The Zombie, now known as the Western Motorcycle Company Zombie Chopper, is a rigid-frame chopper-style motorcycle that previously appeared in Grand Theft Auto IV under various Liberty City marques and returned in GTA Online's Bikers update. It is listed among the vehicles associated with Grand Theft Auto VI, and its design resembles a classic hardtail chopper with mini-ape handlebars.
GTA VI evidence
No trailer timestamp, screenshot, promotional image, or named GTA VI region has been identified for the Zombie. Its association with GTA VI does not by itself confirm an on-screen appearance, a location, or any GTA VI-specific mechanical changes.
Iron 883 influence
The GTA IV model drew chiefly from the Harley-Davidson Iron 883. Its rear fender and pair of tail lamps follow that motorcycle especially closely, while the GTA version adds two front lamps, tribal tank artwork, and a passenger pad. The bike uses a hardtail-style frame rather than a separate rear-suspension assembly.
Its construction includes black telescopic forks, tall handlebars on twin risers, a rounded oil tank, leather seating, a circular air cleaner, and right-side exhaust pipes running from each cylinder. A chain and sprocket sit on the left. Wire-spoke wheels, broad high-profile tyres, and whitewall-style tyre colouring were also part of the GTA IV presentation.
Liberty City configurations
In GTA IV, ordinary examples carried Steel Horse branding. Custom machines could be marked by Liberty Chop Shop or Liberty City Cycles; across its GTA IV variants, four manufacturers contributed parts. The Zombie is classed as a Motorcycle and uses the Street Bike body type.
Available combinations included slim tanks, rounded single-cap tanks, and rounded twin-cap tanks. Their artwork varied between tribal patterns and, on some versions, skull imagery. Tank choice also changed the air-filter arrangement, while the twin-cap tank added a licence plate. Exhaust choices ranged from separate pipes to paired pipes ending in one outlet, including an upward-angled version. Transmission covers and rider seats could also receive skull decoration or Liberty Chop Shop markings.
Primary paint covered the tank and rear fender, with another colour used on components including the forks, oil tank, transmission cover, and wheels. Some examples appeared entirely black, while others used red tyre sidewalls instead of white. Jim Fitzgerald's personal machine used a black finish, redwall tyres, custom striping, a larger right-side carburettor, and a relocated Jolly Roger emblem on its tank cap.
Bikers update revisions
GTA Online brought the motorcycle back as the Zombie Chopper under Western Motorcycle Company. The model received extra detail: the front-cylinder exhaust manifold became chrome-finished instead of brown, tribal markings were removed, and its primary drive protrudes with an Atomic-labelled belt. Both that belt system and the chain drive animate.
Colour allocation was reorganised. The tank, oil tank, and rear fender use the primary colour; the frame and front forks take the secondary colour; and tyre colouring remains separate. The stock wire wheels can retain a custom wheel colour after fitting a custom rear wheel, painting it, and then returning to the standard wheel. The tyres retain their tall profile but gain a central tread groove.
It was sold through Southern San Andreas Super Autos for $122,000, or free to owners of the Criminal Enterprise Starter Pack. Belt Drive Cover upgrades slightly improve traction in the same manner as a spoiler. Two customisation labels contain errors: Simple Box Oil Tank and Chrome Round Oil Tank are swapped, while Cruiser Seat is misspelled as “Crusier Seat,” including its bobber counterpart. A Steel Horse logo also remains visible on the Chrome Billet Primary Cover despite the Western branding.
Road behaviour and rivals
The GTA IV Zombie combined strong speed and braking with difficult cornering. Its oversized front tyre and wide handlebar sweep encouraged oversteer, and wheelies required high revs plus rearward weight transfer. It used a chain-driven V-twin with a five-speed manual gearbox, indicated by its foot-operated shifter, and shared its engine audio with the Freeway.
In GTA Online, the five-speed chain-drive V-twin remained, but its sound was shared with the Cliffhanger and had a higher-revving, higher-pitched character than the Nightblade or Wolfsbane. It was described as quicker and more agile than cruiser motorcycles such as the Daemon and Nightblade, although it did not match sport bikes for manoeuvrability. Its suspension gave a particularly smooth ride, and its comparatively light weight aided movement at low and high speed.
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