in my opinion if u want to be a pre with bikes there are 8 options 1st bowser bike/flame runner- ah yes its a great bike for almost every course and the best bike for the majority of courses its fast and has good drift a good bike to choose. 2nd mach bike- this is good cus of its fantastic drift and it has good speed slightly less than (flame runner)3rd bullet bike amazing drift which is sometimes hard to control its no amazingly fast but its speed is still alright.4th magikruiser- fantastic offroad means it is almost unstoppable at shy guy beach and sherbet land its good offroad can make it easier to use mini shortcuts has ok speed and drift. 5th nitrocycle manual- this is quite risky becaus on a bendy curve it will suffer. for the majority of places it is good but if there is a course chosen which is meant for mach bike or something u will fall behind a bit. it has incredibly fast speed though (faster then bowser bike). nitrocycle auto- same speed as b4 but drift will be slightly better but no mini turbo means that u will probably lose some time behind your opponents on a curvy course though auto is incredibly hard for wheelers. 6th torpedo manual- honestly i cant believe i put this on here it is extremely hard to use for the fact that it has the orlds worst inward drift in the whole game so is an extremely hard vehicle to use but it will benefit in some courses because of its amazing speed its the fastest bike. 7th torpedo auto- it is better in my opinion then manual cus the drift benefits a bit more.[/left] recomended characters for the vehicles. funky kong/bowser bike/flame runner, peach-mach bike, baby luigi- bullet bike, toadette-magikruiser, peach/nitrocycle manual, daisy/ nitrocycle auto, funky kong-torpedo/spear manual, funky kong-torpedo/spear auto. i hope this helps. but remember its up to you