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Originally Posted by duosport
See the states have screwed up these terms. Some states are calling all 2 wheeled vehicles that have 49cc engines, a mopeds. It is incorrect. Just because the states have messed up their terminology is no reason for logical people to follow suit.
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A moped is a motor assisted pedal bicycle.
All the state did was limit the power output of the motor to 2BHP for gasoline 4strokes, and 1BHP for electric motors.
All other requirements are to have working pedals, and a speed no greater than 20/30MPH, because mopeds are allowed to go on bicycle lanes, and in some cases on the sidewalks (which depends from place to place).
Any old time scooter with pedals was a moped, because they ran very inefficient. Modern 49cc engines are optimized, and have an output of 3+ BHP, and are much more reliable; that's why they took the pedals off them. You don't see scooters with pedals anymore, because they can't be registered as a moped anyway, even if they did have pedals, because their output is too high.
Mopeds also don't have a VIN number, and don't need a tag. Scooters do.