<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Two 16-year-old boys have been busted by police in </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/sydney/9" rel="" target="_blank" title="Sydney's"><span>Sydney's</span></a><span> Inner West allegedly using illegally-modified </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/electric-bikes" rel="" target="_blank" title="e-bikes"><span>e-bikes</span></a><span>.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/police" rel="" target="_blank" title="Police"><span>Police</span></a><span> in Burwood caught the two teenagers with two bikes: one that had no pedals and one with pedals that weren't connected to the chain.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>One was caught riding at 113km/h and the other was clocked at 88km/h, police said.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/central-coast-two-women-killed-while-driving-home-from-lady-gaga-concert/5e4bfff0-8ecd-4bd4-a0a9-450020c5eba5" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>Friends killed in horror crash on drive home from Lady Gaga concert</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Both bikes were fitted with aftermarket battery packs and relied entirely on throttles to operate," police said in a social media post.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The boys were issued with two penalties each, one for driving an unregistered vehicle and one for being unlicenced to drive such an e-bike.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The fines totalled $1548.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/ebike-sydney-burwood-police-nsw-australia/3c1e270f-225a-4ca9-9d0a-af9939d05e06" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Police said both bikes were seized and issued a plea to parents as e-bikes become more popular.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/guildford-west-home-in-sydnney-sprayed-with-bullets/e3837ccd-3fa1-4e45-83b8-12a6f7cfd7ae" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>Home sprayed with bullets while family slept in 'brazen' shooting</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Please speak with your children about the very real dangers of riding these illegal bikes," police said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Lives are at risk, and serious legal consequences follow."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>NSW Premier Chris Minns said he would be </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/nsw-ebike-speed-limits-chris-minns-fatal-crash-ultimo/a8672b97-9e85-43d8-bfc2-04371cf5c7fa" rel="" target="_blank" title="reducing the speed limit"><span>reducing the speed limit</span></a><span> on e-bikes to 30km/h, whilst the opposition said it would </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/ebike-laws-nsw/0ad7706e-8d3f-4999-ac70-99755073950f" rel="" target="_blank" title="mandate licence plates"><span>mandate licence plates</span></a><span> for e-bike riders under 18 years old.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>There have been an increasing number of fatalities linked to e-bikes, including a man in his 30s killed in Sydney's CBD at the start of the month.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f"><em><strong><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></strong></em></a><em><strong><span>: Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. 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