E-Bike Insurance

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· Posted: 24.05.2018 · #1

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· Posted: 24.05.2018 · #2

EU gone stupid again supprise suprise

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· Posted: 24.05.2018 · #3

Worse in NI where they you need insurance, MOT, TAX, number plate, helmet etc... still treated as a motorbike really.

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· Posted: 25.05.2018 · #4

They would have to catch me first ! The world is gone mad

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· Posted: 25.05.2018 · #5

I do t think the PSNI are interested what kinda bike one is riding as they have more important things to deal with.

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· Posted: 25.05.2018 · #6

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I do t think the PSNI are interested what kinda bike one is riding as they have more important things to deal with.

True Jack until you have an accident. Sure you could do as much damage with a push bike.
Talking of push bikes what happens if you scratch the side of an expensive car or something, will your house insurance cover the damage??

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· Posted: 25.05.2018 · #7

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what happens if you scratch the side of an expensive car or something,

Did you ever hear the term RLF

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· Posted: 25.05.2018 · #8

Another gravy train for the financial and legal services.
Very soon an individual will be taxed for breaking wind.
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· Posted: 25.05.2018 · #9

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Very soon an individual will be taxed for breaking wind.
Malcolm

That's me bankrupt then.

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· Posted: 25.05.2018 · #10

PSNI are interested in your ebike as the took a bike off someone on the north coast a few weeks ago and they posted on their own Facebook page about. Lifted it for no insurance. What happens if you crash into someone on a normal push bike??

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· Posted: 25.05.2018 · #11

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Quote by Thorn123

Very soon an individual will be taxed for breaking wind.
Malcolm

That's me bankrupt then.

You’re still alive anyway. Was wondering had you been lost on the continent

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· Posted: 26.05.2018 · #12

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You’re still alive anyway. Was wondering had you been lost on the continent

Very bad / limited internet will do a full report an an I get back in about three weeks. Fabulous country, incredible drives 3700Km done sofar and more to come.

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· Posted: 26.05.2018 · #13

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At the time it was quoted "due to circumstances"

I have since learnt the guy was drunk and being abusive to police. Also from a very reliable source, (not in these words) "don't be a dick and you'll be fine"

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· Posted: 26.05.2018 · #14

The old saying "2 sides to each story".
However during a Late late toy show about ten years ago, there was a warning about battery power vehicles been not compliant to road traffic laws. Over the last few years I have been wondering the same with e bikes.
Any opinions ,
Malcolm.

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· Posted: 28.05.2018 · #15

Considering that an ordinary push bike can easily exceed the 25km/h at which a pedalec motor cuts out when ridden by a fit cyclist this whole debate by officialdom seems a bit juvenile.

Give anyone of us a bit of a tailwind and a bit of a hill down and our speed can go well beyond the 25 km/h at which a pedalec motor cuts out.

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