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Jan 26, 2017 16:03:10   #
DOOK Loc: Maclean, Australia
 
We are all familiar with battery powered mobility scooters. Here is one with a difference. This one has a gasoline (petrol) motor & is registered/licensed to drive on a public road. It is classified by the authorities as a motor cycle. The owner rides his conventional battery powered scooter on to this one & drives this one while sitting on the smaller one. Obviously, he can't ride the bigger one on footpaths or take it into shops, so he rides the bigger one 2 miles to town & then uses the smaller one to do his shopping.

I wonder if he has fatties on the rear & a turbo in mind, lol.


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Jan 26, 2017 17:37:53   #
Dixiegirl Loc: Alabama gulf coast
 
Hmmm...well OK. I think I'll just stick to my roller skates.

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Jan 26, 2017 18:30:38   #
photophile Loc: Lakewood, Ohio, USA
 
DOOK wrote:
We are all familiar with battery powered mobility scooters. Here is one with a difference. This one has a gasoline (petrol) motor & is registered/licensed to drive on a public road. It is classified by the authorities as a motor cycle. The owner rides his conventional battery powered scooter on to this one & drives this one while sitting on the smaller one. Obviously, he can't ride the bigger one on footpaths or take it into shops, so he rides the bigger one 2 miles to town & then uses the smaller one to do his shopping.

I wonder if he has fatties on the rear & a turbo in mind, lol.
We are all familiar with battery powered mobility ... (show quote)


Handy invention.

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Jan 27, 2017 00:05:54   #
CathyAnn Loc: Apache Junction, AZ
 
I've never seen anything like that, Earl.

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Jan 27, 2017 08:11:07   #
jayway55 Loc: Philadelphia Area - USA
 
What a clever idea! I've never seen or heard of anything like that before.
Jane

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Jan 27, 2017 08:43:40   #
jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY
 
DOOK wrote:
We are all familiar with battery powered mobility scooters. Here is one with a difference. This one has a gasoline (petrol) motor & is registered/licensed to drive on a public road. It is classified by the authorities as a motor cycle. The owner rides his conventional battery powered scooter on to this one & drives this one while sitting on the smaller one. Obviously, he can't ride the bigger one on footpaths or take it into shops, so he rides the bigger one 2 miles to town & then uses the smaller one to do his shopping.

I wonder if he has fatties on the rear & a turbo in mind, lol.
We are all familiar with battery powered mobility ... (show quote)


I've seen other Gold Wings with similar conversions. A crippled man was able to operate the bike from his wheelchair. He stopped the bike, unlocked his chair, and wheeled himself out.

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Jan 27, 2017 09:48:00   #
Sylvias Loc: North Yorkshire England
 
Neat idea! Good shots.

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Jan 27, 2017 10:19:00   #
Cjdub Loc: Oregon
 
Very cool!

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Jan 27, 2017 15:22:39   #
DOOK Loc: Maclean, Australia
 
Thanks for looking, folks. I appreciate your comments very much. Earl.

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Jan 27, 2017 16:42:17   #
SX2002 Loc: Adelaide, South Australia
 
I think these were originally designed for people in wheelchairs Earl but obviously this guy has found another use..

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Jan 27, 2017 17:05:08   #
DOOK Loc: Maclean, Australia
 
SX2002 wrote:
I think these were originally designed for people in wheelchairs Earl but obviously this guy has found another use..


Ron, I think you are right. I just assumed that he had an electric scooter but I didn't actually see it. Come to think of it, I doubt if a scooter would fit, & I now agree with you--it probably is for a wheel chair. Earl.

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Jan 27, 2017 17:15:53   #
Hal81 Loc: Bucks County, Pa.
 
[quote=jerryc41]I've seen other Gold Wings with similar conversions. A crippled man was able to operate the bike from his wheelchair. He stopped the bike, unlocked his chair, and I also saw a wheelchair bike. I thought it was a home made job, I didn't know you could buy them that way.

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Jan 27, 2017 17:20:06   #
Bill_de Loc: US
 
The wheel chair access that Hal mentioned would make this really useful to a lot of folks. Nice post Earl

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Jan 27, 2017 17:49:21   #
DOOK Loc: Maclean, Australia
 
Thank you Hal & Bill. I agree with you. Earl.

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Jan 28, 2017 07:38:10   #
infocus Loc: Australia
 
DOOK wrote:
We are all familiar with battery powered mobility scooters. Here is one with a difference. This one has a gasoline (petrol) motor & is registered/licensed to drive on a public road. It is classified by the authorities as a motor cycle. The owner rides his conventional battery powered scooter on to this one & drives this one while sitting on the smaller one. Obviously, he can't ride the bigger one on footpaths or take it into shops, so he rides the bigger one 2 miles to town & then uses the smaller one to do his shopping.

I wonder if he has fatties on the rear & a turbo in mind, lol.
We are all familiar with battery powered mobility ... (show quote)


OK! When I saw the first picture (without reading your description) I immediately thought the user would be in a wheel chair. Never thought of a smaller mobility scooter.

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