I just came back from the Illinois Secretary of State Police
After all that mix info rolling in the forum about the State of Illinois rules for the MB I took the time myself to go directly to ask.
I first went to the Secretary of State office located along the 290 express. After asking for the specific person that will be able to help me with the MB rules and regulations, the lady gave me the address for the Illinois Secretary of State Police District 1 located on Villa Park.
I went there and the Office that attended me was pretty knowledgeable about the NBs.
He first asked me if I did disabled the pedals? Because it need the pedals in working order in order to be considerate as a Low Speed Gas Bicycle.
Then he asked me the CCs? 49cc
Then he asked about the HPs that should be 1 or less.
I told the officer that no engine with 49cc will do less than 1hp ever. He told me, “just don’t make it public”.
Last question, are you driving it at more than 20 mpr?
So after the interrogation he told me that based on the actual codes on the state my mb was considerate as a Low Speed Gas Bicycle and that I should follow the rules for a bicycle on the road.
I asked him if there were the need to register it in order to avoid conflicts with the police in Chicago. He told me that there is no need and also no way to register it as anything else as a simple bicycle. Neither the enforcement of having to have a license, insurance and plate.
He then repeated the same statement.
“Follow the bicycle rules, do not go more than 20 mph and if any officer stops you then politely give him the next codes number in order to explain yourself better and for his better understatement. If the police wants to be an a,,,,so then the judge will follow the rules”.
I hope that I’m clear in my statement. English is not my first languish and when I write I can make mistakes. I do speak and understand English perfectly so if any mistake, is just in the writing. I did have a 15 minutes conversation with the officer because he liked it the pics of my bike and made tons of questions about the build.
After all that mix info rolling in the forum about the State of Illinois rules for the MB I took the time myself to go directly to ask.
I first went to the Secretary of State office located along the 290 express. After asking for the specific person that will be able to help me with the MB rules and regulations, the lady gave me the address for the Illinois Secretary of State Police District 1 located on Villa Park.
I went there and the Office that attended me was pretty knowledgeable about the NBs.
He first asked me if I did disabled the pedals? Because it need the pedals in working order in order to be considerate as a Low Speed Gas Bicycle.
Then he asked me the CCs? 49cc
Then he asked about the HPs that should be 1 or less.
I told the officer that no engine with 49cc will do less than 1hp ever. He told me, “just don’t make it public”.
Last question, are you driving it at more than 20 mpr?
So after the interrogation he told me that based on the actual codes on the state my mb was considerate as a Low Speed Gas Bicycle and that I should follow the rules for a bicycle on the road.
I asked him if there were the need to register it in order to avoid conflicts with the police in Chicago. He told me that there is no need and also no way to register it as anything else as a simple bicycle. Neither the enforcement of having to have a license, insurance and plate.
He then repeated the same statement.
“Follow the bicycle rules, do not go more than 20 mph and if any officer stops you then politely give him the next codes number in order to explain yourself better and for his better understatement. If the police wants to be an a,,,,so then the judge will follow the rules”.
I hope that I’m clear in my statement. English is not my first languish and when I write I can make mistakes. I do speak and understand English perfectly so if any mistake, is just in the writing. I did have a 15 minutes conversation with the officer because he liked it the pics of my bike and made tons of questions about the build.
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