Battlestar Galactica Flying Bike

[@The_Burning_Sensation]

Weirdest episode of CHiPs ever.

[@ernestferguson1283]

Captain Oblivious that's not chips get ur episodes right dummy

[@adamcarter3513]

Wаatсh Bаttleееstar Galасссtica oооnlinе hеrе => twitter.com/3ba5cd1602af3e890/status/858503790688743424

[@vfxresearch]

That's called sarcasm - people have made spoof CHiPs intro sequences from the scenes in other series.

[@inisus]

looool

[@ZA56AA]

@@vfxresearch Millenials do not have sarcasm only feelings hurt.

[@Scifimaster92]

A bit of trivia - Willy (the lead biker) is played by the late Brion James, AKA Leon in "Blade Runner".

[@terrybeavan4264]

Yup, a great character actor in a bunch of stuff, was also in The Fifth Element, bit of a change from the usual heavy / bad guy he'd usually played! Sadly gone but glad to see he's not forgotten!

[@ericwang_art]

Nothing is worse than having an itch you can never scratch!

[@hyper2high]

Was the other main biker micky jones ??

[@DJ_Force]

@@hyper2high yup

[@Tony-1971]

@@terrybeavan4264 Remember seeing him in Steel Dawn with Patrick Swayze

[@jamesward4893]

Great series, I was only 12 years old when Battlestar Galactica aired and I was hooked. Now I’m 55 and I just bought the 1978 series on DVD and watched the whole thing in 3 days. This series will arrive next week, unfortunately I wasn’t a model kid so I missed a lot due to being grounded from the tv, who knew 39 years later that I’d get the last laugh on my parents lol.

[@Marco1973est]

That is tooo funny coming from a 70's kid myself. Nowadays kids need not worry about your scenario.

[@MrMayaFx]

I was 9 years old boy witching Battlestar Galactica in Kuwait TV and I Like it a lot. Now I am 51

[@BentoDeSago]

I have the free series on TUBI or PLUTO TV.

[@LSwick-ss6nm]

A few years ago I went online and found every show my parents either grounded me from or just didn't allow me to watch....and binged them all. Turns out I didn't miss nearly as much as I thought I did back then. But now I know there were two different Darrens on Bewitched...lol

[@redstickham6394]

@@LSwick-ss6nm Way to go! I have watched stuff as an adult that my parents restricted me from and kind of found the same thing but also wondered why we were restricted from them. One example was we weren't allowed to watch anything Planet of the Apes related(Movies, TV series, etc.) yet we were allowed to watch Galactica, Star Trek reruns, Space:1999, and 50s/60s B movies. POTA wasn't "worse" than any of these in my opinion. Made no sense.

[@Tiirshak]

Don’t lie, you wanted one of those when you first saw this

[@LaurenMiddleton28]

Definitely! I also wanted those Cobra head Helmets!! 😆

[@axel4196]

@@LaurenMiddleton28 Yeah, they were cool. It reminded me of the Egyptian headdresses that the Pharaohs would often wear : )

[@dnf-dead]

I still do

[@barrymichaels2663]

It's back on tv now guys👍

[@axel4196]

@@barrymichaels2663 Nice! Syfy or Peacock?

[@blackhawk7r221]

Dude, those Egyptian Pharos helments!

[@shimizu67]

When I was a kid, this scene was so cool. I wanted the same helmet and same bike for ever.

[@inisus]

yup, same

[@audwingordon1358]

Same bike, same jacket, and a viper!

[@consimit9952]

bende sadece motorsiklet ve kask var, o mont çok havalıydı :)

[@Tony-1971]

Love the design of the bikes. And the Vipers look absolutely awesome. Probably because they were designed by the same artist who designed the x-wing fighters in Star Wars. Ralph McQuarrie, an absolute genius.

[@ferchorps2224]

John Dykstra was supervisor effects of this serie. 👍🏻

[@mzmadmike]

@@ferchorps2224 Dykstra was supervisor, but McQuarrie was the designer.

[@JB9000x]

Yeah all looks awesome I was enthralled as a boy. The helmets annoyed me though... massive wide helmet with no face screen!

[@Tony-1971]

@@JB9000x Yeah totally agree. The helmets did look too big and bulky. I always preferred the Helmets that the actors had in Buck Rogers In The 25th Century.

[@skyrider4789]

I knew McQuarrie designed much of BSG, but I forgot about these bikes. If he also designed the bikes, you can see similar geometry with the Imperial Speeder Bikes. Cool!

[@stevebaer50]

I love this episode of Galactica 1980 but I always a great big hug fan of Battlestar Galactica (1978-1979).

[@superoctane]

This is the reason Galactica 1980 got cancelled. It was stupid. The original episodes were one of my favorite shows. The writing of this show is comparable to what Disney did to Star Wars. Plot holes and bad writing destroyed this show in 1980. Glad you liked it though , I stopped watching it after they ruined it.

[@awh5773]

a guy named Rick Cornhour ( may have misspelled his last name ) was my good friend and mentor on working on bikes. he had a photo album of him and others building those bikes and some of the bikes that were in the movie (Any which way you can) sadly he passed away in early 2015 from cancer. but its nice to see that people still remember his work

[@somemedic]

I've watched Philo and Clyde quite a bit since I was a kid...but.... If you could give us any clue on how to build those colonial viper bikes... man... I got the money now. I might just have to have one

[@awh5773]

@@somemedic all I can say is. I believe he said they were either Honda or kawasaki dirt bikes and the studio had them create fiberglass parts all over them. If I can remember anything else I will let you know

[@Chris-dz3rs]

Any idea where they are now ?

[@awh5773]

@@Chris-dz3rs i wish i did

[@MasterJediDude]

I loved Brion James as one of the bikers. Classic villain who was in everything!

[@weldonwin]

Isn't that also Leon from Bladerunner? Oh God, the Skinjob! The Cylons got to Earth first

[@CountZero78]

I thought he was good in Fifth Element too. Seeing him in a comedy/good guy role was refreshing.

[@LoneBrowncoat]

Also there was one post-apocalyptic 'B' movie I saw him in where he was another good guy, but he still didn't get the girl, she fell for the male lead, some Hollywood pretty-boy and his character died saving the village, but I don't remember the name. You all will have to dig up his filmography to find out.

[@LoneBrowncoat]

@Charles Edwards ...Could be.

[@LoneBrowncoat]

@Charles Edwards ....Yep.

[@DANDJS]

I must of watched this a 100 time as a kid ...Love the motorcycles !! They still look pritty cool.

[@U2QuoZepplin]

It's funny how with the passage of time it feels like you can see all the wires and strings holding it together , but I remember how cool it seemed watching it in the 1980's

[@GoLakers3900]

The special effects were well done. It told a story of its own which meant it got the job done.

[@jamesward4893]

Back then this was cutting edge special effects, the special effects in the first Star Wars movie wasn’t a lot better and it was a big Hollywood production. Just out of curiosity do you remember BJ & The Bear, that series and the movie Convoy made me go into trucking when I became an adult, God I wish I had been a smarter kid lol.

[@arricammarques1955]

Mainly in camera FX with traveling matte shot.

[@ltr4300]

Hey that was Brion James as the biker troublemaker {"Willy") on the right side of the road. I forgot he was in this. He's been in so many things, one of those guys you recognize and has bits in EVERYTHING but you don't know who they are. He was in pretty much every show on TV at some point or another when I was growing up in the 70's and 80's. He's also been in over 100 movies according to wiki, one of those guys who probably never turned down a role. Been in a lot of crap movies but some very good ones too, like Blade Runner. I was trying to remember where I knew him from in a favorite movie after seeing this and it finally came to me...he was General Munro in the Fifth Element. I got to thinking I don't recall seeing him in anything since...the Fifth Element came out in '97, he died in '99 at only 54, sadly. RIP. Thanks for all the interesting characters.

[@artgamechanger3841]

Thanks for the info and effort on this one!

[@jeffreyholicky4303]

Blade Runner v. Total Recall; On the other side was {"Donzo"} who played the Burly Miner in Total Recall (1990) [he was on the train after Mars Immigration] and played along side Michael Ironside (also in Total Recall) in V

[@rayhill5767]

California partying by the looks of his condition in Fifth Element

[@jediknightjairinaiki560]

This is the only part of "Galactica 1980" I remember as a kid. I thought their motorcycles looked so cool.

[@rednasseel4113]

THAT WAS AWESOME!!! I REMEMBER WATCHING THIS WHEN I WAS 10 years old and I LOVED IT!!!

[@wagthedog1434]

Hey, one of those bikers was a replicant in Blade Runner.

[@TheWorstWarlock]

This looked cool as hell when I was a kid. It just goes to prove, childish perceptions are very different from those of an adult.

[@1981pablohoney]

I still think they look cool!

[@rocketshipsandrobotsinterg2184]

I would have waited for the viper scenes and movie camera on the tv

[@MATRIX-AGENT]

Most old TV shows and Movies look corny and campy compared to modern productions. What we once thought was amazing later doesn’t look so polished. But it’s still fun to revisit the old shows once and a while out of nostalgia.

[@TheWorstWarlock]

@@MATRIX-AGENT Yeah, nostalgia's a hell of a drug.

[@blackwunk]

I used to watch the show when I was a child and it was first run on the television. I haven't known about these bikes until January 1st 2022 and I have never seen this episode!

[@GrampaShoots]

I remember watching this the night it was first aired, loved this show. Thanks for sharing!

[@LukmanSulistyo]

wow.....that bike.....i often watch this when i still a kid.

[@dizzysteve256]

Remember this episode as if I was yesterday brings back great memories 🙂

[@Renserin]

Oh, this is a close second to the couple of times someone tried to drag-race against Michael Knight and KITT in the 80's. "laughter".

[@matthewadams3175]

I loved these bikes. Wow this takes me back some , I want one

[@rodavi007]

Que lindo recuerdo. Amaba esta serie. De hecho ahora d egrande la sigo amando jeje. Gracias por compartirla. Abrazo

[@losttribe3001]

This scene was cut wasaaaay to soon. The very next thing to happen was Poncherello came up next to them on his flying CHiP bike. “Do you know how fast you were flying?”

[@redstickham6394]

There was a scene with the bikes in which they were chased by CHP officers but then launched into the air and one of them said something like "this never happens to those two guys on TV."

[@cameraman655]

36 years later and it is still painful to watch.

[@comanchio1976]

It's an unusual way of keeping your futuristic bike a secret - by having it fly in front of everyone. Whoever wrote that must've been drunk.

[@cameraman655]

Indeed and very likely living on Skid Row...

[@NeilPower]

Yeah. It might have been better if they just tried to out race them.

[@anotherkat4u]

the star wars christmas special and BSG 80....never happened ,,,,=^oo^=,,,,...nope

[@Tony-1971]

And still better than Disney star wars.

[@michaelbowie3269]

I don't miss Mega Force that much!

[@nscaledelights]

The Oppressor MK1back in the 80's lol.

[@GeneralG1810]

Colonial Vipers were some of the coolest looking ships in sci if

[@benw9949]

I didn't know what to make of Galactica 1980 when it first aired, but I watched with my parents as faithfully as we could, given how it skipped around. BSG Classic was great. BSG 1980 was, well, a mixed bag. The bikes were fun, if a little iffy. -- Funny, I can't remember if Troy or Dillon was supposed to be the grown-up version of Boxes. I'll have to do a rewatch of both shows. -- I loved the old BSG and grew to love the BSG Reboot.

[@bruthamann5697]

I was never a big fan of Galatica 80. I thought it was rather weak especially with those lame kids. But, I did dig those cool bikes....

[@bruthamann5697]

William Signs Thats the stinkn truth...!!!

[@SniffyPoo]

nobody was a big fan. it was universally decried as awful

[@CountZero78]

7th Angel the last episode of galactica 80 was good though.

[@vasalexander5784]

SniffyPoo Are you guys in your forties now? Are you sure? Because this talk sounds "millennial" to me.

[@greedokenobi3855]

I liked it but I was a little kid, couldn’t read or write (not from a English native country) but I liked the visuals, the bikes and the robots and their voices.

[@rafaeljosecastromardones6411]

Hola hombre, es una de las mejores peliculas de principios de los 80's.

[@OptimusWombat]

It's a good thing this wasn't Galactica 2020. Everyone would've had their smartphones out live-streaming the bikes flying off.

[@jogordon1530]

Galactica 2022 - shot dead and the bikes stolen!

[@steelionx9255]

So what if that happened?

[@OptimusWombat]

@@steelionx9255 then their cover would've been blown.

[@OptimusWombat]

@@Chanticlair47 interesting point. I wonder what other Earth viruses that the Colonials would've completely lacked immunity to? Stuff like measles, influenza, smallpox, etc.

[@alphatrion100]

I loved this show in the 80's Really surprised to hear people didn't like it.

[@BobaJett]

This was “Galactica 1980.” I never really was a BG fan, but I loved this show for some reason.

[@peterdrako]

This cut is not from "Battlestar Galactica". A massive write-in campaign began upon the cancellation of the original Battlestar Galactica 1979 so ABC contacted TV-producer Glen A. Larson who modified a less expensive format spin-off: "Galactica 1980"

[@ltr4300]

For some reason that I can't remember now, the 80's movies and TV shows were all about portraying bikers as klutzy assclowns that always ended up on their butts with wrecked bikes every time they hassled someone. LOL

[@richardeller9246]

I loved the flying motorcycles. So cool!

[@hodge1970ify]

When are they gonna come out with these bikes I hope soon I wants one!

[@WillieDWashington]

I actually never saw this episode, but I like it! The cheese fits in right along with the rest of the series so I don't see a problem with it.

[@mtyliving]

2021, you watch this scene and galactic motorcycles look with old technology. 😊

[@adindrecaj]

ah, so this is where R* got the idea for the oppressor.

[@Marizyth]

Ye

[@robertthomas5736]

This Scene, with The Bike Gang,is Epic!

[@robertthomas5736]

Free on KZbin

[@heatherchew9124]

That brings back memories as I was a kid

[@Workerbee-zy5nx]

Ha, I bet the bikers wished they had rocket bikes...classic fun series..👍

[@nole8923]

This was when it started getting lame.

[@ihl8608]

actually I thought when they brought in the dumass kids it was lame

[@alucard624]

@@ihl8608 Thank you. This 3 parter was actually not bad per se. The kid crap that followed was garbage. Thankfully Return of Starbuck finished this show off on a high note.

[@missjayspeechley9213]

I remember this from when I was a kid :) I wanted one of those bike sooooooo bad

[@davidnicholson6680]

I thought this was the coolest shit ever when I was 8.

[@jaycobheufel782]

My childhood dream right there when I first saw this in 1980 on tv

[@danbookleiner1565]

where are they now? at junkyard or collector's hands?

[@kevinpittman2517]

man if i had the cash id have those custom built.... I remember the night this aired.... i was 8 yrs old staying at my grandma's and i was blown away ! they got flying Bikes!!!

[@madfeldor]

The old series, I love this perhaps most with those two leads. Cheers...

[@Great_America]

Wow, that wonkey 70s music 😂 Forty years later and still no flying motorcycles. How disappointing 😞

[@Jack_Stafford]

Watching this gave me such severe autism that I quit my job and am re-enrolling in Kindergarten to try to rebuild my brain from scratch. Hopes are dim. Pray for me.

[@KevinGSmith-mi8js]

Classic, vintage, still awesome to watch now as an adult as a 70s kid i can speak for all of us 70s kids 70s, 80s, 90s were the most memorable years of my childhood the things we have experienced now we wouldnt comprehend or begin to understand how times and technology have changed over the years. Never undestood why the new Battlestar series didnt have lazer weapons in space really mind boggling why not. Would you use an automatc rifle or a lazer weapon against a mechanical 8ft tall robot? LMAO!🤣

[@voyager202000]

Have to admit, I loved those turbo cycles (that’s what I call them) despite Galactica 1980 was a far cry from the original series! But they had the story of a lifetime if they used their heads and came up with a storyline that the pyramids in Egypt was a tie to Kobol and wrote a storyline about it! They could have saved the series if some of the writers had an imagination!

[@pancudowny]

Budget limits killed/hurt it... like with Miami Vice, Stingray and Rags To Riches.

[@Turboy65]

Some things were better in the memory than to actually be seen again. This is one of those things.

[@jeffharder8706]

I remember as a kid I wanted one of those bikes and a Viper for Christmas. Dad said we couldn't afford them. I was crushed lol

[@flashkellam7395]

It was such a pleasure watching those motorcycle punks bite the dust - literally.

[@jamespurcer3730]

"One-ADAM 12, see the man on Viper cycle."

[@Retro-Future-Land]

Me too, I was buzzing watching this as a kid :) Buzzing!

[@bryanabbott6169]

The line that should have been: "Don't forget where we parked the Vipers!"

[@UberNeuman]

Oh, no! It’s the King Tut Biker Gang!

[@SashaShame]

Admittedly, Galactica 1980 wasn't the best Battlestar Galactica offering that ever happened, but as a kid I watched every single episode with total devotion, and when my best friend and I saw these bikes, we craved them like nobody else! I still think they look awesome, and I would happily drive one in a hot minute if offered the chance; doubly so if I could do it with the Colonial Warrior uniforms & helmets!

[@bxpress6507]

The only episode from Galactica 1980 I liked was 'The Return of Starbuck" I guess they changed Cy's voice a bit to be heard better to audience..but yeah when I was a kid the flying bikes I mainly remember.

[@ddesalvatore]

My fav episode was the Halloween party where the cylon geys amnesia and people pull over and pick him up and take him to a party

[@patmc8457]

This was called mission Galactica in new zealand in the 80s..it was when they found earth...

[@disneyboy3030]

There was also to be time travel which was then revived for another series.

[@alucard624]

There was a TV movie version called Conquest of the Earth that was made by cobbling together parts of this first episode and The Night The Cylons Landed that got a VHS release too before the complete show got a legit DVD release in 2007.

[@chriswilloughby48]

You can't fake this. Even the music at the end is sincere.

[@Skaz32225]

What is the name of that actor around 1:55 ? He was riding screenwise right to Brion James? He was that classic hillbilly guy playing in different 80's series. Sometime he was at the good then on the bad side depending on what role he played.

[@fumrious]

The battlestar helmets always reminded me of Johnny Sokko and his Flying Robot

[@danielcarter491]

"Those guys were good!" "Yea, a little too good. We better drive this show into the ground!"

[@myrushrider]

I've seen the scene in TV when I was kid. I dont remember when. But now, I'm 42 years old :)

[@larpsim]

These bikes were the inspiration for today's superbikes 😎

[@tomservo5007]

3:11 that last stutman, who hit the curb and flew over the handlebars ... he landed okay-ish, but his backseat passenger ... wow, that landing is going to require painkillers

[@80s_Boombox_Collector]

Hollywood perpetuating the false belief that falling off a motorcycle is no worse than falling off a bicycle

[@Zenrising_YTCM_President]

I saw this in the cinema as the "Conquest of the Earth" movie.

[@unidentifiedrenegadezmembe7195]

Thin it guy parachutes into earth's atmosphere

[@theheaterguyryan5052]

I wonder did somone make copies of these bikes in real life that would be so cool.

[@thisithis]

So, that's where GTA Online got their idea from.

[@KN1GHT501]

I wonder if this is what the Oppressor MK1 on GTA Online is based off of, they look pretty similar lmao.

[@CmdrSloanne]

I love this 2nd season of battlestar galactica ,those turbo cycles were a nice addition to the Vipers.

[@ArgoPower]

they are not realized that he is Leon Kowalski, a Nexus 6 replicant at the left

[@charlesratcliff2016]

I love those bikes growing up.

[@jaws848]

Belive it or not under all that body work and parts that were added the motorcycles are real world Yamaha MX-175 Dirtbikes

[@donronn71]

Omg . 😂😂😂 great 👍 That was the begining .. I was 7 Years old. Wishes from Austria 🇦🇹

[@Morwatwa]

Those bikes really flew! Policeman: you've been drinking and taking drugs again! 🤣

[@davetomlinson9063]

This show was so silly most of original cast said nope

[@bjornfleuren]

Remember first seeing this episode,. Thought it was so cool!

[@brachus12]

The inspiration for Mospeada Cyclones?

[@godwindracing6056]

brachus12 which was inspired by a real motorbike - Suzuki Katana, in turn was inspired by an early 1950s Moto GP bike

[@zhuzzir]

Aahhhh... This bring back memories.... ❤️❤️

[@WalterDWormack214]

Damn! What those Japanese won't think of next!!!

[@Mark-wt7xl]

I saw this movie in 80's,by remember l think wolfman Jack was in the movie .

[@danielferrari7936]

excelente. que recuerdos, muchas gracias por compartir.

[@gbonkers666]

this is not Battlestar Galactica....this is Galactica 1980. Please do not confuse the two. One is an awesome sci-fi anthology...the other is this. The only thing great that "1980" had going for it was Robyn Douglas.

[@jimgilbert9984]

They have motorcycles like that now. Not the flying part, but the general look part, with the rider practically laying on top of the bike to ride it.

[@deathstrike]

Here we are 44 years later and prototype "flying bikes" now exist. They don't "float" but battery technology and motor technology is giving them the ability to fly and sustain for 20 or more minutes. A few more years, and we will have them fully operational with over a half hour of flight and 150 or more mile drive range.

[@NedN00b]

Glen A Larson was the master of cool ideas, that didn't really make sense. They had an appeal to younglings, but they were challenging to seasoned ones. Who hasn't wanted to show off a flying vehicle in traffic & cause comical accidents, without anyone getting seriously hurt? Though 1980 wasn't a high point, the bikes were cool. They were one reason, I never accepted Megaforce. Their bikes paled in comparison.

[@Tony-1971]

Agree. These bikes are cooler looking than the Megaforce ones.

[@lightningbrigade4722]

This video brings back great childhood memories. 🚀

[@josephamendolea3431]

In Galactica 1980 they say Earth is technologically primitive but really Earth did have a lot of the same tech that went on battlestars....the Galactica's computer tech seemed pretty similar to 1980's Earth computer technology...we had thermonulear missiles (albeit pointed at each other rather than put on battlestars or at least orbital defense platforms and probably giving Adama some serious Western Nationalist/Eastern Alliance hostility vibes in the process) and we did have lasers, just no weapons-grade ones as of yet...although some armor-piercing bullets might've done better at penetrating the thick armor on that Cylon scout ship rather than the Vipers' lasers which only bounced off it

[@seangray4512]

I remember seeing that episode, I was like.....whoa those bikes can fly lol

[@jnichols3]

"Bad Day at Black Rock", that was the name of an old Spencer Tracy movie.

[@somemedic]

I would live to see a re-creation of one of those bikes.