Turbo Cycle captured by Cylons!

Post by **Hand-Schaub** » Sun Jul 24, 2011 2:49 am

Had to beat Dale to posting a picture! It was an awesome day as we were able to paw over one of two original Turbo Cycles. It was in great condition. Current owners are motorcycle guys and had it running a few years back. All components present were intact and nicely but not overly restored. A few missing parts but as a whole a great preservation of the original. It was a treat to be with it!

Post by **Red Eye** » Sun Jul 24, 2011 2:54 am

Wow! Great to know they're still around in this galaxy.

How about some more detailed photos?

Post by **GoldCylon** » Sun Jul 24, 2011 9:39 am

Seeing the bike was cool, and I could quickly tell what bike it was. This is a very notable difference in the bike to me, that I have never heard anyone else comment about. This bike was that was driven by Kent McCord. This bike was also sold off in a Universal Lot Vehicle sale. The company that bought the lot wanted the car parts and really didn't care about the bike, and sat in the back corner under a heap of junk, and it was the current owners brother that saw just a little tiny bit of it, and asked about buying it. It had suffer damage on the right side from the 1992 Uni fire. The damage was minor except the seat cover had to be replaced, but they were able to still use the same foam, and the paint has blistered a bit. The bike came with the original studio marked paint, so they had it repainted. Two of the lower panels were lost while at the painters. The painter claimed these pieces were never there, but they brought photos of the bike burned with the pieces. Never found, but very minor, and can be replaced if they wanted to for the most part they just have the bike pushed in the garage, and really haven't touched in years. Excluding the missing panels about 1 hour on work on it, and it could be back together again. Screws and minor minor touch of painting needed.

Post by **Skullbeast** » Sun Jul 24, 2011 10:40 am

Wow it looks like it's in great shape!

Post by **GoldCylon** » Sun Jul 24, 2011 11:12 am

I was very surprised how good condition it is in. A little over spray on the tires, but it is awesome shape. These brothers that own it had a motorcycle, water craft repair shop about 25 years, and had the time, and place to work on it, and kept it stored in the garage since the shop closed. The strange thing it that is was on public display most of 20 years in their motorcycle repair shop, but no one took any photos of it...at least never posted on the web.

YouTube · Post by **Cylon-Knight** » Sun Jul 24, 2011 11:44 am

AWESOME! GREAT pics and info. Thank both of you, and the owners, for sharing it with everyone!

Love the T-Shirts too... but that's no light cycle lol

Post by **Galactifan** » Sat Jul 30, 2011 5:06 am

Very cool. Did you get a chance to fly around the neighborhood?

Post by **GoldCylon** » Sat Jul 30, 2011 11:40 am

It had a lot of little tiny things that needed to be done to it. Mostly just screws put in here, and there, and a lot of the air lines were broken. It could have been taken care of, and gassed up but we didn't want to stay to long or get uninvited.

Post by Cy » Sat Jul 30, 2011 12:40 pm

The Bike is way cool...... but those legs are very disturbing.

Post by **Hand-Schaub** » Sat Jul 30, 2011 3:30 pm

Cy wrote:The Bike is way cool...... but those legs are very disturbing.

I think I detect "leg envy"

Post by Cy » Sat Jul 30, 2011 4:50 pm

I think you and I could have a contest to see whos white legs are so white that they actually generate light.