines from monorail tracks has the added advantage of taking away the rolling resistance of pneumatic tyres. Trains of Shweebs can further reduce the aero drag – ten people travelling at 40 kph will each have a lot less work to do than a single rider at the same speed. A single rider requires only a fraction of the energy to achieve the same speed as a normal cyclist – thanks to the significant reductions in both aero drag and tire friction. The vehicle is completely weatherproof, you can't derail or fall out while on the cellphone or blackberry!

Check out the Shweeb in action:

[The Shweeb via Inhabitat]

According to Dark Roasted Blend, these vehicles were used for mail delivery in remote Siberian regions.

And here's the ultimate mobile home for a lifetime of winter. This is the Russian Kharkovchanka, an all-terrain snow vehicle that could move at 40 kph and climb 30 degree inclines.

As you can see from this cutaway shot, there was plenty of room inside: Even a nice four-seater table for long talks over hot kasha and yak butter.

The Kharkovchanka were also the stylish vehicle of choice for Russian exploration in the Antarctic.

And of course, you'll want a weaponized sled vehicle for fighting the mutants who evolve to withstand extreme cold. Here's one concept design for a deadly ski-doo.

The Russians used these to battle the Nazis in 1942.

Hey, what was good enough for the old-school Soviets is good enough for me when the long winter comes. Especially if caviar and perogis are somehow involved.

Inspiration and images from Dark Roasted Blend.

Pictured here is a concept for an airplane that he designed for Japan Airlines. Dark Roasted Blend has a great gallery of these and more images by the 80-year old futurist. Images by Colani.de

Extravagant designs by Luigi Colani [Dark Roasted Blend]