Varmint

Varmint
Strong stats	Acceleration, Handling (MK8) Acceleration, Handling, Traction (MK8D)
Weak stats	Weight, Traction (MK8) Speed, Weight (MK8D)
Appears in	Mario Kart 8, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe

The Varmint is an unlockable standard bike body that appears in Mario Kart 8. It is an all-terrain motorcycle that appears to be a bike version of Mario Kart 7's Bolt Buggy and the Pipe Frame regarding its appearance. It also resembles a rat bike. Unlike the Pipe Frame, the bike has a four-stroke engine and its engine sound is a higher-pitched version of The Duke. The emblem is located on the back of the bike.

It shares its stats with the Standard Bike, Pipe Frame, Flame Rider, Wild Wiggler, W 25 Silver Arrow, and City Tripper.

In Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, CPU Daisy and Wario can often be seen riding this with the Hot Monster tires, while Donkey Kong, Tanooki Mario, and Funky Kong also ride the Varmint, instead using the Monster tires. Additionally Wendy uses the Varmint with Standard tires. Additionally, the Varmint's stats have been altered so that it now hinders speed, but gives a higher boost in acceleration and now slightly boosts traction. In terms of its hidden stats, it no longer increases water speed and now hinders air speed and air handling, while hindering anti-gravity speed further, with no compensation. It now only shares its stats with the Pipe Frame and the City Tripper.

Stats

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

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

Gallery

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  Donkey Kong rides on the Varmint.

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  Iggy rides on the Varmint.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	モト・ドーザー[?] Moto dōzā	Moto Dozer
Chinese (simplified)	推土机摩托[?] Tuītǔjī mótuō	Bulldozer Motorcycle
Chinese (traditional)	推土機摩托車[?] Tuītǔjī mótuō chē	Bulldozer Motorcycle
Dutch	Offroadracer[?]	Off-Road Racer
German	Cross-Bike[?]	Cross-country Bike
Italian	Tubocicletta[?]	From "tubo" (pipe) and "motocicletta" (motorcycle)
Korean	모터도저[?] Moteodojeo	Motor Dozer
Portuguese	Crosse[?]	Possibly abbreviated from motocrosse (motocross)
Russian	Стройбайк[?] Stroybayk	From "cтроить" (stroit, to build) and "байк" (bayk, bike)
Spanish	Mototerreno[?]	Pun on "moto" and "todoterreno" (off-road vehicle)