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Power assisted Bike or a Moped

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  • #2
    Lumen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31,220 ✭✭✭✭Lumen


    A motorbike, and yes you would need to tax it.


  • #3
    Caroline_ie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,400 ✭✭✭Caroline_ie


    If I understand this add properly - You are buying the Engine, not the bike. It says it's a 60cc ... so i guess it as Lumen says a motorbike engine.

    Who the F* but a bunch of sc*mbags would want to equip their bike with this?


  • #4
    penexpers
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,038 ✭✭✭penexpers


    Beno wrote: »
    Came across this on ebay

    http://cgi.ebay.ie/60cc-MOUNTAIN-BIKE-BICYCLE-ENGINE-KIT-ELECTRIC-MOPED_W0QQitemZ160316171628QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Bikes_GL?hash=item160316171628&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72:1298|66:2|65:12|39:1|240:1318

    But what would it be classed as, would you need to tax it?

    It's an electric vehicle and you would need to tax it. It's not pedal assist, if it was pedal assist then it would be a bike :)

    In any case, that is way too cheap to be true - don't touch with a barge pole.

    EDIT: hah didn't realise it was petrol powered.


  • #5
    Harpz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 148 ✭✭Harpz


    It's not an electric bicycle, thats a two stroke petrol engine bolted to a mountain bike.
    I looked into this around this time last year as a bit of a project to keep me busy for the winter. That guy is one of the few people I could find online who is based in the UK. Having said that I would steer well clear. His earlier website showed his commercial premises to be his mums front room, pink walpaper and everything. Its fairly big in the US however the main benefits, no tax, insurance etc do no apply here where it would have to be registered, taxed and everything else that goes with it.
    The other thing is that these cheap "happy-time" engines are mainly 2 stroke and require a fair bit of tinkering. Also the kit to attach it to the rear wheel is just bolted onto the spokes which seems not great. If you were interested there is a company "Golden-eagle cycles" which do a carrier mounted belt drive system that seems to be fairly good.
    When I found out they would be illegal unless officially registered etc. it put me off.


  • #6
    Alkers
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,908 ✭✭✭Alkers


    Could lash it on the MTB for those annoying uphill sections! Wonder if it works with a full-sus?


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  • #7
    Al Wright
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 168 ✭✭Al Wright


    It reminds me of my schoolmate who started his apprenticeship as a mechanic in 1963. He rebuilt a chainsaw engine, fitted it to the carrier of his Rudge, and for a few months had power drive, until stopped by Gardai. The Probation Act was applied, but local paper had a field day, "Youth convicted of unlawful driving of chainsaw"

    The power assist engines were very popular in Germany, typically 30cc, 200W output, no tax or licence required. I see that they are still being produced in Australia, http://www.rotarybike.com/rotarybike_products.asp?type=Petrol&pid=39&action=details


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