Political Interest

  A petition containing over 5,000 signatures was delivered to the first meeting of the Federal Highway Administration’s Motorcyclist Advisory Council on Tuesday. The document was presented by the Motorcycle Riders Foundation and demanded that the Council designate additional seats to represent the motorcycle rider community. Currently, the Council has 10 available seats; only one […]

    ABATE of Wisconsin was concerned about the number of motorcyclists injured by negligent motorists, and especially those injured by right of way violators. There was an inequity in the amount of punishment these violators faced, even for causing serious bodily injury or death.  A remedy to this situation was attained through the passage

Conspicuity has long been touted as a means of making you safer while riding your motorcycle. Along with all the high visibility clothing, like Conspicuity’s See-Me and Super See-Me vests, advanced lighting systems for motorcycles have improved safety for motorcyclists. The Federal Government has recognized the importance of preventing motorcycle crashes by allowing modulating headlamps,

    Most people have been there: a few drinks at a restaurant or bar and then into the car to get home. Am I over the legal limit? Hard to say. Is my driving impaired? It doesn’t seem to be. But what if I get stopped? Will I lose my license, go to jail,

  ABATE of Wisconsin has been fighting for motorcyclist’s rights since 1974. Known for repealing the mandatory helmet law for adults in 1978, ABATE has continued to represent the rights and safety of the state’s motorcyclists in a variety of ways. Legalizing angle parking for cycles and allowing three motorcycles to share a single meter

  **Editor’s Note**  We as motorcyclist should pay attention to anything that has to do with roadways, bridges, road dividing barriers etc. as in the past they have been designed for automobiles. The roads bridges etc. need input from the motorcycle community and we should be asking people who ride or otherwise involved what the

  The American criminal justice system is aptly named. It is criminal the way the system dispenses “justice,” and that criminality infests the entire system. That’s because the system has become a business and a blood sport based on profit, control and winning rather than determining a person’s guilt or innocence. The result is that

WASHINGTON, DC – Last week (August 2016), the Governor’s Highway Safety Association (GHSA) released its preliminary data and findings regarding motorcycle fatalities in 2015. The GHSA represents the state and territorial highway safety offices that implement programs to address highway safety. Although GHSA’s primary mission is to improve traffic safety, their latest report appears to

    My name is Jeff Kraus. I am the Motorcycle Community Liaison for Operation Gratitude (www.operationgratitude.com), a 501(C) 3 military charity based in Van Nuys, CA. Over the past 12 years it has mailed over 1,200,000 care packages to our nation’s service members deployed in hostile regions all over the world along with special

  I’m a nut about regulation. I see it as a negative to the human spirit. Others see it as dollar signs, control issues, power struggles, all in the name of safety, or in this case, saving the planet. The most recent regulatory threat is climate change. Don’t get me wrong. I’m not going to