<ul class="summary-list"><li>The <keyword id="10375987" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="tower-trike">Tower Trike</keyword> is an 11,000-pound <keyword id="6359451" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="motorcycle">motorcycle</keyword> made from semitruck parts</li><li>It was created by a semitruck mechanic</li><li>It's designed as a safer alternative to a motorcycle due to its massive size</li></ul><p>The following is a transcript of the <keyword id="21654" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="video">video</keyword>.</p><p>This motorcycle is made from semitruck parts.</p><p>It's called Tower Trike.</p><p>And this guy is the brain behind the design.</p><p><strong>Jim Gesto:</strong> Hi, my name is Jim Gesto. I'm the creator of the Tower Trike. I loved riding motorcycles, but I did not like the inherent danger that came with riding motorcycles. So I built the Tower Trike as a safer alternative to your ride. I Googled the largest motorcycle that you could possibly build and still call it a motorcycle. And we could come up<br />with 11,000 pounds. After that, it's not a motorcycle. This one weighs in at 10,900 [pounds].</p><p>After repairing semis for 50 years Jim had the skill set to bring the Tower Trike to life.</p><p>It's powered by a 320-horsepower semi engine and reaches up to 85 miles per hour.</p><p><strong>Jim:</strong> It won't keep up with a crotch-rocket motorcycle but you don't have to wait on it. It performs about like a standard car but it rides,<br />like a dream.</p><p>Jim has been testing this prototype for five years.</p><p>He hopes to start selling them soon.</p><p>He estimates the trike will start at $159,000.</p>

Semi mechanic built a motorcycle from semitruck parts

<p><strong><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/5bb1e611be20126b488b4569-2000/2x1indonesiaquake.jpg" border="0" alt="2X1 Indonesia earthquake pilot" data-mce-source="DRONE PILOT TEZAR KODONGAN/via REUTERS/Twitter/AirNav Indonesia/Business Insider"><p class="source"><span>DRONE PILOT TEZAR KODONGAN/via REUTERS/Twitter/AirNav Indonesia/Business Insider</span></p><p class="caption">A composite image of drone footage showing damage in Palu, Indonesia, after the earthquake and air traffic controller Anthonius Gunawan Agung.</p></img></div><p></p></div></div></strong></p><ul class="summary-list"><li><strong>An air traffic controller refused to leave his station during a catastrophic earthquake, a decision which ultimately cost him his life.</strong></li><li><strong>Anthonius Gunawan Agung stayed behind to help guide a passenger jet off the runway. By the time his job was done, it was too late to escape.</strong></li><li>Agung <strong>jumped from the tower when it started to collapse, but died from his injuries in hospital.</strong></li><li><strong>The pilot paid tribute to Agung as his "guardian angel", and said that he had less than 30 seconds to spare escaping the island.</strong></li><li><strong>The official death toll from the earthquake and subsequent tsunami is more than 800, but authorities fear that thousands may be dead.</strong></li></ul><p>A 21-year-old Indonesian air traffic controller sacrificed himself to help a passenger jet escape the country's catastrophic earthquake which has killed hundreds of people.</p><p><span>Anthonius Gunawan Agung was on duty in Mutiara SIS Al-Jufrie Airport near the city of Palu, and refused to leave the air traffic control tower until the plane was airborne even after the 7.5 magnitude&#xa0;earthquake hit,<a href="https://twitter.com/AirNav_Official/status/1045974194586935296">&#xa0;Indonesia's air traffic control company wrote on Twitter.</a></span></p><p><span>Spokesman Yohanes Harry Sirai told Sky News: "When the quake happened, he was giving clearance to Batik Air to take off and waited for the plane to be safely airborne before finally leaving the ATC cabin tower."</span></p><p><span>Agung jumped from the four-story tower as it began to collapse. He suffered broken bones and internal injuries on landing which ultimately killed him.</span></p><p><span>The air traffic control company posted photos of Agung's body being saluted by lines of what appear to be soldiers and with the hashtag #RIPAgung.</span></p><p><span>Icoze Ezoci, the pilot of the rescued plane, posted tributes to&#xa0;Agung on Instagram.&#xa0;</span></p><p><span>"Thank you for keeping me and guarding me till I'm safely airborne," he wrote. "Rest peacefully my wing man. God be with you."</span></p><p><span>Ezoci&#xa0;posted footage from the cockpit, which he said showed the tsunami waves that followed the earthquake.</span></p><p>He said that if he had tried to take off 30 seconds later, he and his passengers would not have been able to get airborne.</p><p><span>The official death toll from the earthquake and subsequent tsunami is more than 800, but authorities fear that thousands may be dead.&#xa0;Indonesian <a href="http://uk.businessinsider.com/r-indonesia-scrambles-to-help-quake-hit-island-as-death-toll-tops-800-2018-9">authorities are scrambling to get food, aid,&#xa0;and equipment</a> to quake-hit Sulawesi island, where hundreds of people are thought to be trapped.&#xa0;</span></p><p><span>The airport sustained heavy damage, but has reopened for limited commercial flights, <a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-indonesia-quake/death-toll-seen-rising-after-indonesia-quake-tsunami-kills-hundreds-idUSKCN1M90RZ">the Reuters news agency reported.</a></span></p><p><span><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/5bb1e3824e353e57498b4568-1800/2018-10-01t085151z1029670144rc1d49194570rtrmadp3indonesia-quake.jpg" border="0" alt="Palu airport indonesia earthquake" data-mce-source="REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha"><p class="source"><span>REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha</span></p><p class="caption">Mutiara SIS Al Jufri Airport in Palu, Indonesia, sustained damage during the earthquake.</p></img></div><p></p></div></div></span></p><div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RIPAgung?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#RIPAgung</a> <a href="https://t.co/hLLaLRDCCC">pic.twitter.com/hLLaLRDCCC</a></p>- AirNav Indonesia  (@AirNav_Official) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1045974633483096064?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 29, 2018</a></blockquote><script async="" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div>    <iframe src="//instagram.com/p/BoTAm_OnFtp/embed/" width="540" height="auto" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" allowtransparency="true">    </iframe></div><div>    <iframe src="//instagram.com/p/BoRttnsn5po/embed/" width="540" height="auto" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" allowtransparency="true">    </iframe></div>    <div class="margin-top">        <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/semi-trike-motorcycle-bus-spare-semitruck-parts-2018-8">This trike is made to look like a semitruck</a></h3>        <div>            <iframe class="bijwplayerclass" data-player="jwplayer" src="https://content.jwplatform.com/players/KnljaAOY-CEZHWCBG.html" width="100%" height="100%" frameborder="0" scrolling="auto" style="margin:0px;" allowfullscreen=""></iframe><script>function receiveMessage(event){ console.log(event.data.fullscreen); Android.fullscreen(event.data.fullscreen); }window.addEventListener("message", receiveMessage, false);</script>        </div>    </div>

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