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As per the title.

Not that I am aware of in the fluff ( or anywhere else ). They are too far gone in the depths of their Black Rage.

Nope, there are not. The lore of the black rage doesn't lend itself to putting them on bikes.

No canon evidence of it but I honestly don't see why not, they may be delusional but they aren't ravenous beasts, take Tycho for instance, he literally believed he WAS Sanguinius at the end, but he was still able to go into battle using his standard wargear.

I would imagine this wouldn't work that well; they don't want massively damaged bikes, and the machine spirit will most likely stop the bike the moment a DC rides it.

Fluff-wise, most death company marines think they're Sanguinus. I'm unaware of him ever riding a bike.

...must be awkward for those death company dreadnoughts.

and the machine spirit will most likely stop the bike the moment a DC rides it.

The only kind of a machine spirit that could be attributed to a bike would be the mumbo-jumbo someone believes they are placating when they rub sacred oil on it and it starts- even though it would have started normally anyway.

But in the same thought, it would be detrimental for Death Company marines to ride bikes into sure-death situations where the equipment is likely to be destroyed and/or near-impossible to retrieve.

To the best of my (pathetically extensive) knowledge bikes are one of the few pieces of marine kit that have never been described as particularly rare or difficult to replace, unlike power armour and a marines second progenoid gland both of which the Blood Angels have no problem letting the Death Company take with them to certain death.

You could model them on bikes, run them as jump packs, say their deepstrike is emerging from "concealment"?

Well, they give the DC Infernus pistols which are described as ancient chapter relics.

It is said Blood Angels aren't particularly keen on bikes, they really prefer to fly through the air, like their primarch, when used in an assault role.

I can only imagine this is doubly true when they think they are actually Sanguinius.

My question is if a marine trained to use Terminator armour rages up do they paint that black or is he relegated to using more disposable power armour?

Death company terminators would be so so so cool. Death company centurions as well, loaded up for assault but not with those awful looking siege drills.

nareik wrote:
It is said Blood Angels aren't particularly keen on bikes, they really prefer to fly through the air, like their primarch, when used in an assault role.

I can only imagine this is doubly true when they think they are actually Sanguinius.

My question is if a marine trained to use Terminator armour rages up do they paint that black or is he relegated to using more disposable power armour?

As far as I know there is only one example in the fluff of someone falling to the Black Rage and being allowed to don Terminator armour, and he happened to be the chapter master. If a veteran fell to the Black Rage I would think in the majority of cases they would be equipped with their power armour.

Well, they have to die so Terminator armour isn't very practical.

Terminator armour doesn't make the wearer immortal, it just means they can take far far more of the enemy with them when they go.

Space Hulks 1st mission was entitled: Suicide Mission.

 Gashrog wrote:
Terminator armour doesn't make the wearer immortal, it just means they can take far far more of the enemy with them when they go.

Space Hulks 1st mission was entitled: Suicide Mission.

They weren't aware of it being a suicide mission. They don't toss away Terminator Armour lightly.

 BlapBlapBlap wrote:

 Gashrog wrote:
Terminator armour doesn't make the wearer immortal, it just means they can take far far more of the enemy with them when they go.

Space Hulks 1st mission was entitled: Suicide Mission.

They weren't aware of it being a suicide mission. They don't toss away Terminator Armour lightly.

"The control chamber was several hundred meters from the established perimeter and it was Captain Raphael's expectation that Squad Lorenzo would suffer heavy casualties. Such was the importance of containing the Genestealer infestation the commander judged this a price worth paying, even at this early stage of the battle."

When the Black Rage hits, they envision themselves as Sanguinious fighting his final battle against Horus. If they try to mimic it perfectly, I don't even think they would take a bike since Sanguinious didn't use a bike in the final battle. But they can use either jetpacks (his wings) or running on foot (his legs). Weapon wise if Sanguinious used a sword and gun during the battle I think any gun/melee weapon can work since the muscle motions are similar.