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3 Responses to “POLL: What makes a moped?”

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   Casey Says:
   12. January 2006 at 10:24 pm

   Well for myself one of the biggest determining factors are the wheel size as compared to a “scooter” and to a lesser degree the overall size and width… mopeds seem to be slim and tall. Minor technical details like pedals or engine size seem less important to myself when labeling such machines.

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   Doctor J Says:
   13. January 2006 at 2:33 am

   My vote goes to the moped jockey. Hotness. Sure, it doesn’t necessarily make the vehicle a moped, but if a girl that cute wanted to call a segue a moped, I’d call it a moped.

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   Doggie Daddy Says:
   13. January 2006 at 6:59 am

   There is such a wide range of gray area at both ends. A recumbent can do 35-40+ unassisted but is still an HPV like a Little Tykes Coupe. A Metro II might do 35 on a good day but can’t be operated without the motor. Perhaps a realignment of the defs to show a “power assisted HPV” to be any vehicle which could be operated normally with the power plant disengaged (gas, electric, fuel cell, solar). The nopeds you show really would not fall into that category unless you could fold in the pegs and walk it like an old “velocipede.”

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