Dab Motors has introduced a brand new end for its Dab 1a electrical bike that’s impressed by Nintendo’s atomic purple Sport Boy Colour. Prospects who preorder the bike, which begins at €14,900 (over $16,500 USD), can go for a clear purple physique that may look acquainted to those that keep in mind enjoying the hand-held.
Created by Dab Motors’ “bespoke service department,” the atomic purple model of the Dab 1a additionally consists of customized handlebars with controls made to seem like the Sport Boy Colour’s D-pad and motion buttons. Between them, the bike’s display options an overlay with a purple standing mild on one aspect mimicking the Sport Boy show many people spent an excessive amount of of our childhood watching.
The perfect improve could be a slot on prime of the bike for a classic Sport Boy Colour sport cartridge that’s been upgraded to perform because the 1a’s begin key. Is it sensible to hold round an previous Nintendo cartridge each time you go for a trip? Completely not. Is it sufficient to make me think about ditching the minivan for an electrical bike? I’m sorely tempted.
The atomic purple Dab 1a will even have secret “cheat codes” that unlock options like “velocity boosts,” themes for its show, and 8-bit sound results. To seek out these cheat codes, the bike will embody a replica of a fictional gaming journal with the codes hidden all through.
Dab Motors was based in 2018 by Simon Dabadie and is predicated out of Bayonne, France. In 2021, it shared particulars of an electrical bike known as the Idea-E. That become the production-ready Dab 1a, which debuted final April, after Peugeot Bikes acquired the corporate in 2023. Powered by an 11kW electrical motor, the Dab 1a is alleged to have a prime velocity of simply over 80mph and a variety of 93 miles with its 7.1kWh lithium-ion battery pack that takes round three-and-a-half hours.
Solely 400 items of the Dab 1a will probably be manufactured, and people who preorder one can decide and select which of the Sport Boy Colour-inspired upgrades they really need in the event that they select that end.