Post by methejdo on Jun 26, 2014 18:21:50 GMT -5
Hello all. I am new to the forum and I need some help here.
Yesterday I got pulled over because I was clocked going 50mph on my 2013 TaoTao ATM 50A. Under NC law, a moped should not be able to exceed 35mph...so that was the trouble. When the officer read the VIN he told me that the fifth digit was E - meaning that the engine was classified as
-99cc and so it was legally a motorcycle and should be registered as such. He let me off without a ticket because he believed that I genuinely thought it was a 49cc when I bought it (the manufacturer website says 49cc, the guy i got it from said 49cc, the title says 49cc...). He advised me to sell it and buy a moped that has A as the fifth digit on the VIN (so that it is under 50cc).
So is my moped really-99cc?? Why would the manufacturer blatantly lie like that? What should I do? This is my commute bike and I dont have a license or anything so I am in a big mess if I dont have it. For now I am still riding it and watching my speed but i am unsure about what to do about all of this. I am kinda broke at the moment and its having engine trouble so I dont think i can really sell it and get another one.
Thanks in advance for any and all answers and advice!
-JDO
Yesterday I got pulled over because I was clocked going 50mph on my 2013 TaoTao ATM 50A. Under NC law, a moped should not be able to exceed 35mph...so that was the trouble. When the officer read the VIN he told me that the fifth digit was E - meaning that the engine was classified as
-99cc and so it was legally a motorcycle and should be registered as such. He let me off without a ticket because he believed that I genuinely thought it was a 49cc when I bought it (the manufacturer website says 49cc, the guy i got it from said 49cc, the title says 49cc...). He advised me to sell it and buy a moped that has A as the fifth digit on the VIN (so that it is under 50cc).So is my moped really
-99cc?? Why would the manufacturer blatantly lie like that? What should I do? This is my commute bike and I dont have a license or anything so I am in a big mess if I dont have it. For now I am still riding it and watching my speed but i am unsure about what to do about all of this. I am kinda broke at the moment and its having engine trouble so I dont think i can really sell it and get another one.Thanks in advance for any and all answers and advice!
-JDO
