A Day in court...

strange, from your initial response I'd taken you for an authority on 1976
model 250cc motorcycles.

Nev..
'03 ZX12R

 

So you're saying they are legal?

Nev..
'03 ZX12R

 

If UNDER 200watts [1/4HP] yes they would be [all bike laws must be followed
though all the same]

CDIHL

 

I think not at all

I have owned a Rotary Motorised Bike, they have a power-limiter of 200Watts,
they go ok as in 25km/h but they are not like the 2HP+ of these Chinese ones
flooding the market

30 Watts would be like a remote control car/toy output

CDIHL

 

I had a combi with the 1100cc motor. A 1:1000 rise was detectable.

Wow! My combi never went that fast.

Theo

 

Depends on the voltage and where it is attached to you. Certainly enough
power to read by in the dunny.

Theo

 

Thanks, that's what I thought. Geez even a good push bike rider can
crank out more than 200 watts almost continuously.

 

I've ridden a CB250 whatever year that was and reckon it accelerated from
40kph to 60kph pretty well.

 

What are they going to do, dyno it on the side of the road?

Michael

 

Just as well you didn't try the Kwaka 250 triple of that time.

Theo

 

Why does it depend on the voltage? Thirty watts is 30 watts, surely.

 

Or even read the compliance plate?
If it is a home built, they might take it to their test lab.
Depends on how obsequious you are to Plod

 

Was that the "Widow Maker"?

 

in 5th gear? 4th? 3rd? 2nd?

Nev..
'03 ZX12R

 

No, that was the 750 triple.

Theo

 

I was being facetious. OTOH if a 30 watt 6 volt power supply was attached to
your index fingers, you wuldn't feel it at all. A 30 watt 240volt supply
attached the same way is enough to kill you.

Theo

 

hmm lets see 240v pocket bikes lol

 

I would also include these to points in your argument.

1. That the car pulled over to let you pass, and the safest passing manouver
was at the speed you conducted it rather than being under the speed limit
and in a vulnerable position for a longer period of time. And if they say,
"well you shouldn't have passed" then you go on to say that there was no
space to safely to pull over behind the car (only say that if there wasn't).
The key word is "SAFE".

2. Say that you believe the radar was reading incorrectly as the other car
would have been in the radar frame and, being a metal object, was causing
interferrence in the spread of the radar.

Have they actually given you proof that you were speeding? eg a photo or a
read out? if now i would also apply that to your argument. They are asking
you to prove your innocence, i don't see how you can't ask them to prove
your guilt... just don't say anything in a tone or a manner that is
condecending and likely to piss off the judge.

 

those Pocket Bikes are illegal regardless of their power as their total
height is too low to the ground. The stand up scooters are high enough to be
legal so that other vehicles can see you, even with the seats that some of
them come with.

Most scooters are sold under 200w of power, but are quite easy to get 1500w
out of them with a few tweaks.

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Thanks
Andrew

 

Except that you can't prove you were doing 40 to start with .. acceleration
of the bike is irrelevant .. he could have been going up the hill at 75, and
just overtaken the bike as you came up on it..