that THING's a motorized bicycle or moped ?

You Riding a Motorized Bicycle or a Moped ???


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How many people on this forum wants a motorized bicycle that only goes 20 mph or less ?
 
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How many people on this forum wants a motorized bicycle that only goes 20 mph or less ?

Another leading question without giving incremental range. Speed is always an incremental variable.

One thing thing for sure is 9 out of 10 so far want to call a motorized bicycle a motorized bicycle, lol.
 
Right. If I yank the 48cc motor off my solex, put on an 80cc made in China motor, yank off the lights can I then drive it without a license ?

Without lights it becomes a motorized bicycle and not a moped right ?

Then like mountain man says " ride into the night ". :unsure:
 
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a moped generally has the pedal-crank running through the engine as well
a motor assisted bicycle has the pedal-crank running apart from the engine

actually most of the moped i've had over the years had a seperate pedal crank. if you can't peddle the moped without the use of an engine, its not a moped. :)
 
If you want to talk about legal definitions, you will have to do a 50 state survey (plus Canada and wherever else we have members).

There is no nationwide definition of "moped" versus "motorized bicycle".

Having been an attorney for nearly 11 years and a law professor for some time, I feel pretty confident about that. Some refer to the CPSC regs about electric bicycles, but even there, the differentiation is not "moped" to "motorized bicycle"

...and why the heck does this matter anyway?
 
I say what we ride are motorized bicycles because they started life as a bicycle, then we added a motor to "motorize them". On a motorized bicycle almost any engine will work with some innovation. A moped is designed from the manufacturer to have the engine... it comes with the engine installed already from the factory... it is more of a small motorcycle with pedals. On a moped only the specific engine from the factory will work.
 
I don't know

I have been calling bicycles with motors mopeds since the 60's. That's what all the boys called them. It is shorter and easier to say than motorized bicycles.

Now people want to call them motorized bicycles ? Sounds more macho ? More high tech ?
I don't get it.

What is so wrong with calling them what we have been calling them for decades ?

Sorry, call it whatever you want but don't try this ol' boy with it's a motorized bicycle and not a moped ! :rolleyes:

Peace
 
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I have been calling bicycles with motors mopeds since the 60's. That's what all the boys called them. It is shorter and easier to say than motorized bicycles.

Now people want to call them motorized bicycles ? Sounds more macho ?
I don't get it.

What is so wrong with calling them what we have been calling them for decades ?

Sorry, call it whatever you want but don't try this ol' boy with it's a motorized bicycle and not a moped ! :rolleyes:

Peace

you get to call it whatever you want to... that is why this is America.

According to the merriam-webster dictionary

"mo·ped Listen to the pronunciation of moped
Pronunciation:
\ˈmō-ˌped\
Function:
noun
Etymology:
Swedish, from motor motor + pedal pedal
Date:
1955

: a lightweight low-powered motorbike that can be pedaled"


the term "motorized bicycle" does not technically exist as far as the merriam-webster dictionary is concerned.

However the Cambridge dictionary refers to motorized as...


"motorized
adjective
1 specially fitted with an engine or motor:
a motorized wheelchair

2 Soldiers who are motorized are provided with wheeled vehicles which have engines:
motorized infantry"

So technically what we drive is a bicycle that is specially fitted with an engine or motor... therefore can be classified as a "motorized bicycle". The webster dictionary definition I think proves what I said earlier. A moped is a motorcycle first, but can also be pedaled. A motorized bicycle is a bike first that can also be powered by a small motor.
 
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