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{{quote|"Bikes are not 'nice'. Bikes are cool."
So you've got a [[Badass]]. Or a [[The Drifter|loner]]. Or an [[Action Hero]] or [[Action Girl]]. Now (s)he needs a suitable way to get from Point A to Point B. Because walking isn't very impressive unless you're [[Unflinching Walk|calmly walking away from the carnage you just caused]], or [[Power Walk|power walking]] toward the carnage you intend to cause.
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Now you could always go for a [[Cool Car|cool-looking car]]. But how about something more personal, and much more impressive?
Easy. Give them a
Ever since the End of World War Two, motorcycles have been seen as the absolute coolest way to travel. Whether they are traveling through the desert, city streets, a [[Motorcycle on the Coast Road|coastal road]], or [[Rule of Cool|up a wall]], the bike can promote an aura of awesome that is unmatched by an other everyday vehicle. Riding a motorcycle lends an aura of independence and [[All Girls Want Bad Boys|attractive danger]] to the rider.
Cool Bikes come in different types, and the type of bike generally says a lot about the type of character who rides it. A chopped, stripped Harley is virtually almost always the choice of a [[Badass Biker]], and it's also often the choice of the [[Sociopathic Hero]] and the [[Villain Protagonist]], while a sleek crotch rocket is more likely to be ridden by an [[Action Girl]], an older [[Kid Hero]] or a [[Jerk Jock]]. If the Harley is chopped ''or'' stripped or neither, the rider could be [[The Atoner]], [[The Drifter]], a major-league [[Action Girl]], an [[Action Hero]], a [[Supporting Leader]], or [[The Ace]]. The [[Adventurer Archaeologist]] tends toward the lighter, more nimble sport bikes, or even better, an old military bike. Big, heavy Goldwings and other touring bikes aren't usually cool, although their riders may think so.
The [[Badass Biker]] and the [[Biker Babe]] ''always'' have a Cool Bike. An Anti-hero is likely to have a Cool Bike. [[Action Girl
Oh, and remember that you don't ''drive'' a bike; you ''ride'' it.
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▲== Anime & Manga ==
* Most of ''[[Go Nagai]]'''s main characters ride and have cool bikes. Some examples are:
** Kouji and Sayaka from ''[[Mazinger Z]]''.
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** Honey Kisaragi from ''[[Cutey Honey]]'' when she uses her "Hurricane Honey" form.
** Hiroshi Shiba from ''[[Kotetsu Jeeg]]'' is an amateur racer.
* Norman from ''[[The Big O]]'' rides a
* The first appearance of Hyoma Nagare from ''[[Combattler V]]'' had him riding a bike and performing crazy maneouvers with it.
* The first time we saw Kenichi Go from ''[[Voltes V]]'' he was practicing in a firing range by shooting AND riding at once.
* Kaneda's red motorbike in ''[[Akira]]'' most definitely qualifies.
* ''[[
* Soul from ''Soul Eater'' too believes in the power of cool bikes, which is why he has one.
* The Garland units in ''[[Megazone 23]]'' combine Cool Bikes with [[Transforming Mecha]].
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** Many of them have awesome names to boot, whether in the series itself, as with Dark Glass's "Delta Eagle" and Jack Atlus's "Wheel of Fortune", which in the dub has its name changed to "Phoenix Whirlwind", or in supplemental material. Some of the other names include the main character's "Yusei Go", which appears to be a reference to "[[Speed Racer]]", as well as Blackbird, The Beast(dub-series only, unnamed in the original), Giganto L, T-666/Terrible Omen, and Bloody Kiss.
* ''[[Genesis Climber Mospeada]]'' (AKA, the third series of ''[[Robotech]]'') has motorcycles that transform into [[Powered Armor]].
* The Motoslaves of ''[[Bubblegum Crisis]]'' also serve as small [[Transforming Mecha]]. Priss and Sylvie also ride cool regular motorcycles. And there's the Highway Star.
* A subversion in ''[[Durarara!!]]''
* Beelzemon of ''[[Digimon Tamers]]'' has a cool, living bike called Behemoth. And if you aren't Beelzemon, it will possess you and drive all across the landscape.
** And better, ''it wasn't made for him'' or anything like that. Beelzey was just the only one powerful enough to tame the cursed bike that had terrorized a town with its original rider (''and'' then Guilmon, who knocked the original rider off only to become possessed himself.)
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* ''[[Baxinger]]'' is made of this. Five motorcycles that shoot lasers, fly both in air and in space AND become the components to a giant robot.
* ''[[Megazone 23]]'' features a bike that turns into a robot.
* The vehicles in ''[[Rideback]]'' are essentially
* In ''[[Devil May Cry: The Animated Series]]'', Lady has a red 1974 Ducati 750 Supersport.
* ''[[
* Moto-Mechazawa from ''[[
* Jiggy Pepper from ''[[Tegami Bachi]]'' has one that runs on the power of [[Heart Is an Awesome Power|heart]].
* Jun the Swan's G3 from ''[[Science Ninja Team Gatchaman]]''. It has portable buoys that when lowered under the bike can allow it to ride on water surfaces. Later in the series, it gets a missile launcher.
* ''[[Bakuon!!]]'' revolves around them, almost to the point of idolatry. It's basically "Cute High School Girls on Cool Bikes: The Series".
== Comic Books ==
* ''[[Judge Dredd]]'' has his Lawmaster, equipped with bulletproof tyres, [[Nitro Boost]], [[Automated Automobiles|on-board AI]] and [[Weaponized Car|bike cannon]].
* [[Ghost Rider
** Johnny and Danny's bikes represent two distinct types - Johnny's is a chopper, while Danny's is a speed bike.
* Hot Pursuit, an [[Alternate Universe]] [[The Flash|Barry Allen]] who lacks his [[Super Speed]], drives a bike that is powered by the [[Meta Origin|Speed Force]]. Its wheels appear to be made of pure [[Lightning Can Do Anything|speed energy]].
* The Spy Cycle from ''[[Spy Boy]]''.
* [[Captain America]]'s vehicle of choice is [https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Captain_America%27s_Motorcycle a custom-made Harley-Davidson motorcycle]; there's have been several variations over the years, of varying degrees of coolness.
== Fan Works ==
* During the course of ''[[Drunkard's Walk|Drunkard's Walk II]]'', superhero and [[Dimensional Traveler|extradimensional exile]] Douglas Sangnoir builds a motorcycle from a combination of salvaged parts and components built in a [[Nanotechnology|nanofabricator]]. As he did this in the world of ''[[Bubblegum Crisis]]'', it comes out looking like a missile on wheels. Then he took a [[Gravity Master|gravity gun]] from a combat android and turned it into a gravity ''drive'', allowing the bike to ''fly''.
** Ten years later, during the events of ''Drunkard's Walk V'', [[Ah! My Goddess|Skuld and Megumi Morisato]] completely rebuild his bike, adding numerous extra features and a [[Bag of Holding|set of panniers that are ''much'' larger on the inside than the outside]].
** Doug also owns a bike with similar features (except for the panniers) in his home timeline, based on a 1936 Harley-Davidson.
* [https://www.deviantart.com/plasma-dragon/art/Sidecar-848083642 This artwork] shows a Pokemon trainer with a Bisharp-themed motorcycle [[Cool Helmet| (with matching helmet!)]], which includes a sidecar for his Houndoom.
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* In the 2007 ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (film)|TMNT]]'' CGI movie, in his Nightwatcher guise, Raphael rides a motorcycle covered with plate steel. Michelangelo himself comments on how awesome this is.
* ''[[Aachi and Ssipak]]'' loves this trope seeing as how every character has a cool motorcycle or at least motorcycle-like vehicles. Special mention goes to the character of Geko, a [[Badass]] cyborg who has a bike with plenty of weapons.
* The BMW R 1150R Rockster used by Ben Affleck's character in ''[[Paycheck]]''.
* The Ducati 996 ridden by Trinity in
* Marlon Brando riding a Triumph Bonneville in ''[[The Wild One]]'' is one of the events that started this trope.
* Will Smith's character's Black MV Augusta F4 in ''[[I, Robot (film)|I Robot]]''.
* The Bike that is {{spoiler|built into the front steering system of the Batmobile}} in ''[[The Dark Knight]]''. The Bat-pod features built-in autocannons and can drive up a wall, flip around and land safely.
* Steve McQueen's stolen Triumph SR6 650 in ''[[The Great Escape]]''. Pure [[Rule of Cool]]. There's nothing like that whole scene at all, in the book the movie was based on. But the chance to put Steve McQueen on a Triumph for a chase scene was simply irresistible.
* Arnie's iconic black 1990 Harley-Davidson Fat Boy in ''[[Terminator (franchise)|Terminator 2]]''.
** And then there's the moto-terminators in ''Salvation''.
* Possibly the best-known film motorcycle, Peter Fonda's "Captain America" chopper from ''[[Easy Rider]]''. Both this and Dennis Hopper's more conservative chopper started life as Harley Davidson Hydra Glides.
* The Lightcycles from ''[[Tron]]''. They're fast, deadly, and fold right up into the handlebars for easy storage!
** Established in ''[[Tron: Legacy]]'' that Sam inherited his dad's insanely-fast Ducati and is even more of a daredevil with it than his old man was. Likewise, the comic based on ''[[Tron 2.0]]'' establishes Jet's ride of choice as one of these. [[Chekhov's Skill|It ends up saving their butts on the Game Grid]].
* ''[[Torque]]'' has plenty of ''very'' nice bikes, but the turbine-powered [[Y 2 K]] definitely takes the cake.
* Fiona Volpe's BSA Lightning with the built-in missile launchers in ''[[Thunderball]]''.
* Arcee, Chromia, and Elita-1 from
** 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 [[Everything's Better with Spinning|saw blades]].
* ''[[The Delta Force]]'' has [[Chuck Norris]] on a dirt bike with dual rocket launchers, machineguns, and rear-facing grenade launchers. Twice.
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* The green Harley-Davidson WLA Liberator that Captain America rides in ''[[Captain America: The First Avenger]]''. It even comes with machine guns, and a rope-launcher.<ref>Which Cap uses to great effect against motorcycle-ridng HYDRA mooks late in the movie.</ref>
* Young Boris's rather satanic looking bike from [[Men in Black]] 3
== Literature ==
* In ''[[Snow Crash]]'', 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.
* Sirius in ''[[Harry Potter (novel)|Harry Potter]]'' had a flying motorbike, which he gave to Hagrid to help him get Harry from Godric's Hollow to his uncle's house. It appeared again in ''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (
* The bike created by the Librarian, and ridden by [[The Grim Reaper|Death]] in ''[[
* In Robert Asprin's ''[[
== Live
* [[Kamen Rider
** The Showa Riders' bikes typically just have custom cowlings, due to special effects limitations of the 1970s, though they're all faster and more powerful than standard bikes, sometimes allowing them to ride along walls and up cliff faces. [[Kamen Rider X|X-Rider's]] can be used as an underwater vehicle and [[Kamen Rider Super-1|Super-1's]] actually flies using rockets. The bikes were a much bigger part of the series in the earlier years; more recent seasons have it as [[The Artifact]] (how many times did we see [[Kamen Rider Kiva]]'s bike, three?) It may have something to do with [[Real Life Writes the Plot|the Rider helmets losing the eyeholes]].
** [[Kamen Rider Kuuga|Kuuga]]'s TryChaser 2000 can combine with the sentient mecha-beetle Gouram, giving it extra armor and blades on the front. Partway through the series it's damaged and rebuilt as the BeatChaser 2000, which is also affected by Kuuga's [[Mid-Season Upgrade]] Rising Forms.
** [[Kamen Rider Agito|Agito]]'s Machine Tornador can become a hoverboard. G3 and Gills have custom bikes (GuardChaser and Gills Raider, respectively) modified to resemble them.
** [[Kamen Rider Ryuki|Ryuki's and Knight's]] [[Bond Creatures]] could become motorcycles when in [[Super Mode]] - still remaining very much sentient. All Riders in the series have access to a common type of bike called the Ride Shooter, taking the Rider through the portal to the mirror world. The American adaptation ''[[Kamen Rider Dragon Knight|Dragon Knight]]'' actually added more, by having the characters' normal motorcycles transform along with them when they became Kamen Riders. The Riders also have awesome real-world bikes during non-spandex time. There's an awesome scene near the end with six Riders, finally on the same page - even [[The Hero]] and the [[Evil Twin]]! - riding out of [[MIB]] headquarters unmorphed as a
** More bike awesome from KRDK: ''Mirror world bike chase.'' The sneaky Torque found out that Xaviax is too smart for [[The Starscream]], and the new [[Dragon]], polite but sociopathic Strike, is hunting him. Torque rides for his life, and on the street, it looks like a guy riding crazily for no reason. Only we can see that in the reflections in doors and windows, Strike is right on his tail. Torque eventually thinks he's lost Strike, when several stories up, the reflected Strike emerges into reality and drops in right behind him.
** [[Kamen Rider Faiz|Faiz]] has the Autovajin, which can transform into a robot with its own AI; in this form one wheel is a [[Gatling Good|Gatling]] while the other is a jetpack, not to mention, its handlebar becomes Faiz's [[Laser Blade]]. Its highest-priority directive is ''not'' "obey Faiz." Kaixa's Side Basshar [[Transforming Mecha|turns into a walker mecha]] with [[Macross Missile Massacre|tons of missiles]] that can deploy [[Recursive Ammo|even more missiles]]. Delta doesn't get a unique bike, but he's usually associated with the Jet Sliger, a rocket- and weapon-laden behemoth every Rider apparently has but only he really uses. (Faiz has one, but it gets blown to scrap in its ''introduction episode'' during a battle with Delta. Kaixa ''presumably'' has one if the other two do, but it is never summoned.) Also, its wheels are ''spheres,'' and it can travel sideways if desired.
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** [[Kamen Rider Hibiki|Hibiki]] is the subversion; he gets a ''completely unmodded'' Honda Valkyrie Rune (see below under Real Life). This presumably plays into the fact that Hibiki, unlike his fellows, is ''not'' a [[Badass Biker]]. (He's certainly a badass. He just can't ride all that well.)
** [[Kamen Rider Kabuto|Kabuto and Gatack]] have their own custom machines (Kabuto and Gatack Extender) which can transform into more battle-oriented forms, Kabuto's gaining a battering ram and Gatack's turning into a flying hoverboard; they're also affected by the Riders' [[Super Speed|Clock Up]] systems. The other Riders simply get slightly customized versions of the common Machine Zectron bike.
** All the bikes in ''[[Kamen Rider Den-O]]'' double as the control units for their respective [[Cool Train
** [[Kamen Rider Kiva|Kiva]]'s Machine Kivaa has the brain of a horse monster, turns invisible at high speed, and has an enhancement booster that nullifies wind resistance. It's also the only chopper-style Rider machine, and is generally awesome-looking. Ixa's Ixalion, despite the cool name, is simply a custom bike; Saga doesn't have a unique bike, but Taiga owns a Honda DN-01, which he never uses as Saga.
** [[Kamen Rider Decade|Decade]]'s Machine Decader can transform into past Rider machines via AttackRide cards; Decade changes it into the Autovajin in the first episode and the Side Basshar in the [[Grand Finale]] movie.
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** There were also no less than three ''flying'' bikes, each for a single Ranger in its season. They'd transform from motorcycles to various types of flying gear. There's also the Trans-Armor Cycle, which turned into armor and extra weaponry.
** Whether it's cool or not is up to the individual, but the most ''unique'' bike was the one belonging to the [[Power Rangers SPD|Omega Ranger]]/[[Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger|DekaBreak]]. It was a motor-''unicycle! And those actually exist,'' some looking quite like the one in the show. Also, the same series gives us a [[Humongous Mecha]] that's a giant motorcycle that other robots can ride.
* ''[[Then Came Bronson]]'', a [[The Drifter|loner]] [[Walking the Earth]] action-adventure show starring Michael Parks that ran for only one season in 1969 and '70. He does his wandering on a 1969 XLH 900cc Harley-Davidson Sportster.
* ''[[Happy Days]]'': The Fonz. In one episode, Richie acquires a bike of his own and asks Fonzie whether he thinks it's "nice". Fonzie's reply is the page quote.
* ''[[Street Hawk]]'' was a short-lived 1985 ''[[Knight Rider]]'' ripoff which used a (non-talking) super-bike instead of a car.
* ''[[Dark Angel]]'' put its [[Action Girl]] protagonist Max on a black Kawasaki.
* Spike gets one of these in Season Six of ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]''.
* Reno Raines rides one in ''[[Renegade (TV series)|Renegade]]''.
* ''[[Tin Man (TV series)|Tin Man]]'' : DG's ride of choice appears to be a vintage 40's era motorcycle. It's also implied by her interaction with Officer Gulch that she [[Drives Like Crazy]] on it.
== Music ==
* Richard Thompson's song "1952 Vincent Black Lightning"
{{quote|
''A girl could feel special on any such like
''Said James to Red Molly, well my hat's off to you
''It's a Vincent Black Lightning, 1952'' }}
== Tabletop Games ==
* ''[[Warhammer
* ''[[Macho Women with Guns]]'' has only three character classes ... and one of them is basically Motorcycle Nun.
* Steve Jackson Games' catalog once contained a fictitious entry for ''Kung Fu CB Mamas on Wheels vs. the Motorcycle Aztec Wrestling Nuns''. Despite not actually being a real game, if it ''did'' exist, it would have had one side entirely on Cool Bikes.
== Video Games ==
* The Nintendo64 game ''[[Extreme-G]]'' is centered ''around'' racing impossibly cool bikes.
* In ''[[James Bond 007: Everything or Nothing]]'', the Q-Bike James Bond has.
* In ''[[Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater]]'', EVA's BMW R75 with optional [[Cool Sidecar]] is one hell of a bike, and the way she drives it would put Evel Knievel to shame.
* The Triumph Bonneville ridden by Eva/Big Mama and the Speed Triples ridden by her subordinates in Act 3 of ''[[Metal Gear Solid]] 4''; it helps that they're also real world cool bikes.
* Being a game centered around a whole collection of [[Badass Biker|badass bikers]], ''[[Grand Theft Auto IV:
* ''[[Final Fantasy VII]]'', the bike chase after escaping the Shinra building
* Travis's bike, the "Schpeltiger", in ''[[No More Heroes]]''.
* Wes from ''[[Pokémon Colosseum]]'' has a hoverbike monstrosity that could count as this. It even has a side car that his Espeon and Umbreon ride in (Rui takes the seat once he rescues her).
** It's just barely cool, but Michael in ''Pokémon XD'' has a scooter of his own that he drives around Orre. It eventually upgrades into a hovering model as well.
* The Brotherhood of Nod's attack bikes in ''[[Command
* ''[[Final Fantasy XIII]]''. Snow's bike is composed of not one, but ''two'' women called the Shiva Sisters, Styria and Nix.
* ''[[Final Fantasy VIII]]''. The Galbadian Army doesn't use paratroopers. They use ''[[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?|motorcyclists who ride out of the tops of buildings, then deploy jetpacks in mid-air.]]''
* The Hoverbikes in ''[[X-COM]]: Apocalypse''. Nothing like watching massive [[Flying Saucer
* While they end up being useless once you can build Goliaths and Siege Tanks, ''[[
* Trish in ''[[Devil May Cry]]'' and Lady in ''Devil May Cry 3'' both have very cool bikes.
* ''[[Mercenaries Playground of Destruction|Mercenaries 2]]'' introduces several motorcycles, including one with ''[[More Dakka|mounted miniguns]]''.
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** ''Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing'' gives Shadow a SECOND motorcycle as his standard vehicle.
* ''[[Mario Kart]] Wii'' introduced bikes to the series. Especially cool ones include the Sneakster, Spear, Wario Bike, and Bubble Bike.
* Mr. Grimm of ''[[Twisted Metal]]'' is always driving some variant of a weapon-equipped motorcycle. ''[[Contested Sequel|Alw]][[Canon
* ''[[Bayonetta]]'' gets to ride a
* ''[[Saints Row]] 2'' introduced a selection of cool bikes, from Harley Davidson choppers to Japanese racing bikes. The coolest, however, would have to be the [[Akira|Kaneda]], ride of choice for Ronin leader Shogo, which features neon trims and the ability to ride up walls.
* ''[[Full Throttle]]'', a game about a biker gang's [[Badass]] leader Ben, naturally features a variety of Cool Bikes. Ben's eventually gets the (limited) ability to fly, even.
* Mekgineer's Chopper and Mechano-Hog for [[World of Warcraft|Alliance and Horde]], respectively.
* ''[[Road Rash]] 64'' has the "Insanity Mode" bikes named "Executioner" and "Hammerhead". Both bikes can travel upwards of
:: The bikes are, in fact, too souped-up for regular gameplay, but can be obtained from the beginning with a cheat device such as the Gameshark. In order to even hope to do well on most regular tracks with them, the player will have to lay off the throttle for most of the game. Jumping over a car at full speed may cause the bike to fly so far off the course that the player will not catch back up to the other racers.
* Yasha's Corvette from ''[[Asura's Wrath]]'' is a Jet Bike!
== Web Comics ==
* In [https://web.archive.org/web/20090831063158/http://drmcninja.com/page.php?pageNum=26&issue=15 this story arc] of ''[[The Adventures of Dr. McNinja]]'', Dr. McNinja has a Cool Bike. It's an enchanted unicorn.
** King Radical, the Doctor's nemesis, rides a cool dirtbike.
* ''[[Dawn of Time]]'': after our prehistoric heroine jumps through time to a post-apocalyptic future she swaps her triceratops companion Blue for a triceratops-styled motorbike, BLU 1.
== [[Web Original]] ==
* In the ''[[Global Guardians PBEM Universe]]'', Battlecat rides a
== Western Animation ==
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* Robin in ''[[Batman: The Animated Series]]'' rides one of these from time to time. He gets cool bikes [[Teen Titans (animation)|across the DC multiverse.]]
* ''[[Biker Mice From Mars]]'', where the Cool Bikes used by the protagonists were not only cool, and armed to the teeth, but sentient as well.
* From ''[[Code Lyoko]]'', Ulrich's "Overbike". A mono-wheeled, flying bike with a reactor. Virtual, but certainly cool. It has a real-world [https://web.archive.org/web/20110617234219/http://picdit.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/invent_uno_main.jpg close equivalent]. Main difference is the color. (And that it doesn't fly, obviously.)
* In the later seasons of ''[[
** Matrix gets his own Cool Bike later, which can perform a [[Macross Missile Massacre]].
* Most people only remember the short-lived 80s toon ''[[Spiral Zone]]'' for the numerous armed bikes belonging to both heroes and villains.
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* ''[[Danny Phantom]]'': in the first draft Danny was supposed to ride a Harley and Johnny 13 does.
* The Tornado Z in ''[[Zorro: Generation Z]]''.
* In the fifth season of ''[[Samurai Jack]]'', Jack makes his entrance riding a motorcycle that he seems to have cobbled together from the parts of Aku's [[Mecha-Mooks]].
== Real Life ==
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* The Can-Am Spyder built by BRP, one look at it will you why.
* "MV Augusta's" F4 and Brutale bikes. They only make a handful of these ''per year'', ''by hand''
* The [https://web.archive.org/web/20140829191557/http://www.cjsidecar.com/image/q1.jpg BMW R75] and [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c6/Zuendapp_KS_750.jpg Zündapp KS-750]{{Dead link}} couple from [[World War Two]] were more about utility than coolness, yet they were the workhorses of the [[Nazis With Gnarly Weapons|Wehrmacht]], they had an automobile-like powered rear axle, locking differentials, offroad gears and usually could go where no sane driver of a Jeep or Kubelwagen would ever attempt to.
* The modified "Indian" Scout used by burt munroe at the bonneville salt flats; it ''still'' holds the land speed record for motorcycles under 1000cc.
* Most [[wikipedia:Indian
* The "Vincent" Black Shadow
* The Y2K bike, due to it being powered by a ''jet turbine from a helicopter.''
* Enclosed motorcycles, for those who like a more futuristic look, like the [http://www.monotracer.com/ Peraves Monotracer] or the [http://sites.google.com/site/conceptbikes/18TECA-Concept-full.jpg TECA Technologies concept bike].
* The [[wikipedia:File:Honda.rune.arp.750pix.jpg|Honda Valkyrie Rune]]. Oh, the Honda Valkyrie Rune...
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130915013245/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/54/Dodge_Tomahawk.jpg Dodge Tomahawk]. It uses the exact same engine that the Dodge Viper sports car does. What sort of engine is that, you ask? A V-10. A very high-displacement V-10. Unfortunately this makes the bike a case of [[Awesome but Impractical]], as the weight and size of the engine meant that it had to have 4 wheels and the fuel tank had to be mounted way at the front to avoid the heat the engine gives, and has a fuel economy figure of about 60 feet to the gallon.
** You could be forgiven for believing it safer to just take the warhead off a missile and ride ''that'' instead. (Heck, it'd probably still be just as safe with the warhead left in place.)
* Bimota's Tesi line of motorcycles, especially the [http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w195/nextue/big_BimotaTesi3DRockGold01.jpg Tesi 3D], with its much sleeker looks compared to its predecessors - The idea behind the design seems to be to put as much emphasis on its two-wheeled-ness as possible without impairing its functionality as a speedbike.
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