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Thanks Bobajob. :) I'm well aware of those points that you've identified and, if the scenario ever occurred with me, which is highly unlikely as I don't ride on the road, of course if it were an illegal ebike I wouldn't be allowed on a bike path either. That's not the case, but things just...

If you didn't feed yourself then you wouldn't be alive, and I don't care how suspicious you are. You're not riding my bike. :)

Perhaps, perhaps not. :) If you don't want to dance, don't go on the dance-floor.. Clearly you had nothing better to do and seem to have been a most active participant. :)

You may well be right. Although, would a yes, no, don't know poll vote scenario really make much difference in that outcome? Who can say.. What is clearly evident is that quite a few don't want the police, fake or otherwise, riding their bikes to prove a point. Or even to seize their bikes for...

As the poll indicates, many would not allow the police to test ride their legal ebikes to prove, or disprove, any suspicions that they may have. Especially if it's a scam to steal the bike. Our bikes may be rode at any speed whatsoever, without breaking the bicycle law regarding speeding. Which...

So, if it's a legal EAPC, my 250w, 15.5 mph motor cut off, kit bike for example, being rode with the motor switched off, would bicycle law apply? :D

Oh I'm well ahead of things. But it's nowt to do with me. :) I'm merely discussing the circumstances of the poll question. That's the point. What says they're entitled to take it away? If no offence has been committed and there's no evidence to support illegality, then why would they take it...

Thanks for acknowledging those points. :) I absolutely do get it. ;) So to recap then, a legal ebike, with the motor turned off may be ridden at any speed possible and, therefore, due to that omission in law, plod would have no reason to;- A) Pull you over for speeding. B) Test ride your...

I'm not struggling with anything yet. :) I'm starting to struggle a bit with that answer. o_O And now I'm definitely struggling. :eek:

And if it's a legal ebike being ridden with the motor off. Would that be considered as a bicycle in law? Yes, we know that by now I'm sure. :) But what if it's a legal ebike, doing 25 mph downhill with a tail wind, with the motor turned off. To all intents and purposes the police, or anyone...

If I ever get pulled for suspected speeding on my ebike, I'm just going to turn the motor off before anyone else tries to test ride it. Maintaining that I was riding it unassisted and was on my way to the bike shop to have it fixed, because it keeps going too fast when the motor's switched on. I...

However, if they do take your bike away for expert testing, it could go a bit like this.. Would yours pass?

He's just as bad, always laying down the law. Anybody would think that he'd made a living out of it! :D

You Sir, should be ashamed of yourself! Carpe dieming on such a serious topic! :D

@soundwave You'd better get down the gym son. Those ebikes are heavy. :D

If it's a legal kit, without a 250W/25kph sticker, does that make it illegal then? Are dongles easily removed?

Yes, in that situation, guilty is likely of course. :rolleyes: Having said that, it has happened as someone mentioned earlier. Where police stopped a car and then drove off with it, leaving the driver at the side of the road. :oops: However, we're not talking about making off from the police...

Can it have that.. and a dongle? :)

If you didn't let them prove that it was illegal by allowing them to ride your bike, then what would their reasonable suspicion, to confiscate / impound, be based on?

Did you check his phone for criminal paraphernalia? :cool::p