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[Apriliarsv]

It's a bicycle magazine but they do cover motorcycles too.
It might be worth subscribing to.
The electric bicycle market is exploding. I wonder how sales are.
One of the big bicycle brands said they don't think they will be selling
pedal power only bicycles in 5 years.

 https://electricbikeaction.com/

[Richard230]

I have noted a lot of electric-assist bicycles in my neighborhood lately.  But I only see pedal bikes out in the boondocks. 

I hear that there is infighting between the two camps when it comes to off-road trail riding. Push bike riders don't think it is fair for the less fit, who are getting an assist from battery power, to ride where they do. 

Meanwhile hikers, equestrians, pedal bike riders and e-bike travelers are all at each others throats, trying to exclude one group or another from their favorite public open space trails and dedicated bike paths. Apparently it is hard for some of these groups of outdoor enthusiasts to get along.  And so it goes, especially in dense urban areas.....    

[Apriliarsv]

You are right. I can't tell you how many hikers I pass when I am on the "Bicycle Trail" out in the woods. It would not be half bad if they got off the trail when they hear you but they don't.  I don't know how you get it to work when everyone is right and does what they want. I don't think electric assist bikes belong out in the woods on a trail marked for bicycles. Some say that people that have a physical problem  and can't ride a regular bicycle out on a trail have the right to ride an assist bicycle. How do you regulate this when one of the reasons for not having powered bikes - motorcycles out there is because the tires disturb/damage  the fragile ecosystem.
Crazy, I think there are three levels (power and speed) of electric bikes. I think - street legal electric bicycles are capped at around 20 mph.
https://www.electricbike.com/electric-bike-law/

[Apriliarsv]

Yamaha's electric bicycles -
https://www.yamahabicycles.com

[NetPro]

Yamaha's electric bicycles -
https://www.yamahabicycles.com

Those are nice bikes!
I have had Yamaha motorcycles for most of my life and have had no issues with any of them.
Wonder if these bicycles carry that quality tradition.

[JaimeC]

Yamaha's electric bicycles -
https://www.yamahabicycles.com

Those are nice bikes!
I have had Yamaha motorcycles for most of my life and have had no issues with any of them.

There is a reason they're at the TOP of Consumer Reports' reliability rankings.

[Richard230]

Yamaha's electric bicycles -
https://www.yamahabicycles.com

Those are nice bikes!
I have had Yamaha motorcycles for most of my life and have had no issues with any of them.

Apparently Yamaha products are so reliable that they are boring and that is why less reliable motorcycles, like BMW and H-D are loved more by their owners, according to analysis of CR's motorcycle reliability statistics from their article some years ago.  Go figure.   

There is a reason they're at the TOP of Consumer Reports' reliability rankings.