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[Martian]

No MOT needed    TRIKE

MOT's aren't needed for any battery scoot as they are not classified as motor vehicles (hence plod can't nick you for drink/drive when you spend all day in the pub and then drive home).

PS
You can still be done for "drunk in charge", but the penalty is naff all.

[Martian]

or build one of these

Seriously mate 4 wheeler safer look on flee bay??

I trust you have a bypass switch fitted to kill the paltry 8mph speed restriction?

[omega3000]

No MOT needed    TRIKE

MOT's aren't needed for any battery scoot as they are not classified as motor vehicles (hence plod can't nick you for drink/drive when you spend all day in the pub and then drive home).

PS
You can still be done for "drunk in charge", but the penalty is naff all.

 

[cleggy]

Read it wrong, I though a Lambretta 150lx was cheap at that

[omega3000]

When you think about it all they seem to be is a go cart with a bigger chair on and handlebars , anyone got a blueprint  What do you recon the sort of electric motor it would need , a frame welded together a few cogs and body panels ..job done 

[Martian]

When you think about it all they seem to be is a go cart with a bigger chair on and handlebars , anyone got a blueprint  What do you recon the sort of electric motor it would need , a frame welded together a few cogs and body panels ..job done 

Easier & cheaper to take a standard mobility scoot, rip it back to a rolling chassis, and then build your own body for it I reckon.

The DfT do have rules that govern what defines an electrically assisted bicycle (mainly top speed & weight), and I wouldn't mind betting there is similar legislation that defines when a scoot becomes a motorised vehicle and therefore requires insurance, etc.

I reckon there could be a real market for something like the Landy that Symes has built, although I also reckon there is a real possibility of some a$$wipe eurocrat introducing laws to stop even the most basic of fun like that.
Having said that, those rules more than likely exist already 

[omega3000]

This one looks like its been off roading  Scoot Something along the lines of this and then modify it  , depending on the price of spares maybe 

[symes]

3 wheelers very dodgy mate-4 wheeler is better and remember they are quite heavy -should you have to move it manually.
The ultraglide might be ok-if easily repaired-
 

[ozzycat]

you need to look at a rascal if you pm me your phone no ill talk to you about them as i have 2 and i use them every day

[ozzycat]

  pm recived & replied

[the alarming man]

why not bikes/scooters need to be mot'ed?,which in essance is what it is

[omega3000]

why not bikes/scooters need to be mot'ed?,which in essance is what it is

Well i thought it was an electric trike at first but it says something about a kick start  reason i thought odd about not having any need for mot  and the 43 mph it does must have some implication for mot 

[the alarming man]

no deffo a scooter trike not only mot isurance and tax...think a trike is £ 35 per year

[the alarming man]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/WORLDS-FASTEST-MOBILITY-TRIKE-ELECTRIC-SUPPER-MOBILITY-SCOOTER-OVER-20-MPH-/110979281693?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item19d6e1731d

what about this

[omega3000]

I just spotted the price  so its a no no 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/WORLDS-FASTEST-MOBILITY-TRIKE-ELECTRIC-SUPPER-MOBILITY-SCOOTER-OVER-20-MPH-/110979281693?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item19d6e1731d

what about this

I did see those type ones , dont really fancy that and price still a bit steep mate