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Not quite auto transport trailers, but I did landscaping and other real work with a trailer. I'd haul a couple hundred pounds around, say, several cubic yards of gardening soil, or stone. And then there's groceries and other stuff. I'm pretty serious about replacing a motor vehicle. No...

ONE State is a 1000 watt state. ONE. And you utterly refused to check your own state. You tried to misinform me about my own state. You keep riding the dead horse. Find something constructive to do besides expressing hatred for people who know more or are willing to find out more.

It's an engineering bench mark that sets a weight/power ratio. Under the 1 h.p. motor definition alone, a manufacturer could strap this motor onto an underweight and tiny bike frame and when a fifty pound kid rides it he goes 40 m.p.h. This is not discrimination, it's physics. A motorcycle...

They have no clue what their own law means. Mr Moore has to take a "position" on what it means. In-house counsel Matt Moore serves as part of the public face of PFB’s "clarification" efforts. In a 2026 video, "E-Bikes vs. E-Motos: Legal Distinctions, Legislative Strategies, and Regulatory...

You're the average consumer and walk into the bike shop and two models are for sale. The shop guy tells you that this nice class 2 is legal to ride on the street, but the other one isn't. In fact the second bike is still compliant with federal law and in fact should be legal to ride on the...

You are correct. Courts in fact do look strictly at the text of a law, when it is unambiguous, but when the law could be read more than one way they look to the intent of the legislature among othe construction tools. There are many more rules courts follow to determine what a law says.

Thanks.

Are you aware this thread is about whether 750 watt motors are legal and you're saying I'm nitpicking because you have expressed confusion throughout the thread? You began this by claiming I was wasting words after providing information you can get nowhere else, state by state information...

Ah, you've run to AI slop. but you can't put a statute number into google to check and want to argue for days over it. "AI can make mistakes." (erroneous infographic statement edited)

Ok, all cleared up. The worst I can say about Grin is that they did not include that information in their written instructions about how to use the simulator. That's no reason to be suspicious of Grin, just a matter of overlooking a detail in how to use it, no biggie. Maybe it's in the...

You have outdated information. I know for a fact without checking that Kansas used to be a 1000 watt state but is now 3 class. Allow me to be more helpful. Here is information I compiled just a few days ago, painstakingly and manually, looking at each and every statute personally. I...

It can mean pedaling cadence but if human power is not involved then a torque calculation is in RPMs (cadence). I've been looking the simulator over, here's my screenshot from just a couple of minutes ago. I don't see an input for RPMs, either, now that we have terminology straight. This is...

Enjoy your ride, or I hope you enjoyed your ride. This is the first time you've dropped the "1000 watts" peak from your claim of what the law is. I totally agree with you now. Don't worry about those "extra watts." 1000 watts continuous is tied to the federal benchmark of 1 h.p., that is...

Thanks for setting me straight on that. I see it now and I erred. However, you seem to have no opinion on the cadence variable which disturbs me a great deal more than the double duty in the right column I missed. It was thinking about that that probably caused me not to focus on the "no...

Good, you know the drill.

Ken, while I agree with the Grin link about the futility of rating continuous electrical input to a motor (but only as a regulatory benchmark), there is no futility in rating output power in horsepower. I confess I am utterly confused at their simulator charts--they seem to claim that at 1200...

I appreciate that you want to take the time to do that. Be warned, though, AI is programmed to give the "Popular" "consensus" internet view. I'm not sure what your level of experience is using AI, but it is often necessary to push back before it will tell you the cold hard facts. ChatGPT...

I agree. I ride reasonably and only got stopped once, by a cop who didn't care about what sort of e-bike I had. There's a long strip of businesses on the highway out of town. The only way to get to some is on that highway. The cop only wanted to warn me not to ride my bike with a trailer on...

Not if you're PeopleForBikes writing the laws. In-house counsel Matt Moore serves as part of the public face of PFB’s "clarification" efforts. In a 2026 video, "E-Bikes vs. E-Motos: Legal Distinctions, Legislative Strategies, and Regulatory Actions," and only after receiving a question about...

A perfect example of not treating Bikes and e-bikes alike. It makes no sense to me that a state thinks they will treat e-bikes and bikes alike by treating them differently.