Akira bike is coming to life

Meet Michael Dickey’s Akira Bike Project. This enthusiast engineer is building from sctatch a fully functional high performance recumbent motorcycle inspired by Kaneda’s ride in Akira. And this time, someone is going quite far with his ideas, actually bringing the bike to life.

We have the chance to follow all the design and building process step by step, thanks to the project website https://matus1976.com/ and especially the YouTube channel, which provides with continuous updates. It’s a pleasure to watch how Michael spends a lot of effort and passion building one of the most unique motorcycles on the market and preparing it for manufacturing. We wish you luck!!

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