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Old 07-18-2008, 07:41 PM
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after a day of phone calls i think i have a path to legal use in kansas........

i called my local police and they said they are illegal cause you cant register or tag or insure them....no way around it......so i mentioned all the homemade choppers on the street...(i live in a harley biker town) its a thing here to build from scratch big choppers frame and all fabrication.....

well a couple of yrs ago they told me the same thing about my purchased suzuki moped and i knew that was incorrect so from that past experince i learned some lessons.... I actually had to get call the district attorney to get the correct law on it.....he told me to keep it in my wallet cause a police officer will try to incorrectly give you a ticket.....

so i called to see about getting a safety inspection they told me that was impossible....so i called KDOT they refered my to the state trooper whos job it is to sit at a desk and be the top dog about such laws.....he told me it was illegal cause i could not get a vin # for it.....
funny thing was when i asked him what about what it says in the kansas law about them....which says they are legal as long as under 3.5 hp and 130cc and under 30mph....he said the law is much more complex than what it says in the state law....said it was about 500 pages long.... so i asked him if i could purchase a copy of the 500 pages of law so i could better understand it an therefore not break the law...or could he direct me to a website that post the actual law....of course he could not .... i strongly suspect the 500 pages of law he is referring too is "however he feels that day about it" the state law is very clear....
so i started calling different cities in my state to find out how to get an assigned vin # most countys say its impossible....a couple said bring it in and we will assign a state vin#
"which does not make it legal but will get you started with the registration process"
called progressive insurance....yep if you have a state vin you can get insurance......liability only 30 bucks a yr or so...... it now is defined as a moped with my insurance and vin i should be able to get a tag.......

this should take away any legal teeth they might have to keep us from riding.....its not free but for 60 dollars per yr it beats a ticket.....and i think "think" that if you were in traffic court and could prove license registration and insurance you would be free to go..........

i could be wrong........anyone elses input would be appreciated .....

i did have a nice heart to heart with the trooper who desk jockys the law. I told him gas prices are not going down anytime soon and all im trying to do is get a way to get back and forth from work and for shopping around town... im not "trying to break the sound barrier or anything" and told him it was a size issue that I own a moped but im 6ft 1 and my knees get stuck in the handle bars and its just not safe..... that is true by the way but i also wanted him to understand that it is a safety issue

if you have any ex in this please let me know
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