- Not to be confused with Flame Rider or Flame Flyer.
The Flame Runner, named Bowser Bike in PAL regions, is a heavy bike featured in Mario Kart Wii.
Information
The Flame Runner is Bowser's themed bike, because the front of the bike greatly resembles his head.
Due to its high speed, drift, and mini-turbo stats, the Flame Runner is frequently used for Time Trials, often by Funky Kong.
Advantages
The Flame Runner has good top speed, drifting, and mini-turbo stats, but mediocre handling and poor acceleration. It is extremely fast, but not as much so as the Spear, another heavyweight bike.
Disadvantages
The Flame Runner has low acceleration, which means a longer recovery time if the player is hit by an item. Despite this, the Flame Runner was still a popular choice in online play.
NPC use
Bowser and Dry Bowser use a Flame Runner for Bowser's Castle where Nin*Masa is raced and Bowser Castle 3 where Nin*A24 is raced.
Trivia
- This bike is used for the world record in many courses.