Re: California Registration, no paper work, plates
now, i may be wrong about this but i believe that as of the end of january 2004, you cannot register off highway motorcycles for on road use. it is no longer possible to register these bikes at all in california other than with an off road title.
it use to be in california, as it is in most other states, is you do any conversions to your bike needed, such as adding lights, mirrors or changing the tires or emissions components to make it on road compatible, you then sign an approved affidavit certifying that the vehicle meets state standards. you would then bring the bike into the dmv for inspection and continue the paperwork. after it passed the inspection you were golden.
today, that is not the case, again as far as i know. there is one minor way you can get around this but still... i am not sure if its even worth a shot. while california will not register an off road motorcycle what you can try is doing all the conversions and then have the bike registered and plated in another state to someone else like a family member or so forth. that way, if you get pulled over, you are still registered in another state and california honors out of state registrations for temporary use, so you would not be ticked. the only set back is if they are able to find out the bike currently resides to you in a california address you could be fined.
this kind of sucks but as far as i know, is the only way to get by with a known off road motorcycle vin on the street. i believe this law applies more to dirt bikes rather than mopeds though, so you never know. how do you even know your vin is off road only anyway? i would suggest, and again i may be wrong but it is worth a shot, is fill out the reg230 form checking off "yes" for all the portions in "section a". then fill out the rest of the paperwork, send it the fees and see what happens. if you get registered, do the conversions and you are set!
key points to try
-register bike in other states under relatives address (temporary fix but may help if you are pulled over)
-fill out the reg230 form stating that your vehicle follows the classifications (mark "yes" in section a)
it use to be in california, as it is in most other states, is you do any conversions to your bike needed, such as adding lights, mirrors or changing the tires or emissions components to make it on road compatible, you then sign an approved affidavit certifying that the vehicle meets state standards. you would then bring the bike into the dmv for inspection and continue the paperwork. after it passed the inspection you were golden.
today, that is not the case, again as far as i know. there is one minor way you can get around this but still... i am not sure if its even worth a shot. while california will not register an off road motorcycle what you can try is doing all the conversions and then have the bike registered and plated in another state to someone else like a family member or so forth. that way, if you get pulled over, you are still registered in another state and california honors out of state registrations for temporary use, so you would not be ticked. the only set back is if they are able to find out the bike currently resides to you in a california address you could be fined.
this kind of sucks but as far as i know, is the only way to get by with a known off road motorcycle vin on the street. i believe this law applies more to dirt bikes rather than mopeds though, so you never know. how do you even know your vin is off road only anyway? i would suggest, and again i may be wrong but it is worth a shot, is fill out the reg230 form checking off "yes" for all the portions in "section a". then fill out the rest of the paperwork, send it the fees and see what happens. if you get registered, do the conversions and you are set!
key points to try
-register bike in other states under relatives address (temporary fix but may help if you are pulled over)
-fill out the reg230 form stating that your vehicle follows the classifications (mark "yes" in section a)
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