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Cloud Strife on the motorcycle he rides in Final Fantasy VII.

Motorcycles are a mode of transportation that appear primarily in the Compilation of Final Fantasy VII, but also make appearances in several other games. Functionality wise, they operate roughly the same as real-world motorcycles. However, their design is radically different, and in Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children, they are also capable of maneuvering in ways no real motorcycle possibly could.

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[edit] Appearances

[edit] Crisis Core -Final Fantasy VII-

Hardy-Daytona in Crisis Core

In Crisis Core there are two motorcycles: the Hardy-Daytona (more details bellow) and one unnamed model with side-car, where Zack Fair transports a catatonic Cloud Strife. None of them can be controlled by the player.

[edit] Final Fantasy VII

Concept art of the Hardy-Daytona

Cloud Strife drives a motorcycle out of the Shinra Headquarters in order to escape the building. This leads into a minigame in which Cloud must ride the motorcycle behind a pick-up truck carrying the other party members, while Cloud uses the Buster Sword to attack pursuing Shinra troops on their own motorcycles. This mini-game can later be replayed at the Gold Saucer, where GP and a Speed Source are rewarded for a high enough score.

Unlike later motorcycles, the motorcycle Cloud rides is virtually identical to real-world designs, with visible wheel-guards, headlight and exhaust pipes. The model is known as the "Hardy-Daytona", referring to the annual Daytona 200 motorcycle races, as well as the annual Daytona 500 NASCAR stock car races, that are held at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida, and is not an actual model of a motorcycle. An action figure of Cloud with the Hardy-Daytona has been released. The engine design is copied from the first generation of the Yamaha V-Max.

[edit] Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children

Concept art of the Fenrir.

Cloud's motorcycle in the film is the Fenrir, which is drastically different from his motorcycle in the game. The Fenrir's wheels are much wider than a normal motorcycle's, allowing it to remain upright even without a rider. It also has a series of retractable compartments in the front that Cloud stores the Fusion Swords in. Cloud's acquisition of the bike is covered in On the Way to a Smile, in which he trades it to help with his deliveries, agreeing to the unspecified original owner to give them free food and drink for a lifetime at Tifa's bar.

The Remnants of Sephiroth also ride motorcycles, although their design is quite different from the Fenrir. The unnamed motorcycle model of the Remnants is distinguished by three large pipes that emerge over the rear wheel and a series of other pipes that cover the vehicle otherwise, although they are not exhaust pipes and are merely aesthetics. Designer Takayuki Takeya has said he designed their motorcycles "without a face", which gave them character, and admitted he "never really thought about what made [it] move. If I did, I'd be stuck thinking about it all day". In a scene in Advent Children Complete, it is also shown that some type of rapid-fire guns are mounted on the sides of the wheel on the front of the motorcycles.

Cloud's motorcycle, like the others in the film, is also able to maneuver in a very unrealistic fashion - in one scene, Cloud, Loz and Yazoo loop and turn around each other effortlessly, sliding and even riding backwards at times, in ways no real motorcycle possibly could without sustaining severe damage. Cloud destroys one of the motorcycles during the film's climatic moments, and a second is blown up by the Turks. The motorcycle belonging to Kadaj is unaccounted for, as he abandons it before fighting Cloud one last time.

[edit] Dirge of Cerberus -Final Fantasy VII-

Cloud rides the Fenrir during the Battle of Midgar, and other motorcycles are used by the World Regenesis Organization. Hover bikes are ridden by enemies called Pegasus Riders.

[edit] Final Fantasy VIII

Galbadian motorcyclists.

Galbadian soldiers ride motorcycles in the Battle of the Gardens, driving them off ramps to launch onto Balamb Garden from Galbadia Garden. To assist them, the Galbadian motorcycles have rockets strapped to their rear wheels to help propel them onto the garden. The ramps which they drive off likely have some method of launching system as well.

[edit] Final Fantasy XIII

Two Shivas, transforming into a motorcycle.

The Shiva sisters Styria and Nix, in addition to being summoned into battle, can combine into a motorcycle which Snow rides. The motorcycle can perform various attacks, including Shiva's trademark attack, Diamond Dust.

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