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From: Frank Krygowski <frkrygow@sbcglobal.net>
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Subject: Re: G Motor ( ;-?)
Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2025 11:46:45 -0400
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On 4/12/2025 9:01 AM, AMuzi 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 (:-?)?
>>...
> 
> 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:

I think the problem is striking a balance somewhere in the middle ground 
between chaotic anarchy and a police state.

Last night I drove to a little concert via a low traffic four lane road 
past former industrial sites. At one point, I saw something strange 
coming toward me and it took a second to decode what it was.

Turned out is was an off-road four wheeler motoring down the road in an 
extreme wheelstand that lasted as long as I kept it in view. It was 
followed by a few off-road motorcycles, popping shorter wheelstands as 
they rode along.

These stunts with street-illegal off road vehicles have been occurring 
occasionally around here. I suppose nobody knows how frequently they 
occur, and although people do care, I don't see how cops can stop them.

Given the endless creativity of punks, cops have to judge priorities. I 
suppose they figure that illegal e-bikes are less dangerous than these 
stunt riders.

-- 
- Frank Krygowski