skypiratescotty
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Hello All,
So I just moved to Key West about a month ago and ride my MB almost everyday at least 8-10 miles all over the island and have passed by the police at least a dozen times, often on Duval St at slow speeds (10-15mph), with them standing on the sidewalk just nodding as I go by and wave with a quick "hello". I have noticed about a half dozen other MBs riding around and even sold a muffler to a guy I ran into at a gas station about a week ago. OK, I'm thinking it must be cool so again I go for a ride today, ran into the muffler guy and asked him how it's working out and he says "great but I just got a $150 ticket for riding a homebuilt motorcycle with no tags, registration, and on a suspended liscense." They didn't even ask how many CC's it was. In his defense I can couch that he doesn't scream down the road with reckless abandon drawing attention to himself. He just putts around at 10-15mph like I do and follows generally same pattern as scooters/mopeds.
I did a search here and came up with and printed out Florida Highway Moped/Motorcycle code SR-61 which appears to not recognize motorized bicycles as motor vehicles and therefore cannot be tagged.
Does anyone know for sure what Florida Law is that I can print as I guess I don't understand how to read code very well?
So I just moved to Key West about a month ago and ride my MB almost everyday at least 8-10 miles all over the island and have passed by the police at least a dozen times, often on Duval St at slow speeds (10-15mph), with them standing on the sidewalk just nodding as I go by and wave with a quick "hello". I have noticed about a half dozen other MBs riding around and even sold a muffler to a guy I ran into at a gas station about a week ago. OK, I'm thinking it must be cool so again I go for a ride today, ran into the muffler guy and asked him how it's working out and he says "great but I just got a $150 ticket for riding a homebuilt motorcycle with no tags, registration, and on a suspended liscense." They didn't even ask how many CC's it was. In his defense I can couch that he doesn't scream down the road with reckless abandon drawing attention to himself. He just putts around at 10-15mph like I do and follows generally same pattern as scooters/mopeds.
I did a search here and came up with and printed out Florida Highway Moped/Motorcycle code SR-61 which appears to not recognize motorized bicycles as motor vehicles and therefore cannot be tagged.
Does anyone know for sure what Florida Law is that I can print as I guess I don't understand how to read code very well?