MRF Rep Report

While most of us are done riding for the year, that doesn’t mean we get to take the winter off. This is the perfect time to be researching the detriment to our riding freedom that seems to be coming at us from all angles lately. And more importantly, learning how we can stop it. We know there are some serious regulations coming down the pipe in California and in Europe. If you think those aren’t coming our way, you must have your head in the sand. We can’t afford to wait until it is too late to stand up and fight.

Many of you were on the ride to the Capitol back in October and felt the true passion and energy that went along with that ride. Let’s not lose that momentum! The current environment forecasts a death by a thousand cuts for the motorcycling world. It will be slow and painful. But like boiling a frog, because it is slow, some will not realize it until it is too late.

The reduction in domestic fossil fuels coupled with zero emissions standards and the push for an ethanol blend that can destroy air cooled engines are a catalyst for the end of the combustion engine. Which means the end of our motorcycles as we know them. The fact that the WI DOT, along with the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration, has chosen to leave out motorcycles in their future plans for highway safety tells you everything you need to know. When we called them out on it, they said it was an oversight. So, at best, we are being overlooked. Worst case, they know that they can reduce fatalities by eliminating an entire class of road users.

So, unless you are okay with being eliminated. Stand up! Speak up! Work with ABATE and the MRF. Contact your legislators. Spread the word. Don’t be the silent majority. Or it will be too late.

On a positive note, if you are looking for some last-minute gift ideas, how about sharing your dedication to freedom by gifting ABATE and/or MRF memberships to your friends and family?

If you aren’t already a member of the MRF, you should be! Preserving our freedoms is not just done at a state level, but at a national level as well. There’s an MRF membership application in this newsletter. Sign up to become a member today! And sign up your friends and family too while you are at it.

As always, stay vigilant, my friends!

Jen Dewitz

ABATE of WI.

Board of Directors