RE:3 wheel = motorcycle?

["PETER VANDERWAL" <peterv@peoplepc.com>]

> What if you used the front end of a Honda Civic..
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> then it would be FWD.. and a car for all intents..
> since it isnt driven by the motorcycle parts.
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> <Just with one wheel to keep the back up instead of two>

It's still a motorcycle in most places.  Federal regulations consider a car
to have 4 (or more) wheels.  Two or three wheels and it's considered
motorcycle, no matter how they are set up.  That is, according to federal
regulations.

State regulations...that's a whole different ball of wax.  Some states just
follow the federal regs.

Some states, if it doesn't have a saddle or you don't sit straddling it,
it's not a motorcycle;  and guess what?  It's still not a car (needs to have
4 or more wheels).  In those states it's not legal at all.

In Ohio, it can have three wheels, but only if it has two back and one front
wheel.  At least that's the rule for bicycles, I think it's the same for
motorcycles.

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> william glickman  sez :
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> Sounds like another three wheel enclosed motorcycle SPARROW.
> Enclosed motorcycles like the Sparrow are not legal in CT
> and several
> other states.
> Also, what do insurance companies classify these new EV ?
> What is a typical yearly insurance on a Sparrow type vehicle
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