Kentucky Revised Statutes Title XVI. Motor Vehicles § 189.285.Regulations for operating and riding on motorcycles; headgear requirements; definitions of motorcycle and moped

(a) Except when that person is in possession of a valid motorcycle operator's license; and

(b) Unless that person uses an approved eye-protective device, in the manner prescribed by the secretary of the Transportation Cabinet, at all times such vehicle is in motion; and

(c) Unless the motorcycle is equipped with a rear-view mirror as required under KRS 189.130.

(a) Except on a seat permanently attached to that vehicle and specifically designed to carry the operator or passenger in a safe manner; and

(b) Except when using a footrest permanently attached to that vehicle and specifically designed to carry that person in a safe manner.

(a) A person under the age of twenty-one (21) years who is operating a motorcycle or who is a passenger on a motorcycle or in a sidecar attachment;

(b) A person who possesses a motorcycle instruction permit and who is operating a motorcycle; and

(c) A person who has held a valid motorcycle operator's license, or combination motor vehicle-motorcycle operator's license, for less than one (1) year and who is operating a motorcycle.

(a) “Motorcycle” means any motor-driven vehicle having a seat or saddle for the use of the operator and designed to travel on not more than three (3) wheels in contact with the ground, but excluding tractors and vehicles on which the operator and passengers ride in an enclosed cab and excluding a moped as defined in this subsection; and

(b) “Moped” means either a motorized bicycle whose frame design may include one (1) or more horizontal crossbars supporting a fuel tank so long as it also has pedals, or a motorized bicycle with a step-through type frame which may or may not have pedals rated no more than two (2) brake horsepower, a cylinder capacity not exceeding fifty (50) cubic centimeters, an automatic transmission not requiring clutching or shifting by the operator after the drive system is engaged, and capable of a maximum speed of not more than thirty (30) miles per hour.