Mich. Man Invents "Invisible" Motorbike

GRAND RAPIDS (WWJ) - A West Michigan man has invented a nearly invisible motorbike.

Joey Ruiter's "Moto Undone" is a 48-volt electric engine that tops out at 30 miles an hour with a range of 90 miles. It's encased in a metal box that gives the impression the rider is floating on the road.

When viewed at the correct angle, the effect is to render the bike almost invisible and silent.

Ruiter said the bike is classified as a street legal moped in Michigan and it doesn't even need a dashboard. Users download their gauges on a smart phone app.

"You can just literally velcro your phone to the front of this thing and have your speed, your mileage, you can drop bread trails to see where you've gone. It's really incredible what you can do with apps," he said.

Ruiter said he's also working on a stripped-down, high-performance 21st Century "Tin Lizzy."

"I'm tuning in attributes of the car so I'm like, overdoing performance and capability and downplaying comfort. I'm really mixing up sort of the opposite of what we're doing today," he said.

There aren't any plans for production at this time, but the bike will be on display at the Grand Rapids Art Museum from Sept. 21 to Oct. 9.