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- Location
- Bountiful, UT
Since I am moving to UT in about two months, I thought I might pick some brains regarding my motley vehicles.
Lets start with the worst offenders.
1998 Thomas Saf-T-Liner. Yeah, a school bus, it's only 31' long, runs on a 5.9L Cummins diesel, the same as in a ram truck, gutless. I outfitted the inside like an Ikea apartment, with a garage at the back. No bathroom, no shower, no heat. I pulled all the bus signage, repainted the outside, and all the rear windows are tinted from the factory. It has one seat belt, on the driver's seat, also had a handicapped lift, which is great for the motorcycles. Oh, it has no windshield wipers, none at all. I use Rain X so far, which works fine except in snow. Heh!
What are the odds that I will be able to get this thing registered in Utah? It's registered here as a motorhome, if I remember correctly. Plus, I will be living in it for a bit until I find a job. :-\ There was only a cursory inspection required here, horn, lights, school designations removed, brakes, starts, bob's your uncle. When we bought it last year, we didn't remove anything, it still had a paper plate, and after owning it two weeks, we drove it to Big Bend, Texas and back. Not a single hiccup, other than crawling up hills, and barely making it over 62 on the freeway.
2005 Suzuki DRZ-E. It's street plated here, I did most of the work myself adding normal headlights from a Triumph, turn signals from a KTM 950, brake and rear running light from ebay, turn signal pod from a GSXR, mirrors from an Aprilia. Yeah, it's a franken bike. :greg: The real problem I think will be the exhaust, I never liked it, but the bike runs real well with it. It's a Yoshimura blow your ear drums model. I have to wear ear plugs. That is the one thing I hate about this bike, but it rips, especially in supermoto trim, which is how I bought it. Now it's been on a lot of dirt trips so it has the scars.
I am betting the exhaust will be the problem, plus it says right on the frame "Off road use only," or something to that effect. Also, it has no horn. Never got around to it, watch for finger. I didn't have to have it inspected at all here, it came to me with a half assed conversion already done, and title was street legal.
2004 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon. Salvage/rebuilt title, chopped front bumper, average 3.5" lift, 33" tires. Stock exhaust, European H4 headlights, all other lights intact. Small tear in driver's seat belt from being shut in the door too many times by the previous owner. Airbags never deployed, there might be a slight bend in the front axle housing, but I don't much care about it.
I am only worried about the rebuilt title, and the chopped OEM bumper.
2005 Triumph Tiger. Daily driver, completely stock, save for the GPS. Not worried at all about this bike passing inspection. Hard to argue with 55+ miles per gallon, when the weather cooperates.
The rest are bicycles, and I probably don't have to have them inspected, right?
Please, I welcome all advice regarding what I should take care of before I try to get them inspected.
Coming from Michigan, where they don't care what your car looks like, sounds like, or works like, as long as you pay the registration and insurance. I only had to have the bus and jeep inspected because of the rebuilt titles.
Lets start with the worst offenders.
1998 Thomas Saf-T-Liner. Yeah, a school bus, it's only 31' long, runs on a 5.9L Cummins diesel, the same as in a ram truck, gutless. I outfitted the inside like an Ikea apartment, with a garage at the back. No bathroom, no shower, no heat. I pulled all the bus signage, repainted the outside, and all the rear windows are tinted from the factory. It has one seat belt, on the driver's seat, also had a handicapped lift, which is great for the motorcycles. Oh, it has no windshield wipers, none at all. I use Rain X so far, which works fine except in snow. Heh!
What are the odds that I will be able to get this thing registered in Utah? It's registered here as a motorhome, if I remember correctly. Plus, I will be living in it for a bit until I find a job. :-\ There was only a cursory inspection required here, horn, lights, school designations removed, brakes, starts, bob's your uncle. When we bought it last year, we didn't remove anything, it still had a paper plate, and after owning it two weeks, we drove it to Big Bend, Texas and back. Not a single hiccup, other than crawling up hills, and barely making it over 62 on the freeway.
2005 Suzuki DRZ-E. It's street plated here, I did most of the work myself adding normal headlights from a Triumph, turn signals from a KTM 950, brake and rear running light from ebay, turn signal pod from a GSXR, mirrors from an Aprilia. Yeah, it's a franken bike. :greg: The real problem I think will be the exhaust, I never liked it, but the bike runs real well with it. It's a Yoshimura blow your ear drums model. I have to wear ear plugs. That is the one thing I hate about this bike, but it rips, especially in supermoto trim, which is how I bought it. Now it's been on a lot of dirt trips so it has the scars.
I am betting the exhaust will be the problem, plus it says right on the frame "Off road use only," or something to that effect. Also, it has no horn. Never got around to it, watch for finger.
I didn't have to have it inspected at all here, it came to me with a half assed conversion already done, and title was street legal. 2004 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon. Salvage/rebuilt title, chopped front bumper, average 3.5" lift, 33" tires. Stock exhaust, European H4 headlights, all other lights intact. Small tear in driver's seat belt from being shut in the door too many times by the previous owner. Airbags never deployed, there might be a slight bend in the front axle housing, but I don't much care about it.
I am only worried about the rebuilt title, and the chopped OEM bumper.
2005 Triumph Tiger. Daily driver, completely stock, save for the GPS. Not worried at all about this bike passing inspection. Hard to argue with 55+ miles per gallon, when the weather cooperates.
The rest are bicycles, and I probably don't have to have them inspected, right?
Please, I welcome all advice regarding what I should take care of before I try to get them inspected.
Coming from Michigan, where they don't care what your car looks like, sounds like, or works like, as long as you pay the registration and insurance. I only had to have the bus and jeep inspected because of the rebuilt titles.
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