Voyager kit

[wingtriker]

I live in Wisconsin and today I was at my DMV to find out if I could get my trike re-licensed. I have feet problems and the state made me take driver ed over again. I am 63 years old but I did it. But they said that I had to take the motorcycle test over as well. My trike is a 91 Gold Wing with the voyager kit. The problem with the state is that my trike has 4 wheels. One front and 3 back. The state says a motorcycle can have 2 wheels or 3wheels. 4 wheels is considered a car!!!! Now what do I do?

So any body here in Wisconsin who have the voyager kit on their bike may have the same problem if they have to re-license the trike. When you think that things can't get worse they do!!!

 

[John Luciano]

Our law says no more than 3 wheels in contact with the ground at one time. this could be a loop hole . If you set the Voyager pre-load back to default setting one wheel will always be off the ground . Almost impossible to ride but will meet the letter of the law.

 

[tfdeputydawg]

The kit is removable. It is an accessory. Therefore, it is not permanently a 4 wheeled vehicle. So, it's a motorcycle.
If you have to-take the kit off-have someone,if you can't, ride it to the BMV-get your plates. Go home and bolt the kit back on.

 

[GWTRIKENUT]

The kit is removable. It is an accessory. Therefore, it is not permanently a 4 wheeled vehicle. So, it's a motorcycle.
If you have to-take the kit off-have someone,if you can't, ride it to the BMV-get your plates. Go home and bolt the kit back on.

The problem here is that when a cop pulls up behind you and all four wheels are on the ground, you get a ticket for wrong license plate on bike. You will need a car plate. Also wrong insurance. Needs to be insured as a car. Argue all you want, but the judge has the last word. This is the problem with the voyager kit in several states.

 

[ricle41]

Sounds like a problem with the state, not the trike. Here in Kansas, I licensed mine as a motorcycle, and they don't ask how many wheels are on the ground.

 

[secondroy]

If they say it is not a motorcycle but a car then you should be able to ride it with a regular operator's license. You should have a friend that would loan you his scooter to get your motorcycle license. Maybe a dealer you know well would do it.

 

[Condor]

If they say it is not a motorcycle but a car then you should be able to ride it with a regular operator's license. You should have a friend that would loan you his scooter to get your motorcycle license. Maybe a dealer you know well would do it.

I know this is an old thread but thought I'd add to it a bit. Here in the state of California a trike doesn't need a motorcycle endorsement and can legally be operated with a standard drivers license. But.... a Voyager kit is considered a trailer with a different hitch attachment and you'll need the MC OK on the license since it's still considered a two wheel. The trailer definition was also applied when I added the Voyager to my insurance policy thru Geico. Now.. does this mean that I'd be pulling a set of doubles when adding a regular MC trailer??? I haven't asked Geico.

Thought I'd let sleeping dogs lie.....

 

[John Luciano]

Going thru tolls with the trailer you will pay more than a car.

 

[jmk865]

In my state it If you make three tracks, you have a trike. Since the motorcycle wheels make one track, and the outrigger makes two more.....we have three tracks and therefor a trike. At least that's what the dmv and the book say. The insurance lists the outrigger kit as an accessory.

 

[Condor]

Going thru tolls with the trailer you will pay more than a car.

They stick it to ya around here also. I hate paying twice as much for a tandem axle trailer...they charge by the axle... then they do for the truck. Ends up being triple toll. I don't think there would be a problem with a Voyager kit. The toll booth operator wouldn't know what the 'H' he was looking at...

 

[dadztoy]

Let me ask the obvious question here... Can you suffer thru your feet problems long enough to take your test on 2 wheels??? If you can, problem solved...

Most of these add-on outrigger kits like the Voyager, Tow Pac (what I use) are classified as "an accessory", so there shouldn't be any issues even though there are!!! Leave it to State government to make a simple solution complicated!!!

Les

 

[Condor]

I know this is an old thread but thought I'd add to it a bit. Here in the state of California a trike doesn't need a motorcycle endorsement and can legally be operated with a standard drivers license. But.... a Voyager kit is considered a trailer with a different hitch attachment and you'll need the MC OK on the license since it's still considered a two wheel. The trailer definition was also applied when I added the Voyager to my insurance policy thru Geico. Now.. does this mean that I'd be pulling a set of doubles when adding a regular MC trailer??? I haven't asked Geico. Thought I'd let sleeping dogs lie.....

Been pondering this for a while and have a note to add about a California Voyager Kit. If it's considered a trailer then it needs to be registered.

CA trailers need to be licensed.

Don't kick the dog.....

 

[DBronco]

I know this is an old thread but thought I'd add to it a bit. Here in the state of California a trike doesn't need a motorcycle endorsement and can legally be operated with a standard drivers license. But.... a Voyager kit is considered a trailer with a different hitch attachment and you'll need the MC OK on the license since it's still considered a two wheel. The trailer definition was also applied when I added the Voyager to my insurance policy thru Geico. Now.. does this mean that I'd be pulling a set of doubles when adding a regular MC trailer??? I haven't asked Geico. Thought I'd let sleeping dogs lie.....

My voyager trike was from out of state and I had to take it to the CHP to be inspected and signed off before the DMV would register. The CHP told me I did not need a motorcycle endorsement for the voyager trike as long as I did not ride without the outriggers.

Had DMV paperwork signed off by CHP, went back to DMV and had my MC plates on my bike within 30 minutes.