Dark Rider

The Dark Rider, also known as the Bike, is a vehicle that appears in the Sonic the Hedgehog series. It is Shadow the Hedgehog's personal motorcycle.

Game appearances

Shadow the Hedgehog

The Dark Rider first appears in Shadow the Hedgehog as an unnamed vehicle. It is shown in the game's intro, where it gets destroyed, and in Lethal Highway.

Sonic the Hedgehog (2006)

The Dark Rider reappears in Sonic the Hedgehog (2006), where it can be used in Radical Train and Aquatic Base. It also appears in Shadow's seventh Town Mission, "Motorcycle License Test". It has been completely redesigned, is now armed with machine guns, and its speed can be increased using an ability called the Boost Dash. Unlike in Shadow the Hedgehog, the Dark Rider is needed on certain missions to advance as it allows Shadow to travel faster.

In gameplay, the Dark Rider is harder to steer. While it is faster than the Buggy and can jump higher from Ramps, the Dark Rider has weaker armor. Additionally, should the rounds for its machine guns empty, it will reload in seconds. If the Dark Rider rams at into a wall at full speed, it will overturn and cannot be flipped back unless the player gets jumps off of it and back on again. When its Health Gauge is critical its engine starts to smoke, and when it empties, the vehicle will explode (without harming the player).

To board or dismount the Dark Rider, the player can press /. Pressing / makes it reverse/brake, pressing / twice triggers a Boost Dash, and / fires its machine gun.

Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing

In Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing, the Dark Rider appears as Shadow's vehicle. Its appearance is identical to that in Sonic the Hedgehog (2006), but it lacks its machine guns. Instead of the GUN insignia, it has the Black Arms insignia on its fuel tank. It has the following statistics:

Speed	Acceleration	Handling	Turbo-Boost
5/10	9/10	9/10	6/10

Other game appearances

Shadow the Hedgehog Flash

In Shadow the Hedgehog Flash, the Dark Rider appears as an unnamed vehicle. It is ridden by Shadow in the entirety of Westopolis Act 2.

In other media

Archie Comics

In the Sonic the Hedgehog comic series and its spin-offs published by Archie Comics, the Dark Rider debuted in Sonic Universe #23. In its debut, Amy asked why Shadow had the bike, and he explained that all G.U.N agents must be issued with a vehicle. Rouge pointed out that he did not need it, but customized and maintains it himself, to which he admitted that he "really like(s) that bike."

Trivia

The Dark Rider bears an resemblance to a 2003 Harley Davidson XL1200 Custom Anniversary Edition.
The Dark Rider was made into a toy for the Sonic & Sega All-Stars 3" action figure series, coming with a Shadow figure with hands especially molded so that they could wrap around the handlebars of the bike, keeping him on it.^[1] The Dark Rider was also made into a radio-controlled toy with a working headlight.^[2]

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References

Shadow the Hedgehog

Playable characters		Shadow (Hero Shadow, Dark Shadow, Super Shadow) \| Shadow Android
Non-playable characters		Black Doom (Devil Doom) \| Eggman \| Sonic \| Tails \| Knuckles \| Amy \| Rouge \| Omega \| Team Chaotix (Vector, Espio, Charmy) \| Cream \| Cheese \| Maria \| Gerald \| Commander \| President \| Researcher \| Secretary \| Chao
Stages		Air Fleet \| Black Comet \| Central City \| Circus Park \| Cosmic Fall \| Cryptic Castle \| Death Ruins \| Digital Circuit \| Final Haunt \| GUN Fortress \| Glyphic Canyon \| Iron Jungle \| Lava Shelter \| Lethal Highway \| Lost Impact \| Mad Matrix \| Prison Island \| Sky Troops \| Space Gadget \| The ARK \| The Doom \| The Last Way \| Westopolis
Enemies		Ark Missile Turret \| Artificial Chaos (Artificial Chaos P-100, Cell) \| Black Assassin \| Black Hawk \| Black Oak \| Black Volt \| Black Warrior \| Black Wing \| Black Worm \| Big Foot Type A \| Big Foot Type B \| Death Leech \| Death Worm \| Egg Bommer \| Egg Pawn \| Egg Pierrot \| Giant Walker \| Giga Trooper \| Gold Beetle \| Gun Beetle \| GUN Soldier \| GUN Trooper \| Jack Bommer \| Killer Plant \| Mono Beetle \| Rocket Beetle \| Sand Worm \| Shadow Android \| Spark Beetle
Bosses		Black Bull \| Black Doom \| Blue Falcon \| Devil Doom \| Diablon \| Egg Breaker \| Egg Dealer \| Heavy Dog
Moves/Techniques		Chaos Blast \| Chaos Control \| Chaos Spear \| Crouch \| Dark Spin Dash \| Grinding \| Grind Step \| Homing Attack \| Jump Dash \| Light Dash \| Mid-Air Attack \| Missile Fever \| Overturn \| Pawn Fever \| Pick up \| Punch \| Ring Fever \| Shadow Fever \| Slide \| Spin Dash \| Spin Jump \| Super Sonic Boost \| Swift strike \| Tail Swipe \| Triangle Jump
Vehicles		Air Saucer \| Convertible \| GUN Motorcycle \| GUN Vehicle \| HMMWV \| Jump Vehicle
Gimmicks and obstacles		Barrel \| Barrier \| Black Slab \| Case \| Cell Cannon \| City annihilator bomb \| Coaster \| Color Panel \| Electrified Rail \| Fan \| Firewall \| Gravity Control Switch \| Green energy fluid \| Gun Lift \| Gun ship \| GUN turret \| Hint Ring \| Jump Panel (Prison Island) \| Jump Panel (ramp) \| Junction switch \| Lantern \| Laser field \| Laser turret \| Light-speed circuit \| Meteorite \| Pole \| Pulley \| Red fruit \| Red Slime \| Rocket \| Secret Door \| Shield switch \| Shooting Gallery \| Small bomb \| Surveillance camera \| Toxic marsh \| Toxic river \| Vine \| Warp Hole \| Wide spring
Items	General	Black Tank \| Bomb Unit \| Chaos Emerald \| Container (Special Weapon Container, Steel Container, Unbreakable Container, Wooden Container) \| Core program \| Defense Unit \| Egg Balloon \| Energy Core \| Floating Item Box \| Goal Ring \| Heal Unit \| Item Box (1-Up, Barrier, Damage Recover, Heat Barrier, Invincible, Magnetic Barrier, Rings) \| President's escape pod \| Ring \| Secret Key \| Temple jewel
Items	Weapons	4-Shot RPG \| 8-Shot RPG \| Bazooka \| Big Worm Shooter \| Big Barrel \| Black Barrel \| Black Sword \| Bomb Fever \| Egg Bazooka \| Egg Gun \| Egg Spear \| Egg Vacuum \| Environment Objects \| Flash Shot \| Gatling Gun \| Grenade Launcher \| Heal Cannon \| Heavy Machine Gun \| Heavy Shot \| Laser Rifle \| Light Shot \| Omochao Gun \| Pistol \| Refractor \| RPG \| Samurai Blade \| Satellite Gun \| Semi-Auto Rifle \| Shadow Rifle \| Splitter \| Sub-Machine Gun \| Survival Knife \| Tank Cannon \| Vacuum Pod \| Wide Worm Shooter \| Worm Shooter
English voice actors		Jason Griffith (Sonic, Shadow) \| Sean Schemmel (Black Doom) \| Mike Pollock (Eggman, Gerald) \| Amy Palant (Tails) \| Dan Green (Knuckles) \| Lisa Ortiz (Amy) \| Kathleen Delaney (Rouge) \| Rebecca Honig (Cream, Maria) \| Carter Cathcart (Vector) \| David Wills (Espio) \| Amy Birnbaum (Charmy) \| Jeff Kramer (Omega) \| Andrew Rannells (GUN Soldier) \| Marc Thompson (Commander) \| Maddie Blaustein (President) \| Bella Hudson (Secretary)
Japanese voice actors		Kōji Yusa (Shadow) \| Jun'ichi Kanemaru (Sonic) \| Ryūzaburō Ōtomo (Black Doom) \| Chikao Ōtsuka (Eggman, Gerald) \| Ryō Hirohashi (Tails) \| Nobutoshi Canna (Knuckles) \| Taeko Kawata (Amy) \| Rumi Ochiai (Rouge) \| Sayaka Aoki (Cream) \| Yuri Shiratori (Maria) \| Kenta Miyake (Vector) \| Yūki Masuda (Espio) \| Yōko Teppōzuka (Charmy) \| Taiten Kusunoki (Omega) \| Takashi Yoshida (GUN Soldier) \| Banjō Ginga (Commander) \| Yutaka Nakano (President) \| Junko Kitanishi (Secretary) \| Ryō Hirohashi (Additional Chao)
Music	Songs	All Hail Shadow \| Almost Dead \| E.G.G.M.A.N Doc. Robeatnix Mix \| I Am... All of Me \| Never Turn Back \| The Chosen One \| Tripod Baby \| Waking Up \| Who I Am (unused)
Music	Albums	Lost and Found: Shadow the Hedgehog Vocal Trax \| Shadow the Hedgehog Official Soundtrack \| Shadow the Hedgehog Original Soundtrax
Other		Battle Mode \| Black Comet \| Central Information Agency \| Eclipse Cannon \| Dark Gauge \| Dark Rider \| Egg Monitor \| Eggman Fleet \| Expert Mode \| Fire in the Sky Festival \| Health Gauge \| Hero Gauge \| Mother computer \| Prison Island \| Prosperity ritual \| Shadow the Hedgehog Flash \| Space Colony ARK \| Tails' Spaceship \| White House

Sonic the Hedgehog (2006)

Playable characters		Sonic (Super Sonic) \| Tails \| Knuckles \| Shadow (Super Shadow) \| Rouge \| Omega \| Silver (Super Silver) \| Blaze \| Amy
Non-playable characters		Accordion Player \| Adrianna \| Alan \| Alessio \| Alfano \| Anna \| Antonio \| Aristo \| Berruni \| Bishop \| Claudia \| Dante \| Dr. Eggman \| Duchess of Soleanna \| Duke of Soleanna \| Elkan \| Frances \| Francesca \| GUN Soldier \| Galienna \| Gina \| Hatsun \| Herman \| Iblis \| Ladies-in-waiting \| Liza \| Lord Regis \| Mancini \| Mephiles (Mephiles's monstrous form) \| Mikhail \| Monica \| Nicolo \| Paganini \| Parr \| Pele \| Pietro \| Pinto \| Porta \| Priest \| Princess Elise the Third \| Prodi \| Pucci \| Puccini \| Renzo \| Alberto Robert \| Roberta \| Rossi \| Sabrina \| Sandro \| Solaris \| Soleanna Royal Guards \| Solomon \| Sonic Man \| Sophia \| Ken Williams \| Zof
Action Stages		Wave Ocean \| Dusty Desert \| White Acropolis \| Crisis City \| Flame Core \| Radical Train \| Tropical Jungle \| Kingdom Valley \| Aquatic Base \| End of the World
Town Stages		Castle Town \| Forest \| New City
DLC Stages		Sonic Boss Attack \| Shadow Boss Attack \| Silver Boss Attack \| Team Attack Amigo
Town Missions	Sonic	1 \| 2 \| 3 \| 4 \| 5 \| 6 \| 7 \| 8 \| 9 \| 10 \| 11 \| 12 \| 13 \| 14 \| 15 \| 16 \| 17 \| 18 \| 19 \| 20
	Shadow	1 \| 2 \| 3 \| 4 \| 5 \| 6 \| 7 \| 8 \| 9 \| 10 \| 11 \| 12 \| 13 \| 14 \| 15
	Silver	1 \| 2 \| 3 \| 4 \| 5 \| 6 \| 7 \| 8 \| 9 \| 10 \| 11 \| 12 \| 13 \| 14 \| 15 \| 16 \| 17 \| 18
Enemies	Dr. Eggman's mechs	Egg Armor \| Egg Bomber \| Egg Buster \| Egg Buster (Egg Gunner) \| Egg Cannon \| Egg Chaser \| Egg Commander \| Egg Flyer \| Egg Guardian \| Egg Gunner \| Egg Hunter \| Egg Keeper \| Egg Lancer \| Egg Liner \| Egg Rounder \| Egg Searcher \| Egg Stinger \| Egg Sweeper \| Egg Walker
Enemies	Iblis's Minions	Gazer \| Golem \| Iblis Biter \| Iblis Taker \| Iblis Worm \| Shadows \| Stalker \| Titan \| Tricker
Bosses		Egg-Cerberus \| Egg-Genesis \| Egg-Wyvern \| Iblis \| Mephiles \| Shadow \| Silver \| Solaris \| Sonic
Moves/Techniques		Arrow of Light \| Accelerator Tornado \| Attack \| Blast Jump \| Bomb \| Bomb Snipe \| Bound Jump \| Chaos Attack \| Chaos Boost (Chaos Blast, Chaos Lance, Chaos Snap) \| Chaos Spear \| Climb \| Custom Action (Gun Drive, Homing Smash, Mach Speed, Scale, Slow, Thunder Guard, Tornado) \| Crouch \| Double Jump \| Dummy Ring Blitz \| Dummy Ring Bomb \| Dummy Ring Snipe \| Edge Attack \| Fire Claw \| Fly \| Glide \| Grab All \| Ground Shaker \| Hammer Attack \| Heart Mine \| Hold Smash \| Homing Attack \| Hover \| Invisibility \| Jump Dash \| Levitate \| Light Dash \| Lock-On Shot \| Omega Launcher \| Omega Shot \| Psychokinesis \| Psycho Shock \| Psycho Smash \| Punch Attack \| Screwdriver \| Shield of Light \| Sliding Attack \| Spear of Light \| Spin Dash \| Spin Jump \| Spin Kick \| Spinning Claw \| Teleport Dash \| Turbo Boost \| Wall Jump \| Wings of Light
Vehicles		Bike \| Buggy \| Hover Craft \| Glider
Gimmicks and obstacles		Bungee Rope \| Conveyor Belt \| Cylinder \| Eagle \| Eye of Solaris \| Hanging Bell \| Hint Ring \| Horizontal Bar \| Jump Panel \| Laser field \| Lotus \| Mechanical Ring \| Mirror of Soleanna \| Orb statue \| Orca \| PK mark \| Purple orb \| Point Marker \| Pulley \| Rainbow Ring \| Silver Sphere \| Sphere \| Spotlight \| Spring \| Switch \| Tightrope \| Trick Jump Panel \| Turtle \| Vine \| Warp Hole \| Wide spring \| Wind switch
Items	General	Apple \| Barrel \| Chaos Drive \| Container (Blue crate, Case, Explosive crate, Steel Container, Wooden Container) \| Custom Shoes \| Dummy Ring \| Explosion Trap \| Goal Ring \| Heart bomb \| Item Box (Extra Life, Gauge Up, High Speed, Invincible, Rings) \| Key \| Light Core \| Medal \| Minecart \| Ring \| Snowboard
Items	Level Up Items	Air Chip \| Antigravity \| Bounce Bracelet \| Gem (Blue Gem, Green Gem, Purple Gem, Rainbow Gem, Red Gem, Sky Gem, White Gem, Yellow Gem) \| Heart of Wind \| Light Chip \| Memory Shard (black) \| Memory Shard (blue) \| Memory Shard (red) \| Power Bracelet \| Shock Bracelet \| Single-Layered Extreme
English voice actors		Jason Griffith (Sonic, Shadow the Hedgehog) \| Pete Capella (Silver the Hedgehog) \| Lacey Chabert (Princess Elise) \| Mike Pollock (Dr. Eggman, Narrator) \| Amy Palant \| (Tails, Ladies-in-waiting) \| Lisa Ortiz (Amy, Ladies-in-waiting) \| Bella Hudson (Blaze) \| Dan Green (Knuckles, Mephiles, Solaris Project scientists) \| Kathleen Delaney (Rouge) \| Maddie Blaustein (Omega) \| David Wills (Duke, G.U.N communitcator)
Japanese voice actors		Jun'ichi Kanemaru (Sonic) \| Kōji Yusa (Shadow) \| Daisuke Ono (Silver) \| Maaya Sakamoto (Princess Elise) \| Chikao Ōtsuka (Dr. Eggman) Kenji Utsumi (Narrator, Duke) \| Ryō Hirohashi (Tails) \| Hikari Yono (Ladies-in-waiting) \| Nao Takamori (Blaze) \| Nobutoshi Canna (Knuckles) \| Takayuki Sakazume (Mephiles) \| Keiji Okuda (Solaris Project scientist, G.U.N. communicator) \| Yoshikazu Kozuma (Solaris Project scientist) \| Rumi Ochiai (Rouge) \| Taeko Kawata (Amy) \| Taiten Kusunoki (Omega)
Music	Songs	All Hail Shadow \| Dreams of an Absolution \| His World \| My Destiny \| Solaris Phase 1 \| Sweet Dreams AKON Mix
Music	Albums	Sonic the Hedgehog Vocal Traxx: Several Wills \| Sonic the Hedgehog Vocal Traxx: Several Wills
Other		Action Gauge \| Auto Running \| Chao in Space \| Sonic the Hedgehog CHAOS CRUSH! \| Day of Disaster \| Doctor Eggman's chair \| Egg Carrier \| Egg train \| Festival of the Sun \| Havok \| Health Gauge \| Rimlight \| Scepter of Darkness \| Shop \| Soleanna \| Solaris Project \| Super-Speed Stage

Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing

Main article | Staff | Glitches | Gallery

Playable characters	Sonic characters	Sonic \| Tails \| Knuckles \| Amy \| Big \| Dr. Eggman \| Shadow \| Metal Sonic
	SEGA characters	AiAi \| Akira Yuki \| Alex Kidd \| Amigo \| B.D. Joe \| Beat \| Billy Hatcher \| ChuBach \| ChuBei \| Chuih \| ChuPea \| Jacky Bryant \| Ryo Hazuki \| Ulala
	Third party	Xbox Live Avatar \| Mii
Tracks	Chao Cup	Whale Lagoon \| Icicle Valley \| Roulette Road \| Sunshine Tour
	Graffiti Cup	Shibuya Downtown \| Outer Forest \| Turbine Loop \| Treetops
	Egg Cup	Rampart Road \| Dark Arsenal \| Jump Parade \| Pinball Highway
	Horror Cup	Sewer Scrapes \| Lost Palace \| Sandy Drifts \| Rokkaku Hill
	Samba Cup	Rocky-Coaster \| Highway Zero \| Deadly Route \| Ocean Ruin
	Monkey Cup	Bingo Party \| Lava Lair \| Monkey Target \| Thunder Deck
	DLC	Egg Hangar
Moves/ Techniques	General	Drift \| Hi-Speed Start \| Trick
Moves/ Techniques	All-Star Moves	Super Sonic \| Tails Tornado \| Emerald Power \| Piko Hammer \| Giant Froggy \| Maximum Overdrive \| Missile Madness \| Super Shadow
Vehicles		Speed Star \| Tornado Racer \| Land Breaker \| Pink Cabriolet \| Green Hopper \| Egg Monster \| Dark Rider \| Metal Booster \| Blazing Banana \| Racing Rooster \| Sun Buggy \| Astro Glider \| De La Custom GGs \| Crazy Taxi \| Hotrod of Horror \| Naoyuki's Motorcycle \| Red Lightning \| ChuChu Rocket \| Get-a-Way Wagon \| Sukopako Motorcycle \| Bolt Bucket \| Ava-car 720 \| Super Zoomer
Items		Item Box (All-Star Item, Bowling Bomb, Confusing Star, Energy Shield, Giant Rocket, High Speed Shoes, K.O. Glove, Manual Rocket, Mega Horn, Mine, Pocket Rainbow)
Music		My Sweet Passion \| Believe In Myself \| Unknown from M.E. \| Throw It All Away \| Can You Feel the Sunshine? \| A New Day \| Back 2 Back \| Super Sonic Racing \| What U Need \| Metal Scratchin' \| E.G.G.M.A.N.
Other		Announcer \| Boost Pad \| Death Egg \| Orca \| Sonic Says \| Totem Pole

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Dark Rider

Contents

Game appearances

Shadow the Hedgehog

Sonic the Hedgehog (2006)

Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing

Other game appearances

Shadow the Hedgehog Flash

In other media

Archie Comics

Trivia

Gallery

Concept artwork

Artwork

Sprites

Models

Screenshots

Merchandise

References

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