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>>> I guess two-stroke engines were beneath them? Too much maintenance with mixing up oil and gas.
by user5994461 6y ago
>>> I guess two-stroke engines were beneath them?
Too much maintenance with mixing up oil and gas.
- marvin 6y agoAlso noisy and failure-prone.
- WanderPanda 6y agoAlso very dirty exhaust
- jhoechtl 6y agoYeah, at least it should be four-stroke with dedicated oil lubrication. Why doens't an E-bike doesn't need annual inspection while something like https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%A9loSoleX https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%A9loSoleX does require annual inspection? Still looking for a real lightweight bike with an ICE. Speed wouldn't matter, 20MPH / 30km/h would sound reasonable.
- sunstone 6y agoYou'll be looking for a long time for your lightweight ICE bike. Probably be faster just to build it yourself with a leaf blower motor.
- arghwhat 6y ago> Why doens't an E-bike doesn't need annual inspection while something like ... does require annual inspection? Emission testing as a moped, which is inapplicable to e-bikes. (Probably also some bureaucracy, but that's separate.) > lightweight bike with an ICE That's an oxymoron. You can, however, get lightweight and entirely stealthy e-bike. That gives you much more for much less, saves you the terrible noise of a small ICE with improper exhaust dampening, saves you a lot of maintenance, and probably also saves you and those around you some lung cancer while we're at it.