3 weeks until UTV's are street legal in NC

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Really looking forward to riding on under 55mph streets.
Looks like I need radial tires and turn signals to pass inspection. Not a big deal.

Anyone else planning to go street legal?
The NC DMV just released the procedure, it sounds straight forward (yeah, I know....)

Hopefully no idiots mess it up for everyone.

Btw, look closely in the background of this pic to see some AR500 SCHTEEL.

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I want a UTV really bad. Even though I don't have a place to use it. Even though they are super expensive. I've got dreams of riding around, busting caps on coyotes while wearing night vision goggles.
 
Nice Honda, we bought a Honda 1000-5 in camo about 2 years ago. We really enjoy it and will monitor the coming of street legal use. We ride ours in neighborhood only for now and need to look over the requirements to make it street legal. Thanks for the reminder.
 
Reagan98 said:
Nice Honda, we bought a Honda 1000-5 in camo about 2 years ago. We really enjoy it and will monitor the coming of street legal use. We ride ours in neighborhood only for now and need to look over the requirements to make it street legal. Thanks for the reminder.
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If I had known street legal was coming, I might have went with the 1000cc vs the 700.
The 700 is a big single cylinder, 42mph top speed. It Barely meets the size requirements for UTV street use. If buying a new one, I'd look HARD at the Yamaha wolverine.
It's VERY car like, bucket seats etc.
The belt drive system is the best in the industry. 10yr belt warranty.

The Mahindra Roxor may get some aftermarket support also if sales go up due to street use.
 
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Where i am I've been seeing them on the streets since forever. And in Durham where I used to be we got kids with no parents on dirt bikes.
 
NCFubar said:
So the gooberment is going to “allow” UTV’s on the street IF you meet their standards (inspection which are not free) along registration (tag fee and taxes) … basically another way to get your money.
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I'll make it up in fuel costs.
I will ride this in the rain, carry groceries etc.
No AC though. Gotta wear a helmet.
 
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Will operation on a public road require a drivers license?

I don’t much care about these getting on the roads, as long as they can drive at least 10mph over the posted speed limit like the normal people.
 
Will certainly make local travel safer when a rare snow storm hits. Wen we lived in K'Ville, we saw ATV's and UTV's running around on the snow packed roads with easy with many cars were slipping around.
 
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Will certainly make local travel safer when a rare snow storm hits. Wen we lived in K'Ville, we saw ATV's and UTV's running around on the snow packed roads with easy with many cars were slipping around.
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Yep. That's when the idiots come out on these things.

This will be a shitshow just like the liquor cycles.

Imho this is one of the stupidest things they have done
 
I just wonder what is going to happen when thousands of these things are zipping up and down the beaches all day every day. I suspect that within 48 hours of legality, some idiot will be out there tearing up the dunes and doing donuts on some Piping Plover nests, and that is going to be the catalyst for the feds to come in and ban ALL driving on the national seashore.
 
East of Here said:
I just wonder what is going to happen when thousands of these things are zipping up and down the beaches all day every day. I suspect that within 48 hours of legality, some idiot will be out there tearing up the dunes and doing donuts on some Piping Plover nests, and that is going to be the catalyst for the feds to come in and ban ALL driving on the national seashore.
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Can't legislate to the lowest common denominator.....or can we?

Not my idea of a good place to live.
(See west coast)
 
Studentofthegun said:
I want a UTV really bad. Even though I don't have a place to use it. Even though they are super expensive. I've got dreams of riding around, busting caps on coyotes while wearing night vision goggles.
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I picture @thrillhill riding shotgun. Bark River at the hip and rifle at the ready!

Or, better yet, me with a bottle of white lightnin and a seatbelt.
 
NKD said:
I picture @thrillhill riding shotgun. Bark River at the hip and rifle at the ready!

Or, better yet, me with a bottle of white lightnin and a seatbelt.
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I've seen this movie before...
 
East of Here said:
I just wonder what is going to happen when thousands of these things are zipping up and down the beaches all day every day. I suspect that within 48 hours of legality, some idiot will be out there tearing up the dunes and doing donuts on some Piping Plover nests, and that is going to be the catalyst for the feds to come in and ban ALL driving on the national seashore.
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Hell yeah brother. My beach house is right near the Southport ferry. I’m going to head over to fort fisher and ruin this for everyone.
 
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East of Here said:
I just wonder what is going to happen when thousands of these things are zipping up and down the beaches all day every day. I suspect that within 48 hours of legality, some idiot will be out there tearing up the dunes and doing donuts on some Piping Plover nests, and that is going to be the catalyst for the feds to come in and ban ALL driving on the national seashore.
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Already happening check out Cape Lookout National seashore. I spent a week there in April. You can rent a Kubota SxS from the Cape Look out ferry or the NPS. The private ferry SxS rental is $175 per day and can access all of the island north to south. The ones from the NPS at the lighthouse can only access the point. There were tracks on the dunes then, but still the worst are the dang jeep clubs and their mall crawlers thinking it is the dunes of California.

Up in Corolla I think the police are around enough to curb that after awhile. At least when I was there last (several years ago) they were patrolling the beach to the VA border and from the pictures from "OBX idiots" seems like even more now.
 
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