Isn't that what I've been saying for a few years now?
Of course that is right in the strict sense that one state's ruling will not change another state's but my comments were based on some observations:There is no reason to think that ANY state ruling will cause a nation wide ruling/law about out bikes.
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And Ron Paul says he wants govt off our backs ?
He is the only one to not vote for it ?
Keep in mind Florida has a tea party gov now and the rep tea party is not pro bicycle freedom.
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So what exactly happened? What was the exact ticket you had to pay? Do you have a license? Did they say you could still ride it?Been a while since I posted here .....took me two years before I was finally pulled for non-registration ....took it to court ....got laughed at by the judge
cost me $ 104.00 plus court costs ......however ....the cop that pulled me LOVED the bike ....told me he fully understood why I built the thing and agreed that the Florida law is f'D up ........i.e ....100+ mpg ? ......he actually took a few cam phone snaps ....why is an electric bike legal yet a gas isn't ? ....I'm not understanding this ....Are they worried we might be potential terrorists?....this is Florida .....not Iraq ....living in a college town
( Gainesville ) ......a motorized bike just makes so much more sense .... I no longer care .....I've not a whole lot of time left in my life .....they can pry it from my cold dead body ....
Thanks,
Salty
Hi Sang and All,So what exactly happened? What was the exact ticket you had to pay? Do you have a license? Did they say you could still ride it?
Inquiring minds want to know..
It was reps and tea party that wanted to prove bicycles are not good "alternative transportation" .why is the bill only concerned with electric & not gas? Because Zapworld (the electric vehicle co behind this legislation) wants to push their vehicles to the front of the "alternative transportation" discussion. If they bring gasbikes into the discussion, they'll risk losing business to the gasbike fans.
Basically, they're trying to:
1) make sure everyone knows they're here to save the world & sell LEGAL alternative vehicles (free advertising on the nightly news).
2) push gasbikes into the background, reducing their sales & DIY construction by causing a social stigma against them (since their legality is still debatable).
Business & politics as usual.
If you're in the gasbike business in Florida, now's the time to start thinking about forming your own alliance, media push, or PR campaign.
this is what i have been thinking about.why is the bill only concerned with electric & not gas? Because Zapworld (the electric vehicle co behind this legislation) wants to push their vehicles to the front of the "alternative transportation" discussion. If they bring gasbikes into the discussion, they'll risk losing business to the gasbike fans.
Basically, they're trying to:
1) make sure everyone knows they're here to save the world & sell LEGAL alternative vehicles (free advertising on the nightly news).
2) push gasbikes into the background, reducing their sales & DIY construction by causing a social stigma against them (since their legality is still debatable).
Business & politics as usual.
If you're in the gasbike business in Florida, now's the time to start thinking about forming your own alliance, media push, or PR campaign.
I have always dissuaded folks from riding gasbikes on bicycle paths, particularly noisy, smoky china 2 stroke bikes. If everyone could use their brain and just pedal the paths between connectors that would be one thing but I'm sure that's too much to ask.also when searching i see regular bike forums going over the DMV laws the same way we are but to keep us off of their bike paths.
this is much bigger than us.
we need to get in touch with some bike groups.
we might have to make some concessions to get what we want.