One of the reasons people love playing GTA V is the variety of vehicles. And the freedom to drive wherever you want.
That includes going on off-road adventures, or just trying to pull off dangerous stunts.
I love getting on a bike and burning rubber all around Los Santos.
There’s something about the rush of being constantly at risk of flying off your bike that makes speeding through traffic exhilarating.
Now the base game provides enough bikes to keep you entertained during an average campaign, but once you start approaching 200+ hours of playtime, you know them all like the back of your hand.
That’s where mods come in.
Just as there are cars and trucks, there’s a wealth of custom bikes available for GTA V. To save you some time and many clicks searching the web, I’ve put together this list of the very best. Enjoy!
Wherever there’s a motorcycle in a video game, someone has turned it into a TRON bike.
Seeing this jet-black bullet leaving a bright neon trail never seems to get old!
Creator TestedModz made sure to include several different bright neon colors to customize your techno-bike. While it doesn’t have the highest polygon count ever, its jet-black exterior prevents edges from being visible.
What keeps me from putting this one higher is that you actually need to make your character invisible for it to look like it’s supposed to… which is a bit too impractical for comfort.
One of the beautiful things about GTA5 is how it morphs into different games depending on what you introduce.
In this case, you’ll be playing an off-road motocross racer.
Based on one of their most recent motocross bike designs, this 2021 Honda comes to GTA V to help you land some crazy stunts, and most likely get wasted in the process.
It was ported from the famous motocross-focused MX Simulator by modder RkrdM, keeping the same hi-poly model and excellent HD textures.
If you weren’t convinced by our previous entry, but still want to give Los Santos Police Department more options, consider the Hakucho Police Bike and the BF4 Dirtbike by Reyser.
These new chariots of law and order are a modern and environmentally-friendlier alternative to the vanilla motorcycles.
They’re also much more impressive at night, as they have a surprising amount of police lights.
Get it for a Los Santos Police Department with a renewed look that better reflects their role as public servants.
There are still plenty of new motorcycles to go through, so let’s switch things up and take a look at a mod that enhances your bike-riding gameplay: Biker Melee SP.
What this simple mod does is bring the biker melee attacks seen on GTA Online, over to single-player GTA V.
Whether you want to chop legs off with a machete, or engage in drive-by decapitations with a Japanese katana, it’s all up to you.
Even if you’re not currently carrying a weapon, you can still kick on either side of your bike to keep pursuers at bay while you get to your nearest weapon stash.
Named after the sound of their running engine, Tuk Tuks are one of the most common transportation methods in Southeast Asia.
And they’re known worldwide as a meme-mobile.
This unique three-wheeled vehicle comes to Los Santos in the form of the Raji Tunak, the latest craze in affordable transportation.
The Tunak comes in several different colors, from Westernized versions that look just like a traditional black and yellow taxi cab, to more grassroots designs with Che Guevara decals.
Those of you with a taste for the dramatic and a love for comics will love the Batpod, brought to GTA V by modder Esrohraw.
This motorbike is based on the one from the Dark Knight saga of Batman movies.
Like the one seen in the films, it’ll let you aim and shoot comfortably while traveling at breakneck speeds, all while looking absolutely badass.
A nice detail I noticed while trying this out is that the engine dies down as the bike gains speed, like a hybrid car would when it switches to electric power.
If you’d rather ride something a little more realistic and in-line with the vanilla game’s aesthetic, you can’t go wrong with the 2020 BMW S1000RRR, brought to us by modder Zenimo.
This racing bike features a sleek design with astonishing attention to detail.
Which is unsurprising, considering the model is taken straight from Need For Speed Heat.
It’s just the thing you’d want to ride for the Los Santos Tourist Trophy, if there was one.
The world of drag races – the motorcycle kind – is full of experimental bikes and techniques that can offer racers a boost when facing a fierce competitor.
That’s where the inspiration for this Thai-style weight-reduced drag bike comes from, and the reason for its unique look.
The exposed engine and extra-thin tires make it stand out among so many excellent custom motorcycles, and the shiny chromed parts of the bike are just gorgeous.
An exceptional custom bike mod that appeals heavily to my personal sensibilities: Kaneda’s Powerbike, from the quintessential cyberpunk anime film Akira.
It features a retro-futuristic design that looks sleek-enough to fit in with Los Santos’ super-car scene.
But even if you installed them all, you’d eventually grow to know each of them.
In other words, they’d get old.
What you really need to overhaul the biker experience is this Add-on Compilation Pack by user Kizacudo, which brings together 100 of the best lore-friendly bike mods for GTA V.
This many bikes, all in one place. Good times ahead!
The mod pack includes scooters, racing motorcycles, motocross bikes, and more.
Whether you want a Kawasaki, a Suzuki, a Harley Davidson, or even a Ducati – there are plenty of options from all price ranges, curated to provide a coherent bike overhaul that targets every GTA player’s desires.
Nelson Chitty is a Venezuelan expat living in Argentina. He’s a writer and translator passionate about history and foreign cultures. His ideal weekend is spent between leisurely playing games of Civilization VI and looking for the next seinen anime to marathon.
