anyone know what this is?

[MarkFewtrell]

 

[MarkFewtrell]

thought it was a bike withe peddles but probs a scooter.

 

[PC2017]

And old ebike scooter without its body shell - a guess

 

[PP100]

A stripped down Piaggio Ciao?
(I know nothing about Scooters just Google fued the image)

 

[Nealh]

It's a stripped down scooter with so called pedals to try and make it legal to use on roads/cycle lanes as pedelecs, in practice these things are too heavy to pedal for any reasonable time and are basically an illegal twist and go moped.

 

[Mrke]

I think the title should say:
anyone know what this was?

 

[Darren Hayward]

I had a 50cc Vespa Ciao back in the late 70's that had pedals. You started it by turning over the pedals and they acted as a backup when going uphill. It was incredibly underpowered.

The picture is of a scooter, probably 1980's. It would have had a motor next to the rear wheel. The pedals were just to start the motor although you could pedal it a few yards if you had to. As to the make, its anyone's guess.


Darren

 

[vfr400]

The picture is of a scooter, probably 1980's. It would have had a motor next to the rear wheel.

It's a Chinese electric scooter with a DD motor in the back wheel.
here's what it would look something like with the panels on. The 4 SLAs sit in that cradle under the floorboards.

Here's another one that Cyclezee snapped in China:

Shanghai Bike Show

I'm just winding down after the first day. I've taken a few photos, but I'm not sure how to post them from my phone, and they would use up my data allowance anyway, so I'll post them when I get back. There obviously some exciting looking bikes, but nothing 5hat really gets my juices going...

www.pedelecs.co.uk