Sorry my computer was too slow to bother with the video when he posted it as
i often waited to see it at work. I would have loved to help him get that
title if I knew what he was up to. So very sad that many many more creations
will never be made. Frank was a true artist in every sense of the industrial
world. So very missed.
RIP dear friend Frank, your little kitten Sprite is a daily reminder of your
kindness.
Lin
On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 11:04 PM, Dean Hedin <dlh2001@comcast.net> wrote:
> I was reading the latest issue of Make Magazine and they had a little
> tidbit
> on
> putting a small 50cc motor on a bicycle. There's a bunch online store
> selling these kits for about $140.
> This is sort of the like the motor Frank had discussed in his last post.
>
> Here is a nice conversion: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2vUzqlexgQ
>
> I thought it would be neat to throw one of these on a track bike I have.
> Heck,
> I could even commute to work on the nice days and save some serious gas
> money.
>
> That is, until I found out that, in most states, these are not road legal.
> In
> Pennsylvania, you will get pulled over an slapped with $160 fine. The issue
> is
> you need to register and be insured and you can't register it because
> you have no title or VIN.
>
> The only way I think I can get around this is to do what the cobra kit car
> folks do. Just take a look at the back of Hemmings to see what they are
> selling old Ford roadster titles for.
>
> Anybody got a junk moped with a decent title they want to sell cheap?
>
> Oh yea there is the other fantasy method.. "Application for Specially
> constructed Vehicle" That's where I take my motor converted bike to the
> local
> motorcycle shop/inspection station and somehow convince them to perform a
> safety
> evaluation and help me get a new title.
> The problem here is that it's not in their interest to do this
> because they would rather sell me a new moped!
>
> The rub for me is this:
> http://www.ezscooternv.com/currie/bicycle_law.htm
>
> Basically if I want to put a 1hp electric motor on my bike it's fine
> I don't even need to register it! Federally mandated!
>
> But I'm not allowed to put a little 1hp gas motor on my bike!
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