pedals vs no pedals
first off welcome to MBc let me point you to a situation of days gone past...here is just one post in the long thread no pedals means you should license as a moped here is this scenario:
original post by JosephGarcia
Well guys... It's been great... but...
So i got stopped by an officer today, two came out of the car, one was completely amazed by my bike and wouldnt stop asking questions about it. the other one stopped me becuase i forgot to signal while making a turn. then he saw that my bike had no pedals, and he showed me the book he had about CA vehicle laws and stuff, and said my bike had to be registered as a moped and needed running lights front and rear, turn signals, all that jazz. pretty much that it was illegal as it is. apperantly he has one himself and stopped another guy the previous day for violations of the vehicle code for this type of vehicle.
the other officer who was amazed by the bike said to the officer who was talking to me, "hey cut the guy some slack, he made this bike himself and its his only way around" So he said, "ok, were going to drive away...and you do whatever you need to do to get home." and winked, so now i am here, posting an ad to sell this **** bike on craiglist, and i got an offer from a mechanic in el monte to buy it for 550$
maybe anyone in the area here wants to buy it off me? check out my craiglist posting under motorcycles titled Boardtrack Style Motorcycle, for 550$.
Selling mainly beucase i dont want to go through trouble from this thing, i am getting a real motorcycle soon anyways, and the money from this will get it here sooner.
So thanks to everyone who gave me advice on running the engine and bikeguy joe who gave me the extra chain to drive this. (which I can repay, but not return...) and you guys for being an awesome community. Ill be getting another motorized bicycle eventually... but for now its not right for me.
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If it's broke and you fix it, it won't be hope this helps in your decision making good luck and happy motoring...