I'm looking at dual sport options. I live in Alabama and currently ride both street and offroad and am looking at getting a dual sport mostly so I can ride to trail heads and do some adventure riding out of state. KTMs are just too expensive for me. I like the WR250R but why'd they have to make it so heavy? I'm wondering about a WR250/450F plated for street use. I've always been told that plating a bike manufactured as off-road is impossible in Alabama. Recently however I saw that this may no longer be true. I followed the link and sent an email to Mike Gamble, the Assistant Director of the Motor Vehicle Division of the Alabama Department of Revenue and asked this question. This is the reply I received:


A vehicle that was certified for off-road use only may provide one of the following documents  as evidence that the vehicle has been legally modified for on-road use so that it can be titled and subsequently registered in Alabama:

a.) Certification from the manufacturer (not the dealer or distributor) that the vehicle has been modified from an off-road use only vehicle to a vehicle that conforms to state and federal safety standards for operation on the public roads and highways.

b.) Certification from the Alabama Department of Public Safety that the vehicle has been modified from an off-road use only vehicle to a vehicle that conforms to state and federal safety standards and can be legally operated on the public roads and highways.

c.) Certificate of conformity from a registered importer (see link below for information concerning registered importers). Note: A certification from a registered importer is only an option for vehicles manufactured outside of the U.S.

This leads me to believe it may be worth looking into again. Anybody tried it lately? Does the Department of Public Safety have requirements that are impossible to meet. That'd be my guess. It's legal, but the requirements are impossible to meet.

Edited by CRM114, 19 June 2012 - 04:04 AM.

I live in Alabama and would like to plate my CRF250X. Do you know if there is a form that the Alabama Department of Public Safety must complete? Have you tried to plate an off-road bike yet?