It's enough to drive a person bonkers trying to figure out what each state willy nilly decides to do with our bikes. You can be pretty sure the people deciding things know little or nothing about them and I get the feeling that despite our being citizens and paying gas taxes and all the other stuff that we do not matter at all. I'm still trying to understand the logic in Canada which outright outlaws them and punishes offenders with heavy fines, confiscation and possible jail time. This is for a bicycle with a wimpy little motor ridden by people like you and me. And this is in a country without vehicle emission requirements on their cars and trucks and which also has a million 2 stroke chainsaws running simultaneously. I feel for people like cabinfever in New York State who has to give up his gas bike and go electric. Not cheap, electric. And where's the electricity come from, a coal fired plant? This is nuts. And just plain wrong. Legal to drive around in an RV getting 5 mpg, but not a bicycle with a motor getting a 100 mpg? I feel for you guys not knowing from one county to the next or one cop to the next what to expect. it is maddening. So far in north eastern Minnesota I am just a curiosity putting along under the radar, but I get the feeling it is just a matter of time until some legislative do gooder decides I'm an outlaw and a menace to society. I wish the motorcycle community would take an interest in what we're doing and lend some clout on a national level. We should have rights, too. Brothers in the wind, unite! As the Moped Army says on their web site, "Swarm and Destroy!" Well, swarm anyway.
SB