Motorcycle for children? E-bike maker Super73 blurs lines


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Open this photo in gallery: Recently released K1D kids’ bikes on display with the adult models at Super73‘s showroom in Irvine, Calif., on July 19.ALISHA JUCEVIC/The New York Times News Service LeGrand Crewse, co-founder and CEO of Super73, recently showed off the company’s latest product, a diminutive motorized bike called the K1D. Aimed at riders 4 years old and up, the vehicle lacks pedals, in the spirit of a training bicycle, and has a throttle. The company calls the K1D an “electric balance bike.” “But you can also call it a motorcycle,” Crewse said during a tour of the company’s...