that THING's a motorized bicycle or moped ?

You Riding a Motorized Bicycle or a Moped ???


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per missouri law, it is a moped.

An UNEDUCATED opinion????

MISSOURI LAW:

307.180. Bicycle and motorized bicycle, defined.
As used in sections 307.180 to 307.193:

1. The word bicycle shall mean every vehicle propelled solely by human power upon which any person may ride, having two tandem wheels, or two parallel wheels and one or two forward or rear wheels, all of which are more than fourteen inches in diameter, except scooters and similar devices;
2. The term motorized bicycle shall mean any two or three-wheeled device having an automatic transmission and a motor with a cylinder capacity of not more than fifty cubic centimeters, which produces less than three gross brake horsepower, and is capable of propelling the device at a maximum speed of not more than thirty miles per hour on level ground. A motorized bicycle shall be considered a motor vehicle for purposes of any homeowners- or renters- insurance policy.
 
MOPED DRIVERS NEED A DRIVER LICENSE
To drive any motorized bicycle such as a moped on the public streets, you
must have a valid driver license. A motorized bicycle is defined as any twowheeled
or three-wheeled device having an automatic transmission and a
motor with a cylinder capacity of not more than fifty cubic centimeters,
which produces less than three gross brake horsepower, and is capable of
propelling the device at a maximum speed of not more than thirty miles per
hour on level ground.
EQUIPMENT REQUIRED ON MOPEDS AND BICYCLES
You do not have to register your moped or bicycle and it does not have to
be inspected. However, Missouri law requires certain equipment on
mopeds and bicycles.

http://dor.mo.gov/mvdl/drivers/dlguide/chapter7.pdf


An UNEDUCATED opinion????

MISSOURI LAW:

307.180. Bicycle and motorized bicycle, defined.
As used in sections 307.180 to 307.193:

1. The word bicycle shall mean every vehicle propelled solely by human power upon which any person may ride, having two tandem wheels, or two parallel wheels and one or two forward or rear wheels, all of which are more than fourteen inches in diameter, except scooters and similar devices;
2. The term motorized bicycle shall mean any two or three-wheeled device having an automatic transmission and a motor with a cylinder capacity of not more than fifty cubic centimeters, which produces less than three gross brake horsepower, and is capable of propelling the device at a maximum speed of not more than thirty miles per hour on level ground. A motorized bicycle shall be considered a motor vehicle for purposes of any homeowners- or renters- insurance policy.
 
Ok... so then it is safe to say they are motorized bikes not mopeds???

Is this a little excessive though... are we just obsessing over creating our own label, kinda like when little people said they didn't like the word "midget"?
 
Moondog:
"Motorized bicycle" is clearly defined by statute. What is a moped then? There's no doubt of a reference to a moped in the driver's guide (not law by the way, just a guide to obeying it), it doesn't define what a moped is. Seems open to interpretation.
Good come back however,
-Mike
 
Hi give me vtec,

Yes and you can say your white shirt is red. You can say your Mustang is not a Ford. Free country.
 
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13 to 1. Hmmmm, I wonder who the one was, lol.

Maybe we can get Tom to change the name of the forum.
 
It's a word you can look up in the dictionary. It means bicycle with a motor on it. Some are trying to make it mean more than that but that's what it means. Ask any ten year old boy what a moped is.

Moondog:
"Motorized bicycle" is clearly defined by statute. What is a moped then? There's no doubt of a reference to a moped in the driver's guide (not law by the way, just a guide to obeying it), it doesn't define what a moped is. Seems open to interpretation.
Good come back however,
-Mike
 
I didn't vote. The correct answer is not on there. The correct answer is "yes". :D
 
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