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Delta MK 4 Cycle
One of the last two existing Supercycles from the 1982 film Megaforce starring Barry
Bostwick, Persus Kembatta, and Knightrider's Edward Mulhare. This vehicle was restored
from parts acquired from Fantasy Cars in El Cajon, CA. These vehicle parts were found in
excellent condition with the weapons system and smokescreen system still intact and
operational. According to the original builder John Rimpaw, this bike, number 12, was one
of the few produced with fully operational weapons. Originally twelve of these bikes were
produced for the film. According to John, many of them were damaged during the making of
the film as they were required to drive in close formation with the "TAC-COM"
vehicle which had almost no visibility and often ran over the bikes. The remaining bikes
suffered a rather bizzare fate at the completion of filming. As the story goes, the film
ran over budget during shooting and the members of the FX department, who had provided the
special weapons and props for the vehicles, requested their payment at the completion of
vehicle filming. They were informed that as the film was now bankrupt, there would be no
payment for their work. The FX guys then promptly removed their gear (none of the
Megadestroyers maintain their original external weapons systems) from the vehicles and
pulled the fiberglass panels from the then new Suzuki RM 125 motorcycles and dropped them
in the sand. And, in what was described as quite a spectacle to behold, these guys then
rode off into the sunset. Only one other of these bikes is known to exist in a restored
condition. This bike was in the possession of a moviecar collector residing in Manhattan
who subsequently disappeared. The whereabouts of this other bike is currently unknown
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