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Originally Posted by ilvtofu
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
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I wasn't sure how much a few cc affects bikes (never had one yet) but based on what you say, I guess ethically it's not an issue. I'd just feel like icbc wouldn't give a damn about the spirit of the law if it benefits them in case of a coverage issue because #icbc
Now i'm interested about looking this up for cars. There's a very common/straightforward 3.5L swap for my 2.0L car...