Diabolus
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| Appearance(s) |
The Lost and Damned The Ballad of Gay Tony |
| Vehicle type | Civilian/Gang motorbike |
| Body style | Chopper |
| Capacity | 2 (rider and passenger) |
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The Diabolus is a chopper style motorcycle in The Lost and Damned, originally existing unfinished in Grand Theft Auto IV game files.
Design
Much like the Hellfury, the Diabolus is best described as an aggressively designed custom chopper sporting modern, unconventional design cues, similar in design to the real-life West Coast Choppers El Diablo. In comparison to the Hellfury, the bike is identifiable by its thinner frame, different exhaust pipes, exhaust note, and an added buddy bar above the rear fender. The bike is available with any one of two gas tank design and any one of two exhaust pipe deigns.
The unfinished GTA IV version of the bike differs slightly from the final TLAD design, featuring a more compact and less radically designed gas tank that features the Diabolus name, and lacking any rear license plate.
The Diabolus in TLAD is a gang vehicle ridden by members of The Lost Brotherhood.
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A Diabolus extracted from the PC version of Grand Theft Auto IV.
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The Diabolus in its finished form in The Lost and Damned.
Performance
The Diabolus' performance is identical to the Hellfury, featuring a substantially a standard but good top speed (216 km/h) hampered by poor acceleration (0 to 100 km/h in 6.9 seconds), a standard chopper weight of 300 kg, as well as significantly nimble handling. However, oversteer is a problem; because of its length, high speeds along with cornering may end unpleasantly at a wall, but with enough skill emergency brake turns can make cornering a breeze.
Although the bike is durable in firefights, its long length, as are many long choppers in the game, makes it impractical for agile chases, and is normally incapable of performing wheelies or stoppies.
Variants
The Diabolus is featured extensively in The Lost and Damned's storyline as the bike of choice for several prominent Lost members, including Jason Michaels, Brian Jeremy, Terry Thorpe and Clay Simons, and feature unique color scheme:
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Jason's Diabolus is magenta;
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Brian's Diabolus is crimson with golden frames;
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Terry's Diabolus is blue with blood red frames; and
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Clay's Diabolus is purple with gray frames.
While these bikes features colors that are consistent throughout their appearances in The Lost and Damned, their gas tank and exhaust pipe designs may change in each appearance.
Trivia
- The default radio station in the Diabolus is Liberty Rock Radio 97.8.
- Obvious to its real-life counterpart, the name Diabolus seems to come from combining the word "diablo", which means devil in Spanish, and "fabulous".
Locations
- Can be found parked on the west side of the Lost MC Clubhouse, in the alleyway in The Lost and Damned.
- Always parked at the The 69th Street Diner in Hove Beach in The Lost and Damned.
- Parked behind Brian Jeremy's house in "Bad Standing" in The Lost and Damned.
- Can be delivered by Clay to the player after completion of "Angels in America" in The Lost and Damned.
- Occasionally ridden in traffic by members of the The Lost Brotherhood in Lost territories in The Lost and Damned and The Ballad of Gay Tony.
See also