Increase in seizures of illegal ebikes

[ebikeerwidnes]

There's an article here that says yes you can buy Sur-Ron bikes with "thingy whatsit and doofah" that are road legal

https://www.mxbits.com/blogs/news/are-sur-ron-electric-bikes-legal-in-the-uk-what-you-need-to-know

As @Drago says they are not cheap. £4,500 for a road legal L1E
https://revmonkeyuk.com/shop/surron/surron-light-bee-l1e/

But there are more that aren't legal. Sorry, are perfectly legal for off road use with landowner's permission.

Thanks - that is what I expected

They really need to find a way of stopping people selling these things - they know they are "very likely" to be used on the road but can get away with it in some small print

no idea how

 

[Alex321]

Thanks - that is what I expected

They really need to find a way of stopping people selling these things - they know they are "very likely" to be used on the road but can get away with it in some small print

no idea how

I have no idea how eiter.

Unless they are made illegal to even own, then they can't rationally be made illegal to sell.

 

[Dogtrousers]

It's not a new situation. When I was a lad in the 70s I had a mate whose dad was into motorbike trials. We'd go along to watch sometimes. People would arrive with trial bikes on trailers.

It was (and is) perfectly valid to own an off-road bike for off-road use.

As far as I remember the roads weren't full of unregistered trial bikes in the 70s. I have no doubt that a fair few were ridden that way sometimes, but buying dirt bikes with the sole intention of riding them on the road in towns wasn't a widespread thing. Not that I remember at least. It probably went on here and the but not much.

 

[mjr]

As far as I remember the roads weren't full of unregistered trial bikes in the 70s. I have no doubt that a fair few were ridden that way sometimes, but buying dirt bikes with the sole intention of riding them on the road in towns wasn't a widespread thing. Not that I remember at least. It probably went on here and the but not much.

Not in towns, but they were a common sight on dirt roads, bridleways and small roads in the 1980s, possibly popularised by shows like Kick-start on Sat evening BBC1 which was filmed near my village at least one year.

They probably weren't used for urban food deliveries or criminal gangs because the combustion ones were far too noisy. No stakeouts required: the cops could just follow the sound!

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

There have on occasion been off-road bike riding on the roads round here


they often headed for a patch of land that used to be part of a golf course that closed down due to poison in the land

but they also used to wizz along the "black path" at the back of our house and around the grassy area at the end of it - which they have now planted loads of trees on. I suspect the trees are to make it unavailable for motorbikes of whatever kind!