Cover F

The Cover F (カバーF), also known as Cover-F, is an Extreme Gear that appears as a Bike type in Sonic Riders, and later as an Air Ride type in Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity. As a part of the Cover models of Extreme Gear, the Cover F specializes in offsetting the weaknesses that its rider may possess: in this gear's case, it focuses on providing its rider with greater maximum speed and endurance over rough terrain.

Sonic Riders
"Flight type enhanced. Accelerate+ Endurance+"

- Game description in Sonic Riders.

Description
This Extreme Gear first appeared in Sonic Riders, as a Bike type Extreme Gear named "Cover-F". According to its profile, the Cover-F is enhanced especially for Flight Type characters, meaning that only the Flight Type characters in the game can use it. It can be purchased at the shop for 500 Rings.

The design for the Cover-F in Sonic Riders mostly resembles that of a traditional motorcycle scooter. It is mainly colored yellow, with white and black highlights on the front and each side of the rear, a black seat and a black floorboard.

Abilities and Traits
As a Bike type Extreme Gear in Sonic Riders, the Cover-F is more powerful, but less maneuverable and less fuel efficient than most other types of Extreme Gears.

Due to the Flight Type characters possessing better acceleration that other characters in the game, but lacks higher speeds and greater endurance, the Cover-F gives good stats to boost its rider's speed and endurance in exchange for a smaller Air Tank.

Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity
"Gear that offsets the flight type's weaknesses with improved endurance and max speed."

- Game description in Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity.

Description
This Extreme Gear made a reappearance in Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity, in which it was given a slightly new name, "Cover F", and had been redesigned to be an Air Ride type Extreme Gear. According to its profile, it covers the flight type's weaknesses by granting greater top speed and endurance. It is available from the start of the game.

The Cover F in Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity is similar in appearance to the Advantage F, but with a more smooth shape and thicker wings. While it otherwise maintains its yellow color scheme from the previous game, it also has white outlined highlights on the front and on its back points, and a black seat section.

Abilities and Traits
As an Air Ride type Extreme Gear, the Cover F is capable of Air Riding. By talking off Catapults, the Cover F can begin gliding through midair and Dash Rings, gaining Gravity Points (GP) while doing so, until the rider loses too much momentum and falls. It was also no longer restricted to only Flight Type characters, because the Flight Type mechanic was not used in the game.

The Cover F does not possess any unique abilities of its own, though it has, like in the previous title, above average Limit and Power stats to increase the rider's speed and endurance. It also possesses the Gear Parts Durability UP and Max Speed UP that can increase its top speed and endurance even further.

Gear Parts

 * Durability UP: Increases the Cover F's endurance (Requires 20 Rings).
 * Max Speed UP: Increases the Cover F's top speed (Requires 40 Rings).

Trivia

 * The Cover F is the only Extreme Gear of the Cover models that was redesigned into a new type in Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity.