Hello folks - I've built a lot of motorised bikes. Now I am starting to push to have the foolish motorised bicycle laws in Australia altered so we can use our machines without braking the law. I live in a place called W Tree near Buchan in Victoria 3885. I am out in the sticks, & provide all my own services such as electric power and there's not enough on tap to recharge a bicycle battery, so I run various petrol powered devices including a few powered bicycles and a home-made three-wheeler to get to the bus stop and tow a trailer of firewood, etc. I don't have a registerable car and I live 75km from the nearest super market. I have written to the Minister for Roads and Transport in Victoria, Mr. Terry Mulder, with predictable results. The laws, foolish and irrelevant though they may be, are here to stay for now. So I would like to form an association to push for reasonable and practical laws. Currently we are stuck with 250watts somehow linked to the speed of pedaling, reducing the power input until there is no power assist at 25km per hour. Only an over-serviced bureaucrat could have thought that up and only a politician could have approved it. In essence, this means that in Victoria, Queensland and New South Wales petrol engines are illegal on bicycles. It requires fancy electronics and electric motors to fulfill the letter of the law. There are some attachments below, one being my letter to Mr. Terry Mulder, Minister for Transport and Roads in Victoria, Oz. The others are some pictures of my weird creations. I use a post-hole auger drive and a gearbox of a rotary cultivator as reduction boxes. They are strong and simple, and get the gearing down to around 200 rpm which is great for driving the front chainring on a freewheel crank setup. I've tried a few systems, and I'm still playing around with more.
Fellow Aussies, please talk to me! Chrustie
Fellow Aussies, please talk to me! Chrustie
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Terry Mulder Min Transport 1.7.12..PDF178 KB · Views: 472
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Towards Buchan 29.4.12 1 small.JPG140.2 KB · Views: 448
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cultivator trans small.JPG99.6 KB · Views: 985
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43cc rhs sm.JPG119.1 KB · Views: 461
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Huffy sm 1.JPG122.2 KB · Views: 417
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Trike with motor small 6.JPG83.8 KB · Views: 453
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Huffy sm 2.JPG111.2 KB · Views: 425
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Oz Cruiser sm.jpg63.4 KB · Views: 434
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Timber Truck sm2.JPG52.9 KB · Views: 433