Dark Rider
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The Dark Rider is Shadow the Hedgehog's motorcycle. It first appeared in Shadow the Hedgehog and has appeared in the next several installments in the Sonic franchise.
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Game Appearances
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Shadow the Hedgehog
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Added by Halloween QueenThe bike appears to be a 2003 Harley Davidson XL1200 Custom Anniversary Edition with jet black paint, the G.U.N. symbol, and no exhaust pipes.
Sonic the Hedgehog (2006)
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The Dark Rider reappears in Sonic the Hedgehog (2006), in the Radical Train and Aquatic Base stages. It also appears in New City, where it is used in Shadow's seventh Town Mission, "Motorcycle License Test". It has been completely redesigned, and is now armed with machine guns. The bike is once again unnamed.

Added by RemixrobotsThe vehicle appears to be a 2003 Harley Davidson XL1200 Custom Anniversary Edition, albeit with design differences, a new color scheme (black, red and yellow), and double-barreled vulcan cannons.
Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing
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The Dark Rider appears once more in Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing as Shadow's vehicle. It looks practically identical to its appearance in Sonic the Hedgehog (2006), but it doesn't have machine guns (probably because the vehicles in this game don't have built-in weapons). Curiously, it has the Black Arms insignia on its fuel tank.
Trivia
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- Shadow is one of the four characters in the Sonic franchise in Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing that rides a bike family vehicle. (the others being Big, Metal Sonic, and Knuckles the Echidna).
- The Dark Rider also appears in the Archie Sonic the Hedgehog comic series, debuting in Sonic Universe. It appears humorously on the cover of Issue 23 with Cream the Rabbit and Cheese the Chao riding it.