Between New Hampshire and Massachusetts what motor bikes can be road driven without a license?
Here’s the MA laws on mopeds - http://www.massrmv.com/rmv/license/7moped.htm
I’m not sure you can operate anything with a motor on the roads without a valid operators license.
ETA: Yup, you need a license for any moped - http://www.massrmv.com/rmv/mcmanual/MotorcycleManual.pdf
I know that in Missouri you can drive a bike with an engine size of 50 cc’s or less without a license plate on it. However you still need a driver’s license. Also you can’t drive them on Interstates and other limited access roads.
Here in Indiana, you can ride a moped/scooter that is less than 50cc without a license or plate. They are very popular among people who have lost their license due to multiple DUIs…in fact, if you ride a scooter, people pretty much assume you’re a drunk.
In Virginia, you do not need a driver’s license to operate a moped, but you have to be 16, and aren’t allowed to operate a moped on a interstate. Even though you don’t need a driver’s license, if you have lost your driver’s license due to certain alcohol-related convictions, there are conditions you have to meet before operating a moped.
Bicycle with electric motor?
Me personally, if it has an engine and wheels or tracks, I can drive it, With the exeption of diesel-electric locomotives. Steam locomotives, I have done.
Oh, you mean LEGALLY! Never mind then.
By “license”, do you mean without a driver’s license at all, or with a driver’s license but without an explicit motorcycle qualification on that driver’s license?
Most electric bikes, maybe even all electric bikes.
In Oklahoma, you can drive a 66/80 cc motorized bicycle w/o a license.
In Oregon, you can ride a motorized bicycle without a license if it meets ALL of the following requirements:
- The size of the motor must be less than 33cc (gas) or 1000W (electric).
- The top speed without pedaling, on level ground, must not exceed 20 mph.
- It must be designed to carry just one person.
- It must be designed to travel with fewer than 4 wheels touching the ground at the same time.
- It must have functional pedals.
Frequently you’ll see people selling mopeds which meet most of those 5 requirements, but not all, and claiming that you don’t need a license to ride it. Those people are wrong.
There is another category of vehicle which you can technically ride without a license in Oregon. It’s called a motor-assisted scooter. But if you’ve lost your license (e.g. because of a DUI) then this doesn’t do you any good because the law specifies that to ride a motor-assisted scooter you must be ELIGIBLE for a license and meet all the same requirements as people who actual get a driver’s license. The only case I can think of where this helps is if you have personal reasons for not wanting your name in the DMV database.
FWIW, motor-assisted scooters must have all of the following features:
- The size of the motor must be less than 33cc (gas) or 1000W (electric).
- The top speed without pedaling, on level ground, must not exceed 15 mph.
- It must be designed to carry just one person.
- It must be designed to travel with fewer than 4 wheels touching the ground at the same time.
- It must be capable of being propelled by pushing the ground with your foot without using the motor.
Also, it is illegal to ride a motor-assisted scooter on a street where the posted speed limit is higher than 25 mph, so that’s pretty useless.
In the town where I live, it’s illegal to ride either a motorized bicycle or a motor-assisted scooter on a bike path unless you switch off the motor.
In a lot of smaller cities, that applies to public transportation, too. The only people who ride a bus are the ones ineligible (for some reason) for a driving license, and if they seem physically fit, drunk driving wins by default.
Now you know why all those scooters are 49cc instead of 50, as gawd and Honda decreed.