The Model Shop was on such a tight schedule, they were designing, building, and painting the three motorcycles at the same time. Patterns for some parts were being carved in foam while other finished parts were being painted. The model crew was working on a half motorcycle when time ran out and the effects crew simply cut a finished motorcycle in half. Production waits for no one. The base motorcycle was a Yamaha MX 175. It was bought from North Hollywood Yamaha by Richard Bennett in 1979.
Each Turbine had two sets of wings. One set folded down over the modified taillights and rear fender, then raised almost like gull wings. The other set attached to the front forks, folding up when not in use. An early script for the Galactica 1980 show described the Turbines as hovering bikes without wheels. The cost of doing such a special effect each time the rides were featured wasn’t practical, so the change was made to wheeled motorcycles which could also fly.
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