michigan motor bicycle law

These are bicycles with motor assist. Not motorized with pedal assist. These are bicycles. It would seem to me that a person would be asking about the bicycle laws. Besides.. You hit the kill switch and pedal..Then what can they do? It is a bicycle. I always rotate my pedals when riding. That is a habit and a good one. IT tells everyone that I am in fact riding my bicycle. The Federal Statue for these being classified as bicycles is posted in this legal section. Copy it and print it. Again..These are motor assisted bicycles. They are less than a moped for sure. But..there are some states that have requirements for bicycles. Find out what they are. And.. If a cop does not know the law for MAB's. He will make one up. The Cop is judge and jury on the street. So..Ride cool and rotate those pedals. You never know who is looking.. Enjoy the ride..

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yes but according the fed regs... the state can regulate which vehicles" are mopeds, and it says on that site, here


A moped is a two- or three-wheeled vehicle with a motor which has no more than 50cc piston displacement producing two brake horsepower or less. The moped must have a power drive system that does not require shifting gears and cannot have a top speed exceeding 30 mph on level surfaces.


so it is considered a moped dax, yeah its total bull$#$# because if a person at the age of 15, thats never even had a license can drive it, than i should be able to , but just because i got a suspended license they want to take that away from me..

I am no lawyer, but that definition is vague at best. I mean.. I see moped, 2 and 3 wheels, and gears. 30mph max. I see nothing in there about a pedal bicycle. And you can bet, there is a huge difference. Look.. A moped when bought comes with a headlight, tail light, some even have blinkers. But for sure a headlight and tail light. A bicycle does not. A motor assisted bicycle is not a moped. Period. That definition you provided is just not clear at all when it comes to bicycles. What does the local law say about bicycles? Are you saying that the moped law as stated there is applicable to bicycles? Yikes !! Sounds like your area and local law is in no way promoting the conservation of fuel. If that is what you are saying , then it would seem that the law there is promoting the use of Cars and trucks and nothing else. Wow !! That is my take. And..If that is the case, then..That does suck !! Oil will hit 200usd a barrel soon. Gas will go to 6usd a gallon.. And your state wants you to pay for that and use all the gas you can. Pay up !!! There are a host of Electrics and gas powered motor assisted bicycles coming out. I am sorry you live in an area that still lives in the past when gas was 23 cents a gallon and cars got 7 mpg. Who cared? Well..That was back then.. 30 years ago. Those days are gone forever. We need to do something to save fuel, money, and get around. We need to be able to travel. Period. I hope someday your locals will see the light as other states. Like AZ. or just keep motor assisted bicycles un regulated, as most other states currently are.

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So like many posters have said before just limit your project to under 50cc and top speed of 20 mph. Of course you cannot tell the size of any engine unless you actually know what it is or it is stamped somewhere on the nameplate, etc - which no cop is going to do, and if it looks small you might be able to get away with that in court if you provide some evidence. Limiting speed is as easy as a throttle stop or just not exceeding 20 mph.

Either way the laws seem to be designed to discourage people from riding them on streets, sharing them with cars, probably because kids would take advantage of it and this raises issues with safety if it cannot be regulated, which is also why they require minors to wear a helmet.

I think if any of you had a reasonable bike that fit the state guidelines and had the state codeified law printed as proof to show a cop, and you get a citation, then merely go to court and stand firm for your case. I bet you the cop will not even show up for the case if he isnt fully sure of the law and they will quickly drop it.

If enough people catch on to this and start riding them, it will become more acceptable and tolerated by drivers and the police alike as long as people dont become careless with it.

UV,
There is no right to travel under the constitution. You should read the constituion one day and see how much our government does that is no where defined as a gov't power in the constitution.

Concrete, I do not have any pity for your situation since you didn't learn from your first DUI. Many states do not allow the use of any motorized conveyance with a suspended license even if a license is not required to use it legally e.g. self-propelled lawnmotor, electric bike etc..etc..
I say this because my best friend's sister was killed by a drunk driver; her name is Beth and she died May 12, 1990.

(cough, cough) that's great that they're stamped (cough, cough); any chance you have a picture of what the stamp looks like?

how do i go about getting the bike legal?

just go into SS and tell them i need a moped slip? last time i did that you had to put in who makes the bike, a vin number, all that jazz...

would i just make up a vin and put my name for the manufactor? or put schwinn?

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Use the VIN (vehicle identification number) from the bicycle.
Manufacturer is Schwinn.
Engine size 48cc.
The maximum operational speed 20 mph.
The maximum horsepower output @ 3500 rpm is 1.2.
Register it as a "motor assitsted bicycle"

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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.