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Originally Posted by CRUISER  state of michigan rules are tougher then most states. you must registar the bike with the state and to do that you need a headlight turn signals and also brake lights. you get a 3 year moped sticker for $15.00. motor must be smaller then 50cc and have a top speed of less then 30mph. anything bigger then 50cc or faster then 30mph falls under motorcycle laws and registration. luckely the motors do not say what size the are and the only way to tell is to tear them down and measure the cylinder. no way to tell if the motor is a 48cc or and 80cc. let you concious be your guilde  |
I just went through all this, in fact a lady I have coffee with from time to time works at the Michigan SOS Office here in Van Buren County, in fact she and her husband are thing seriously about building a kit bike. She told me they are considered "Pedal Assist" therefor meet the regulations of a bicycle. She said the way they look at it at their office is if it doesn't have pedals on it, it would have to meet the regulations of a moped or motorcycle. It's like she said "My God their selling 80cc kit's on Ebay with no markings on them, how they gonna know" (my kinda woman)...lol Before talking to her I talked to two people at the Mich SOS 800 number and these people were LOST! The first person didn't have a clue to what I was talking about so he handed me over to their technical staff (lol)...this gets even better. This woman tells me "oh yeah...you need a headlight, taillight, turn signals and a (get ready for this) a WIPER" Ya...you heard it! I said "a wiper?". She says "that's right...a wiper". I said I've been on this Planet 66 years now and I have yet to see a wiper on a motorized two wheel vehicle" (Ok...now here comes the punch line) She says "Oh yeah...all the new ones have them" Only in the State of Mighigan can you walk into the Secretary of States Office high on drugs, buzzed on Bloody Mary's, half naked and get a State job with with a fat pension and all the bennies. In summation...I plan on getting a speedometer to deal with our one local cop, all he does is write speeding tickets and hides every where, stamp the engine block and move the pedals from time to time. It's called "Pedal Assist", no pedals = moped and motorcycle.