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Published October 18, 2024Easyriders magazine editor Lou Kimsey made a plea in issue #3, October 1971, for bikers to unite to fight impending restrictions by joining a new national organization called the National Custom Cycle Organization. However, because of a conflict with the acronym, the name was changed in February 1972 to A Brotherhood Against […]

October 16, 2024 Published Wear A Helmet If You Want To Wear One Earlier today, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) released a study claiming that since the mid-1970s more than 20,000 motorcyclists would have survived crashes had they been wearing a helmet. In total, the IIHS report says, 11% of motorcyclist fatalities over […]

The REPAIR Act, H. R. 906 remains in the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. This 52 Representative committee has someone from most US States and they need to move this legislation on for a vote of the full House of Representatives. “By joining together to protect our lifestyle and freedoms we are putting regulatory […]

Last week, the Motorcycle Riders Foundation (MRF) submitted comments to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) on a proposed survey of biker’s thoughts on motorcycle avoidance technology. The MRF submitted comments highlighting two areas of a proposed survey that we feel should not be ignored. First, we pointed out that any survey should be […]

Joint Congressional Resolutions to Block CAFE Friday, Congressman Tim Walberg of Michigan, the Co-Chair of the House Motorcycle Caucus, introduced a bill aimed at stopping the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) from enacting new rules on “Corporate Average Fuel Economy Standards for Passenger Cars and Light Trucks for Model Years 2027-2032 and Fuel Efficiency […]

Bob Davis, Makenzi Martin, and the AMA Crew A huge thank you goes out the AMA for allowing Abate of Ohio and the MRF to set up booths a this most recent Vintage Days at no charge. We were allowed to set up Thursday afternoon and hit the ground running Friday & Saturday morning. Hopefully […]

Unsafe At Any Speed This week, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced the rollout of a national campaign entitled “Speeding Catches Up with You.” In the coming weeks, advertisements on television, radio and digital platforms will draw attention to the consequences of speeding. In 2022, according to NHTSA, 29% of traffic fatalities involved […]

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I cannot be more thrilled to hear that my Friend, Mentor, Counsel, and ALL around one of the GREAT GUYs was appointed to the Motorcycle Advisory Council. There is NO ONE better suited to be on this council! S. Hill MRF Ohio Rep MRF VP Jay JacksonAppointed To Federal Panel This week, Jay Jackson, Vice […]

MRF News 06/18/2024 The good news is that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) complied with a 2022 Congressional directive to report back on the profiling of motorcyclists. The bad news is that they wrote the report, but no one in Congress was alerted. The ugly is that NHTSA’s report was so unknown that […]