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[–] 29 points 6 months ago (7 children)

IL has a L license for motorcycles under 150cc, no reason not to have a kwH rating for it.

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  • [–] 6 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    State laws around low power two wheel vehicles are all over the place, and mostly leftover from the two stroke moped era of the 70s and early 80s. So none of it really makes sense anymore.

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago (1 child)

    The laws are varied, but from what I can tell only three states don’t have definitions for e-bikes: AL, AK, GA. Most adhere to federal guidelines of 750W and Class 1+2 while others also permit Class 3. Several allow up to 1000W. The tl;dr is a <=750W Class 1 is allowed pretty much anywhere whereas a Class 3 may have additional requirements or be unpermitted.

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago

    That’s what I thought as well yet I see what are essentially electrically powered off-road motorcycles everywhere. There’s no enforcing the sales end of it, which I guess means it’s up to local law enforcement?

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  • [–] 10 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    A 110cc motorbike can do 60 mph, theres a fundamental difference between that and a souped up ebike doing 30.

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  • [–] 4 points 6 months ago

    Yes but the souped up e-bikes doing 30 need regulation as well. Maybe not by placing them into an existing category where they don’t fit but some of these rigs out here are freaking ridiculous and ruining it for everyone.

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