GTA San Andreas vehicle

Bike vehicle ID 509 · Skateboard on CIT

BMXOn CITCIT model

Skateboard (vehicle ID 509) as it looks on CIT — **On CIT (Skateboard).** What players see on CIT: CIT's own model for this vehicle, on by default. `/mods` lists it as a Server mod, and since 9 September 2026 a player can turn it off there.

Bike, original GTA San Andreas model, vehicle ID 509 — **Original GTA San Andreas model,** the one MTA shows when a server does not replace it, drawn in its first default color set.

Vehicle ID: 509
MTA name: Bike
Name on CIT: Skateboard (CIT's own model, /mods)
Type (getVehicleType): BMX
Model file name: bike
Handling name: CHOPPERB
Drive: Rear wheels (rwd)
Engine: Petrol (petrol)
Gears: 5

MTA:SA code

Copy a line into your script. x, y, z are the coordinates; the coordinates map gives them. The color line uses the first default color set.

local vehicle = createVehicle(509, x, y, z)

getVehicleModelFromName("Bike") -- 509

getVehicleNameFromModel(509) -- "Bike"

setVehicleColor(vehicle, 76, 117, 183, 245, 245, 245)

On CIT

Skateboard

Price: $5,000
CIT top speed: 21 km/h
Where to buy: LS Bike Shop (Willowfield), SF Expensive Car Shop (Downtown), SF Cheapest Car Shop (Downtown), SF Bikes Shop (Garcia), LV Vehicle Shop (Las Venturas Airport), Montgomery Bike Shop (Montgomery), Dillimore Bikes Shop (Dillimore), CITy Island Shop (Industrial Estates), LS Coutt and Schutz Car shop (Jefferson), LS Grotti Car Shop (Rodeo)

Open in CIT Vehicle Stats

CIT speed is the value CIT Vehicle Stats lists; CIT can change handling, so it can differ from the game values below. Vehicle Stats also has the Engine Parts tuning calculator.

Default colors

The color sets the game picks from for a new Bike. The numbers are the game's color IDs; hover a set for the names and hex codes.

7 + 1
74 + 1
61 + 1
16 + 1
25 + 1
30 + 1
36 + 1
53 + 1

Handling in the game files

The values GTA San Andreas ships with in handling.cfg, under the names MTA's getVehicleHandling and setVehicleHandling use. A server can change them, so a car on a server can drive differently.

Property	Value
`mass`	100.0 kg
`turnMass`	39.0
`dragCoeff`	6.0
`centerOfMass`	0.0, 0.05, -0.09 x, y, z
`percentSubmerged`	103 %
`tractionMultiplier`	1.6
`tractionLoss`	0.9
`tractionBias`	0.48
`numberOfGears`	5
`maxVelocity`	120.0
`engineAcceleration`	18.0
`engineInertia`	5.0
`driveType`	rwd
`engineType`	petrol
`brakeDeceleration`	19.0
`brakeBias`	0.50
`ABS`	false
`steeringLock`	35.0 degrees
`suspensionForceLevel`	0.85
`suspensionDamping`	0.15
`suspensionHighSpeedDamping`	0.0
`suspensionUpperLimit`	0.20
`suspensionLowerLimit`	-0.10
`suspensionFrontRearBias`	0.5
`suspensionAntiDiveMultiplier`	0.0
`seatOffsetDistance`	0.0
`collisionDamageMultiplier`	0.15
`monetary`	10000
`headLight`	small
`tailLight`	small
`animGroup`	11
`modelFlags`	`0x41000000` IS_BIKE, FORCE_GROUND_CLEARANCE
`handlingFlags`	`0x0`

More bmxs

All 212 vehicle IDs · CIT Vehicle Stats · Vehicle Viewer

Where this comes from

MTA source code: CVehicleNames.cpp (names and types)
MTA wiki: createVehicle
MTA wiki: getVehicleHandling (property names)
MTA wiki: setVehicleColor
GTA San Andreas vehicles.ide, handling.cfg, carcols.dat and american.gxt from an installed copy of the game
CIT Vehicle Stats data (CIT knowledge base and in-game captures)

Checked on 29 September 2026.