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Bikers Inside the Beltway – Your Motorcycle Rights

  • “Riding where you want, with whom you want, when you want, wearing what you want without government interference.” It is what we wanted 50 years ago when a handful of bikers started State Motorcyclists’ Rights Organizations (SMRO) throughout the country.

    Today, that commitment is just as strong with some of the same “old guys” who were younger than thirty back then. However, the attack against motorcycling and motorcyclists’ rights has not gone away.

    Witness: Profiling, motorcycle-only roadside “checkpoints,” ethanol 15 (it kills motorcycle engine O-rings), “end of life directives” – coming out of the European Union to get “undesirable” motorcycles off the road, banning the internal combustion engine, need you hear more? The MRF stands strong against legislation such as this.

    Now, we are working to protect the aftermarket industry. You can do so too, by answering the Calls to Action on HR 1566 and S 1379; two bills currently in the House of Representatives and U.S. Senate, written to protect the Right to Repair and Modify.

    How much do you care about your motorcycle, your right to ride, and the people you ride with? Enough to join the nation’s only full-time (since 1987) motorcyclists’ rights advocacy group fighting for your rights on Capitol Hill?

    If “Riding where you want, with whom you want, when you want, wearing what you want without government interference” means anything at all, it means the MRF remains strong in defense of the rights of all motorcyclists, regardless of what they ride. It means that the MRF is in Washington, D.C., standing between those individuals who want to do away with motorcycling and those of us who want to ride forever.

    Join the MRF and motorcyclists’ rights activists from state organizations and motorcycle clubs at Bikers Inside the Beltway, May 19-20. Together we will be effective as we visit all 535 Congressional offices to make our message heard clearly.

     

    SCHEDULE

    Monday, May 19th
    MRF Board Meeting @ Embassy Suites
    Lobbying Prep. Session @ Embassy Suites 6-8 pm

    Tuesday, May 20th
    Lobby Day @ Congressional Offices (KSU: TBD)
    Post Debrief Session @ Embassy Suites 6-8pm

    HOTEL

    EMBASSY SUITES
    1900 Diagonal Rd
    Alexandria, VA 22314
    703-684-5900

    Reservation Phone #: 800-362-2779

    MAKE YOUR CONGRESSONAL APPOINTMENTS NOW!

    https://www.congress.gov/members/find-your-member

    REGISTER FOR BIKERS INSIDE THE BELTWAY 2025

    Event Registration https://motorcycleridersfoundation.wildapricot.org/widget/event-5929423 

     

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