Originally Posted by
3alarmer
...also a big increase in those here. I think they do this to have a mini motorcycle without the inconveniences and expense of registration, and I see them in the aforementioned already inadequate bike lanes all the time. But I guess DUI is also a reasonable basis. There's a shop over in Midtown doing and selling these conversions. The upside is that I think they are so janky that they will be impossible to keep on the road very long.
Seems like those rattletraps are on the way out here. Those little Chinese engines have a pretty short lifespan even with proper maintenance, REALLY short with no maintenance.
If electrics ever get cheap enough, I'm sure the sidewalks will be full of them.