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I need help im new.And how to ake a dirtbike street legal? :whoa:
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[QUOTE="rmc_olderthandirt, post: 1234317, member: 68872"] Help us out a bit: what state do you live in? In California it is very difficult to make a bike street legal that wasn't built for it in the first place. You can add lights and turn signals but California requires the bike to meet the EPA requirements. No two strokes will qualify and most of the MX bikes won't qualify either. Your best bet would be to buy a bike that is already street legal. There are a number of "dual sport" bikes available and some of them make a respectable dirt bike. You said: "so i can actually go places cause dirt bike have good gas milage." I would challenge that statement. Dirt bikes are generally geared for lower speeds, providing a lot of torque for climbing hills and slogging through soft terrain. A typical dirt bike would not be asked to go 80 MPH. At freeway speeds a converted dirt bike would get terrible gas milage. If you want a motorcycle for cruising around get yourself a nice street bike, it will serve you a lot better. As others have said, the tires that are best for off road are not legal on the road. Even if you risked the ticket knobbies just are not good on the street and the asphalt will tear them up in short order. A good road tire sucks when it comes to hill climbs and sand washes. If you are going to ride the bike off road and be aggressive about it then there is a high probability that you will end up laying the bike down. Mirrors and turn signals generally suffer from this. I suspect that you can only afford one vehicle and you are trying to have your cake and eat it too. The bottom line is that you will probably end up with something that is not appropriate for anything. Taking your street bike off road is going to tear it up, and when you break your main form of transportation you will find yourself walking or taking the bus. You will be better off to have a toy you can afford to break and have transportation you can rely on. Rod McInnis [/QUOTE]
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