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Old May 28th 08, 11:35 PM posted to rec.bicycles.tech
johns
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Default ebikes: lots of bad ideas

I rode motorcycles for 20+ years as my only
transportation ... and lived through it :-)
I could ride for days and just camp on the road,
and I never got tired of it. Only reason I stopped
was BMW started producing crap bikes, and
I sure wasn't going back to all that repair and
downtime with any other brand. BMW put garbage
brakes on all their new bikes, and I have a rule
about unsafe motorcycles. Only in the last year
have I even thought about it. There's a small
lightweight touring bike in Europe that looks just
like my old Penton 125cc Enduro. I had the 6-day
bike, and I rode it for a hundred miles in the dirt
in races. It would make a good modern road
bike. Mine got about 65 mpg, and it could have
been tuned down to get more. Only weighed
200 pounds. So, what I'm saying ... if I go
back to a motorcycle, it will be a real bike
with good handling. I'm seeing ebikes that I
think cross the line to emotorcycles ... and
are not safe at all.

johns
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