Making my EXC street legal

[dirtbag]

Once again I am toying with the idea of making my'03 450 EXC street legal. It would be great to be able to rip around the block once and awhile and it would help getting around when camping.

I'd like to do it using the stock headlight number plate and without buying a whole kit.

Is there someone locally that has the knowledge and expertise to do it properly?

I would do the research and do it myself but my time is all taken up right now.

Your help is appreciated.

 

[DRuZer]

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The guys at No Limits in Squamish have done many. The owner was at the KTM booth at the show last year. They use KTM european stuff, with some aftermarket where it is better/cheaper. (EXC's are street legal in places like Australia, with mirrors, horns and signals!)

Did anyone tell you that if you want to ride the thing with us that you need to carry a spare bike?

Hoping to level the field,
Guy

 

[dirtbag]

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DRuZer wrote:

The guys at No Limits in Squamish have done many. The owner was at the KTM booth at the show last year. They use KTM european stuff, with some aftermarket where it is better/cheaper. (EXC's are street legal in places like Australia, with mirrors, horns and signals!)

Did anyone tell you that if you want to ride the thing with us that you need to carry a spare bike?

Hoping to level the field,
Guy

Thanks for the info, I'll try and talk to someone at the bike show.

I don't have a spare bike, butsince the holidays I do have a spare tire.

If you only factor in the bike then maybe it's not a level field, but once you add in the riders skill level then it probably works out to be even.:hb:

 

[caribootom]

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I converted a 1998400 SC last year. Be prepared to spend $500-$600 depending on your mechanical/electrical ability.

You can use your stock headlight shell but you will have to replace the stock lens with a DOT approved one. I ordered one from Baja Designs and it fit fairly easy. I converted the electrical system from AC to DC which allowed me to install a small lithium battery which I mounted in the air box. Running with a battery allows the lights to operate at a decent level when the bike is idling. It will run the lights 10 - 15 minutes without the engine running when fully charged.

I used OEM switches which are ridiculously expensive. Not recommended unless you got a good bonus like I did last year. Blinkers you can buy locally and I just used a two pole flasher from CDN Tire. For the brake lights, just run pressure switches off of the master cyclinders front and rear. Finally, you will need DOT tires that can set you back $200-$300. Don't forget the mirror, I use a small folding Acerbis. You can't see anything but it's legal!

I hope that this helps.

Brad.

 

[dirtbag]

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Thanks for the info Caribootom. I talked to a few people at the bike show and the fellows at NoLimits in Squamish said they would do it for about $500. My bike already has a battery system so I save a bit of cash there and they said that no one puts DOT tires on. The inspection shops don't worry about that and the cops never look for that if you get pulled over.

:hb:

 

[Guest]

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I'd go to a bike wrecker and scrounge some switches,lights etc and do it that way.

 

[joker650]

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I have had the cops check if my tires were D.O.T approved.

And if you get in or cause an accidant your insurance is void without the DOT tires.

I.C.B.C will stop at nothing to get out of paying a settlement.

Life's a gambel! Just Give'r !

 

[tomcycle]

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I am presently converting a TTR225 for dual sport use, here are the following changes that must be made

• DOT Head Light with High and Low Beam ( I am using the Acerbis Cyclopes Light
• Turn Signals Front and Rear
• Horn
• Handlebar switch for the Horn Turn Signals and High Low Beam
• DOT Tail Light with Brake and Licence Plate Light (Acerbis Dual Sport Fender)
• DOT Reflectors front and rear (got lots left over from bikes I used to have)
• Brake Light Switches for Front and Rear Brake levers

Certification cost $100.00


Tom T

 

[joker650]

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Tom .

Do motorcycles have to have signal lights?

I don't have mine on the rear, and I see many other bikes without them. When I got pulled over for a speeding ticke:X, all the cop checked outwere the tires, and I shure the hell wasn't going to ask him about the signal lights.( Anyone else have a hard time doing less than 60 in a 50kph zone)?



Yours truly:Mixed Signals

 

[tomcycle]

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joker650 wrote:

Tom .

Do motorcycles have to have signal lights?

I don't have mine on the rear, and I see many other bikes without them. When I got pulled over for a speeding ticke:X, all the cop checked outwere the tires, and I shure the hell wasn't going to ask him about the signal lights.( Anyone else have a hard time doing less than 60 in a 50kph zone)?



Yours truly:Mixed Signals

I was told that I had to have turn signals, but I will check that again and post.

 

[caribootom]

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I found that the issue on turn signals was a matter of interpretation, depending on which inspector you discussed the subject with. Your inspection will go a lot easier if you at least attempt to have something that looks and works like a signal. The cost of signals is cheaper than a reinspection.

 

[BMWNut]

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My boss's reading of the law was "you don't have to have them, but if you have them they have to work" and he's a certified inspector. So maybe justbring it over to the islaand maahn.:ss: