sociologically speaking...and only generalizing
bicycles rock...i'd never have motorvated one if i didn't already love bicycles.
there are rifts in every area of human interest, this motorsport being no exception...
rack-, frame-, electric-, friction-, noone even wants to see anyone else's stuff when they hit MBc, when was the last time you looked at & admired an MB that didn't have the same kind of engine or follow the same style as yours? heck, forum statistics show that most folks don't even peruse the bicycle-specific areas here at MBc...don't even
get me started on safety and durability...
it's all about your carburetor or clutch cable...who cares about brakes tires or lights?
if you're half as dedicated as the bicycle-purists, then you have one doozy of a MotoredBike. in general, tho, my research here shows otherwise...cheap kit cheap bike zoomie-zoom...& the "devil's" advocate asks: from a cyclist's viewpoint, what's to admire? to them, and it seems to society at large, we're just big pocketbikes...we know how that worked out, eh?
i believe that motorized-bicycles stand a good chance of achieving full vehicle-status if properly presented...electric or gas, they make too much relative sense to be ignored.
yet, instead of fretting our overall rep, you fret pedal'ers not liking our idea of what to do with a bicycle, like it matters & is worth going to "war" over. any bicyclist who wants a motor or engine will have one sooner or later...any who don't, well geez, why should i care one way or t'other? i set a good example & demonstrate the benefits in real-time, and can do no more than that.
shoot, i "see" a day when motorized-bicycles provide support for pedal-bicycle events...how utterly logical is that?
what i don't "foresee" is people actually getting together & staying together long enuff to get there.
people is people, after all.