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From: AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org>
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Subject: Re: G Motor ( ;-?)
Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2025 08:52:46 -0500
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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.

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Andrew Muzi
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