atv on road?

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Scigacz

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I saw today an ATV (quad) with license plate, riding on lakeshore. I never thought that was legal? rules have changed? (it was in Mississauga BTW)
 
Wow I wish you got a picture. What colour was the plate?
 
Yeah, MAYBE blue plated but white? The rider has balls doing that especially on Lakeshore. Was it even a bike plate?
 
Back in the early 2000 you could get them road legal because they were classified same as a bike. However the government changed that and classed them as a car because they have four wheels, therefore to road legal them they have to meet the same safety requirements as a car. Good luck with the happening, lol.

A guy at work was showing me pic's of a guy he knew in Burlington that did it back in the day.
 
On Friday I saw a guy on an ATV going north bound on Trafalgar (near lower base line), and a couple of weeks ago I passed an ATV on 6th line, north of Steeles. Maybe more of them are saying f....it.
 
you see them all the time in stunt videos and ROC. but never thought people did that here
 
There is one guy in mississauga has a yamaha with a plate that he bought back when it was legal to put them on the road and government can't touch him as long as its insured and plated. Its all done up too with full around ohlins shocks.
 
Our town passed a bylaw a couple years back making it legal to ride a licenced and insured ATV down township roads to the nearest access point of the ATV trail network. Having sold my Ural sidecar rig earlier this year, I'm considering getting a good used ATV for the winter.
 
K4GSXXXR said:
There is one guy in mississauga has a yamaha with a plate that he bought back when it was legal to put them on the road and government can't touch him as long as its insured and plated. Its all done up too with full around ohlins shocks.
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I didn't want to chime in until this ^^^, or I thought I'd get called on it. ;)
I met that dude a couple yrs ago.
He had to safety it.
Only tires that were street legal were from Pirelli, and he had a "one off" contract with them, for testing, etc.
That quad had to have mirrors, lights, signals, a working speedometer, and a couple other things. He carried the paperwork for obvious reasons, and it was plated with a motorcycle plate, the same thing we have bolted on the rear of our bikes.
He had just ran into Hamilton via 403 / Main St.
His digital dash recorded 'top speed' just as a GPS does.
It was impressive.
 
I thought they were illegal on road too but 4 cops rode by my house last weekend and one just waved like it was normal as they went by.
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