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From: John B. <slocombjb@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: G Motor ( ;-?)
Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2025 22:02:47 +0700
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On Sat, 12 Apr 2025 08:52:46 -0500, AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote:

>On 4/12/2025 8:20 AM, John B. wrote:
>> On Sat, 12 Apr 2025 08:01:52 -0500, AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote:
>> 
>>> On 4/12/2025 7:10 AM, John B. wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> All this talk of motors makes me wonder. Can I remove the E motor from
>>>> my E Bike and replace it with a G Motor and go zipping down the road
>>>> without a driver's license on my new G Bike (:-?)?
>>>>
>>>
>>> I think that's a Thai-specific question.
>>>
>>> You certainly could but there are most probably laws against
>>> that or at least regulations.  Here, since no one cares*,
>>> sure. In a civilized country you'd probably be cited.
>>>
>>> *Every once in a while, large cities make a feint to
>>> enforcement for a week or two before rampant disregard
>>> returns to normalcy:
>>>
>>> https://www.nydailynews.com/2024/04/17/over-1600-illegal-mopeds-dirt-bikes-seized-in-nypd-crackdown/
>>>
>>> https://nypost.com/2024/06/10/us-news/nypd-tows-migrant-mopeds-from-accused-cop-shooters-shelter-in-latest-crackdown-but-many-still-out-there/
>> 
>> 
>> I was remembering back to the Whizzer Motorbike kit.
>> 
>>  From memory  that needed a driver's licence and license plates -
>> probably dependent on the State.
>> .
>
>Most States then regulated motors 50cc and up then. Whizzer 
>were under that at 49cc.

I can only remember seeing two on the road. One in New Hampshire and
one in North Carolina and they both had number plates.
-- 
Cheers,

John B.