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Originally Posted by entrax
two issues. logistics and ethical.
for ethical reasons, i would probably tell them i'm up to so and so cc. it just makes sense that i would be responsible for higher insurance costs due to a bike having more power (theoretically more power)
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Looking at the spirit of the law vs. letter of the law, I would say that the point of it is so that higher risk/more powerful bikes have higher premiums. But frankly 51 vs 49cc or even 70 vs 50cc doesn't really make a scooter more dangerous IMO. Heck a case can definitely be made that it gets you uphill at a safer speed where traffic doesn't feel a need to pass you in the oncoming lane, etc. So even ethically I don't really see an issue with it.
disclaimer: I own a 70cc BWS