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We're at a moment where I wanted to point out something. Blade is a lot of things as a series, and one of those things is the last show to really go in on the motorcycle element of Kamen Rider. Right now we're in the middle of a story where the main focus is on a monster getting hold of a super motorcycle that might be stronger than the Kamen Riders' motorcycles. You really don't get anything like that again after Blade.

Hibiki will largely be eschewing motorcycles for Honda SUVs, and from there on we're going to get more and more into the era of "use the motorcycle a couple times to sell the toy then drop it." We'll get some CGI motorcycle stuff on shows like Kiva and W, but Blade is the last show to really incorporate the bikes into the entire series. All four Riders have their own motorcycle and most of them use it as their standard way of getting around. I think Shotaro is the only Rider after this point to regularly use his bike for transport and he never does anything crazy like ride it up a staircase.

I actually found out recently that the diminishing of the motorcycle is due in large part to Japanese traffic laws. Custom vehicles are banned from public roadways in Japan. That was true back in the early '00s, too, but it wasn't enforced as aggressively as it is now. Any and all practical bike scenes have to be filmed on the Toei studio lot. Toei has no shame over reusing locations, but even they would probably have issues with all motorcycle stunt scenes taking in place in the same 2-3 locations.