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I know, I was just playing along with the joke. I don't know what possessed Caterham with those three concept motorbikes, they were never going to get into production! .

From the Caterham Group, sports car makers who have moved into motorbikes. This one is the Brutus 750 – described as the “SUV of motorcycles”, menacing in stance but surprisingly nimble to ride, the Brutus 750 can operate as a street bike, off-road machine or even a snowmobile (conversion in...

In all seriousness they have to be skilful to survive London's traffic, and I think it's about competence with handling their vehicles. I think those chief police officers are right. London drivers have a far higher degree of competence than that I so often observe away from London. As for...

:D. No Jim, just manual. .

As your post implies, they're more businessmen than farmers in the true sense. Their time on the farm tends to be driving around their several thousand acres in a Range Rover. Farming, environmental and national interests aren't what they are concerned with, it's more short to medium term...

I'm quite light at circa 65 kilos and never slog in a high gear, quickest way to damage knee joints. That Lafree used a hub gear so I used my usual technique of a thick grease coating on the chain, applied with a toothbrush (I usually use a separate toothbrush for that). That stops gritty dirt...

Like Emo Rider I've always run to the death, then changed chain and sprockets/cassettes together. That's typically after several thousand miles. Even my Panasonic crank drive Lafree had done some 6000 miles, including heavy trailer hauling, when I sold it to pedelecs member aaannndddyyy...

True, the one built by a young Austrian a few years ago was a recumbent trike, the hydrogen tank alongside the rear wheel. His stated range was 56 miles, but his tank was only at 1000 lbs/sq/in. A higher pressure tank would have enabled over 100 miles. .

I hope it's faithful. You wouldn't want it to go out with someone else one night. And get lost. .

The association of chief police officers voted London drivers to be the most skilful in the country! They haven't had anything to say about cyclists yet. You're right that the police aren't interested in e-bikes, in truth they don't doing anything much about any traffic matters these days...

No, that quote was me posting the quote that Tring posted, and that included the ebikeshop mention. I wasn't claiming who it came from, it was just a complete copy and paste from the quote in Tring's post. If you look at Tring's original you'll see that I just copied and pasted what he quoted...

Yes, I've been following your thread on that and was entering a first post for you about d8veh's conversion, but I deleted it when I found he'd just beat me to it. .

On consideration I think it's probably all on topic. Although the thread title asked if the police cared about illegal ebikes, I think that implies any of the relevant authorities who the police represent. Associated mopeds etc too, since an illegal ebike is technically a moped. .

Not effectively, monkey bikes are still being sold by all the usual UK based dealers. Like this one doing it openly for example: http://www.minibikecraze.co.uk/ As I posted, nothing is being or will be done about them. They make good profits and the government happily accepts the VAT and...

Which is what all such suppliers do in various ways. Some just baldly state that, others say registration is necessary for legal use. But that VCA advice I treat as meaningless, just empty words. They've never made the slightest attempt to prosecute the suppliers of the most blatantly...

Safer to stay on its back. Once we get off it can bite us. .

Your latest post is dishonest, pretending you were saying users could be fined 10s of thousands. You posted this quote: "https://www.e-bikeshop.co.uk/ they sell and fit dongles to the bikes, nothing ever happens about it and they honer the warranty as well, no other dealer can do this." And...

Indeed there are. The first instance of an illegally fast assist e-bike was in early 2006, one capable of 22 mph assist speed when derestricted by simply unplugging a link wire. It immediately became the biggest selling e-bike for the next year and a staggering 38% of pedelecs forum members...

You are mixing up user liability and suppliers again. ebikeshop cannot be prosecuted and force to pay 10s of thousands of pounds for selling these dongles. Nor do they have to keep any records of those they sell. Please stop posting this misinformation, only users are liable if employing them...