Motored biking and cycling are two different sports

Awhile ago my personal finances seemed to be at a stand still and maybe even going a bit backwards each year. I was maxed out on my career and simply gave up on that avenue for advancement. Instead I decided to live a simpler life. A cheaper life. And the simple automobile is an expensive proposition. Its estimated that it costs 50 cents per mile or more to operate a personal auto with insurance, fuel, maintenance, and loan payments.
So, I looked at my bicycle and a 67 mile commute. That was problematic for me not that I could not pedal that distance but the time for the ride and where to clean up when at work were problems. So I looked into a power assist system to get me to work. I looked over all the electrics and ruled them out. So I started to look at the simple internal combustion engine for my power assist needs and to my amazement discovered a rather interesting cycling culture. Can you call this cycling? Yes and no. These folks motorize traditional bicycles and some like them to look like little motorcycles. Some of these folks like me just want a power assist for there bike to ease a commute. Others want to pedal little to get where they are going.
So are these folks "cyclists" in the traditional sense? No! But in an American sense yes!
Power assisting a modern bicycle with a modern internal combustion engine that gets huge fuel economy just makes a lot of sense. The more one is willing to "assist" the better that fuel economy will be.
In this culture there is huge diversity of opinion on how best to do this!
I am a Ultra Cyclist on traditional bicycles. I mean the ones that you pedal. Very hard core folks that I hang with but at the end of the day 200 miles per galleon spikes just about anybodies interest! So in my most humble opinion these two activities are separate sports. To have a motor on a "real" bike is cheating but for utilitarian uses who cares if there is a power assist motor on that bicycle? I am heavily involved in ultra cycling yet plan on getting to work on a motored bicycle. I see no problem at all with this solution to my transportation needs. Many cyclists come to group rides in huge trucks pull out there bikes for a ride then head home in there huge trucks. I have no problem with this behavior its simply a thing that I can not afford nor care to afford anymore. Hey ride and drive what ya want. I am for whatever choice you want to make in this world.
After all getting to work and making money are all some of the most personal choices any of us will make in life.

Kevin