Wisconsin Dirt Bike Laws

Wisconsin Dirt Bike Laws

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Dirt Bike Use in Wisconsin   by Michael Enfield

Dirt bikes are popularly used by riders who want to take their vehicles off-road. These vehicles are mostly used as recreational vehicles, but may have some use to get around large properties quickly. Whatever their use, each state holds the right to determine whether a vehicle can use a public road or not. In the case of Wisconsin, dirt bikes are held in a different regard than bicycles or even motorcycles, although they may closely resemble each other.

Although these bikes are considered a form of motorcycle by the law, they do not have the same sort of rights or privileges. Dirt bikes, or off-road motorcycles, generally fall under their own classification. Even though they may be used to the same ends as an all-terrain vehicle, the law does not consider a dirt bike to be the same as an ATV. This means that dirt bikes generally cannot use public roads with the same sort of limited permissions afforded to ATVs.

In their own categories, there are generally no instances when it is permissible to use these bikes on a public road. Depending on the type of trail and the definitions provided by local ordinances, public off-road trails may even bar these bikes from use. In most instances, any need to move these vehicles between private properties should be carried out by an alternate, legal means of transportation.

In addition to no public road use, Wisconsin law disallows methods of making a dirt bike street legal. Although some riders prefer these bikes to their motorcycles, an off-road motorcycle purchased and registered inside Wisconsin cannot undergo the same modification process provided in other states to make it safe for street use.

To learn more about your options if you have been injured because of an illegally-used motorcycle, contact the Wisconsin motorcycle accident lawyers of Habush, Habush & Rottier, S.C., today.

About the Author

Michael Enfield is a Texas-based author.