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* There was a rumor about a ''LegendOfZelda'' game called ''A Link to the Future'', in which Link would ride a motorcycle called "Epona".

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* Date Masamune from ''SengokuBasara'' is the [[TropeNamer inspiration for the trope name.]] This trope is named from the MemeticMutation that spawned thanks to a certain ImageBoard. Masamune typically rides a [[http://critdmg.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/horsepower-1.jpg horse with exhaust pipes attached to its saddle and handlebars on its head]], even though the show is JidaiGeki. This quickly led to the meme "[[RuleOfCool My Horse Is A Motorbike.]] [[InsaneTrollLogic Your argument is invalid.]]" [[RuleOfCool It's only like this because it looks cool.]]

* Date Masamune from ''SengokuBasara'' is the [[TropeNamer inspiration for the trope name.]] This trope is named from the MemeticMutation that spawned thanks to a certain ImageBoard. Masamune's [[http://critdmg.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/horsepower-1.jpg horse has exhaust pipes attached to its saddle and handlebars on its head]], even though the show is JidaiGeki. This quickly lead to the meme "[[RuleOfCool My Horse Is A Motorbike.]] [[InsaneTrollLogic Your argument is invalid.]]" [[RuleOfCool It's only like this because it looks cool.]]

* Date Masamune from ''SengokuBasara'' is the [[TropeNamer inspiration for the trope name.]] This trope is named from the MemeticMutation that spawned thanks to a certain ImageBoard. Masamune is shown [[http://critdmg.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/horsepower-1.jpg riding a horse who has exhaust pipes coming out from it's underside.]] This quickly lead to the meme "[[RuleOfCool My Horse Is A Motorbike.]] [[InsaneTrollLogic Your argument is invalid.]]" (Though technically it is an example of MechanicalHorse, not a real motorbike).

* In {{Durarara}}!, one of the characters is a modern-day headless fairy called a dullahan. Her preferred method of getting around was a reanimated headless horse, which she disguised as a pitch-black motorcycle when she boarded the ship for Japan. As a bike it doesn't have any headlights, still has the shadow of a horse and also whinnies on occasion.

* On JusticeLeagueUnlimited, cowboy-themed hero Vigilante rides a motorcycle.

* There was a rumor about a LegendOfZelda game called ''A Link to the Future'', in which Link would ride a motorcycle called "Epona".

Cool or not, in a modern day setting, it would appear weird to ride a horse on the streets. After all, for our standards, they are slow, time-consuming, and quite impractical. But due to their similar physical structure, motorbikes can fill the same role in the plot, with the added benefit that they are [[SignatureSoundEffect loud]] and [[MadeOfShiny shiny]].

* Date Masamune from SengokuBasara is the [[TropeNamer inspiration for the trope name.]] This trope is named from the MemeticMutation that spawned thanks to a certain ImageBoard. Masamune is shown [[http://critdmg.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/horsepower-1.jpg riding a horse who has exhaust pipes coming out from it's underside.]] This quickly lead to the meme "[[RuleOfCool My Horse Is A Motorbike.]] [[InsaneTrollLogic Your argument is invalid.]]" (Though technically it is an example of MechanicalHorse, not a real motorbike).

Cool or not, in a modern day setting, it would appear weird to ride a horse on the streets. After all, for our standards, they are slow, smelly, and quite impractical. But due to their similar physical structure, motorbikes can fill the same role in the plot, with the added benefit that they are [[SignatureSoundEffect loud]] and [[MadeOfShiny shiny]].

-->-- JonBonJovi, "Dead or Alive"

-->-- Manowar, "Return of the War Lord"

* Phantom2040, whose [[ThePhantom predecessor]] had the CoolHorse Hero, has a flying motorbike instead.

* DCComics superheroes Knight and Squire ride motorbikes.

Occasionally, a CoolCar can also fill the same "metaphorical horse" role.

* Date Masamune from SengokuBasara is the [[TropeNamer inspiration for the trope name.]] This trope is named from the MemeticMutation that spawned thanks to a certain ImageBoard. Masamune is shown [[http://critdmg.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/horsepower-1.jpg riding a horse who has exhaust pipes coming out from it's underside.]] It acted like a motorbike in every way. This quickly lead to the meme "[[RuleOfCool My Horse Is A Motorbike.]] [[InsaneTrollLogic Your argument is invalid.]]"

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* In {{Durarara}}!, one of the characters is a modern-day headless fairy called a dullahan. Her preferred method of getting around was a reanimated headless horse, which she disguised as a pitch-black motorcycle when she boarded the ship for Japan. As a bike it doesn't have any headlights, still has the shadow of a horse and also whinnies on occasion.
* Inverted in the ''{{Yu-Gi-Oh 5Ds}}'' manga, in which the Skeleton Knight uses a horse instead of the motorcycles that everyone else uses while dueling.
* Date Masamune in SengokuBasara.

* [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ptitlehpgydodt1jb7 Dr. Mcninja's]] magic motorbike Sparklelord is actually a transformed - no, not a horse, but [[spoiler: close. It is a unicorn.]]

* The Horseman "War" in {{Supernatural}} drove a red Ford Mustang.

* Inverted in ''GhostRider'', where the character's RetroactiveLegacy establishes that Riders of previous eras often rode a HellishHorse or other animal native to their region. Using a horse to supplant a motorcycle.

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* Nellybelle, the loyal steed of RoyRogers' sidekick Pat Brady, was a jeep. (Roy himself always rode his CoolHorse Trigger, even in modern-day adventures.)

Occasionally, a CoolCar can also fill the same "metaphorical horse" role.

* Basically the same principle, but for a sidekick more practical and less stylish: Nellybelle, the loyal steed of RoyRogers' sidekick Pat Brady, was a jeep. (Roy himself always rode his CoolHorse Trigger, even in modern-day adventures.)

* In {{Durarara}}!, one of the characters is a modern-day headless fairy called a dullahan. Her preferred method of getting around was a reanimated headless horse, but she was forced to leave it behind when she boarded the ship for Japan. But she soon replaced it with a pitch-black motorcycle that rides through the streets without any headlights, inspiring fear and awe into any that look upon it. Oddly enough, it also whinnies on occasion.

* In Durarara!, one of the characters is a modern-day headless fairy called a dullahan. Her preferred method of getting around was a reanimated headless horse, but she was forced to leave it behind when she boarded the ship for Japan. But she soon replaced it with a pitch-black motorcycle that rides through the streets without any headlights, inspiring fear and awe into any that look upon it. Oddly enough, it also whinnies on occasion.

* A common vehicle in 3rd-world Asia is the "autorickshaw", essentially a buggy pulled by a motorcycle.

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