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  • BIKERS INSIDE THE BELTWAY 2022

    BIKERS INSIDE THE BELTWAY 2022 --Paving the Way for the Long Haul Bikers Inside the Beltway – Since 2009 the MRF has brought over a thousand motorcyclists to Washington to meet with their members of Congress to promote a ...
  • Threats from Europe

    The last few months have seen troublesome news for the motorcyclist community in Europe. Yesterday, the website motorious.com reported on a new threat to motorcyclists in Paris, France. Officials there are taking aim at motorcycles and using sound pollution as the justification. According to the rep...
  • Class of 2022 Motorcycle Riders Foundation Hall of Fame

    Nominees Wanted - Class of 2022 Motorcycle Riders Foundation Hall of Fame The Motorcycle Riders Foundation Hall of Fame (MRFHOF) was introduced at the Meeting of the Minds in Denver, Colorado. This institution was created to recognize individuals that have worked through the MRF to positively impac...
  • National Roadway Safety Strategy Announced

    Thursday afternoon, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg announced a new national road safety campaign. The plan, known as the “National Roadway Safety Strategy,” comes in response to increased year over year fatalities on our nation’s roadways. In 2020, an estimated 38,...
  • THE STURGIS MOTORCYCLE HALL OF FAME

    MOTORCYCLE RIDERS FOUNDATION TO BE INDUCTEDINTO THE STURGIS MOTORCYCLE HALL OF FAME This week the Motorcycle Riders Foundation was notified by Emma Garvin, Executive Director of the Sturgis Motorcycle Museum and Hall of Fame, that the Motorcycle Riders Foundation will be inducted into the Sturgis M...
  • ABATE of Michigan Annual Seminar

    This weekend, ABATE of Michigan hosted its annual seminar in Saginaw, Michigan. In attendance were two longtime legislative champions for motorcyclist rights. Current Congressman, Tim Walberg and former Congressman Jim Barcia, joined the event.Congressman Walberg is the Co-Chair of the House Motorcy...
  • Lawmakers Head to the Exits in 2022

    Happy New Year! As is the case every two years, 2022 is an election year for much of Congress. All 435 members of the U.S. House of Representatives, and 1/3 of the U.S. Senate are up for reelection in November. Add state and local elections to that and literally thousands of elections will take plac...
  • 2021 Mid-South M.I.L.E.

    Late last month, over a hundred bikers gathered in Dallas, Texas for the 29th annual Mid-South M.I.L.E. event. Like the Midwest’s Heartland STEAM event, the Mid-South M.I.L.E. brings together bikers from neighboring states to discuss legislative priorities, share ideas ...
  • Highway Bill Passes… a Year Late

    After a 13-month delay and enactment of three separate extensions, Congress finally passed a surface transportation reauthorization bill. This bill, sometimes called the highway bill or the infrastructure bill, has been a hotly debated topic in D.C. for several years. Once signed by the President, t...
  • Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS)

    Earlier this month, the U.S. Department of Transportation released an interactive website with data from the Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS). FARS, which became operational in 1975, containing data on a census of fatal traffic crashes within the 50 States, the District of Columbi...
  • Legislative Strategy Session at Meeting of the Minds

    One of the most important events at Meeting of the Minds is the legislative strategy session. Each year, during this session, state motorcycle rights groups develop the federal legislative priorities for the following year. Items are discussed, debated and eventually voted on, with each Sustaining S...
  • Chainsaws, Golf Carts, Lawn Mowers... What's Next?

    Over the weekend, 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. Under the new law, these machines must be zero-emissions, meaning th...
  • Congress Kicks the Can...

    30 day Highway Bill Extension Passes With the failure of Congress to pass a new highway bill, by the September 30th deadline, nearly 3,700 United States Department of Transportation staffers were furloughed on Friday. Most of t...
  • No Vote... Deadline Passes

    Late Thursday night, Congress failed to pass a new Surface Transportation Reauthorization Act by the required deadline of September 30th. This piece of legislation, known sometimes as the highway bill, or simply the infrastructure bill, provides funding for numerous road building and safety programs...
  • HIGHWAY BILL MOVING FORWARD?

    On September 30th, numerous highway funding programs will expire unless Congress acts. Currently, there are two separate and dramatically different highway bills in Congress.  These bills go by many different names but are often referred to as infrastructure bills by the news media.The first bi...
  • Recognizing the Protection of Motorsports Act of 2021

    Recognizing the Protection of Motorsports Act of 2021 This week Senators Richard Burr (R-NC), Jon Tester (D-MT), Mark Kelly (D-AZ), Joni Ernst (R-IA), Thom Tillis (R-NC), and Joe Manchin (D-WV) reintroduced the Recognizing the ...
  • What’s the price of Freedom

    WHAT PRICE FREEDOM?  YOUR MOTORCYCLE? What’s the price tag you’d put on freedom? Your motorcycle?  Your rights?  Your lifestyle? What’s the price tag you’d put on motorcycl...
  • Meeting of the Minds

    MEETING OF THE MINDS 2021 – FREEDOM ISN’T CHEAP, FREE, OR EASY!!!   THE PRICE IS ETERNAL VIGILANCE Freedom -- promoting and protecting the rights of all motorcyclists – that&rs...
  • MRF Flash Alert!

    The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) wrote, in a document released Monday, that it has identified 11 crashes since 2018 in which a Tesla vehicle using the company’s driver assistance system, struck one or more vehicles involved in an emergency response situation. Four of ...
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  • Deborah Butitta Inducted

    Deborah Butitta Inducted into the Sturgis Motorcycle Hall of Fame The Motorcycle Riders Foundation would like to congratulate board member and ex-officio Deborah Butitta, on her induction into the Sturgis Motorcycle&n...
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  • MRF 2021 HOF Inductee Announcement

    The Motorcycle Riders Foundation announces the 2021 Freedom Fighter Hall of Fame Inductees.The Motorcycle Riders Foundation (MRF) is pleased to release the names of the 2021 class of Inductees to the Motorcycle Riders Foundation Freedom Fighters Hall of Fame (MRF HOF). These will be presented at the...
  • Fact Or Fiction - Helmet Use:

    On a nearly annual basis the media in this country is inspired to report stories about motorcycle fatalities on our nation’s roadways. Invariably, these stories paint motorcycle rider deaths as a product of irresponsible riders who live in states that have some level of...
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  • Proposed Transportation Bill Amendment Fails

    Late Monday night, three Congressional champions for motorcyclists’ rights asked Congress to add language to a massive spending bill that would help protect motorcyclists from profiling by law enforcement. The amendment to a Department of Transportation funding bill would have prohibit...
  • MRF Flash Alert!

    Next week the House of Representatives will vote on a bill to fund several transportation related agencies, including the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), for fiscal year 2022. To ensure the federal government protects the rights of all motorcyclists, three members of the Hous...
  • Ethanol in the Courts and in Congress

    Ethanol in the Courts and in Congress In the last few weeks, the ethanol industry has suffered two major court case defeats. Earlier this month, the D.C. Court of Appeals struck down the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rule allowing for year-round sales of E15.  In May 2019 ...
  • MEETING OF THE MINDS 2021

    MEETING OF THE MINDS 2021 -- Sixty days is cutting it close September 10, 2021, the rapidly approaching cut-off date for hotel and registration for the Motorcycle Riders Foundation’s 37th Annual Meeting of the Minds ...
  • House Passes Highway Bill – Biker Priorities Included

    Thursday morning the full House of Representatives passed H.R. 3684 the Investing in a New Vision for the Environment and Surface Transportation in America Act or the INVEST in America Act. This bill is more commonly referred to as the highway bill. The bill is over 1,500 pages, spends $715 billio...
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  • Autonomous Vehicle Crash Data

    This week the federal government took an important step in the oversight of autonomous vehicles on our nation’s roadways. Under an order issued Tuesday, manufacturers of autonomous vehicles must disclose data about crashes involving this new technology. The Motorcycle Riders Foundati...
  • Know Your Numbers!

    May was Motorcycle Awareness Month but every month should be a month for motorcycle advocacy!  Whether you were in D.C. for Bikers Inside the Beltway or working on issues back home, it’s a great time to advocate for bikers’ rights.One of the most important numbers any biker rights a...
  • Highway Bill Passes First Hurdle in the House

    Legislation authorizing roughly $547 billion for highways and other surface transportation over five years advanced in a House panel, despite opposition from Republicans who objected to what they called Green New Deal climate initiatives.The legislation (H.R. 3684) would auth...
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