Are the Tomos mopeds in the group of legal RIDING device for a M2 rating in california? OR IS A M1 required?
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The Revival TS and Streetmate do not appear to have pedals. Mopeds by their very definition have pedals or are otherwise illegal. The Sprint, Tomos ST, and Tomos LX have pedals and the Streetmate R and Arrow R appear to have optional pedals. If you're going to be riding this anywhere in California then you have to get it with pedals or otherwise it would fall under the category of motorcycle or a motor-driven cycle.
All Tomos mopeds appear to be equipped with turn signals with the only exception being the Sprint. So long as you know your hand and arm signals you should only need turn signals during darkness to ride legally. Additionally the law requires them to have an automatic transmission, all Tomos mopeds meet this requirement.
All Tomos mopeds are rated under 30mph which is good because if you were capable of any faster then it would not be considered a moped and you'd be riding illegal. California doesn't care that the engine has a 49.6cc cylinder, only that its maximum speed is 30mph and produces less than 2 bhp.
The Sprint, Tomos ST, and Tomos LX are powered by the A35 engine producing 2.4 bhp. The Revival, Streetmate, Streetmate R, and Arrow R are powered by the A55 motor producing 3 bhp. Obviously you can see a conflict here. But it makes me wonder just how obvious it would be to anyone else who sees it. So long as you violate no other laws, I have never heard of the CHP dyno testing the power output of a moped.
I'm sure it can be tuned to restrict the power more, but that would be a real lame requirement since it already peaks out at 30mph. Other than those things mentioned, I cannot find anything else illegal, and would otherwise qualify as a moped requiring only a Class M2 driver's license.
Just so you know the Nitro 50 scooter has the same engine and may qualify as a motorized scooter under an M2 license. However, both the Nitro 150 and Velo 150 scooters have powerful enough engines that they may fall under the category of motorcycle and consequently would require a Class M1 driver's license to ride them legally.
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