Motorised bike, buyer be aware!
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I've seen recently on ebay, people trying to sell again motorised bikes and engine kits. All made in China, the point is there is no-such-thing as a 100cc motorised bike or kit and the legality. Simply put because these kits require the chain sprocket to be bolted directly onto the rear wheel's spokes and not the hub, being 100cc engine would rip your wheel apart and most likely put the rider in hospital. Besides this fact the piston stroke is too small and so is the overall size of the crankshaft itself, meaning at best these motorised bikes and kits are only 50cc! Also note: each state and Territory in Australia have road rules and in NSW since 2014 anything that produces more than 200 watts of output power from the coil or electric-motor is absolutely illegal to ride on the road and is considered a unregistered motorbike or vehicle. Which includes the consequences for road and traffic safety fines and not having a road motor vehicle license! This can also cause jail time. I understand all this being I road a motorised bike for five years till I was pulled over by police who took me to local court in nsw where I lived, but because it was my first offence all charges were dropped and I were given an warning. I did ask the judge about the legality of the reduced air-flow engine kits at the time, but he only said to contact my local road and traffic organization for advise and when I did they just gave me no real answers other to say "reduced air flow engine kit don't exist", when in fact I still own such a kit brought from a company who knew about these new 2014 road laws and failed to tell me and still let me lay by such a kit for over $400 even after I had told them of my court experience of which I still have the emails regarding the conversation with a representative!
sandypebbles
·9 months agoBuyers won't beware, that is they problem
Have a look how many posts are on here from people who have chosen to buy such garbage from dodgy as sellers, either registered in China or drop shipping from there
They will come to the forum and either demand to know why other members let them buy, or that something happened and the seller won't help etc etc
Dozens upon dozens
Simply because people do not car who they buy from, do not care about their own safety nor those around them
And anyone who chooses to buy such a thing from some random on eBay clearly does not give a hoot
sandypebbles
·9 months agoDon't mind me, replied to what I thought was new post then realised it was an irrelevant comment on an old thread which had been replied to 🙄
dawben-_0
·9 months agosandypebbles
·2 years agoAnyone happy and willing to buy such a thing from a random seller on eBay in order to save some money is unlikely to care about a post on the forum
Just as people ignore thousands of warnings already here about knock off electrics from random sellers in China
And then go up in arms when something happens
Sadly, many buyers simply do not care about who they are buying from and can't be bothered to find out
paper-jack
·2 years agogutterpunkz05
·2 years agoNot illegal to own, buy or sell.
Yes, owners need to be aware of operation legalities.
NSW is quite clear, that such bikes can only be used on private property (5secs on google)