Well...up until today....I believed the max that you could get out of a regular E-bike was 45 kph (28 mph). That was advertised and generally....with the steering....personally I thought 30 kph (19 mph) was as fast as you really wanted to ride such a bike.
So up in Frankfurt....a police situation popped up and a guy was summoned to a court episode.
Accusation? A Dutch guy in the region....had re-turned a E-bike for a speed up to 100 kph (62 mph).
Apparently, he'd figured out a way to have a second battery 'engine' added and done some chip modifications.
How this came up? Just random stops by the Polizei.
What happens here? I'm guessing that some lawyer will argue that the Dutch guy didn't know German law and aim for a fine of some type. Confiscation of the bike? Maybe if he offers to remove the second engine, and the modified chip....he might get the bike back.
But here's the thing....one has wonder now....in the region, how many of these enhanced bikes now exist? I'm guessing this guy has shown a dozen-odd people how to modify the bikes and get the speed up to 100 kph.
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