Motorized Bicycles Under Attack in Indiana!!!

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Well, poop. I made a lengthy post regarding the Indiana General Assembly's plans to require licenses for motorized bicycles and made the mistake of including an email address on my first post. I will redo the post when I have time and give you the full information on this. It's not looking good, to say the least.

Actually, I would like it if Ohio made a reasonable law regarding these motorized bikes. Right now there is only one "legal" one, and that's a Wildfire, pre-built motorized bike. You can't make your own and have it be legal.

I ride anyhow. I haven't had any problems, but I live in the boonies of Ashtraybula county.

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Hey, Ashtabula is coola! One-Piece Cranks and world famous even.

Ashtabula is a native American word meaning "river of many fish."

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Fo'Sho'!!

I even went to the site of the old Ashtabula bike factory but didn't find any treasure trove of parts, just a ratty building and a parking lot full of busted crack pipes and such.

Did you know that they were originally a company that made anchors and huge forgings for ore boats on lake Erie?

They made the famous (or infamous) blade type forks for Schwinn. The also made the very first BMX "conversion kits" for banana bikes.

Now the city is just a rotting sh1th0le...you can buy a house there for under 5000 dollars, complete with curbside drug service and all the crackheads you would ever care to meet. When they want to go "uptown" they start a meth lab.

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Sorry for hijacking.....carry on.

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woodsrat posted this on another site, so i copy/pasted it:

"The Indiana General Assembly along with a motorcycle rights group that mostly caters to Harley riders, ABATE of Indiana, may be working together to require licensing and other new legalities for motorized bicycle users here in Indiana.

As currently written a motorized bicycle in Indiana is defined as a two or three wheeled vehicle with a motor of no more than 50cc, under two horsepower, an automatic transmission and a design top speed of no more than 25 MPH--fairly reasonable requirements. You must also be at least 15 years old to operate them and have either a State issued I. D. or driver's license, again not an unreasonable rule.

Unfortunately last year's high gas prices and increased motorized bicycle use has drawn attention from both legislators and ABATE of Indiana, who has said they would support licensing and further restrictions on motorized bicycle use.

What happened here is that motorcycle accidents are on the increase and legislators are talking about reinstating a helmet law for motorcyclists in Indiana. In an effort to keep this law off the books ABATE is willing to "throw motorized bicycles under the bus," figuratively speaking, and use them as a sacrificial lamb in this fight.

If you're as unhappy about this as I am I urge you to contact Mr. Jay Jackson, Executive Director of ABATE of Indiana, and let him know what you think about further restrictions and/or licensing of motorized bicycles in Indiana. He can be reached at jay@abateonline.org.

Thanks for your help in keeping motorized bicycles on Indiana roads!!!

Tim W., a. k. a. Woodsrat"

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i wrote to the guy last night and had a reply by morning. his name is jay. he asked for further input. i think we ought to let him know how we feel. be civil but lay it on him, inumdate his e-mail from around the world. abate is nationwide and they stick together, we need to do the same. mitch

I used to belong to ABATE of Ohio, Chapter 13. I dropped my membership for those exact kind of things. They are a semi-powerful, very self important group.

I'm dropping him a line.

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THANK YOU Spunout for posting my message (and saving me time). I really appreciate it!!

We've got a long way to go. ABATE of Indiana has been a 500 lb. gorilla in the Indiana State Legislature for a long time. They have the respect of not only the lawmakers but the governor as well. I have supported them for the past 31 years despite not really fitting in as a stereotypical ABATE member (i. e., a "biker"--I'm just nuts about anything on two wheels). Their training program has done much to save lives here in Indiana but this time they're desperate to keep the lawmakers off their back regarding the increased accident rate in this state--and they want motorized bicycle users to take the fall for them.

PLEASE put the word out and keep the emails flowing!! He can also be reached next Monday, Jan. 5 at the ABATE State Office at (800)232-2283.