E-Bike System

[JERRY2KONE]

I doubt seriously that the police have the time to bother with that kind of crap, but to be on the safe side I would check what the fine might be if you got caught, and they actually felt like taking action against you. I would still go for more voltage and have a good time driving it with room to spare in the power aspect of the ride. You have done well so far and adding a little pep is a good thing. Following your experience has been informative and entertaining. I plan to keep watching, but its been great up to now. Thank you for sharing with all of us.

[mistercrash]

Glad you enjoyed it. I sure hijacked BrianG's thread good eh!

There's a bit of a gray area concerning the law with pedal assist bikes and scooters. A loophole that some cops like to take advantage of. If they find you running without the pedals for example, they will assume that it is now a motorcycle and not a pedal assist scooter so they give you tickets for not wearing the proper helmet (if you just have a bicycle helmet) a ticket for not having the proper license, a ticket for no registration, a ticket for no insurance. It ads up to quite a sizable amount. Now they are trying to stick you with a whole bunch of infractions but it doesn't hold in court as a few have found. Just because the pedals were not on doesn't mean that the pedal assist scooter magically becomes a motorcycle. So people get out of court without paying the fines. But they did loose a day's pay and wasted their time going to court.

Today is a bit of a sad day. I noticed ice patches on the streets so the scooter stayed in the garage and I took the car to work this afternoon. First time using a car to go to work since May. And you know what, driving a car is frikkin' boring.