Battlestar Galactica Land Probe aka Turbocycle

[Rhaven Blaack]

Originally Posted by Nosports

Why you all like such heavy metal bikes, which needs so much power just to get rolling, and all of them have a big fear of curves and turns ??????

I just like my little small 600cc bike, although 10 years old but still fast and aktive enough.....

To put it simpley, I am 2 Meters (6' 6") tall. I am a BIG GUY, so I need a BIG BIKE.
Me riding on anything like what is being posted, would be like a an average guy riding a pocket racer.
It just looks wrong.

[gg56]

The best part of the show was when the two turbo bikes engaged the wings

and took off into the sky. The LA biker group left all kinds of paint and skin on the freeway

[Nosports]

just to show

http://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?...20070303105823

I still like it.
I wanted to make a Driving-license and had definetly this one in mind.

Still fast, agile, can make 175mph if want, but just i'm more a cruiser type.
Perfekt at the motorway, winding streets, citylimits, traffic-light-starts and even for longer vacations around. Best use is at winding serpentines and small (not straight) streets....

The one thing is, that i didn't cleaned it all the years long, just once i scruped it a little, but this is 8 years ago. So it looks not like new, it looks like a dirty street warrior, albeith the technic is very good and well-groomed. lately i noticed some moose at the rearview-mirrors

Originally Posted by Nosports

just to show

http://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?...20070303105823

I still like it.
I wanted to make a Driving-license and had definetly this one in mind.

Still fast, agile, can make 175mph if want, but just i'm more a cruiser type.
Perfekt at the motorway, winding streets, citylimits, traffic-light-starts and even for longer vacations around. Best use is at winding serpentines and small (not straight) streets....

The one thing is, that i didn't cleaned it all the years long, just once i scruped it a little, but this is 8 years ago. So it looks not like new, it looks like a dirty street warrior, albeith the technic is very good and well-groomed. lately i noticed some moose at the rearview-mirrors

That is a sweet looking bike. You would love the New England Connecticut backgrounds, There are turns around here that you can scrape the pegs at 25 mph. This is motorcycling. Nosports, we share the same enjoyment of surgically slicing up the back roads!!

[clif52]

Is this model still in the works? Or did it fall by the wayside? Just checking. I would love to build this one for my original Battlestar Galactica collection.

Clif

[Dented Rick]

Originally Posted by Rhaven Blaack

To put it simpley, I am 2 Meters (6' 6") tall. I am a BIG GUY, so I need a BIG BIKE.
Me riding on anything like what is being posted, would be like a an average guy riding a pocket racer.
It just looks wrong.

Like this? Granted this is my (Then 3 year old) Son, but same thing

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[Revell-Fan]

Originally Posted by Dented Rick

Like this? Granted this is my (Then 3 year old) Son, but same thing

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Can it fly?

[Revell-Fan]

Hello, again!

A small update on the bike. I have begun shaping the front section. I am very pleased with it and think that it is almost ready. I have used different colours so that you can see the different parts of this section better. The engine got its greeblies and the exhaust (or cooling?) vents were finished. Don't worry, the pedestal for the helmet is intact and will be recovered (it is partially covered by the mesh at the moment) .

[Revell-Fan]

The next part on the list is the fork. The attachments show the first version of it but I must admit that this one is far from perfect. I thought that the curved front section of the bike was difficult, but compared to the fork that was a walk in the park. The shape of the fork is fairly weird. In addition, SketchUp sometimes seems to have its own will which makes it extremely difficult to re-build it. I take my time and keep you posted. CU!

[ASC Mclaren]

RF, this is looking Great!

Frak! That is really awesome looking!

[Revell-Fan]

Thanks!

You model compelled me to look at my Suzuki today, and I noticed I had blown a fork seal!!



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[Revell-Fan]

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What's worse is that the teflon sliders must be worn, I don't think I can get them from Suzuki, so, off to the Lathe!! They did last two years, which isn't too bad.