Star Wars Speederbike, in Real Life: Aerofex Hover Bike Flies the Mojave

Although they don't have many comments, you may be interested in the other submissions of this story from many, many sources:

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4396351

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4411929

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4414683

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4416072

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4416668

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4417151

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4418917

One of the HN comments asserts that it's a fake.