Motorized Bicycle Laws: United States

[Anton]

State	Driver's License	Motorcycle License	Registration	Title	Plates	Insurance	Helmet	Minimum Age	Maximum Power	Auto Transmission Required	Bike Lane Allowed	Maximum Speed
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California	No	Class M2	Yes	No	Yes	No			4bhp	Yes		30mph
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
District of Columbia
Florida	Class E	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	16	50cc / 2hp	Yes	Yes - street bike lane | No - bike path sidewalks	30mph
State	Driver's License	Motorcycle License	Registration	Title	Plates	Insurance	Helmet	Minimum Age	Maximum Power	Auto Transmission Required	Bike Lane Allowed	Maximum Speed
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
State	Driver's License	Motorcycle License	Registration	Title	Plates	Insurance	Helmet	Minimum Age	Maximum Power	Auto Transmission Required	Bike Lane Allowed	Maximum Speed
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan	Drivers license or Moped license	No	Yes, $15 every three years			No	No	15 to get a Moped license	100cc	Yes		30mph
Minnesota	Drivers license or Motorized bike operator permit	No	Yes, annual $6 a year	No		no? could not find info on it	Yes, if under 18	15 to get a Motorized bike license
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
State	Driver's License	Motorcycle License	Registration	Title	Plates	Insurance	Helmet	Minimum Age	Maximum Power	Auto Transmission Required	Bike Lane Allowed	Maximum Speed
New Jersey
New Mexico	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No
New York
Nevada
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	16	35cc to 50cc	No	Yes	30mph
Pennsylvania
State	Driver's License	Motorcycle License	Registration	Title	Plates	Insurance	Helmet	Minimum Age	Maximum Power	Auto Transmission Required	Bike Lane Allowed	Maximum Speed
Rhode Island
South Carolina	Yes, any kind. Special moped license available $25 and it's good for 8 years..	No.	Yes.	Optional, not required..	Yes $15	No.	Under 18yo only.	14yo with Learners permit and some accompanimen	2 horsepower or 750 - 1500 watts electric	Yes.		30mph.
South Dakota
Tennessee	Yes	No	No	No		No	Yes if 15 / No if 16 or older	15 with restrictions	50cc / 2hp	Yes	Yes under 30mph	30mph
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming	No	No	No	No					150cc / 5bhp

 

[darwin]

You left out Australia and Canada, also New Zealand. Our 51st, 52nd and 53rd states.

 

[Anton]

Just trying out the new WikiPost feature. Try editing the table in the first post above table with any information you know. We can add other countries here I suppose https://motoredbikes.com/forums/motorized-bicycle-wiki.168/

 

[Anton]

If you ever add Canada, in Ontario it's been l legal since 2015.
Also you might want to add the minimum Age requirements Max cc's, max HP or kilowatts power. I can't remember the exact KW's one of these day's if I remember I will look it up.

Province    Drivers Licence        Helmet        Minimum Age        Registration        Insurance    Maximum CC's        HP
Ontario        ? No                Yes            16          No                    ? No            49cc                Approx 0.4kw

Edit: Just seen your last post done while I was typing I may look int this later.

Motorized Bicycle Laws: Canada

Province Internal Combustion Engine Driver's License Helmet Minimum Age Operator / Passenger Maximum Speed Insurance Maximum Power Max Bike weight Pedals /Front Light / Rear Light Alberta British Columbia Illegal Manitoba Nova Scotia...

motoredbikes.com

Feel free to add / remove columns as necessary. Just click the edit button beneath the first post.

 

[Wrench]

I tried to Edit California because ya don't need Insurance but IDK what I'm doing, Sorry

 

[Anton]

I tried to Edit California because ya don't need Insurance but IDK what I'm doing, Sorry

Looks like it worked just fine, it keeps all the history so if you mess anything up we can just revert it back

 

[DAMIEN1307]

Looks like it worked just fine, it keeps all the history so if you mess anything up we can just revert it back

Hi Anton,

Your talking to a guy too stupid to use a smart phone, yet i was able to figure out how to turn it into a stupid phone by turning everything off or uninstalling stuff until all that is left is just the phone...And it still works and thats all i want it for...lol...all my friends are stunned i did it.

Here is one ive got for the wiki for New Mexico, but im a little dense as to exactly how to enter info that is here...I post the link for your your consideration to see if its post-able info...i couldnt figure just how to enter this info that would make any real, factual sense since it disagrees with the official one posted, yet the State of New Mexico goes by Section D and Section E when referring to M/Bs...DAMIEN

In Particular...Section E covering Motorised bicycles, which the State calls just bicycles, then just refer to Section D for bicycle laws.

Chapter 18 – Other “Vehicles” | Motor Vehicle Division NM

www.mvd.newmexico.gov

 

[digital_life]

Hi Anton,

Your talking to a guy too stupid to use a smart phone, yet i was able to figure out how to turn it into a stupid phone by turning everything off or uninstalling stuff until all that is left is just the phone...And it still works and thats all i want it for...lol...all my friends are stunned i did it.

Here is one ive got for the wiki for New Mexico, but im a little dense as to exactly how to enter info that is here...I post the link for your your consideration to see if its post-able info...i couldnt figure just how to enter this info that would make any real, factual sense since it disagrees with the official one posted, yet the State of New Mexico goes by Section D and Section E when referring to M/Bs...DAMIEN

In Particular...Section E covering Motorised bicycles, which the State calls just bicycles, then just refer to Section D for bicycle laws.

Chapter 18 – Other “Vehicles” | Motor Vehicle Division NM

www.mvd.newmexico.gov

I was going to help you with that but just looked at the laws for motorized bicycle in NM and it looks like it is possible it is illegal, Have you ever been pulled over and have a cop that let go without a fine.

Specifically in the motorized bike law.

Motorized Bicycles are not considered to be mopeds or motorcycles.


By current MVD practice, motorized bicycles are considered to be bicycles (not mopeds or motorcycles) and are not subject to the titling and registration requirements of the Motor Vehicle Code.

Now the first line in the bicycle

A bicycle is a device propelled by human power upon which any person may ride, having two tandem wheels, except scooters and similar devices.

If you ask me everything after the word "except" and "similar devices" applies to a bike with a motor on it.

Also I do not know what the word "titling" means according to road rules and the terms courts use in Law

 

[Sidewinder Jerry]

State	Driver's License	Motorcycle License	Title	Registration	Insurance	Helmet	Minimum Age	Max CC's / Power
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California					N
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
District of Columbia
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota	Drivers license or Motorized bike operator permit	No	No	yes, annual 6$ a year	no? could not find info on it	if under 18 Yes	15 to get a Motorized bike license
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
Nevada
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	15	50cc 2 hp
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming

 

[DAMIEN1307]

Have you ever been pulled over and have a cop that let go without a fine.

ive been pulled over by regular police, state police as well as county sheriffs only for the purpose of getting a better look at the bike and complimenting me for the work ive done on it...never asked for license, reg or insurance and they know of section e in the motor vehicle code...DAMIEN