I think 164 mph will get you thrown in jail in just about every state in the union.
I don’t think the majority of the police in Arizona give a damn about motorized bikes. I pass at least five or six a day with no problems at all. You just have a couple that for whatever reason have a bug up their ass for us. I think we are sometimes grouped in with the gopeders that scream up and down street at all hours. Those little screaming two strokes get on my nerves occasionally.
The laws governing MBs in Arizona where drafted a long time ago in an effort to control kids that would put a lawn mower engine on just about anything and ride it around on the street. I was one of those kids in the early 70s.
Rather than sitting around bitching we should try to change the laws. Start at the state level and work our way down to the local. I don’t know how many motorized bicycles there are in Arizona but I am seeing more and more every day. We could organize a legal demonstration to get the attention of the media and push the environmental angle. I really think that is our best shot at getting the law off our backs.
We come up with an argument that we think the public can get behind like environmental and reducing our dependency on foreign oil. Then we get as many motorized bicycle riders as possible to gather in a predetermined location near the Capital. Then in mass we ride around the Capital building ending up in the capital parking lot with signs, flags or whatever. We notify the media of the details, they suck that stuff up.
Once we have everyone’s attention we start pushing our congressman and senators to change the laws. I really think that with the current political and economic environment we could get the laws changed. It’s not like we are asking them to allow us to but 650cc engines on a bicycle. I would be ok if they raised the maximum displacement from 50ccs to 80ccs, the maximum operating speed from 20mph to 35mph and a maximum and the maximum geared speed from 25mph to 40mph.
What do you think? Are you up for it? ****; if for no other reason, it would be fun to get a bunch of us together for a group ride.
I don’t think the majority of the police in Arizona give a damn about motorized bikes. I pass at least five or six a day with no problems at all. You just have a couple that for whatever reason have a bug up their ass for us. I think we are sometimes grouped in with the gopeders that scream up and down street at all hours. Those little screaming two strokes get on my nerves occasionally.
The laws governing MBs in Arizona where drafted a long time ago in an effort to control kids that would put a lawn mower engine on just about anything and ride it around on the street. I was one of those kids in the early 70s.
Rather than sitting around bitching we should try to change the laws. Start at the state level and work our way down to the local. I don’t know how many motorized bicycles there are in Arizona but I am seeing more and more every day. We could organize a legal demonstration to get the attention of the media and push the environmental angle. I really think that is our best shot at getting the law off our backs.
We come up with an argument that we think the public can get behind like environmental and reducing our dependency on foreign oil. Then we get as many motorized bicycle riders as possible to gather in a predetermined location near the Capital. Then in mass we ride around the Capital building ending up in the capital parking lot with signs, flags or whatever. We notify the media of the details, they suck that stuff up.
Once we have everyone’s attention we start pushing our congressman and senators to change the laws. I really think that with the current political and economic environment we could get the laws changed. It’s not like we are asking them to allow us to but 650cc engines on a bicycle. I would be ok if they raised the maximum displacement from 50ccs to 80ccs, the maximum operating speed from 20mph to 35mph and a maximum and the maximum geared speed from 25mph to 40mph.
What do you think? Are you up for it? ****; if for no other reason, it would be fun to get a bunch of us together for a group ride.
