DUDES!!!! Street legal ATC!!!!

[oscarmayer]

I'm so dam stoked!!!!!!

I was driving home today and say a guy on a enturo bike. it looked exactly liek a dirt bike butin 4 stroke and had turn signals and plates. I studied i as he was at tne light kinda infront of me at an angle. then I got to thinking. why can;t my atc me legalized? So i dug deeper and this is what I found out.

i called the TXDOT and talked to them, they told me as long as it passes inspection then it can be street legalized. I went by an inspection place, the guy was excited as me. he said that it can be registured as a motorcycle.
Here re the basics. if it's over 50cc and has mor ethan 1 gear change it's a motorcycle.

requirements:
hi/low beamed headlight
turn signals (any kind as long as they work) (front and rear)
brake lights that work when brakes are used
rear lamp that lights when lights are turned on
rear license plate light of some sort that lights the plate up at night
tires with some sort of tread (knobby's qualify just cannot be slicks)
horn
brakes
2 or more gear changes
50cc+ in engine size for a 4 stroke, and 100cc+ for a 2stroke
insurance

Dudes I can do this!!! think about it, your driving along the road and riding next to you is a guy on a atc. what would ya think of that? If i get it legalized i'm going to ride it to work every chance i get!!!!!!

where's what i need to know.
the 200e has a generator correct? it charges the battery and keesp the electricla working right?
if so, can i tap into the power and ground wires to make a custom turn signal setup using LED lights? i read the 200e uses a 12v system. so that's very compatable! i found some blinking LEDs for turn signals and then I can rig something up for a brake light (if the rear light is not a brake light already)

i can attach the rear light to the headlight switch so when i switch the front light on, it lights the rear light too.

insurance will be another question, but i think i can get that handled too.

horn, easy weazy.
got brakes and tired have knobby so that quals as tred.


does someoen have a better idea? what do you guys think of the idea? i'd love to ride my trike to work. i'd use a big bike lock on it too jsut to be safe, but it woudl be fun!

[oscarmayer]

halps me! please! i want to make it street legal!

[WaimakRydah]

i duno how you would wire all the lights and the horn up to it but its probably possible...

im pretty sure you can have street legal trikes in the UK and in some American states as ive seen videos on youtube of people with quads that have indicators and plates so it would be possible.

[Nick_R_23]

I had turn signals and a horn on my Big Red before, I took the controls off an old Yamaha enduro bike, used my own lights, and did the wiring myself. Its not really that hard, the only problem I had with them was that the Big Red didnt put out enough juice to make the flasher for the turn signals go very fast, but I used one off a car. Your best bet is just to take a whole system off a wrecked bike or something.

You may want to double check on the tires though, most places require DOT legal tires, so even if they are knobbies, like on enduro bikes, they still might have to be DOT approved.

-Nick

[blue27]

http://www.dratv.com/fowhtusikita.html

[scooterroo]

kings tt tires are D.O.T approved!!!

[WaimakRydah]

i ride my atc around surrounding streets and i ride it to the waimak (local riding area) ive ridden it to the chip shop afew times too just havent got caught... Over here you can get quads and trikes regod for beach or farm use but i dont know about having them for only on road use... mind you my 2 wheeler is a dirt bike and its road legal so i could probably try but i need to get it going first.

[oscarmayer]

this is the flasher led i was thinking of using on the rear fenders (3 side by side and 2 on each fork on the front)

http://www.parts-express.com/pe/show...number=070-064

thoughts? i was wanting to go led.
1- no mess with flashers and how much voltage is needed.
2- led uses less voltage and amps than normal kits.


what do ya'll think?

[oldtime3wheeler]

I remember an article in an '84 or '85 issue of 3 wheeler action or dirtwheels that had a street legal 250r in Cali. Had pic of it riding down the highway. Would love to do it to my big red.

[tanks350x]

here's a thought, why dont you look in to using a wiring harness from a old junk honda motorcycle or something? of course rig up your own turn signals.. just a thought

[SYKO]

look up crazyflights street legal trike, he built a nice one and has been trying to sell it

[oscarmayer]

i pmed him.

even if his is and it's a good deal, i would still like to legalize my big red just to have it that way,

[Dammit!]

I would love to ride my 350x to work...

[smvorndran]

You'd have to watch out for lifting the front wheel. If you do it around here on a motorcycle, it's reckless driving. That'd be hard to keep down. A guy at the local Honda shop said he plated 2 4-wheelers a few years ago. They were plated as a motorcycle. He was legal according to the BMV, but he ran into some real pain in the butt cops that said they'd impound it if they saw him on the road again, even if it was plated. Personally, I think it's a cool idea, but not safe. If somebody was riding down the highway and got killed, it'd bring more unneeded attention to these "death" machines we all love. Good luck with it. Let me know what it'd cost you to insure it for road use. That will be interesting. Underwriters would have a cow with that.

smvorndran

[surferdave71]

i remember the article about the street legal 250r too, i think he lived in san diego, it looked sweet too.