I was looking at my buddies. You have to pull in the "clutch" and pedal, once your moving you let the clutch out and it starts the engine. So in the eyes of the law it would still not be a bicycle even if it's under 50cc.
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Legality of a home-made moped (mounting a gas engine to a bicycle)
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I was looking at my buddies. You have to pull in the "clutch" and pedal, once your moving you let the clutch out and it starts the engine. So in the eyes of the law it would still not be a bicycle even if it's under 50cc.
Not only can a police officer ticket you but he can confiscate (impound) the vehicle, ticket you for operating an unlicensed motor vehicle on the road, and charge you with operating an uninsured motor vehicle on the road ($5,000.00 to $25,000.00 fine for the first offence).
Also if you run over a pedestrian or into the side of a Porsche you have to pony up out of your own pocket. How deep are your pockets?
I would have to confirm but some home insurances have liability coverage for such things as long as they are not motorized.
My home insurance includes liability while operating non-motorized vehicles (and some motorized vehicles such as boats up to 15hp).
I doubt you want to live in the places where these are legal, or you'd move there now. Ponder that for a second.
To answer your question; track days.
MarcosSantiago
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I would have moved by now to a different country? Just so I can build a moped in my garage?
Doing a track day on a bicycle with a lawnmower engine?
That doesn't make any sense...
I stand by my statement, sometimes it sucks living here.
If you think all is pure perfect in Ontario, I just say... "Good for you!"
No, you would have moved by now to a place that doesn't impede on your fun for the sake of public health and safety.
Since everything is a trade off, if you're so displeased about not being able to ride a lawnmower powered bicycle then you don't care about flip side of that coin, which is the disaster that would unfold in our streets if anybody were allowed to ride around on them. Ontario is far from perfect and there are plenty of worthwhile things to complain about here, but this is definitely not one of them.
I don't know why you'd suggest doing a trackday on a home-built moped either. I certainly never suggested it.
dont think anyone who thought about taking a bicycle to 95kph has thought it all the way through
lets say your allowed on the dvp, leaning through the curves on dvp....hmm wonder how fun that would be lol
can a bicycle even lean far enough to take curvey roads at 95kph w/ their relatively flat tires, or would they just run out of tire and lowside?
also can you imagine the anal raping you will get from bumps and potholes since your *** is pretty much the suspension lol
lets say your allowed on the dvp, leaning through the curves on dvp....hmm wonder how fun that would be lol
can a bicycle even lean far enough to take curvey roads at 95kph w/ their relatively flat tires, or would they just run out of tire and lowside?
also can you imagine the anal raping you will get from bumps and potholes since your *** is pretty much the suspension lol
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Bicycles corner quite nicely at ~85km/h, I've never tried faster than that. DVP is essentially straight at 95 km/h. Running out of lean angle would like require speeds double that (at which point the brakes would be entirely inadequate and the tires would probably fail).
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