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Hells Angels and Vagos In Shootout Near Prescott Arizona
The Yavapai County Sheriff’s deputies and SWAT members who responded to reports about gunfire on Saturday August 21st, around 12:15pm discovered the Hell’s Angels and Vagos Motorcycle clubs were involved in a altercation that resulted in over 50 shots being exchanged between members of the two clubs. Police are not saying what prompted the shooting, [...]
NHTSA Funds Motorcycle Only Checkpoints
PICKERINGTON, Ohio — A federal traffic safety agency is offering law enforcement agencies hundreds of thousands of dollars to set up checkpoints that target only motorcyclists, and the American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) wants to know why. The AMA has asked the agency, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), to suspend the grant program until [...]
Michigan Motorcyclists Stage Independence Day Protest Ride
A group of 15 motorcyclists, comprised of members of the groups, Bikers Of Lesser Tolerance, American Bikers Against Totalitarian Enactments, and general Patriots took off their helmets and participated in a 100 plus mile motorcycle run July 4th 2010 to protest their dissatisfaction with what they say is “increasingly rampant government mandated elimination of our [...]
Motorcycle Rights Activist Sputnik Dies
The Texas Motorcycle Rights Association is sad to announce that our great Leader, Sputnik, passed away suddenly at approximately 5:00 AM Thursday June 24, 2010. “I woke up at 5:45AM to find him on the living floor at the state office. It appeared that he crossed over quickly and did not suffer, from a massive [...]
U.S. House committee demands release of Wilderness-related internal papers
PICKERINGTON, Ohio — A key U.S. House committee has approved a measure to require the U.S. Interior Department to release internal documents related to a proposal that could close up to 13 million acres to off-highway riding, the American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) reports. On June 16, the House Natural Resources Committee approved H. Res. 1406 [...]
Off-road rights advocate to be inducted into AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame
PICKERINGTON, Ohio — The American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) is pleased to announce the third member of the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame Class of 2010: BlueRibbon Coalition (BRC) founder Clark Collins. Collins, known for his tireless work on behalf of motorcyclists to keep trails open and build regional and national coalitions among all trail users, [...]
Congressional hearing may impact ban on selling off-highway vehicles for kids
PICKERINGTON, Ohio — A U.S. House hearing scheduled for Thursday, April 29, will address the Consumer Product Safety Enhancement Act (CPSEA) of 2010. The CPSEA would modify earlier legislation that effectively banned the sale of youth-model dirtbikes and all-terrain vehicles due to onerous lead-content standards. The CPSEA hearing — which will be held by the [...]
AMA Seeks Clarification About Helmets
On March 25, Administrator David Strickland of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) made comments about helmet use to U.S. Representative John Olver (D-Mass.). These comments were made at a Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies of the U.S. House Committee on Appropriations hearing regarding the fiscal year 2010 Budget [...]
National Helmet Law Proposed in Senate Hearing
The Motorcycle Riders Foundation (MRF) issued a press release that alerted its members that during recent hearings conducted by the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, Senator Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) repeatedly called for a national mandatory helmet law. The hearing, entitled “Opportunities to Improve Highway Safety,” focused on areas that need improvement when it [...]
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