Nashville man got to test ride an actual real life Tron bike and is left blown away
Published on Mar 16, 2026 at 10:10 PM (UTC+4)
by Ben Thompson
Last updated on Mar 16, 2026 at 4:11 PM (UTC+4)
Edited by
Emma Matthews
This YouTuber had an amazing opportunity laid at his feet when he got the chance to ride a real-life Tron bike.
YouTuber Bikes and Beards paid a visit to the Haas Moto Museum in Dallas.
It’d been a lifelong dream of his to ride a real-life Tron bike.
And now he was finally getting that golden opportunity.
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Let’s face it, anyone would take a ride on the Tron bike if they could
It takes a lot to stand out in a museum of 232 motorcycles.
The Haas Moto Museum has a ton of bikes, including ones that date back to 1899.
But the real draw for Sean, the host of Bikes and Beards, was the Neutron designed by Parker Brothers Concepts.
Inspired by the motorcycle featured in the 2010 movie Tron: Legacy, the Neutron came in two versions – one electric and the other V-Twin – a two-cylinder piston engine.
The base model alone costs around $55,000, which demonstrates how exclusive this thing is.
If you’ve seen any of the Tron films, you’ll be very familiar with the motorbikes featured in the sci-fi flicks.
They’re known as Light Cycles in the franchise, and are used in the digital world of the films- the first of which was released in 1982 and the most recent of which hit movie theaters last year.
But how would riding one feel in the real world, far removed from the Hollywood universe in which it had become so iconic?
What happened on this test ride?
When Sean took the electric Neutron out for a spin in Dallas, he quickly realized that this wasn’t going to be easy.
Because the body panels sat so low, even slight turns would leave it scraping on the ground.
That made for a nerve-wracking ride – especially since this was a museum piece.
The riding position also wasn’t comfortable, leading him to complain of leg cramps.
High-end versions of this bike can reach highway speeds, but the one Sean was riding topped out at 20mph.
In his words, it was more akin to an ‘extreme golf cart’.
But speed wasn’t what drew him in.
This motorbike was more of an art piece than a practical vehicle.
We’ve seen plenty of iconic movie vehicles getting their dues in recent years.
The Mitsubishi Evo from The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift got a lot of fanfare recently.
Even cars on the stranger side of the spectrum – like the ‘jellybean’ from Austin Powers – have been known to turn heads.
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