80cc motorized Bike kit

[stevebills]

I have noticed a few of these 80cc engine bike kits forsale on ebay and are they legal to use?

80cc ENGINE KIT FOR YOUR MOUNTAIN BIKE OR BICYCLE on eBay (end time 13-Feb-11 13:11:00 GMT)

 

[Streethawk]

No, your bike becomes an unregistered, uninsured moped in the eyes of the law. Its gonna sound like a swarm of angry bees and draw attention everywhere too.

 

[Streethawk]

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then right at the bottom:

** UK Customers: will now have to register the vehicle as a moped if to be used on british roads, this involves reg, tax and insurance and a vehicle saftey check by VOSA. It has been done and it can be done but it depends on the quality of the work of the installer and upon satisfying all the criteria set out by VOSA before one can register the finalized vehicle. Please bear this in mind before making a purchase.

Private off road use has no restrictions in terms of legalities and can be used without any of the above for UK. Rest of the world check with your local authorities.

Have fun and enjoy the build ........

And there's no way you'll pass VOSA single vehicle approval with the unguarded driven chain from the engine to wheel passing inside your thigh.

 

[stevebills]

I just found this link it makes a good read as the guy moted and registerd his bike with dvla!
A quick call to the local DVLA office made it sound easy, a form V55, an insurance certificate and an MoT and that's it!

Golden Eagle cyclemotor

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[NRG]

These kits where discussed a few months back...

 

[Synthman]

These kits where discussed a few months back...

Less than that in fact.

 

[stevebills]

Less than that in fact.

It seems that thread died after 9 posts and I presume nobody wants to discuss motorized bikes!

 

[jbond]

I just found this link it makes a good read

Golden Eagle cyclemotor

I'm sure I remember a petrol motor equivalent of the E-Bike legislation. I also seem to remember a friend on one of the motorcycle lists I frequent mounting a petrol RC motor on his bicycle velosolex style and saying he didn't need any licensing.

But maybe this was it. "low powered mopeds" (Speed less than 16mph and under 1KW). But for which you still need tax, insurance, mot, helmet, license, plates, etc.

Do the E-Bike regs specifically say Electric power? How about a series hybrid?

 

[jerrysimon]

Its strange as these petrol motor kits are what started me looking at ebikes. The kit caught my eye on ebay and got me thinking, hey I could use that to get me back on my bike again and out of the car.

I checked out the legal issues and ended up then looking at ekits instead.

Soon after that I purchased an Alien kit (my first e bike conversion) and have never looked back since

Regards

Jerry