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31 Riders, 29 Bikes, & 1 Car

Every primary Rider Machine from 1 to Drive

Rider Machines (ライダーマシン, Raidā Mashin), or Super Machines (スーパーマシン, Sūpā Mashin), are vehicles that serve as the primary mode of transportation for Kamen Riders. They also assist the Rider in battle, usually during fights on the road, or to catch enemies that are too fast to pursue on foot. Most of the series have the vehicles that can be used in either human or rider form, while others can be regular motorcycles that transform when the Rider does.

In Chou Super Hero Taisen, Rider Machine is used by Emu Hojo/Aka-Rider to refer to the Kamen Riders' mecha which he summons.

Companies and Vehicles[]

During the Showa Era Rider Machines were primarily motorcycles produced by Suzuki. Although there were times when other companies produced vehicles had made appearances, including Honda's remolded Cyclones in Kamen Rider and the Harley-Davidson manufactured V-Machine for Kamen Rider Super-1. In Kamen Rider Kuuga the base forms of the title character's vehicles were made by the Spanish motorcycle company Gas Gas while the Gouram armored forms were made from a Yamaha model. Starting in Kamen Rider Agito, Honda gradually took over as the primary manufacturer. The only exceptions are used by Secondary Riders; a Ducati model used by Kamen Rider Accel of Kamen Rider W, and a Can-Am trike used by Kamen Rider Blades of Kamen Rider Saber.

Kamen Rider Black RX is the first series to use an automobile Rider Machine called Ridoron, which was revisited in Kamen Rider Drive. A few series in the second phase of the Heisei Era utilized more unique vehicles including a personal watercraft, a broomstick, a hover bike, a walking mech, a bi-plane, go-karts, and a bicycle.

During the second half Heisei Era, high output cruiser bikes of older shows were slowly replaced by dual sport motocross bikes for most of the main vehicles. Another change to Rider Machines in the Reiwa Era came with modern technological advances, such as actual real world hover bikes and two front wheeled trikes. Since the run of Kamen Rider Zi-O, there has been a decrease in the use of motorcycles and vehicles as a mode of transportation. This shift is probably linked to Japan's updated Road Traffic Act, which imposes restrictions on customized motorcycles unless they meet specific standards, as well as limitations on accessing filming locations.

Rider Machines by Series[]

Notes[]

  • Three Kamen Riders are their own Rider Machines: Kamen Riders Accel, Core, and Lazer.
  • Starting with Kamen Rider Fourze, every motorcycle Rider Machine used by the primary Rider has been a dual-sport motorcycle. Geats and Gotchard broke this trend however with the Boostriker and Golddash being high performance racing bikes.
  • The usage of Rider Machines in the series has greatly been diminished due to recently passed laws in Japan that prohibits modified vehicles on public roads for safety reasons. To solve this problem, Toei utilizes CGI for fully modified vehicles while the actual prop vehicles have minimal design modifications to abide by these laws.

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