Plague of Electric motorbikes (Sur-Rons) beginning ?

[RazerSauber]

They're already widespread where I am. See one on a daily basis walking the dog. Flying around at frightening speeds on parks, down walkways and narrow paths, along roads (often going the wrong way, too), the whole 9 yards. I've seen a few get picked up on Facebook for riding them way too fast or in places pedal cycles aren't. The manufacturers don't care though. Ashley Neal recently did a review on one where he just walked it around the street and the manufacturer's response to it being too powerful for a legal e-bike was basically be careful when the police are around and mask the fact it has a throttle on it.

I'm all for the technology, as with e-scooters, but something needs doing. If you said the government that you've created a cost effective, ecological, low impact solution to people's local travel then you'd be heralded as doing the impossible. What actually happens is people abuse them and create motorcycles that have passed none of the safety regulations and nowhere near enough police enforcement to make them safe.

[Evanivitch]

tegwin said:

Let’s not confuse a legal pedal assisted 250w bicycle to some of the home brew 1000kw no pedal required bicycles that the high speed deliveroo drivers seem to ride with no regard to road rules.
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1000kW bicycle would be fun

[Discendo Discimus]

americancrx said:

These are the future of motoring.

If 85% of cars vanished tomorrow, they'd be replaced by eBikes and there would be a massive improvement in congestion and a massive reduction in emissions.

50 MPH, 50 miles range, a quarter the price and a tenth the operating cost. Plus more connection to the road than even an expensive sports car.

Don't complain about them. Buy one.

Sounds great for my weekly site visit from Worcestershire to Cumbria.
I take it you live in a city centre? I'd need to charge it before I even got to the office on my daily commute.