Well... this technically isn't an "Other Car and Truck"... but I thought that as a form of transportation it might fit in here...

https://www.revopower.com/

It's basically a standard sized 26" bike wheel with a built in 23cc engine that turns your bike into a 20mph moped that gets 200mpg for only $400.

Yes, it promotes laziness since a bike is supposed to be powered by, ya know... you. But it does bridge the gap between bike and scooter nicely.

I had been considering getting a scooter for my around-town jaunts when I don't need the space of the E but this seems to be a far more economical alternative!

Heck, since it maintains the "bike" form factor and looks low key enough... I may still be able to bring the bike onto the LA metro system!

Thoughts?

Concept is cool, but you're still going to look gay with a motor on your bike. Get a Honda 50.

Seems like a good way to get dead or injured, to me. It is going to depend a lot on how your jurisdiction rates it - as a bike or as a motor cycle. With a motor, you probably can't use bike lanes... Way to slow on roads... YMMV, but I won't be on one...

Interestingly, I remember in the '50s and '60s, and maybe still today, there were plans for sale in the back of Popular Mechanics to build such a thing yourself...

I've seen some of the motorized bikes, and that one isn't too bad. I like the fact that they placed the engine in a wheel and not built into the frame, so once you are moving it won't be as noticeable. I do have some reservations about the product and would like to see it in action.

Concept is cool, but you're still going to look gay with a motor on your bike. Get a Honda 50.
Let's not forget the early motorcycles were exactly that...

http://www.omnieye.com/mc/ad-pics/21113020.jpg

Let's not forget the early motorcycles were exactly that...
http://www.omnieye.com/mc/ad-pics/21113020.jpg
That was not competing for survival with todays traffic... Hell, it probably wouldn't compete against some of today's bicycles, for that matter...

Still, in its day, it was probably considered a very 'nasty' ride. My maternal granfather was one of the first to have a jaw successfully repaired after a crash on an old AJ single DR (dispatch rider) bike. He was British military laying cable in France with horses in WW1 (got an MBE for his work, for those that that means something to). Used to commute home from his base in England on the bike and loved to tell stories: once passing thru a village square in the wee small hours he felt his nuckles xylophone over the ribs of two donkeys as he passed between them. Brakes and lights have come a way since then....

The first time anyone gets a whiff of gasoline, you'l be off at the next Metro stop. Way not good from a safety standpoint. That said, they'll let electric stuff on with no problem. Slick website, but I dunno. Brakes? Is it a solid tire or will standard stuff fit on what looks like a wider rim? How do you lock it outside the market?

I think it's cool...I wonder if bike couriers would want to get one? I also wonder if they would be able to fit the "wheel" to bikes that use disc brakes. The product may be a hit worldwide...who knows.

I think it's cool...I wonder if bike couriers would want to get one? I also wonder if they would be able to fit the "wheel" to bikes that use disc brakes. The product may be a hit worldwide...who knows.
The bike messengers I know would scoff at any type of mechanized bike. Some of the bikes they ride are stripped down to almost nothing. I've see more than a few on fixed gear bikes take the SF hills like they were flat.