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Super73's own webpage advertises it as a "high performance electric motorbike". I don't know what the strict legal definition is and I'll take your word for it
by arp242 1y ago
Super73's own webpage advertises it as a "high performance electric motorbike".
I don't know what the strict legal definition is and I'll take your word for it that "pedals directly connected to a chain" is the one. However, for all intents and purposes in every-day conversation, "electric motorcycle" seems accurate to me.
These things are between 27 and 37kg, depending on the model. You can cycle them, but it's obviously not really intended to any normal use. The chain is a useful backup (or perhaps a legal loophole, or maybe a bit of both). I think that legal definition is perhaps outdated and should be updated.
- ryandrake 1y agoWhenever you rely on some strict legal definition of a "thing," you're going to have enterprising people make that "thing" not be a "thing" by walking right up to the legal line but just barely not crossing it. This discussion reminds me of the clever ways gun manufacturers get around California's "fixed mag" gun laws to make California-legal AR-15s: When you separate the upper and lower receiver, what you have is technically no longer a gun. Therefore, the mag can be removable from that thing that is definitely not-a-gun. So all the gun manufacturer has to do is provide a mechanism that quickly allows you to separate the upper and lower receivers, reload the mag, and then quickly re-connect the receivers. Skilled shooters can do this in under a second.