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Women riding the streets of Tehran on motorbikes is the latest sign of Iran’s societal change (apnews.com)
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[–] 3 points 11 months ago

You can't stop progress, no no no.

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    [–] 2 points 11 months ago

    Technically leather motorcycle gear-or other high coverage purpose built safety gear that includes a helmet-is hijab.

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    [–] 1 point 11 months ago (13 children)

    But that’s a moped.

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  • [–] 5 points 11 months ago (4 children)

    Placeholder for when I get home and can do a mad brain dump on two wheeled vehicle nomenclature.

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  • [–] 4 points 11 months ago (3 children)

    Placeholder because I want to see this.

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  • [–] 15 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

    Okay, here we go. All of these have two wheels. If I've missed anything, or you'd like my opinion on a specific two wheeled vehicle classification, let me know.

    Motorcycle

    • More than 15HP
    • 16" or larger wheels
    • Manual transmission or DCT automatic (not a variator with a belt)

    Moped

    • "Functional" pedals; not practical, just functional
    • Under 80cc
    • 16" or larger wheels
    • Variator/belt transmission
    • Few or no plastics
    • These came up in the late 1970s to comply with various "motor-driven cycle" legal allowances
    • You rest your feet on the pedals
    • Can be "throw your leg over" or step through
    • Generally have a max speed of 30MPH stock

    Scooter

    • Any engine size (I believe the Suzuki Burgmann 650 is the largest, could be wrong)
    • Step through, you sit on it like a toilet
    • Flat floor pan for your feet, or flat foot "floorboards" to the sides of a low center hump
    • Lots of plastics
    • Variator/belt transmission
    • Most of these have 14" maximum wheel size and comparatively fat tires

    Noped

    • Basically a moped without the pedals
    • Foot pegs
    • These came in the early to mid 1980s
    • Can have smaller wheels, but the tires are not fat like scooter tires

    Scooter cycle

    • Looks lilke a small motorcycle; clearly intends for you to think it is
    • Variator/belt transmission

    Motorized bicycle (MB)

    • Began its life as a regular pedal bicycle without power assist
    • Has an added internal combustion engine for power assist
    • ICE engine can drive the rear wheel with a second chain and sprocket, or the front or rear wheel with a pinch roller, very rarely with a pusher trailer; kits also exist to replace the bottom bracket with a freewheel sprocket that the engine drives, with power going to the wheel via the pedal chain
    • In rare cases, these were manufactured this way, generally very old ones

    E-Bike

    • Pedal bicycle with electric power assist
    • Many of these are factory made now
    • These can also be made the same way MBs are, by adding an electric motor: -- Pinch roller drive -- Hub motor drive -- Bottom bracket drive

    Minibike

    • Similar to a noped, but extremely small
    • Small wheels and fat little tires
    • May not have brakes at all, if it does, they're really bad
    • Pull start

    Dirtbike

    • A small motorcycle designed for offroad use
    • May not be street legal
    • Small ones for kids may be variator driven
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  • [–] 3 points 11 months ago*

    (US only specifics for Ebikes)

    Class 1 is pedal assist only, max 20mph, max 750W motor.

    Class 2 is pedal assist or throttle, max 20mph, max 750w motor.

    Class 3 is pedal assist only, max 28mph, max 750w motor.

    Anything else technically is an emoped or even a motorcycle if powerful and fast enough.

    Most of Europe only allows up to 15ish mph before shifting classification to some sort of moped/motorcycle if my memory serves correctly.

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  • [–] 4 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    Pushes up glasses All mopeds are motorbikes.

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago* (1 child)

    You can’t be in a biker gang on a moped though. You could be in a mod gang with a duffel coat, but that’s a totally different subculture.

    (There was a Wythenshawe biker gang who didn’t have any bikes, and just went to the meet ups on the bus, but at least they wore cuts.)

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