Need help with Arizona law

[Maria]

Ok, this is apparently a much harder question than it should be. I just completed the conversion from 2 wheels to 3. Coincidentally, the registration is due this month. Soooooooo, I called Arizona DMV to ask if I needed to change anything, do anything differently, etc. I talked to 9 different (idiots) people, and got 9 different answers! Any other Arizonans out there who can help?
Thank you!!!!
-Maria

 

[John Luciano]

i talked to a person from AZ last week She was driving a 4 wheel trike. She is a builder. she said even a 4 wheel is called a trike in AZ

 

[tfdeputydawg]

Same plate for a real trike-The conversion is considered an accessory in the eyes of the licensing commission and all the insurance companies I have quized about coverage of my forthcoming conversion.
We have excise tax on plates in my state so, they are missing out on extra revenue by not taxing a trike it's true value! Shhhhh, don't tell 'em!

 

[Gorilla]

Maria, I just read your DMV manual on line and I believe your state treats the conversion to still be a motorcycle. I would think all you need to due is renew your motorcycle tag. According to what I read it still is a motorcycle in Arizona.

 

[ricle41]

Just registered mine in Kansas. Told them I needed to register and license my bike. The clerk, who knows me, (it's a small town) said isn't this your new trike (?) and I asked if she had any tags to sell a trike. Of course she didn't have anything except a motorcycle tag, so I gave her the value of a '95goldwing, purchased a tag for it, and my conversion is listed on my insurance as an accessory.
I'm amazed that our legislatures have not figured out this revenue source.

 

[Nana]

Maria, I just read your DMV manual on line and I believe your state treats the conversion to still be a motorcycle. I would think all you need to due is renew your motorcycle tag. According to what I read it still is a motorcycle in Arizona.

That's how they looked at mine here in Ohio too!

 

[Nauga Mok]

Nevada has a clasification for trikes & call it a "trimobile", but they make it almost imossible to change the registration & title from motorcycle to trimobile. To read about the process in the DMV's rules, it seems simple enough -- 'till I went to the DMV office with the paperwork the rule book said I needed & was told something else completely different. I checked with our local HD dealer & they said the Triglides were titled & sold as motorcycles. SOooo -- I ended up renewing my motorcycle license because there was NO way to get the paperwork they wanted to make the change. IF & when I ever get that paper work, maybe I'll change it then -- or maybe not.

NM

 

[spiritdream]

Maria, I just read your DMV manual on line and I believe your state treats the conversion to still be a motorcycle. I would think all you need to due is renew your motorcycle tag. According to what I read it still is a motorcycle in Arizona.

Maria, this is how I read your state's manual too. Here in Mass, a motorcycle is defined as "3 wheels or less" with a saddle & handlebars (something about the engine cc, but I don't remember that part), so I knew I was registering as a motorcycle - all I gave them was the motorcycle paperwork. Just "for kicks", I asked the clerk what would happen if I converted my motorcycle to a trike....dumb would be a kind description! 40 minutes and 5 phone calls later, she STILL didn't know how to register a trike!! At that point, I had to go back to work so I recommended she read the manual where it said "a motorcycle is 3 wheels or less".

 

[John Luciano]

Here in Conn. they don't know what a trike is. When I went to the State Capitol to try to change the testing law to allow a person to test on a trike I was asked question like ...How fast can a trike go? Can you ride it on the high way? Is it like an ATV ? I hope you are not talking about the little truck things I saw in Bermuda? Do they tip over easy? In Conn. It is a Motorcycle...and if i bought a stallion I would just bring the title that says motorcycle and reg. it as a Motortrike motorcycle.

What does it say on the title for the Stallion and the Can Am Spyder?

 

[Gorilla]

The" Certificate of Origin for a Vehicle" (which is supplied by TBMS to the dealer) says under "Body Type" "Motorcycle" for the Stallion. My Florida title says "Motorcycle".

 

[Bikerbozo]

All these states seem a little goofy. I just started looking at getting a trike recently in NY. Just found out it uses the same license plate as 2 wheeled bike. My insurance company only wanted the CC for quote also. Didn't seem to care about model. I do know that in NY they had (and may still have) a seperate trike license. However with motorcycle endorsment, you can ride either. With trike endorsment, only trike.An e-mail sent to my state DMV asking questions has not been answered yet.

 

[Greydog]

Don't ask.....don't tell...just register it as a motorcycle. The VIN# describes it as a motorcycle and that's all they need to know. We pay personal property tax on our vehicles here in West Virginia every year. If I told them what it cost to convert my motorcycle to a trike my tax on the bike would double!!

 

[Capt Chaos]

Hi Maria,
I read the Arizona Manuel and from what I read your trike is treated the same as a bike. I also talked to someone at C and R trikes our main trike builder in Tucson and they say you don't have to do anything, just send it your regisratioin and your good to go.
The Capt.:yes:

 

[Saltywheels]

Maria: In CA, we are 'motorcycles' as well. Gave State Farm a letter & a pic of the trike just to cya in case of an oops! G'luck