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50cc Motorbike...why arent more people using them?
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I have a push bike for the weekends
Electric bikes need insurance, no?
They also have a terrible range.
But even worse, you cant rev an electric bike, or get that lovely smell of exhaust fumes you get from a bike. Even a 50cc oneE-Bikes have killed this market
It's dead forever
Why drive a 100kg, noisy, dirty, smelly 50cc petrol bike when a 25kg, silent, clean e-bike can be had for the same price
No tax, no insurance, way cheaper running costs, bit of exercise from pedaling
These are the future
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Suspect the 40mph was achieved with the wind to the back, slipstream of large vehicle and/or a slight downward gradient.
Any unmodified, factory standard, 50cc can be insured as such, even the more glamorous RS50
or updated RS4 50 (the stuff of teenage dreams).
Given the choice between a e-bicycle or a 50cc motorbike, generally the mbike will provide more safety and protection from the elements.
You could of course wear a helmet, padded leather jacket, d3o elbow pads, boots, visor and kevlar gloves on a e/cycle but it would look a bit odd.0 -
Hanna Rapid Prisoner wrote: »Suspect the 40mph was achieved with the wind to the back, slipstream of large vehicle and/or a slight downward gradient.
Any unmodified, factory standard, 50cc can be insured as such, even the more glamorous RS50
or updated RS4 50 (the stuff of teenage dreams).
Given the choice between a e-bicycle or a 50cc motorbike, generally the mbike will provide more safety and protection from the elements.
You could of course wear a helmet, padded leather jacket, d3o elbow pads, boots, visor and kevlar gloves on a e/cycle but it would look a bit odd.
Plenty of 50cc bikes exceed 45km/h out of the factory. But to be ridden with a pre Oct 2006 B licence, M or AM the bike can't exceed 45km/h there's plenty of options as our continental cousins have been able to ride them at 14 with no insurance or licence required till recently.
The problem is this country is that the Gardaì are ignoring the illegal ebikes and 2 stroke bicycles so currently they can be ridden without tax, licence, insurance or lid but sit on a moped and see how far you can go without them.0 -
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Imagine a couple of (even basic drum) brakes on a <30mph machine less than 90kg should stop faster than any cyclist at comparative speeds.
The website the OP references also has a machine that almost passed by as 'Japanese' until re-read the name: 'Yamasaki' Yama-Saki!
Decent looking, yoke with low-mileage slightly used prices generally under 1k.
No idea what new or warranty/parts availability, but as with all these things from the Changzhou Industrial Zone, keep them in a garage, oiled, and don't let them get wet.
Maybe buy a 2nd as a parts-donor also.
They also mention max speeds of 65kmph on their 50cc's, but arrive 'restricted' back from that (slightly suggestive).0 -
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