{"id":10709,"date":"2016-06-03T15:03:23","date_gmt":"2016-06-03T13:03:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.pricecheck.co.za\/?p=10709"},"modified":"2016-06-03T15:03:23","modified_gmt":"2016-06-03T13:03:23","slug":"the-first-ever-3d-printed-motorbike-is-also-the-worlds-lightest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/blog\/the-first-ever-3d-printed-motorbike-is-also-the-worlds-lightest\/","title":{"rendered":"The First Ever 3D-Printed Motorbike Is Also The World&#8217;s Lightest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">3D printing could change the world of manufacturing as we know it. From smaller parts and components, to larger and more complex products, 3D is become more prevalent. The world&#8217;s first-ever 3D printed motorcycle has recently been completed, and it breaks more boundaries than one.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Meet the Light Rider, a 3D printed motorcycle built\u00a0by APWorks, a subsidiary of the aircraft manufacturing giant\u00a0AirBus. Apart from being the first commercially available 3D printed motorbike, APWorks are also calling the Light Rider &#8220;probably the world&#8217;s lightest motorcycle&#8221;. And it&#8217;s not difficult to see why that would make that statement; the all-electric bike weighs in at a featherweight 35 kilograms, and is built using a custom aluminium alloy powder. The alloy has been dubbed &#8220;Scalmalloy&#8221; by APWorks, and is similar to a material used in commercial building and is close in strength to titanium alloy.<\/p>\n<p>As far as performance goes, the Light Rider doesn&#8217;t do too badly. It has a maximum speed of 80km\/h and is able to reach 0-45km\/h in only 3 seconds. The bike&#8217;s battery needs to be swapped out every 60 kilometres, so you won&#8217;t be doing any cross-country trips on the Light Rider.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ufvsz93kfTY\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re looking to own one of the world&#8217;s first commercially produced 3D bikes you&#8217;d better act fast. Only 50 have been produced, with no plans to manufacturer anymore. You&#8217;ll also need rather deep pockets, as they retail for\u00a0\u20ac50,000, with a\u00a0\u00a0\u20ac2,000 deposit required. Visit the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lightrider.apworks.de\/#!en\/dkqv3\" target=\"_blank\">official Light Rider website<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>3D printing could change the world of manufacturing as we know it. From smaller parts and components, to larger and more complex products, 3D is become more prevalent. The world&#8217;s first-ever 3D printed motorcycle has recently been completed, and it breaks more boundaries than one. Meet the Light Rider, a 3D printed motorcycle built\u00a0by APWorks,<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"\/blog\/the-first-ever-3d-printed-motorbike-is-also-the-worlds-lightest\/\" title=\"Read More\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10710,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"amp_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[996,997,995,998],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Screen-Shot-2016-05-23-at-10.17.25-AM.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10709"}],"collection":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10709"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10709\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10711,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10709\/revisions\/10711"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10710"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10709"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10709"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10709"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}