At what point does a motorised bicycle become a motorbike?
Here (Australia), anyone of age age can ride a bike pretty much anywhere for just the purchase cost of the bike, but to ride a motorbike I need to be of a certain age and have a license. I also need to page yearly rego and insurance, and pay stamp duty on top of the purchase price.
At the moment, I think there's still a reasonably clear division, but with improvements in battery life and capacity, and better motors soon there won't be a lot separating an electric bike from a scooter or basic motorbike. At which point I'm sure some bureaucrat will notice and well... we all know what will happen then :(
Here (Australia), anyone of age age can ride a bike pretty much anywhere for just the purchase cost of the bike, but to ride a motorbike I need to be of a certain age and have a license. I also need to page yearly rego and insurance, and pay stamp duty on top of the purchase price.
At the moment, I think there's still a reasonably clear division, but with improvements in battery life and capacity, and better motors soon there won't be a lot separating an electric bike from a scooter or basic motorbike. At which point I'm sure some bureaucrat will notice and well... we all know what will happen then :(