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Originally Posted by bennelson
Also, check with your local laws.
I know that in my area, to still be considered a bicycle, the vehicle must still have pedals (use 'em or not, they just have to be there) and a top powered speed of 20 mph.
That 40 MPH electric bike would be considered a motorcycle by law in many places. Drive that without a cycle license, and you could have trouble!
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I think in most states (could be wrong but don't think so) that 5hp is the rule of thumb and the laws aren't based on mph capabilities. The flat styled, reverse trike bikes will easily break 20mph and I've not heard of any penalties for them... yet.
On a crazier note: Search youtube for electric bikes. I watched videos for about an hour over there yesterday and saw a great deal of homebrew set-ups... some of them were so fast they were just downright dangerous.