Flame Runner

The Flame Runner, also known as the Bowser Bike, is a heavy bike featured in Mario Kart Wii. It has very 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.

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 in combination with Funky Kong. However it is less useful in Grand Prix and VS modes because of its low acceleration, which means a longer recovery time after the player is hit by an item. Despite this, it is still a popular choice in online play. For staff ghosts, Bowser and Dry Bowser use this bike for Bowser's Castle where Nin*Masa is raced and the Game Boy Advance version for Bowser Castle 3 where Nin*A24 is raced respectively.