One of Ducati's biggest mistakes was ending the production of this bike. With the release of this movie, they could of took such an advantage of it and sky rocketed their sales. What a waste.

That scene and bike were the reason I started riding

I was the onset mechanic for the movie here in Vancouver, BC . They used my bike in the close ups where you really cant see it ie the closing scene on the Lions' Gate Bridge .. (the bike was mounted on a camera truck for part of it :( ... Also worked on the jump scene where they used a local off ramp at 1 in the morning to shoot .. they used 2 old beat up 73 Honda XL 350s that the effects gusy dressed up to look like a Ducati SC for the landing scene .. the take off was filmed on a KTM with a steady cam mounted on a pole on the back of the bike so the viewer can follow the jump down :) ... was a great experience and they couldnt have picked a better city to shoot it in ... Also the old 900ss pared outside Jack's fathers place belongs to another local guy ... they dinged oneof his pipes in the producton somehow but made good on it :)

The Ducati in the film was a Sport Classic 1000 Biposto with an LED taillight mod. Im in love with this bike, and hunting for one, (Theyre expensive, rare, and hard to look after... but in my opinion its 100% worth the effort)

Please turn off the background tune. It's really annoying.

Tron Legacy is so underrated, one of the few really great modern sci-fi films from Hollywood. Can't believe they didn't go for the trilogy when Garret Headland was teetering on the brink of becoming a big deal

Has to be the best beginning of the movie ever!

The one in the movie, I'm fairly certain is an '07-09 ducati classic sport1000 biposto. Previous years had stacked mufflers on the right side, and were known as monoposto. This model has split exhaust on either side allowing for passenger foot pegs. The biggest changes were the removal of the indicators, blacked out gas cylinders on the rear shocks and, a new tail with an integrated LED stop light.

For those that are asking its a ducati sport classic 1000

skip to 1:30

Lol it had an aftermarket tail light

"What is a twin?" Steps down to write this comment. Leaves.

Who thought that was not a real motorcycle? Have you no Google?

I own a stock '07 Sport 1000 and I did notice one or two minor cosmetic differences between it & the bike in the movie. The stock Sport 1k has a couple of rather large rear turn signals mounted on stalks to the left & right of the brake light, while the bike in the movie has its turn signals moved underneath the seat. There may be more, but I can't remember them offhand. Incidentally, the stock Sport 1k can easily do 150+ MPH. Not that I've tried it or anything. :)

shame what they did with the sound design for that bike in the movie. You can hear the actual engine, but then some scenes use a 600-1000cc I4 (typically japanese), which was the very high pitched screamy flyby you’d hear a couple of times, and then even a scene where it sounds like a 270 crank parallel twin if I remember correctly, which is also… not something ducati ever really got into. You do hear the original sound a few times at least.

When Sam turned it off sounded so amaaazzinngggg

fun fact, the bike that did the jump stunt was a kawasaki done up to look like the ducati sportclassic.

As several people mentions, the Fleda taillights are not custom -the whole back end with plate positioning was custom. Pipes also not standard. Also note that the bike in the beginning is a Monoposto (single seater) but at the end when he drives away with the girl it is a biposto (two seater).

There are two notable modifications on the film bike. The tail pipes and mufflers are relocated to only one side of the bike and the tail light is not stock in the film.

I love my 98 Ducati Monster 900. The carbs drink fuel but I can't stop loving it.

When it comes to Tron I would love to see if its possible to make a deadly disc that cuts anything like what they were throwing around in the movie. On a more friendly basis, is it possible to make a working cell phone that can also be a transformer toy? That would be sweet!

nope. I own a black Monoposto just like the one in the movie, and a friend of mine has the Biposto. You can clearly see the Ducati mark at the rear of the saddle when they ride off two on the bike. The saddle with the Ducati text on the end is unique to the Biposto saddle. Also the MP does not have any footrest, so wouldn't really want to sit behind even if the saddle was switched :)

Ironic that Veronica is wearing a Jean Luc shirt, then she interviews William Shatner’s brother. 👍🏽

@ 2:20 - "Vroom Vroom Vroom!!" Love it. She has a such a great smile too.

Placing a large reflective device is quite possible using modern technology the biggest hurdle is that it can be cost prohibitive to launch and maintain since cosmic debris would puncture it's surface and solar winds would buffet it and push it out of orbit.

On a tech I would like to see if it could be possible: In Kim Stanley Robinson's Red Mars Trilogy, there is an apparatus that's put in Mars polar orbit, the Soletta, that catches light that would otherwise miss Mars just slightly and focuses it on the planet, and working in conjuction with some huge orbiting mirrors, it enhances the sunlight on the planet by 20%, thus greatly speeding the terraforming processes that are happening. Is this even possible? How close are we to have tech like this?

When he jump the bridge, really is a XL350 1973 scrambler.

There are a couple of custom bike builders that have already built a light cycle replica! You can order one custom made!

"Why are you in my basement?"... "This is... the show..." *facepalm* bad joke

"There's little on this planet that sounds as good as a race Ducati" say's that to a lady sitting on a KTM stool. :p

we got an old fashion biker here who like most past generation people hate how people nowadays have a different sense of style

The switch to turn off the headlight is also not American spec, unless they brought in an Eurospec one which has a headlight switch. All American market bikes have the headlight on at all times. Your only choice is high beam or low beam. They could have just disconnected the fuse or took out the bulb for it, and that still counts as a "mod".

What bike is at 2:41? Looks different to a Sports Classic 1000...

Fun fact: When bikes are fitted with a speed limiter, it is usually set at 300km/h while car's speed limiters stop them at 250km/h. Both are crazy "limits", but when you're empty-headed enough to reach 300km/h on a motorbike, why wouldn't the manufacturers let you go even faster? oh, well.

WHY WHY WHY??? She knows nothing about bikes anyway added to the Film being fictional so what is the point of this monstrosity?

They even use the correct Sound. I hatte it when they put 4 cylinder Sound in scenes with Bikes that have less the 4.

She was completely incorrect about the new director. She mentioned the originals director. Also the bike did have after market mods including all signals changed out and a light only kill switch. Lastly their ducati expert was wrong that jump couldnt be done with this bike in any form

i own a Ducati Sport Classic 1000 myself

Also the side mirrors...AND having the ability to turn off your headlight while riding. That's a feature no Ducati supports.

Not going to lie, you looked pretty good on that Ducati.

2:20 I laughed at that bit more than I should have. Haven't we all done what she's doing, sitting on an idle bike, working the throttle and making little "VROOM VROOM VROOM!" sounds? :-D

Fairly sure he just took off the cowling to fit the bird - the biposto pipes sit in a different configuration (one on each side) from the monoposto (two stacked on the right). At least one of the bikes has a custom paintjob, blue stripe instead of white.

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Just learned that it was actually a stunt bike at the jump scene. Here is a picture of the stunt bike. 41.media.tumblr.com/dd2a5adcd35d7eac1a8483a1c6c15877/tumblr_nrgd8rvrUw1qa4keto1_540.jpg

If Ducati continued making it after the movie, Ducati would’ve gained soooo much money!

Not at all! I was actually trying to get him to relax a little bit and have some fun, he was a tad nervous being on camera.

Also, for what it's worth, this woman is utterly useless in terms of research. While the Ducati in the film was not tweaked "much", the tail lights were a mod, and the bike did not make that jump. Instead they took a KTM and modified it to look like the Ducati.

This has been done to death, physically no if you go by how the films describe a lightsabre as a "laser sword" but in practice it may be possible if you use plasma contained in a force field (which is theoretically possible as well) but it would be so dangerous that it would be safer to hand the weapon to an opponent and run away than actually try to wield it yourself.

is it weird that i wanna see what kind of heels Veronica is wearing? it sounded like she was wearing heels at the beginning of the video.

Monkey6over: I don't believe Ducati had anything to do with their bike being in the movie. It was just what the producers chose.

It’s a great scene from an outstanding film. There’s just something about a Duc!

props for noticing though not everyone saw that

Good show Veronica,. Is there a podcast feed coming soon?

Except for the bike had to have a mod to switch off the headlight because stock they are always on, and fleda tailight is aftermarket.

Epic 🤙🏼 my fav film, love the info and your Ducati sound impression was so cute haha

The title, invented for the purpose of the show, doesn't really fall under typical grammar rules.

i think if ducati offers the modifications when you purchase the bike, they do not consider as after markets? because i brought mine with those modifications straight from the factory. correct me if im wrong.

Recent research hint that faster than light travel may be possible ( I am not allowed to put in any links but Google faster than light travel) but not in a ship that appears like any of the Enterprises but oddly enough in a ship similar in appearance to what the Vulcan ships look like (Google Vulcan D'kyr class ship)

Im pretty sure the bike that did the bridge jump was actually a dirt bike with a tail and tank made to match. I would not reccommend taking a jump like that.

Yeah that's what I meant, that it was a biposto the whole time, and the rear seat had a cowl on it for the majority of the film. The pipes are never in the double-stack configuration on the right, as far as I'm aware. I'd be interested to hear how you like your mono, I'm contemplating getting one to supplement my 749. Obviously they're not the same bike, but how's reliability, handling, and all? Anything major ever break or give issues? Thanks

I believe she was speaking of the science behind the bike not one that looks like a light bike...

Lots of spectacular motorcycle roads in the Bay Area. Riding is one of the most fun things you can do. But yeah, you'd probably be safer riding cupcake with a skilled pilot.

Sorry man, it's a teaser episode... we'll have more time and resources for awesome stuff going forward!

For some reason I seem to remember seeing the Termignoni badge on them but no, you're quite right :-)

140 mph thats saposed to be fast?? that's a Sunday ride

the tron light cycle actually already in the market for sell.. and it's street legal..

i want to see if the pickup from dante's peak really could drive over the lava field

The Chewbacca poster on the set is my favorite! Can't wait for more episodes! BUILD AN EVIL ROBOT!

It's a shame that ducati stop producing this bike. I hope that with a special demand, they can make this bike again. I mean really, the demand for this bike is sky high.

iron man suit and that light thing near his heart.

LOL, "very high speeds." I own one of these, after having had a 998 for awhile. It's quick, because of being a liter bike and having good torque, but the old girl has a lot of trouble getting past 130 on a good day. I do love them both, but I think the Sport Classic is a bit more refined for an older guy, but she can still tear. I can't believe you had to do an entire episode about this, when the bike is listed on the Ducati catalogue, for god's sake.

Gotta love the old surprised there is a camera there as you turn on your small desk lam that lights up the whole room cliché :)

GREAT VIDEO -- GREAT CHANNEL - BUT TURN DOWN the Background MUSIC !! :O :O It was too loud and I and I felt like I was trying to hear you and the other presenter through some loud radio noise !!

what about the giant exoskeleton suits from "Avatar"

Actually the rear light and the exhausts ARE aftermarket :-P

I'm not sure why this would even be questioned...because of it's speed? or retro looks? Any bike you buy today can just about surpass 120 mph no problem and some that even go above 190mph (see BMW S1000RR). The retro look is a popular thing right now. Ducati Sport Classic, Triumph Thruxton, Ural, etc. Why would it be a fictional bike?

does it bother anyone else that it's not either factual or fictional / fact or fiction?

The theory is sound, in a popular science article (popsci.com/technology/article/2010-12/sonic-screwdriver-could-produce-ultrasonic-force-fields-manipulate-objects-scientists-say) a forcefield can be constructed from ultrsonic sound waves and used to apply force to an object

That is happening right now. Yes possible. Bluetooth, Wi-Fi & GPS is in your pocket right now. All you need is some programming & its JARVIS. He would need to live on a mainframe & run on the cloud. I suppose it needs IR too. Then it could control the inputs on a TV monitor & be fed whatever signals you give it.

Cool video but if you could drop the background music level some. It kind of overwhelms your talking.

Is it real? Wtf? It doesn't even look futuristic or modern anyway. Its a classic

the drifting cat and the bat do? In all seriousness, its very possible.

actually its just rear light from FLEDA the exhaust IS stock.... the sc 1000 and 1000s all have a black powder coated stock exhausts :-P only gt1000 got chrome

A little bit rude interviewing… I felt bad for the guy

Who knows the name of the helmet brand that has flynn`s ??????????

WHAT exact year and model ducati is the bike from tron?

the flying aircraft-carrier in avengers!!

The Vanquish is a real car they just put special hidden panels into it

Sorry it has a Fleda Tail Light that is not STOCK! Even the termignoni are extras ... But pretty much everything else is stock..

You gotta do the glasses from Daniel Suarez's Daemon!

You know,.. turning the the motorcycle on does not make it go 140. You could easily handle that air cooled L twin.Well engineered motorcycles dont do anything you dont tell them to.Give riding a chance when next you have the opportunity.

Just put Daft Punk music behind the video and bam it’s incredible

Why im in your basement? bitch i live here!

That aside I am really looking forward to upcoming shows!

We liked how "fictional" sounded better! Anyway, fact or fiction has been done too many times.

This video would make more sense if they did it on the light cycle. And there is a light cycle that was built by a custom motorcycle company... But she wouldn't know that because she knows nothing about motorcycles.

Does this show include TV because I want to know if anything in the Minority Report like lab for the now cancelled CSI:Miami was real, specifically the see through monitors and if yes how much are they and how any municipality could afford them.

IMHO the background music too loud, it's distracting.

Loved the show, not a huge fan on the basement look, or the lighting down there though.

I think she IS married already. Sorry to inform you.