eGO cycle registration in California?
It is regularly reported, and even argued on barely related blog posts, that the eGO Cycle 2 is not required to be registered/insured/licensed for in California.
This is not true.
It's easy to see, based on a nice summary of the law on the CHP's website, that the eGO is a "moped" (speed greater than 20, power greater than 1000 watts, but all electric and top speed less than 30), not a 406b "motorized bicycle" (speed <20, power less than 1000watts). A "moped"/406a vehicle requires an M2 license, registration (one-time, ~$18, but, still, its required) and insurance. This is all spelled out very simply in the CA law.
I'd like to know where Mary Jensen, on the Treehugger post I mentioned above, found a dealer who says otherwise. Perhaps the dealer was just republishing the technote from eGO themselves, which is dated from 2002, even though it wasn't true then.
This just makes one more instance of how eGO vehicles participates in dishonest practices. Their product is great out-of-the-box, but a nightmare in the long run. Opening their customers up to tickets and fines for bad legal advice doesn't make it sound any better for them.
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