Many countries have limits on the engine size of street-legal vehicles, and mini bikes may exceed these limits. In the United States, for example, the maximum engine size for a street-legal motorcycle is typically around 50cc. Mini bikes with engines over this size are generally not street legal.

If it’s 50cc or smaller, you may only be required to have a standard learner’s permit or driver’s license. You will have to receive a motorcycle permit and will have to participate in a road skills test specifically for any motorized scooter. Once you pass that test, you can legally drive any moped or motorcycle.

Most mini motos, quad bikes and other off-road vehicles cannot legally be ridden on the road, nor can they be used on pavements, footpaths, cycle paths, on parkland, common land or wasteland. They can only be ridden legally on dedicated sites or private land (with the permission of the landowner).