Comet

The Comet is an unlockable bike that appears in Mario Kart 8. It resembles a superbike with a turbine-shaped fairing. The emblem is located on the sides of the bike. It offers a handling and acceleration boost at the cost of weight and traction. It has inside drifting (like all the sport-type bikes), and shares its stats with the other non-DLC inside-drifting bikes, which includes the Sport Bike, the Jet Bike, and the Yoshi Bike. It is the only bike with a four-cylinder engine, and is one of the few vehicles in Mario Kart 8 to have a supercharger.

A CPU-controlled Mario will occasionally use this bike body (paired alongside the Slim tires), making him the only non-DLC character to use this bike body as a CPU, as well as the only non-DLC CPU character to use a Sport Bike; the other CPUs (except Link, who might use the Master Cycle, and the Female Villager and also Isabelle, who might use the City Tripper) will only use the Standard Bike whenever they're using bikes.

In Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, it is available from the start. CPU Mario and Link will occasionally use this body paired with the Slim tires, while CPU Pink Gold Peach uses the body paired with the Metal tires instead. Additionally, the Comet now shares its stats with the Yoshi Bike, the Cat Cruiser and the Teddy Buggy instead.

Stats

Mario Kart 8 Ground Speed: 0 Water Speed: 0 Air Speed: 0 Anti-Gravity Speed: -0.25 Acceleration: +0.75 Weight: -0.25 Ground Handling: +0.75 Water Handling: +0.75 Air Handling: +0.75 Anti-Gravity Handling: +0.5 Traction: -1.25 Mini-Turbo: +0.5 Bike Type: Sport

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Ground Speed: -0.25 Water Speed: -0.25 Air Speed: +0.25 Anti-Gravity Speed: 0 Acceleration: +0.25 Weight: 0 Ground Handling: +0.25 Water Handling: 0 Air Handling: +0.25 Anti-Gravity Handling: 0 Traction: 0 Mini-Turbo: +0.25 Bike Type: Sport

Gallery

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  Mario

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  Pink Gold Peach

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	スーパーコメット Sūpākometto	Super Comet
Dutch	Megamoto Pro	Megamoto Pro
German	Turbo-Bike	Turbo Bike
Italian	Mach Monster
Korean	슈퍼코멧 Syupeokomet	Super Comet
Portuguese	Cometa	Comet
Russian	Стратобайк Stratobaik	Stratobike
Spanish	Torbellino	Whirlwind

Trivia

• The Comet is the only inside-drifting bike to not have built-in headlights, as the Sport Bike and Jet Bike have them built on their visors, the Yoshi Bike has them built on its cheeks, and the Master Cycle has one between the ears.
• The Comet is one of few vehicles to be powered by a jet engine, with the other being the Jet Bike and the Mach 8.
• The Tanooki Kart has a similar engine sound, but without the supercharger.