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posted on 30/4/15 at 05:55 AM

Petrol scooter 'goped'

Hi all,
I want to build a petrol powered scooter as a little project,anyone done this? Only just looking into this so any links to blogs ect would be helpful,want to do it 'locost' style too :-)

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posted on 30/4/15 at 08:59 AM

Tro-Bike

I recall this fairly simple design -

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=tro-bike&espv=2&biw=1034&bih=536&tbm=isch&imgil=mzFBWOFop22dbM%253A%253BJNMGI9i3F-DspM%253B http%25253A%25252F%25252Fen.wikipedia.org%25252Fwiki%25252FFile%25253ATrobike_1961.jpg&source=iu&pf=m&fir=mzFBWOFop22dbM%253A%252CJNMGI9i3 F-DspM%252C_&usg=__UpsF4xaCnn0vYrkV7rakKCerbJo%3D&ved=0CCwQyjc&ei=Uu5BVbuOE4buaMHYgYAE#imgrc=mzFBWOFop22dbM%253A%3BJNMGI9i3F-DspM%3Bhttp%2 53A%252F%252Fupload.wikimedia.org%252Fwikipedia%252Fen%252Fc%252Fc4%252FTrobike_1961.jpg%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fen.wikipedia.org%252Fwiki%252FFile%253AT robike_1961.jpg%3B1400%3B1079

Could this be what you had in mind?

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posted on 30/4/15 at 09:28 AM

Plenty of el cheapo Chinese tiny capacity gas engines designed for mounting on almost anything these days.

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posted on 30/4/15 at 09:35 AM

I had a petrol powered skate board a few years ago, it was about the size of a snow board, it was the most dangerous thing I've ever been on. I suppose it would get up to about 20mph maybe a bit more depending on weight of the person and if you fell off you knew about it! Needless to say I got rid of it.

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posted on 30/4/15 at 09:40 AM

I have one if you want some close up photos of how it works? It's all pretty simple tbh.

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posted on 30/4/15 at 10:18 AM

Thanks for the replys,chris some pictures would be great thanks

Been fancying building one for a while

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posted on 30/4/15 at 11:04 AM

I built this about 4 years ago.

linker to thread

It's still going stong, I use it every weekend and have done a fair few thousand miles on it. Just the magneto has been replaced so far. Top speed is 66 kph going down a hill and 40 kph on the flat.

I think they have an outlet in the UK.

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posted on 30/4/15 at 02:17 PM

What's the legal position on them? Aren't they just a moped in effect and therefore subject to the same rules?

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posted on 30/4/15 at 03:22 PM

Gopeds or those bikes? Gopeds are certainly not road legal unfortunately.

Actually it would be easier to get my mobility scooter 'on the road' - all it needs to be legal is a device to prevent it going over 8mph. Shame though that you have to be registered disabled to use it.

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posted on 30/4/15 at 06:56 PM

Want to do it as a project & prob use it for getting around at race weekends ect just a bit of fun really

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