 This is Ben Popper with The Verge, and I'm riding a childhood dream, literally. The Rhino one-wheeled motorcycle can be traced back to the moment when Chris Hoffman's daughter asked if he could build something just like what she saw in an anime cartoon. A few years later, the Rhino is now a reality, and since it's street legal, yesterday we took one for a spin on the mean streets of Brooklyn. The Rhino uses gyroscopes and accelerometers to balance and drive. I've tried to learn how to ride a motorcycle before, and I found the Rhino was actually easier and more intuitive. You sit down, lean into it, and you're off. Getting comfortable takes a little while, and turning was way too advanced for my 20-minute lesson, but I was still able to have lots of fun zipping back and forth on my motorized unicycle. The Rhino is a beautiful machine, with the slick lines and mechanical vigor of a sports car or high-performance crotch rocket. While it is street legal, the Rhino only has a top speed of 10 miles an hour and a range of 10 miles on a full battery. Still, it could work for some urban commuters. Unfortunately, the Rhino itself weighs about 160 pounds, meaning the subway stairs are out of the picture. And with a price tag of over 5 grand, it's significantly more expensive than comparable electric vehicles we saw at this year's CES. The Rhino seems like the kind of thing you would splurge on if style was your thing. It's definitely alluring. While we were testing it, a half dozen people stopped by to gawk, take pictures, and ask about the bike. Riding it is a unique and enjoyable experience, one I'm sure would get better with a little more time spent learning how to operate it. It's not the most practical or economical e-vehicle I've been on recently, but it's not trying to be. The Rhino is more about taking a crazy dream and making it come to life.