MOPED ARMY

Thanks for the info! I'm hoping I can get a title with the bill of sale. Hopefully it doesn't need to be notorized...

You do need ins, you can get a title by filling out a "statement of facts" form and providing the engine# and vin#, and 4 pics of the bike. Pay 35.00 and get your plate that day. Title will come in the mail. The seller should write up the bill of sale. Buying a titled bike will save you from all this malarky though. Best of luck!

It is not that bad, if the bike has not been reg for 7 years it will not even be on file, fill out the paperwork and own a moped! What kind are you getting?

you need a title to get a license.

run the vin at the dmv first.

if no record of it, then go to the dmv web site and download the forms for a bill of sale and a history of the ped. if the site isn't running, pick up the forms at the office.

some mn dmv staff are more helpful or more knowledgable than others. if you get one that is confused, move on to the next one and be polite.

the process is very simple and no headache. i have titled two mopeds with no hassle this way.

you need liability insurance at minimum. hopefully you are covered medically in some other way. i use my car insurance company (state farm) and pay $51/moped. i met one guy who said they got it for $35.

annual tabs are $12.25.

if you do not have a license to drive a car, you need a moped license which costa around $9.75. you must be 15 yrs old minimum to apply for a moped license. if you are under 18, you must take a motorcycle class first (offered by hennepin tech and other places).

under 18, a helmet is required.

as for price of a scorpion. it depends upon how desperate you are. i know there is a tendency to spend more on the first one just to have it.

general rule of thumb is 0-$200 for nonrunners, depending upon the make, condition, has a title. preferably 100 or less. fixing them can be expensive.

good runners can be found $250-$500. depends upon make, condition, add ons.

fixers (engine turns over) you may spend $100-300

i think $400 sounds high for a nonrunner that isnt very desirable. many who have mopeds have no idea what they are selling for. just think they have a collectable worth a lot. it is worth what someone will pay for.

or you could just not get it titled, licensed, insured at all. I rode a moped for a whole year that way and never had trouble. Even got pulled over a couple times. The cops had no idea what the law even was with mopeds. And less than a month after i made my maxi completely legal it was stolen. oh, the irony.

you probably would not get into trouble driving illegally in MN.

however, if too many do it and the cops start noticing, it could be a problem for all of us in the future. at least it isn't horribly expensive to be legal in this state.

there is a fear that with all of the scooters around, with younger kids getting into accidents or annoying other drivers or pedestrians, things could get harder legally for everyone. something we all want to avoid.

some of the suburbs starting adding laws about the electric scooters (stand up, not seated), who could use them, where they could be ridden, when that craze came out several years ago.

i hope your scorpion works out for you. if not, there are a lot of mopeds around here for sale every year.

Even tho this thread is dead the last time I actually insured a ped progressive charged me $64/year in Chicago. Just in case yalls is wonderin.

So what insurance provider would you recommend in MN? I have Progressive for the peds now, but if they don't willingly stand behind their product when you need them to then its a worthless sham/mockery policy. Good to find this out before a crisis.