I know there is a registration and tax of mopeds coming. We can fight all we want but this new administrations is going to create shortfalls in revenue and they are going to tax us to death. They may keep your income tax down for a year but it's going up as well.
The point is I got a note saying they plan to register mopeds where I live. That of course is going to require a fee. It is nothing more than a hidden tax. In my case my bike is more hobby than necessity, but I see guys on them in the rush hour traffic. Those scooters are really basic transportation for the poor people around here. It's a real shame to tax them more. It also goes against this help the little guy philosophy they claim to have in the "changed" government.
They gave us a couple bucks a week in some folks pay checks(Im retired) for a year but are also going to put fifty dollars a week in hidden taxes on us all. Those are not going to be temporary. I have no idea why people don't see that.
Now that's what I know.
Here is what I hope. I have a front wheel hub motor on the bubba bike. I have my batteries concealed in the bike trailer I made. I put them in boxes and made a cover for the boxes. To the top of the boxes I attached a basket. I do not plan to register it period. As far as I am concerned it is a bicycle not a moped. I have not tried to hide the wire but I will do so today.
I hope no one ever asks, but yes I will pay the fine, if some police officer wants to waste his time on me. Most likely it will only come up if I am involved in an accident. If I am involved in an accident with an automobile a fine for not being registered will most likely be the least of my problems.
Yes it is a small, insignificant rebellion, but then we are the rebel types here. At least some of us still are, even with the lower testosterone levels