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Originally Posted by marts1  After reading that it seems it would be impossible to legalize these bikes |
I and many in the DIY ebike crowd feel the same but hey some people feel that one day pigs will eventually fly
On that note you could go to the MTO, as others have, and go for a one off home built "HOME" designation type registration but before you do that I suggest you look for an insurance company that's willing to take on your home built thing. In another thread here a guy went through the painful and expensive process of doing this only to find out in the end that he couldn't get an insurance company to cover his ride. Then too if you go for a home built moped registration you have to provide documents about the engine, where it and all the other parts came from etc etc. Once you get that sorted out then you have to provide notarized affidavits that state everything you used to build the thing, and the thing itself, is in compliance with the LSM standards specified in the Canada MVSA...if you go read what those standards are you'll see your pretty much F'd right from the get go. I mean yep you could BS your way through it and get your documents notarized but then your providing the MTO with misleading information which in itself renders your registered vehicle illegal.
Right now you, me and others in Ontario have something that in my opinion is simply not legal. Is it worth it to turn it into to something that would be considered illegal because the braking system really is not on spec with the MVSA or the engine really is not 49cc? Lying about anything goes against my principles so for me I'm never going to try and register my modified bicycle as something it is not nor ever will be. My argument for those that say we should register them mopeds is based on that position and logic as well because the MTO says right
here that it must meet the federal safety standards for an LSM.
Boy did I take this thread way off topic or what
