Motorised Bikes

[Fulvisti]

Wouldn't ya know it, just after I've finished building mine they appear in the news.
http://www.3news.co.nz/Police-warn-against-motoris...
I'm planning on seeing what it takes to get it road legal, so watch this space. I've actually built it to take part in the Scooter Safari, a ride from Christchurch to Hokitika to raise a bit of cash for the Cancer Foundation. Even with it fully tapped out screaming on a straight piece of road I can only get it to 48kph, and that was freaken scary. 30 feels about right. Used the GPS to clock it. I've been cycling on and off road all my life and as long as you're careful and aware that a lot of people in cars don't see cyclists you're fine.

[SkylineObsession]

I've seen a couple of motorised bikes around over the years (ones which seems to take over when you stop pedalling?).

I can sometimes get up to 50Km/h on a straight flat bit of road on my mountain bike, so in a way it's no different (apart from on a motorised one you won't tire yourself out). And downhill i've been a verified 64km/h, but an unverified 80km/h down a much steeper hill (eyes watering too much so wouldn't have been able to read speedo anyway).

But yeah, maybe they should be in the same class as scooters if they do all the work?

[SystemParanoia]

you couldda gone for x2 500w hub motors



seen clips of bikes with 1k watts doing pretty high speeds