The Batcycle, Batblade, or Batpod is the fictional personal motorcycle of the DC Comics superhero Batman. In the comic book universe, Batman's personal Batcycle is a modified street-bike with a 786 cc liquid-cooled V-4 engine. It contains a computer-controlled carburetor and bulletproof wind-guard.
The Batcycle made its first appearance in 1966 in the Batman TV series. It was a 1965 Harley Davidson with a side car, but it was taken on lease and was only used for the first season episode "Not Yet, He Ain't".
Later that year, a new Batcycle was introduced. It was produced by Kustomotive, conceived by Dan Dempski, designed by Tom Daniel, and built by Dan and Korky Korkes using a Yamaha Catalina 250. It was leased to 20th Century Fox starting on April 18, 1966 for 50aweekwithanadditional350 up front. The new Batcycle was first used in the 1966 film Batman and continued to appear in the rest of the TV series. Hubie Kerns and Victor Paul did most of the stunt work with the motorcycle throughout the series. The total amount paid to Kustomotive was 2,500.Whentheserieswascanceled,KustomotiveusedtheBatcycleincarshows,payingroyaltiestoGreenway,20thCenturyFox,andNationalPeriodicalPublications.KustomotivebuiltfourreplicasoftheBatcyclefortours.Robin′ssidecar(adetachableself−propelledvehicle)wasauthenticatedbyBurtWardonthetelevisionseriesHollywoodTreasureandsoldatauctionfor30,000.
Batwoman (TV series)
The Batcycle appears in the series Batwoman as Batwoman's personal vehicle.
Batman & Robin (film)
The Batblade is the name of a specialized motorcycle used by Batgirl (Alicia Silverstone) in the 1997 film Batman & Robin. This vehicle can function under the most extreme weather conditions.
The Batblade was built on the body of a drag racer: the rear tire comes not from a motorcycle, but from a car.
The Dark Knight Trilogy
The Batcycle is known as the Batpod for The Dark Knight (2008) and The Dark Knight Rises (2012).
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The Dark Knight Rises, ou L'Ascension du Chevalier Noir au Québec et au Nouveau-Brunswick, est un film de super-héros américano-britannique réalisé par Christopher Nolan, sorti en 2012. Fondé sur le personnage de fiction de DC Comics, Batman, il s'agit du dernier volet de la trilogie The Dark Knight, comprenant également Batman Begins (2005) et The Dark Knight : Le Chevalier noir (2008). Rotten Tomatoes qualifie le film d'« ambitieux, réfléchi et puissant ».
The Batsuit (or Bat-Suit) is the costume of DC Comics's fictional superhero Batman, who appears in their American comic books. The suit has been depicted in various artistic iterations, and the stories themselves have described Batman as modifying the details of his costume from time to time.
Lego Batman was a theme and product range of the Lego construction toy, introduced in 2006, based on the superhero character Batman, under license from DC Comics. The sets feature vehicles, characters and scenes from the comics and films. The inspirations for the design of these vary widely. For example, the Batmobile retains its basic sleek shape and prominent fins from the Tim Burton films, whereas the "Bat-Tank" seems to be based on the tank-like Batmobile in Frank Miller's The Dark Knight Returns.