This is just true. Imagine your protagonist in a BadassLongcoat is about to square off against a bunch of [[EverythingsDeaderWithZombies zombies]]. Is it better if he does this on foot or on a motorcycle?

See also AllBikersAreHellsAngels, CoolBike, BadassBiker, MotorcycleOnTheCoastRoad.

* ''WesternAnimation/BikerMiceFromMars''
* ''Comicbook/GhostRider''
* ''TriageX'' - Preferred method of entrance for Arashi and Mikoto
* ''SonsOfAnarchy''
* ''{{Blade}}''
* ''Webcomic/TheAdventuresOfDrMcNinja'' - Sparklelord and King Radical's dirtbike
* ''[[Literature/SixteenThirtyTwo The Dreeson Incident]]'': Shows up throughout the novel but most obvious with at the eponymous incident. Specifically, the incident involves [[spoiler: Buster Beasley riding into a armed mob]] on a Harley. This combined with the HeroicSacrifice he makes after dismounting lead to him attaining major in universe status as a MemeticBadass.
* ''MeatLoaf'' employs the trope to great effect on his album covers if nothing else.
* ''PowerRangers''
* ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'' - Space Marines, Orks, & Eldar
* [[WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries CARD GAMES]] [[YuGiOh5Ds ON MOTORCYCLES!]]
* [[VideoGame/WarioWare Mona]]
* ''Franchise/KamenRider''
* ''ShadowTheHedgehog'' - why else is he shown riding a motorcycle in all the trailers for his game? This now extends into Sonic racing games.
* This trope + FlyingCar = [[Literature/HarryPotter Sirius Black's]] flying motorcycle.
* In ''ReBoot'' Bob tried to invoke this by replacing his [[MyCarHatesMe problematic car]] with a bike. It gets destroyed before he has a chance to use it.
* Some of the robots in ''{{Transformers}}'' become motorcyles. [[WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime Jack rides Arcee on a regular basis.]] This activity makes him at least twice as popular as any other human. The robots who have motorcycle alts also have a tendency to be much more popular than other alts. [[TransformersAnimated Prowl]] was so awesome that they had to kill him off before he overshadowed Optimus Prime.