"Harley" Saber Build

[Kaide]

Here is my newest build. It was a custom job for a friend of mine. She is a huge harley davidson fan & wanted a lightsaber with a harley theme. If you notice there are no switches. They are all build into the handle bar and break mechanism.

Here are the specs:
7.4v Li-ion 1050mAh 14650 Battery Pack
Igniter R2 and Tru-color boards
BGRW led engin
Kill key under the sound vent
8 accent leds hidden under the seam of the leather grip
2W bass speaker
Aluminum tube, hand cut.
blade holder style 3
sink tube adapter

I could not find a desent way to hold the break mechanism in place, so i had to hand build the clamp using a sheet of steel. I then bent it around the tube and cut it to fit. Finised off by powder coating it black.
The speaker is also side mounted right under the LED heatsink, just above the sound vents. So its out of sight.

The SD card is accessable right behind the break. So you dont have to take it appart to get to the sd card.

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[hedgehog1]

That is a highly imaginative build. Using the brake lever that way would never have occurred to me. All she needs now is a speeder bike...

[Kaide]

I had originally planned to build a sound font using harley motorcycle sounds....but as it turns out, i dont know a nearly enough about sound editing :-P

Also the chasis design was a nightmare! Its just pvc, but trying to figure out how to attach the handle so that it would rotate to activate the blade while keeping it stable enough to hold onto while swinging it around too much trial and error. Unfortunatly i did not have the foresight to take build pictures.

[Kaide]

Here is a link to a terrible video i made so you guys could see it in action.


http://youtu.be/9bNeWA5tXJI

If it does not load, just give it a bit... last i checked it was still uploading to youtube

[Nick Knight]

wow really really cool!

[Silver Serpent]

That's really amazing!

Unfortunately, all the motorcycle guys in the office want me to build them one now. :)

[Darth Ryo]

Pretty cool one :o
You should ask a sound smith to create a Harley sound theme for Ignter, would be pretty funny :)

[Starwinder]

Pretty awesome idea and execution! I imagine this is what Corran Horn's lightsaber would look like if speeder bikes were produced by Harley :cool:

[Crystal Chambers]

I like the idea and parts of it are cool but it's so long and awkward.

[The Yin]

aw man, that is way cool, very creative and good work pulling it off.
Now you'll have to make a double blade saber that uses a full handle bar!

[nartules]

I like aspects of the saber, such as the unique activation/clash/blaster buttons. Overall not really my style, but still darn cool. I had Tim Machine me a grip section, fashioned after a motorcycle grip. I some cuts/mods made, and now its with the installer.

Do you have the 'lets go racing' font, that would go well with the saber.

[jedimastergarcia87]

Dude this is the sickest saber I've ever seen. I love the operation. Seems very Sithy to me though. Lol. My brother's dad would love this one.

[Invisas1979]

Ha very clever stuff, been a while since a saber had a bit of a twist......see what I did there. lol