History Main / MotorcycleOnTheCoastRoad

** Likewise, several locations in ''GrandTheftAutoV'' exist solely to gazed at from the first-person view of a bike ride. Beware of RandomEncounters, however.

* Occasionally, entire sections of the episodes in ''YoureUnderArrest'' are on coast roads, almost always on motorcycles.

* Gary in ''TeamAmericaWorldPolice'' goes for a coast ride after quitting the team.
* A rather infamous example in ''AustinPowers'', where [[LampshadeHanging it's also remarked that]] [[CaliforniaDoubling "how little England looks like Southern California"]].

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* The pilot of the 2nd season of ''{{Seaquest DSV}}'' could be argued to have this. Of course, fans of the series are rather shocked to learn that the speeding cycle-rider is none other than [[spoiler:Captain Bridger]].

* Parodied (like most anime tropes) in ''PrettySammy'', with a three-day father-and-daughter motorcycle-on-the-coast ride which resulted in both falling asleep, driving into the ocean, and ending up on a tropical isle in time for the BeachEpisode.

* ''{{Planetes}}'', although in this case it actually becomes a dramatic element. The character in question gets lost in thought, and [[spoiler:crashes over the rail into the ocean]].

* ''GakuenHeaven''

* Featured in both the opening of ''{{Lamune}}'' and the series itself, as Kenji is shown to be quite dedicated to the motorcycle he got from his father. Midway through the series, another motorcycle girl, Misora, appears.

* ''MermaidMelodyPichiPichiPitch Pure'' had some of these. All of them featured Masahiro driving the bike with Rina sitting behind him.

* ''RealBoutHighSchool''

* Kaere, Chie, and Nozomu pulling a rather boisterous one of these is the final scene of the first season of ''SayonaraZetsubouSensei''.

For some reason, this is extremely common in Japan, perhaps because in many places in Japan (but most famously near Tokyo) there can be found curving roads on low cliffs that run right up against the Pacific Ocean (or the Sea of Japan, depending on the location). When Hollywood does something similar, the coast road in question will invariably be California SR 1, the Pacific Coast Highway.

* Used in the closing seconds of episode five of ''MelodyOfOblivion''.

* In ''EarthMaidenArjuna'', this trope is exactly the plot trigger: Juna and her boyfriend are riding his motorbike in a coast road near Tokyo, when some bizarre spirit makes him lose control and crash. Juna dies, but because she's TheChosenOne, she's revived and turned into a MagicalGirl.

* Several instances in the 1974 Australian cult biker movie ''Stone''. However the most badass scene isn't one of these, but the iconic shot of the outlaw biker funeral escort on the F3 freeway.

* ''Then Came Bronson'' was a TV show about a man who decided to "take to the road" and have adventures on his motorcycle. Think of ''Series/{{Route 66}}'' done on two wheels instead of four. The show spent a lot of time doing the exact thing described above, long shoots across what is probably the California Coastline showing the highway.

* ''{{Mai-HiME}}''

* Happened in the first episode of ''BloodPlus'', when Kai gave Saya a ride on his motorcycle to her doctor's appointment. She specifically asked him to take "the scenic route" that brought them by the coast. It was a serenely beautiful scene, perfect for lulling the audience into a false sense of security before the sun went down and the monsters came out.

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[[folder:Anime]]

* ''[[SuperDimensionFortressMacross Macross II]]''

* ''BubblegumCrisis'' OAV 5 - Moonlight Rambler, featured Priss and her new friend Sylvie riding along the coast.

* ''{{FLCL}}'', though with a [[strike: moped]] Vespa.

* The manga ''YokohamaKaidashiKikou'' and its OAV series (also known as ''Quiet Country Cafe'') make grandiose and significant use of this, sometimes dedicating entire chapters to quite literally motorcycle rides on coastal roads. Mind you, said coast roads are often rather further inland than you might expect.
** In fact, there are a few chapters which are nothing more but a collection of "Motorcycle On The Coast Road" images, with no dialog or character interaction whatsoever. [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming Works surprisingly beautifully]].

* Happened in the first episode of BloodPlus, when Kai gave Saya a ride on his motorcycle to her doctor's appointment. She specifically asked him to take "the scenic route" that brought them by the coast. It was a serenely beautiful scene, perfect for lulling the audience into a false sense of security before the sun went down and the monsters came out.

* Several instances in the 1974 Australian cult biker movie ''Stone''.

* This imagery appears in the WilliamGibson short story ''The Winter Market''.

* In the KoreanSeries ''[[ScentOfAWomanSK Scent Of A Woman]]'', it's a ride along the coast road, but on a bicycle.

* The BlueOysterCult use the SR1 California coastal highway explicitly in two songs on the ''Revolution By Night'' album. ''Shadow of California'' is about a Hell's Angels chapter racing up from San Bernadino to Los Angeles on an unknown mission. ''Feel The Thunder'' is even more explicit: three Angels going on a night ride up the coastal highway come to grief on a tricky curve and are summoned for judgement by Satan (it ''is'' [[{{Halloween}} the night of October 31st]])

* ''Then Came Bronson'' was a TV show about a man who decided to "take to the road" and have adventures on his motorcycle. Think of {{Route 66}} done on two wheels instead of four. The show spent a lot of time doing the exact thing described above, long shoots across what is probably the California Coastline showing the highway.

* The BlueOysterCult use the SR1 California coastal highway explicitly in two songs on the ''Revolution By Night'' album. ''Shadow of California'' is about a Hell's Angels chapter racing up from San Bernadino to Los Angeles on an unknown mission. ''Feel The Thunder'' is even more expicit: three Angels going on a night ride up the coastal highway come to grief on a tricky curve and are summoned for judgement by Satan (it ''is'' [[Halloween the night of October 31st]])