E-Motos Vs. eBikes

[PedalUma]

What is the difference between eMotos (electric motorcycles) and eBikes (assisted bicycles)?

 

[Jim1348]

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[Gionnirocket]

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[RunForTheHills]

Motorcycle fatalities per 100 million miles ridden are 30 times higher than automobiles. But bicycle deaths are high compared to cars also and 96% of bicycle deaths are a result of a car hitting them. You could make the same AI image about cyclists. The real issue is emotos masquerading as ebikes and kids riding them that are not properly trained, licensed, and insured to do so.

 

[Chargeride]

Its Surronster time again, hes enrolled himself to the Police ebike school for offenders on a possibly legal..who knows...ebikemoto class whatever the sticker says.
Good insight into the police getting on the ball of the situation.

 

[Gionnirocket]

Motorcycle fatalities per 100 million miles ridden are 30 times higher than automobiles. But bicycle deaths are high compared to cars also and 96% of bicycle deaths are a result of a car hitting them. You could make the same AI image about cyclists. The real issue is emotos masquerading as ebikes and kids riding them that are not properly trained, licensed, and insured to do so.

Perhaps...
But do we really need another 50 threads with the same bitch'n/moan'n

 

[PedalUma]

Perhaps...
But do we really need another 50 threads with the same bitch'n/moan'n

The thing is people in the general public are saying eBike and blaming eBikes when they really mean eMoto. When it is the motos that are creating all the problems. So, the distinction needs to get out there. 350W of pedal assist is not 18Kw on a throttle with no pedals.

 

[RunForTheHills]

The distinction is important, but you are preaching to the choir on this forum.

 

[PedalUma]

The distinction is important, but you are preaching to the choir on this forum.

It is still a fun and funny cartoon. As far as I know, Karma has never been personified in art before. And I think it is funny that she is holding hands with natural selection.

 

[harryS]

We figured out how to get spark and fuel into a $75 250cc Italian bike when I was 17. We rode that motorcycle thru town like we stole it, without license or insurance. My brother and I shake our heads years later. Still alive, but the grim reaper is a knocking on the door. Modern medicine is keeping the door locked.

Nonetheless. I am against age restrictions on ebikes, but I do believe the kids need to be educated, and also restricted on power. Maybe 15 mph is right, Last week, a 14 year old on a "dirt ebike" was run over by a car and killed in the street not far from here. Sad. I've also seen pre-teens riding double on little scooters on a somewhat rural road by a nature preserve, People drive fast, like 50 mph, there,