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Join Date: Jun 2019
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Alibaba Electric Motorcycle
Hello Everyone,
This is my first post on the website and I wanted to start off by thanking you all for your help. I am new to motorcycles, but have a good deal of knowledge with circuit design. I'm very interested in getting the below motorcycle as kind of an entry/hobby vehicle to tinker with. I have worked out the details of getting this to the United States, and having it covered for a refund if it is not what the company claims it to be. Worst case, I may lose the cost of shipping. https://www.alibaba.com/product-deta...875392889.html I am a resident in Indiana where a court order is required for a replacement title. The questions I have are: 1. Has anyone successfully imported from Alibaba a gas or electric vehicle, and what advice do you have. 2. According to the company, there is no VIN, I emailed once again for confirmation hoping that they simply did not understand the acronym. 3. Without a proper MSO and VIN can I even get this thing registered and street legal. Any and all advice is welcome. If anyone has seen or ridden one of these before I am very interested in hearing from you! Thank you again |
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Join Date: Sep 2015
Location: East Central Hellinois
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Good news is you're not in California or Illinois so those hurdles of institutional stupidity are off the board. I would think that it being electric you wouldn't have the usual DOT and EPA issues..... However... Without the MSO and VIN you are probably in uncertain territory. If anything has not been stamped approved, categorized and easily referenced state agencies are too often absolutely clueless as to how to proceed. Personally I hope you get the thing through all the red tape and enjoy riding it.
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Join Date: May 2006
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I do know that both the EPA/DOT and California's CARB have list of approved electric motorcycles. Obviously would not be difficult for electric motorcycles to get approval, but I am guessing that one needs a bike to be on the list to get a title and registration. I would think, however, since it is NOT a vehicle with an internal combustion engine, that it could be imported in a so-called 'gray' way since the idea of the EPA is for emissions, which electric bikes do not have.
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