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Old July 13th, 2017, 09:14 AM   #1
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Bicycles with engines (the new trend)

Don't know about you but here in central IL bicycles turned into little 30mph fuel drinking rides are the new fad. I find them super annoying and loud in a bad way. However I admire a 16yr old kid who puts his summer savings into building one. Something I would've done at that age. It's the grown men who use them as their DUI rides that irritate me. They're somewhat fun to ride but I tell you, they're everywhere right now.
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Old July 13th, 2017, 04:32 PM   #2
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A guy down here has one. It is always amusing seeing him fly around on it.

I almost got a moped with pedals on it ages ago. That would be awesome to have. I still wouldn't mind one.

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Old July 13th, 2017, 04:42 PM   #3
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I almost got a moped with pedals on it ages ago. That would be awesome to have. I still wouldn't mind one.
I almost bought two of them about 25 years ago, one for me and one for my wife, for traveling in a motor home and having transportation for short trips. But then I couldn't come up with any scenario in which the mopeds would be better than getting transportation and exercise on bicycles instead, so we went with bicycles.
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Old July 13th, 2017, 09:04 PM   #4
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:Hah, not really new. I think the first bicycle engine was in the late 30s early 40s.
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Old July 13th, 2017, 10:44 PM   #5
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They've been here in norcal forever. I made one with a weedeater engine in high school. It's what started me on getting a motorcycle.
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Old July 14th, 2017, 06:34 AM   #6
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:Hah, not really new. I think the first bicycle engine was in the late 30s early 40s.
I realize you mean the first kits to motorize a bicycle, for the public, but the first motorcycles were bicycles that someone hung an engine on, so probably way before the 30s. How about a velocipede with an engine around 1870:

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Old July 14th, 2017, 06:34 AM   #7
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Old August 10th, 2017, 08:21 PM   #9
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There is an issue with this bicycle in Malaysia. Those who ride them should have a valid driving license or not and the decision is still not determined by the govt. Not really a trend, since teenagers here are more into fixie bikes than this one. The ones riding it are old aunties (yes, here in Malaysia we refer older women as aunties) doing groceries at markets.
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The ones riding it are old aunties (yes, here in Malaysia we refer older women as aunties) doing groceries at markets.
Hah! That's hilarious!!!

Putting motors on bicycles was how this Japanese guy named Honda got started...
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Old August 11th, 2017, 12:26 AM   #11
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Hah! That's hilarious!!!
Yes, we call older women as aunties and older men as uncles. This goes the same within nearby country, which is Singapore.
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Old August 15th, 2017, 08:45 PM   #12
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Don't know about you but here in central IL bicycles turned into little 30mph fuel drinking rides are the new fad. I find them super annoying and loud in a bad way. However I admire a 16yr old kid who puts his summer savings into building one. Something I would've done at that age. It's the grown men who use them as their DUI rides that irritate me. They're somewhat fun to ride but I tell you, they're everywhere right now.
Don't know about you but I would love to have one of these. It's a mid fifties NSU moped. I'd ride it to the beach on Lake Huron.

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Old August 16th, 2017, 05:59 AM   #13
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:Hah, not really new. I think the first bicycle engine was in the late 30s early 40s.
Putting engines on bicycles began in the 60's. That's 1860's and they were bicycles with steam engines added to them.

This is nothing new.
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Putting engines on bicycles began in the 60's. That's 1860's and they were bicycles with steam engines added to them.

This is nothing new.
Maybe 1907? This is nothing more than a bicycle with a V-8 engine, and a rider, Glenn Curtiss, with very large cajones.

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Old August 16th, 2017, 06:31 AM   #15
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Maybe 1907? This is nothing more than a bicycle with a V-8 engine, and a rider, Glenn Curtiss, with very large cajones.

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You're not kidding, looks like a V8 engine, bicycle frame and wheels, no brakes, no suspension. Was his first ride a one way trip?
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Probably something like a few laps around a board track.
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Some people do it for easy transportation but most of it is due to not needing a driver license. So you lose your license for DUI then you can still get around, anything that can't go over 25mph you do not need a license.
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You're not kidding, looks like a V8 engine, bicycle frame and wheels, no brakes, no suspension. Was his first ride a one way trip?
No not a one way trip. In 1907 he drove that "motorbicycle" to 136.36 M.P.H. at Ormond Beach, Fl. From 1907 to 1911 he was referred to as the "fastest man in the world". He went on to become an aviation pioneer. He competed directly with Orville and Wilber Wright. You may have heard of the Curtiss Wright Aviation Corporation who produced the Curtiss P-40 "Flying Tiger" WWII fighter aircraft.

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No not a one way trip. In 1907 he drove that "motorbicycle" to 136.36 M.P.H. at Ormond Beach, Fl. From 1907 to 1911 he was referred to as the "fastest man in the world". He went on to become an aviation pioneer. He competed directly with Orville and Wilber Wright. You may have heard of the Curtiss Wright Aviation Corporation who produced the Curtiss P-40 "Flying Tiger" WWII fighter aircraft.

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Some people do it for easy transportation but most of it is due to not needing a driver license. So you lose your license for DUI then you can still get around, anything that can't go over 25mph you do not need a license.
Here in VA you have to be 16 to drive a moped, no license required, you need to have a photo ID on you, but it is illegal to drive a moped if you have had your license suspended or revoked for DUI.
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Here in VA you have to be 16 to drive a moped, no license required, you need to have a photo ID on you, but it is illegal to drive a moped if you have had your license suspended or revoked for DUI.
I don't blame the State of Viginia. Can you imagine the havoc a drunk could wreak on an 60 lb. moped tearing along at 35 M.P.H.?

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I don't blame the State of Viginia. Can you imagine the havoc a drunk could wreak on an 60 lb. moped tearing along at 35 M.P.H.?

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I think they should only allow them to drive a moped and let Darwin sort them out.
Exactly. Sort of my opinion on how to deal with drug users.

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I'd say someone in the Bay Area with a Honda Step Thru is missing their engine. Very cool indeed! Or as our Harley friends would say "That's sick!" I hope that little thing is alive and well somewhere.

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Well it's the new DUI bike in Illinois
Might not be a new idea but it's certainly picked up in popularity over the last few years.
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Well it's the new DUI bike in Illinois
Might not be a new idea but it's certainly picked up in popularity over the last few years.
Hey, AJ, another reason for you to hate those two wheeled mosquitoes.

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Hey, AJ, another reason for you to hate those two wheeled mosquitoes.

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