I had one of those; same year and model too. It was my first street bike. Up till then I had dirt bikes. The last one was street legal.
I could see having and using one of these e-bikes for certain people and situations like inner city or suburbia where no more than 5 or 6 miles away was the destination and then the bike could be made very secure like chaining it to a guard station or something.
We have two, His and Hers, Yamaha 650’s, a ‘03 (hers) and an ‘04 (mine).....and a ‘04 Suzuki 800 she rides ......
Used to have his and hers Honda Goldwings, but they are too much to handle now...............