Motorised Push Bike Laws Uk
Licence plates and registration.
Motorised push bike laws uk. This is me for the first time riding on a motorized peddle cycle. To go out in public on a motorised vehicle you will need the following minimum requirements. James fitzgerald founder of electric bike retailer just ebike says that according to eu and uk law there is a 10 per cent margin on the maximum speed allowed for the motors to assist the. A light obscured by a saddlebag isnt legal and neither is a torch on your head though.
Recently i purchased an 80cc mountain bike engine from amazon and waited about five days for it to be delivered. Im not sure if you need some kind of licence to ride a motorised bicycle. To make it legal you would have to register it as a moped and pass an sva test get number plates vehicle tax and insurance. Putting a petrol engine on a bike like the kind they have on the continent is tricky with uk road traffic laws.
These electric bikes are known as electrically assisted pedal cycles eapcsyou do not need a. This ride was filmed on a gopro 4 on a. Cycling uks guide to cycle lighting regulations explains the road vehicles lighting regulations in detail but in summary you need a white light at the front and a red light at the rear visible from the front and rear respectively and fixed to your bike. The law for ebikes in uk.
Electric bikes or e bikes come with built in motors allowing them to reach far greater speeds than your average push bikeby providing pedal assisted power through the built in motor many e bikes are capable of reaching great speeds. It took about a good 3 hours for me to install this kit on to my bike and about. Originally posted by foxy treat it as a bicycle and you could potentially be looking at a whole raft of offences primarily no insurance no test certificate not in accordance with a licence no road fund licence no helmet and enough construction and uses offences to make me break into a sweat. It has an internal combustion motor below 50cc its a moped.
The law only makes provision for assisted bicycles to be powered by electric motors of 200 watts or less and limited to 15mph. Legality of these motorised bicycles. You can ride an electric bike if youre 14 or over as long as it meets certain requirements.