Safety Helmet: | Required by law under age 18 |
Eye Protection: | Required by law unless equipped with windscreen |
Passenger Age: | No Restrictions |
Helmet Speakers: | No Restrictions |
Mirrors: | One required by law |
Headlight: | Modulating headlight permitted |
Turn Signals: | Required by law |
Handlebars: | Handlebars such that the hands of the operator are not above the operator's shoulder height when the operator is sitting astride the seat and the operator's hands are on the handlebar grips. |
Muffler: | Muffler required; no cutout, bypass or similar device (28-955.01, Motorcycles; noise level equipment; unauthorized equipment). |
Noise Restrictions: | Maximum allowable A-weighted sound levels based on measurements taken at a distance of 50 ft from center lane of travel (R17-4-61. Motorcycle Noise Limits): Model Year/<=35mph/35-45mph/>45mph: Before 1972/84dba/88dba/88dba; 1972-1980/79dba/82dba/86dba; After 1980/76dba/80dba/83dba |
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: | Lane filtering is technically legal in Arizona as of 2022, but only under certain conditions. You can only ride between lanes of traffic stopped at a light. The speed limit of the road has to be less than 45 miles per hour. You can’t ride faster than 15 miles per hour. The street has to have at least two lanes of traffic traveling in the same direction. You have to be passing a car stopped in the same lane. You have to ride in the middle of the lanes, not on the median or shoulder. |
Insurance: | Compulsory Liability (Minimum Limits)(15/30/10) |
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 Some laws may have been changed or repealed and new laws may have be added.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.