Are bikes with motors still considered bikes?

[professortawdry]

Inquiring minds want to know.

[capjbadger]

Electric bikes are allowed. As per NRS 482.0287 “Electric bicycle” means a device upon which a person may ride, having two or three wheels, or every such device generally recognized as a bicycle that has fully operable pedals and is propelled by a small electric engine which produces not more than 1 gross brake horsepower and which produces not more than 750 watts final output, and: 1. Is designed to travel on not more than three wheels in contact with the ground but is not a tractor; and 2. Powered solely by such a small electric engine, is capable of a maximum speed of not more than 20 miles per hour on a flat surface while carrying an operator who weighs 170 pounds. The term does not include a moped.

Please note:

The Gate crew will be helping to identify any vehicle differing from the description above, or that appears to be more dangerous than the kind listed above. If you have such a vehicle, you must either take it off site or leave it at the Gate outside Black Rock City until after the event. Vehicles left outside the Gate are left at their owner's risk, so you may just want to leave it at home. Once inside the city, the Rangers keep a close eye on the movement of vehicles, and will work to protect all of us by removing any that violate either the written, implied, or common sense rules of operation.

-Badger

[SnowBlind]

And anything that is not an electric byte, as described the above post, is not allowed. That includes gasoline engines of any kind.

Unless it was approved as a Mutant Vehicle, for which the pre-registration window has now closed.