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Babes Ride Out Central Coast 9 x Santa Barbara

ALL TICKET SALES AND TRANSFERS END TOMORROW FOR BABES RIDE OUT CENTRAL COAST 9 x SANTA BARBARA, CA LAST CHANCE: Snag a ticket to Babes Ride Out x Central Coast if you are ready to ride, camp, and have the best time of your two wheel life with some like minded riders. Ticket sales and transfers end Monday 9/12 at 12PM Pacific. *NO ADMISSION TICKET SALES AT THE GATE* Click Here to Get your Tickets. What’s in Included in a General Admission Ticket: 2 nights of tent camping (bring your own everything) Unlimited water to fill up your canteen FREE 805 beer until it runs out Workshoppes Games Biltwell riding route maps + options that take you on some of the most beautiful routes along the coast. Nightly entertainment Event patch Best time of your moto lovin’ life connecting with new and old friends! What is the new campsite like? High up in the hills above Santa Barbara off of San Marcos Pass is Beautiful Live Oak Campground. Once you turn off hwy 154 it is just a mile up the dirt road. Camping will be spread out under sparse oak trees & hard-packed dirt. There are hot showers on site and drinkable water. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * To Stay updated on all Motorcycle News and Events … – simply Click & Subscribe to Bikernet’s FREE Weekly Newsletter.

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MRF Updates: Wee Tol You So….

August 26, 2022: We Told You So… At last year’s MRF Meeting of the Minds in Atlanta, Georgia the fate of the internal combustion engine was discussed. In fact, at the urging of ABATE of Illinois, the following language was added to the MRF’s 2022 Legislative Priorities: “Work to ensure the survival of combustion engines. Including elimination of the California air quality waivers which threaten combustion engine production.” In October of 2021 California Governor Gavin Newson signed a bill into law banning the sale of all off-road, gas-powered engines, including generators, lawn equipment, pressure washers, chainsaws, weed trimmers, and even golf carts. And less than one year later we learn this, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) that governs motor vehicle emissions for the state adopted new rules that will require 35% of the new cars sold in the state are electric or plug-in hybrids by 2026, with that percentage rising to 68% by 2030 and 100% by 2035. That’s right gas burning cars will no longer be for sale in the country’s largest state in less than 15 years. Other states, including Massachusetts and Washington have already signaled that they would follow California’s lead. What does the future of motorcycling look like? Will the bike you are riding today be legal in a few years? What will your kids or grandkids be riding… or will they even be allowed to own a motorcycle? Your Freedom is under assault and without your help we can’t fight back! Thank you to all the members of the Motorcycle Riders Foundation for defending your Freedoms. We need all street riders to join this fight. Ride Safe and Ride Free! About Motorcycle Riders Foundation: The Motorcycle Riders Foundation (MRF) provides leadership at the federal level for states’ motorcyclists’ rights organizations as well as motorcycle

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NCOM Biker Newsbytes for August 2022

Industry & Legislative Motorcycle News from USA and the world Compiled & Edited by Bill Bish In the News this Month: Motorcyclist killed by self-driving car — “the driver of the Tesla said he had the ‘auto-pilot’ setting on…he told police he didn’t see the motorcyclist.” UN set to allow increased speed for autonomous vehicles Honda developing lane assistance system for the “bikes of the future” UK wants to ban the sale of new fossil fueled motorcycles Jury acquits trucker charged with seven-count motorcycle homicide (Yes! Its that New Hampshire trucker!!!) Petition calls for proper punishment for Bike thieves Sturgis traffic down, but still higher than average Bonneville motorcycle speed trials cancelled due to flooding Gold Wing Road Riders Association (GWRRA) calls it quits SAVE THE DATE 2023 NCOM Conevention in Phoenix Click here to read important motorcycle related NCOM news for August 2022 on Bikernet.com THE AIM / NCOM MOTORCYCLE E-NEWS SERVICE is brought to you by Aid to Injured Motorcyclists (A.I.M.) and the National Coalition of Motorcyclists (NCOM), and is sponsored by the Law Offices of Richard M. Lester. If you’ve been involved in any kind of accident, call us at 1-(800) ON-A-BIKE or visit www.ON-A-BIKE.com. QUOTABLE QUOTE: “But where, says some, is the king of America? I’ll tell you. . . . let a crown be placed . . . , by which the world may know, . . . that in America the law is king. For in absolute governments the king is the law, so in free countries the law ought to be king; and there ought to be no other . . . ” ~ Thomas Paine (1776), Patriot * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Want only motorcycle news and

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Steve McQueen’s cherished off-road motorcycle to be sold

1971 Husqvarna is one of the King of Cool’s most loved bikes and could fetch £150k at auction by Rob Hull from https://www.thisismoney.co.uk The 1971 Husqvarna 400 Cross is one of around 200 bikes owned by the actor who often entered races It is said to be in ‘last ridden by McQueen’ condition and ‘not started’ since his ownership It is a later version of the bike the King of Cool rode in On Any Sunday – that one sold in 2018 for $230k Bonhams says it is ‘the best known of all McQueen’s Huskys by virtue of a known provenance and documents’ Auction house will offer it to the highest bidder at its sale in California on Friday – estimate is $130k-$180k A motorcycle belonging to the King of Cool, Steve McQueen, will go under the hammer on Friday and could sell for £150,000. The 1971 Husqvarna 400 Cross is said to be one of the actor’s favourite bikes in an extensive collection, and it hasn’t been modified since he last rode it. The off-road motorbike will be offered to the highest bidder on Friday at the Bonhams Quail Lodge auction held during Monterey Car Week in California. One of the most iconic scenes from a McQueen film was the Great Escape motorcycle jump, where his character Captain Virgil Hilts leaps over a barbed wire fence in his dramatic escape from the Nazi prisoner of war camp in the legendary WW2 film. The six-foot jump over the fencing wasn’t performed by the King of Cool himself in the 1963 hit – it was stunt man and frequent McQueen body double, Bud Ekins – as the actor later revealed his inexperienced riding skills meant he would not have been able to complete the stunt at the time of shooting. However,

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