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*** ''Series/PowerRangersDinoFury'' in season two episode two the dino fury cycle (which is a drag racing bike for all intents and purposes) is introduced and you’re not only goes like a bullet every inch of it Screams style and check this out although she is not a ranger herself Solon The Dino fury Rangers female dinosaur mentor rides the dino fury cycle into battle in episode 16 Yes you heard that right a dinosaur riding a dinosaur themed motorbike only on power rangers.

** ''Power Rangers'' also had no less than ''five'' ''flying'' bikes, each for a single Ranger in its season ([[Series/PowerRangersTimeForce Wes]], [[Series/PowerRangersWildForce Cole]], [[Series/PowerRangersNinjaStorm Hunter]], [[Series/PowerRangersDinoThunder Ethan]], and [[Series/PowerRangersOperationOverdrive Will]]). They'd transform from motorcycles to various types of flying gear. Funnily enough, they seem to be the one piece of gear exempt from the ProtagonistPowerupPrivileges, as the latter three went to TheLancer instead of the Red Ranger. There's also [[Series/PowerRangersLightspeedRescue Carter's]] Trans-Armor Cycle, which turned into armor and extra weaponry.

* A subversion in ''LightNovel/{{Durarara}}''. Celty's Cool Bike is actually a CoolHorse disguised as one. You can tell by the fact that it makes no noise, only whinnies and it has the shadow of a horse.

* ''LightNovel/KinosJourney'': Hermes, the sentient motorbike who is Kino's only companion and closest friend.

* ''LightNovel/RebuildWorld'': The UnscrupulousHero Akira has a special talent for using these, but by necessity has some other vehicle a lot of the time instead, sometimes keeping a bike in the back of said vehicle. He goes through multiple models. The second and third models have remote gun mounts that allow his VirtualSidekick to shoot enemies directly through it, or be tied to his gun’s sensors. His second bike onwards have the ability to run up sheer cliffs or ride along walls due to the advanced technology in them, and his third, the A3 Sylpheed, uses force fields to create an ImprovisedPlatform path in front of it to grant Akira limited flight.

* ''LightNovel/TheReunionWithTwelveFascinatingGoddesses'' has an [[{{Magitek}} Ether-powered]] motorbike that's used by Alua and later Tooi.

* The Bike that is [[spoiler:built into the front steering system of the Batmobile]] in ''Film/TheDarkKnight'', referred to officially in the movie as the "Bat-Pod". It features built-in autocannons and apparently sports a gyro-stabilizer for the rider and engine, allowing it to make impossible turns, recover from wipeouts, and ride straight up a wall, flip over upside-down, and land upright again.
** We see it return in ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises'', and has the distinction of being [[spoiler:the only Bat-vehicle that survives through more than one movie in the Nolanverse.]]
* Nolan's film was only following in the footsteps of ''Film/BatmanTheMovie'', in which the Batcycle came equipped with a [[CoolSidecar detachable, steerable sidecar]].

** In ''Film/TronLegacy'', the motorcycle Sam rides in the opening is his own. It's later established that Sam inherited his dad's insanely-fast Ducati, fixes it after it's been sitting in a shed for 20 years, and is even more of a daredevil with it than his old man was. Likewise, the comic based on ''[[VideoGame/TronTwoPointOh Tron 2.0]]'' establishes Jet's ride of choice as one of these. [[ChekhovsSkill It ends up saving their butts on the Game Grid]].

** From the movie toyline, we also have Brimstone (and its repaint, Chopsaw), which transforms from a chopper into a spindly, wicked looking robot using the front wheels as [[ChainsawGood saw blades]].

** "The Return of the Jedi Sketchbook" has many concept drawings from the movie development, and the comments mention custom and hotrodded motorcycles. They're definitely not referencing horses.

* In ''Literature/SnowCrash'', Hiro Protagonist's smart bike has ''its own operating system''. And Raven's bike. You know, the one with a ''hydrogen bomb'' built into its sidecar.

* On the cover (and, by extension the [[Film/PurpleRain movie poster]]) of ''Music/{{Purple Rain|Album}}''.

** Boss Hoss

** One of the perks of the "Boost" powerup in ''Series/KamenRiderGeats'' is access to a motorcycle called the Boostriker, which in Geats' hands can transform into a [[AsianFoxSpirit kitsune]] robot that assists with {{Finishing Move}}s. (While other Riders have used Boost, they haven't summoned the bike; so we don't know if this function would be the same for them or if it would transform differently to match their own animal themes.)

** ''Series/KamenRiderGeats'' once again ties its bike to a SwissArmyHero form, as Geats' "Boost" TransformationTrinket gives him motorcycle-themed armor with exhaust pipes on his limbs and access to a bike called the Boostriker, which can transform into a [[AsianFoxSpirit kitsune]] robot.

* Clouds Custom Motorcycle "[[IcallItVera Fenrir]]" in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII [[Anime/FinalFantasyVIIAdventChildren Advent Children]]''. Bonus cool points for having a ''built in sword rack''.
** The Remnants have some pretty sweet rides, too-- naturally, there are at least two high-speed chase-battles.
* In the 2007 ''WesternAnimation/{{TMNT}}'' CGI movie, in his Nightwatcher guise, Raphael rides a motorcycle covered with plate steel. Michelangelo himself comments on how awesome this is.

* Franchise/{{Kamen Rider}}s are known for their Cool Bikes -- that's where the "Rider" name comes from. The bikes were a much bigger part of the series in the earlier years; more recent seasons have it as TheArtifact. (How many times did we see ''Series/KamenRiderZeroOne's bike, two?) It may have something to do with [[RealLifeWritesThePlot stricter road safety laws limiting filming]]. In order:

** The Riders of ''Series/KamenRiderOOO'', and even allies that aren't Riders, use Ride Vendors; mass-produced bikes that can be disguised as vending machines and are stationed throughout the city for easy access. Plus as vending machines, they can also dispense can-shaped helper robots called Candroids. OOO (and only OOO) can combine one of those robots, the Tora (Tiger) Candroid, with a Ride Vendor to become an ATV called the Toride Vendor.

** [[Series/KamenRiderSaber Saber]] has the Diago Speedy. In a series where the {{Transformation Trinket}}s are based on books, the Diago Speedy unfolds from a motorcycle magazine (and is named after a publisher of such magazines, De Agostini). Blades and Espada each also have their own rides called Gatrikers; another phone gadget that becomes a three-wheeler equipped with [[GatlingGood gatling guns]]. The rest of the Riders also have Gatrike phones, but are never seen using them in the bike mode.
** ''Series/KamenRiderRevice'': For the first time, the bike is tied to the franchise's SwissArmyHero gimmick. Kamen Riders Revi and Vice transform into different "Genome" forms together; and Vice's Ptera Genome form is a hovercycle that Revi can ride. And even better, it's not just CGI trickery -- Toei partnered with an actual hoverbike manufacturer to feature a custom version of their bike in the show. Plus, as all the Genome forms are designed to resemble prior Riders, Vice's hovercycle form has a paint job that calls back to Faiz and the Auto Vajin.

The BadassBiker and the BikerBabe ''always'' have a Cool Bike. An Anti-hero is likely to have a Cool Bike. {{Action Girl}}s may have Cool Bikes. Cool Bikes may also have an accompanying CoolSidecar attached. See MonowheelMayhem / OneWheeledWonder when awesome only needs one wheel.

** The Master Cycle Zero returns in DLC for the prequel ''VideoGame/HyruleWarriorsAgeOfCalamity'' as an additional weapon set... for ''Zelda'', not Link. In-game blurbs suggest that she's really taken to it and gone full BikerBabe.

* ''WesternAnimation/StormHawks'' has motorbikes that can fly. Either with a jet-propulsion system, or a helicopter lift variant. A WholeEpisodeFlashback revealed that smaller versions were pedal-powered.

* For sheer specs alone, the Kawasaki Ninja [=H2R=] deserves a mention. It packs an inline-four, ''supercharged'', 998cc engine that produces a whopping 310 bhp of power. This handily beats most entry level sports cars and makes it as fast as most high-end supercars. Oh, and [[https://content.kawasaki.com/Content/Uploads/Products/6182/Colors/edprj15p.uw2.png its looks reek of pure badass.]]

* Most [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_%28motorcycle%29 Indian]] motorcycles of the late 1930s to the early 1950s, [[UpToEleven but above them all]] the [[http://www.albatrosmt.narod.ru/temi/oboi/Indian/Indian-Four-1938.jpg Indian]] [[http://www.albatrosmt.narod.ru/temi/oboi/Indian/Indian-Four-1940.jpg Four]]. One can hardly be more DieselPunk than that.

* ''Literature/AlexRider'': Alex investigates the book's BigBad without [=MI6=]'s approval, but [[GadgeteerGenius Smithers]] sticks his neck out for Alex and gives him a tricked-out Canondale bicycle so he won't be defenseless. Aside from the frame and tires being [[MadeOfIndestructium engineered to be nearly indestructible]], the seemingly incongruous bell is a control panel for five gadgets: the bike pump is a smokescreen, the water bottle is an oil slick, the handlebars contain a pair of heat-seeking missiles, the headlight is a magnesium flare, and last but not least, the saddle is an ejector seat...complete with a snarky message:

* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'': The final reward of the Champions' Ballad DLC is Master Cycle Zero, a canon counterpart to the bike seen in ''Mario Kart 8''. You can summon it from anywhere and naturally traverses terrain far better than the horses you've been riding.

* ''Literature/AlexRider'': Alex investigates the book's BigBad without [=MI6=]'s approval, but [[GadgeteerGenius Smithers]] sticks his neck out for Alex and gives him a tricked-out Canondale bicycle so he won't be defenseless. Aside from the frame and tires built to be NighIndestructible, the seemingly incongruous bell is a control panel for five gadgets: the bike pump is a smokescreen, the water bottle is an oil slick, the handlebars contain a pair of heat-seeking missiles, the headlight is a magnesium flare, and last but not least, the saddle is an ejector seat...complete with a snarky message:

* In ''Webcomic/KillSixBillionDemons'' the angel 6 Juggernaut Star Scours the Universe [[https://killsixbilliondemons.com/comic/wielder-of-names-1-10/ rides a bike made out of two flaming wheel of eyes held together by bones, spikes and the impaled bodies of sinners]]. [[spoiler:The angel is actually the front wheel of the bike, rather than the spiked humanoid rider.]]

** Akira Fudo from ''Manga/{{Devilman}}''.

** Trish in ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry1'' and Lady in ''Devil May Cry 3'' both have very cool bikes.

** There's also its successor, the Gold Wing Valkyrie, where the design changes and improved power-to-weight ratio have firmly shifted the bike into the "Power Cruiser" or Muscle Bike territory.

** Tim Drake had a highly modified motorcycle as [[ComicBook/RobinSeries Robin]] and so too did the two Robins who followed after him, Stephanie and Damian. Though Steph had already had a bike from the very first panel she appeared in that one wasn't nearly as cool. Tim himself tricked his bike out even further as ComicBook/RedRobin.