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Author Topic: Making a atv, atc, utv street legal  (Read 6239 times)
lostj
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« on: February 25, 2009, 07:59:07 PM »

Does anyone know the Florida laws for making a three wheeler, atv or utv street legal?
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« Reply #1 on: February 25, 2009, 08:20:49 PM »

Moving to another state would be alot easier.
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« Reply #2 on: February 25, 2009, 11:00:18 PM »

If it is titled as an OHV (off-highway vehicle), it cannot be registered or made legal for on-road use.

I believe in certain communities (primarily retirement communities or 55+ communities), they do have regulations on the books that allow on-road usage of golf carts or similar UTV's.
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« Reply #3 on: February 26, 2009, 08:34:09 PM »

 
If it is titled as an OHV (off-highway vehicle), it cannot be registered or made legal for on-road use.


Thanks, thats what i figured.

what if the "atc"three wheeler is homemade, I figure if you could title a homemade harley type trike there has to be a way to register a homebuild atc "trike". Anyone have experience with that?
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« Reply #4 on: February 26, 2009, 08:40:27 PM »

There are a few ways to approach this, but they all take a lot of time, patience and cooperation.

You could 'build' a homemade 'motorcycle' that has 3 wheels to the State's specifications and then attempt to get it titled as a 'motorcycle'.   As long as it meets Florida's regulations, this is possible.

If you search long and hard, there are occasional Title Office mix-ups, and I have seen ATV's that were mistakenly titled as a regular on-road vehicle.  If you could find such an ATV and purchase it then you are in luck, but remember, you have to run DOT approved tires, turn signals, horn, etc.
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« Reply #5 on: February 27, 2009, 02:33:02 PM »

There are a lot of hoops to jump through. Just buy a dual sport motorcycle that is street legal. Much easier.
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