Editing Standard bike (vehicle class)

[[File:Mk8lemmy.png|thumb|200px|[[Lemmy Koopa|Lemmy]], on his [[Standard Bike]].]]

'''Standard bikes''',<ref name="Englishname">Alex Musa (May 30, 2014). ''There are actually two sub-categories of bike: standard and sport. Standard bikes drift similarly to every other body type. Sport bikes more or less commit to the turn during a drift, sharply cutting in the direction of the turn. ''. ''Mario Kart 8 Official Game Guide'', page 28. ''PRIMA Games''. Retrieved December 22, 2017.</ref> commonly known as '''outside drifting bikes''' or '''outward drifting bikes''' are a class of [[bike]]s that are able to drift. Introduced as just ''drift type'' (「ドリフトタイプ」) bikes in ''[[Mario Kart Wii]]'',<ref name="JapaneseDriftType">[http://www.21010.net/club/bn/wii/rmcj/pdf/p014_015.pdf Page 14 and 15 of the Nintendo Official Guidebook of ''Mario Kart Wii'']. Retrieved April 26, 2018.</ref> they have become one of the four body classes in ''[[Mario Kart 8]]'', distinguished from [[Sport bike (vehicle class)|sport bike]]s.

Due to their ability to drift, they in general handle in a similar way to [[kart]]s since their introduction in ''Mario Kart Wii''. In both ''Mario Kart Wii'' and ''Mario Kart 8'', they can be distinguished from [[Sport bike (vehicle class)|sport bike]]s by looking at the usually more upright posture of the character riding them.

[[File:Mario Artwork (alt) - Mario Kart Wii.png|thumb|200px|[[Mario]], performing a trick while riding his [[Standard Bike]].]]

Standard bikes are introduced as ''drift type'' (「ドリフトタイプ」) bikes in ''Mario Kart Wii''.<ref name="JapaneseDriftType"/> They are not explicitly distinguished from [[Sport bike (vehicle class)|sport bike]]s in the vehicle selection screen and as such, the player needs to look at the posture of the rider to understand whether the selected bike is a standard bike or a sport bike. All the chopper bikes ([[Wario Bike]], [[Shooting Star (bike)|Shooting Star]], and [[Phantom (bike)|Phantom]]) drift out, so they're categorized under the standard bike vehicle class.

[[File:Yoshi outside drifting.png|thumb|left|[[Yoshi]], drifting on his [[Standard Bike]].]]

[[File:Princess Peach - Mario Kart 8.png|thumb|200px|[[Princess Peach]], riding her [[Standard Bike]] in [[anti-gravity]] mode.]]

Standard bikes return as one of the four body classes of ''[[Mario Kart 8]]'', alongside [[kart]]s, [[Sport bike (vehicle class)|sport bike]]s, and [[All-Terrain Vehicle|ATV]]s. In this game, they are given a proper name<ref name="Englishname"/> and are fully distinguished from [[Sport bike (vehicle class)|sport bike]]s in that they have their own distinct icon on the vehicle customization screen ([[File:MK8 Standard Bike Body Icon Inverted.png]]).

[[File:MK8 Larry Drifting Mr Scooty.png|thumb|left|[[Larry Koopa|Larry]], drifting on his [[Mr. Scooty]].]]

Just like in ''Mario Kart Wii'', standard bikes are able to drift, unlike in said game, however, in ''Mario Kart 8'' their drifting behavior is identical to that of karts and ATVs and just like those vehicle classes they are able to charge Super Mini-Turbos and Ultra Mini-Turbos. In addition, their riders are no longer able to perform wheelies on player's input, as they perform them only during certain boosts. Furthermore, standard bikes have average to good Handling statistics, leading to them having good to best turning capability while drifting as a consequence.<ref>Mister Wu (December 8, 2015). [http://www.forums.mkboards.com/threads/angular-velocity-in-steady-state-drifting-and-autodrifting.21115/ ANGULAR VELOCITY IN STEADY-STATE DRIFTING AND AUTODRIFTING]. ''MKBoards Forums''. Retrieved January 29, 2016.</ref>

When riding them, the characters perform the same animations that they perform on ATVs, with the sole exception of the drifting animations which are different. Furthermore, since CPU-controlled characters are always able to ride the [[Standard Bike]], standard bikes are the only class of bikes that are used by all CPU-controlled characters in both ''Mario Kart 8'' and ''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe''.

Names in parenthesis are European variants.

BitBike-KoopaTroopa.png|[[Bit Bike]] (Nanobike)

StandardBikeS-BowserJr.png|[[Standard Bike M]]

Sugarscoot-Daisy.png|[[Sugarscoot]] (Bon Bon)

ZipZip-Birdo.png|[[Zip Zip]] (Rapide)

Phantom-KingBoo.png|[[Phantom (bike)|Phantom]]

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