![]() After a short recreational excursion on the Wetbikes, Ponch and Jon use the Wetbikes to chase down microchip thieves trying to escape in a speedboat. The Wetbike appeared in 1982 in CHiPs episode "Overload". Bond refers to the Wetbike as a Q gadget. In one scene, right before the film's end, Bond is seen riding on a Wetbike (the actual Spirit Marine prototype) to villain Karl Stromberg's lair, the submergible fortress Atlantis. The first appearance of the Wetbike was in the 1977 James Bond film The Spy Who Loved Me. Įventually the Wetbike gave way to the new personal water craft (PWC) such as the Yamaha WaveRunner, mainly because they are much easier to ride. During the latter years of Wetbikes (late 1980s) there were considerable advances such as 60 hp Suzuki 800 cc engines, and the Metton hulls, which were much lighter than previous models. Originally, the Wetbike was powered by a Suzuki two-stroke engine. The directional control was by turning the handlebars, not rotating the hydrojet like for the jet ski. Gaining speed, it would eventually lift up on the skis, and plane. Īt rest, it resembles a sit-down jet ski with handlebars. It debuted in 1978, a few years after the Kawasaki Jet Ski by Spirit Marine, a subsidiary of what is now Arctic Cat. It was based on a motocycle, replacing the wheels by skis and using a pump-jet for propulsion. The original Wetbike was designed by Nelson Tyler, who became well known for his film industry camera mounts known as the "Tyler Mount". ![]()
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