Safety Helmet: | Required for operators under 18; required for all passengers, regardless of age. |
Eye Protection: | Required by law - unless equipped with windscreen which is 15" or higher above handlebars |
Passenger Age: | No Restrictions |
Helmet Speakers: | No Restrictions |
Mirrors: | Two required by law |
Headlight: | Daytime headlight required by law. Modulating headlight permitted. |
Turn Signals: | Required by law |
Handlebars: | Maximum of 15" above seat |
Muffler: | No acoustical criteria. |
Noise Restrictions: | No acoustical criteria. |
Riding Two Abreast in Lane: | Driving motorcycles and motor-driven cycles on roadways laned for traffic (a) Motorcycles and motor-driven cycles may be driven upon a lane of a roadway, and no motor vehicle may be driven so as to deprive a motorcycle or motor-driven cycle of the full use of a lane. This provision does not apply to motorcycles or motor-driven cycles driven two abreast in a single lane by consent of both drivers; however, no motorcycles or motor-driven cycles may be driven more than two abreast in a single lane. |
Lane Splitting: | No driver of a motorcycle or motor-driven cycle may overtake and pass another vehicle in the same lane occupied by the vehicle being overtaken. A driver of a motorcycle or motor-driven cycle may not drive between adjacent lanes or lines of traffic, or between adjacent lines or rows of vehicles. |
Insurance: | Compulsory Liability (Minimum Limits)(50/100/25) |
These state motorcycle laws very verified as current at the time they were published on this page. Some laws may have been changed or repealed and new laws may have be added. Check with state and/or local authorities for the most up to date laws and regulations.