DakotaLynx
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Today I took Projekt Dragonfly down to the DMV to try to get it licensed. I thought $40 for tabs at the most, and I would be out the door.
You'd think I would have learned by now.
The guy at the counter told me I had to register my bike as a moped. I asked him what that would take. Er.... Here is the list:
*State patrol inspection
*License plate fee
*Weight test
*$40Tab fee
*Maufacturer's plates
*fee for being issued a VIN number
*Receipts for all my parts
*Tax for the assembled machine based upon an assessed value.
*notary fees
*Filing fees
*Filing fees
*filing fees
I know I left a few things out, but you get the idea. All told it would come to nearly $200 to play by the book. $40 for a moped plate is one thing, but that is quite a chunk of change for a poor college student. Especially after I've sunk around $800 and 1 year of my life into this thing already.
But I see other motored bikes running around Everett. Being an honest fool, I do want to play by the rules, but this is asinine.
How do the other folks in Washington get around this bureaucratic ****? Is there any way to do it even semi-legally? I've heard of people using the frame number in place of a VIN number, but is there anything else that would help? I'd hate to think I spent so much time and money on this thing, only to have to take it apart because I can't ride it.
I do have a current driver's license and the bike is under 50cc.
You'd think I would have learned by now.
The guy at the counter told me I had to register my bike as a moped. I asked him what that would take. Er.... Here is the list:
*State patrol inspection
*License plate fee
*Weight test
*$40Tab fee
*Maufacturer's plates
*fee for being issued a VIN number
*Receipts for all my parts
*Tax for the assembled machine based upon an assessed value.
*notary fees
*Filing fees
*Filing fees
*filing fees
I know I left a few things out, but you get the idea. All told it would come to nearly $200 to play by the book. $40 for a moped plate is one thing, but that is quite a chunk of change for a poor college student. Especially after I've sunk around $800 and 1 year of my life into this thing already.
But I see other motored bikes running around Everett. Being an honest fool, I do want to play by the rules, but this is asinine.
How do the other folks in Washington get around this bureaucratic ****? Is there any way to do it even semi-legally? I've heard of people using the frame number in place of a VIN number, but is there anything else that would help? I'd hate to think I spent so much time and money on this thing, only to have to take it apart because I can't ride it.
I do have a current driver's license and the bike is under 50cc.