History Main / MyHorseIsAMotorbike

* The film ''Knight Riders'' is all about a modern biker gang who act like Arthur's knights of the round table.

* The Japanese live-action ''Gun Crazy'' films included "A Woman from Nowhere", which has the title character ride a motorcycle in a modern-day version of a Western.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jM8dCGIm6yc Video]] for Mongolian metal band The HU's song "Wolf Totem" features a group of Mongolian bikers following a warrior on a horse.

Occasionally, a CoolCar can also fill the same "metaphorical horse" role, especially a sports car, or a truck, that still have that "lone rider" feel to them, especially since car engines are measured in horsepower and many are either named after horses (Mustang) or have horses in their logo (Ferrari).

* Link gets an Epona-inspired motorcycle in ''VideoGame/MarioKart8'' named the Master Cycle. And although Eiji Aonuma was not really involved in its creation, he was definitely impressed by its design so much that he wants to incorporate it into future Zelda titles.
** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'' granted his wish, as completing the ''Champions' Ballad'' DLC gives Link the ability to summon the [[{{Magitek}} Master Cycle Zero]], which functions as his personal Divine Beast and has a unicorn design on the front. AwesomeButImpractical has never looked so badass.

* Creator/DCComics superheroes Knight and Squire ride motorbikes. In some 50s stories and the Creator/PaulCornell miniseries, they even have stylised horses' heads. Knight's bike "Anastasia" can even follow a scent!

Using a CoolBike as the replacement for a CoolHorse, in a modernized take on older tropes.

* Mustang Suzy, a character from the '90s ''ComicBook/{{Hawkman}}'' books, combined this trope with the Centaur. She was a cyborg whose torso was grafted to the fuel tank of a motorcycle.

* In one of the ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo'' movies, there's a spear-wielding ghost knight who has a ghost horse. Fred tries to fight him using a motorcycle and a long iron pipe.

* After UsefulNotes/WorldWarI, when cavalry was shown to be ineffective against modern weapons, many cavalry units switched from riding horses to becoming [[TankGoodness Mechanised]] or [[CoolCar Motorised Infantry]].

* The [[TheGrimReaper Death]] of the ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' normally rides an ordinary, living horse (because the hellish ones proved too hard to maintain), but in ''Discworld/SoulMusic'', the interference of the spirit of [[ThePowerOfRock rock music]] onto the Disc inspires Death to essentially take on the essence of heavy metal, and he rides out on a cobbled-together motorcycle, while wearing a leather jacket and holding a rose in his teeth.

* In ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'', the HorsemenOfTheApocalyse have traded up to {{Cool Car}}s in their respective colours instead (or at least three of them have, Pestilence drives TheAllegedCar instead, fitting with his theme). War even goes the extra mile in that he drives a Mustang, which is named after a kind of horse.

* In ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'', the Four Horsemen ride in classic cars (Red Mustang for War, Pale Cadillac for Death).

* Celty from ''LightNovel/{{Durarara}}'' is a modern-day headless spirit called a dullahan. Her preferred method of getting around is a reanimated headless horse, which she disguises as a pitch-black motorcycle when she boards the ship for Japan. As a bike it doesn't have any headlights, still has [[TheShadowKnows the shadow of a horse]], makes hoof steps instead of engine sounds, and also whinnies on occasion.

* Video for Mongolian metal band The HU's song "Wolf Totem" features a group of Mongolian bikers following a warrior on a horse.

* The Rider version of Sakata Kintoki in ''FateGrandOrder'' uses a motorbike that's actually his bear mount from folklore updated for modern times.

* The Japanese live action ''Gun Crazy'' films included "A Woman from Nowhere", which has the title character ride a motorcycle in a modern-day version of a Western.

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* Link gets an Epona-inspired motorcycle in ''VideoGame/MarioKart8'' named the Master Bike. And although Eiji Aonuma was not really involved in its creation, he was definitely impressed by its design so much that he wants to incorporate it into future Zelda titles.

* {{Lampshaded}} in ''Film/WeWereSoldiers'', where Colonel Moore theatrically explains to his officers that helicopters are horses that you don't have to feed or catch. The film, and the book it was based on, both center around one of the first US Army Air Cavalry units. In RealLife, the helicopter pilots were notorious about breaking uniform violations by sporting old Cavalry [[NiceHat scout hats]] instead of their uniform caps.

Occasionally, a CoolCar can also fill the same "metaphorical horse" role, especially a sports car, or a truck, that still have that "lone rider" feel to them, especially since car engines are measured in horsepower and many are either named after horses (Mustang) or have horses in their logo (Ferrari.)

** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'' granted his wish, as completing the ''Champions' Ballad'' DLC gives Link the ability to summon the [[{{Magitek}} Master Cycle Zero]], which functions as his personal Divine Beast. AwesomeButImpractical has never looked so badass.

* The country song "Suds In The Bucket" by Sara Evans gives the fairy tale character a country spin.

** ''TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'' granted his wish, as completing the ''Champions' Ballad'' DLC gives Link the ability to summon the [[{{Magitek}} Master Cycle Zero]], which functions as his personal Divine Beast. AwesomeButImpractical has never looked so badass.