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Mission Statement
State Executive Officers - 2014
ABATE of Colorado exists to preserve freedom of the road, to unite motorcyclists, to promote fair legislation, safety, and rider education and to provide a network for communication on issues affecting motorcyclists.
State Coordinator
ABATE Monthly Meetings
Terry Howard 303-789-3264 statecoord@abateofcolo.org
Legislative Affairs Officer/Team Stump Haberstumpf 303-816-0909 stumpandval@msn.com
Metro Regional Coordinator OPEN
District 1
Call Dave Cawley @ 970-380-4232 Jan 5 Leroy Bishop & Penny Vaughn Feb 2 Corral Sports Bar
Mountain Regional Coordinator
March 2 The Place
Assistant State Coordinator
April 6 Dolittle’s
Tim O’Connor 719-395-8733
Northeast Regional Coordinator Don Enninga 970-768-5599 denninga@kci.net
Board Member at Large
Charlie May 719-320-3892 Wingmaster93@aol.com
Southwest Regional Coordinator Open
State Recording Secretary Lisa Gill
recordingsecretary@abateofcolo.org
State Treasurer
Perrie Ranburger 303-789-3264 treasurer@abateofcolo.org
Office Staff Deb Craig
deb@abateofcolo.org
June 1 Main Event Bar & Grill
District 3
2nd Sunday of the month @ 12pm Herradura Bar & Grill 6520 S. College Ave. Ft. Collins, CO 80527 720-938-1149
District 10
4th Sunday of the month @ 10am Noonan’s 13525 E. Iliff Ave (I-225 and Iliff ) Aurora, CO 80011
District 11
1st Monday of the month @ 7pm VFW-Johnson Village (2 miles south of Buena Vista)
District 13
2nd Tuesday of the month @ 7pm Pepper Jacks 3768 State Hwy 52 Erie, CO 303-833-4361
District 14
3rd Wednesday of the month 7 pm Holiday Inn, Frisco, Co
District 16
2nd Thursday of the month 7:30pm Micky‘s Steakhouse 6950 N. Broadway, Denver
2nd Sunday of the month @ 9am Bear Creek Restaurant 25940 Hwy 74. Kittredge, CO 80457 303-674-9929
District 7
District 17
District 5
2nd Tuesday of the month @ 7pm Steel City Eagles 704 Elmhurst Pueblo, CO
3rd Tuesday of the month @ 7:30pm The Shack, Littleton NW corner of Mineral & Broadway
Don Gunn
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ABATE OF COLORADO is a non-profit, educational, charitable and safety oriented motorcycle rights organization.
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FROM THE STATE COORDINATOR “America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.” Abraham Lincoln
Happy 4th of July to Everyone! By the time you read this, the primaries will be over. Now that we know who the candidates are, we need to research what they stand for and believe in. Stump has put together some questions for the candidates. We will be mailing them to each candidate so we can develop a voter’s guide to be published prior to the election. This is an important election for Colorado! We need to get these candidates to our District meetings and help work their campaigns if they support ABATE’s mission. Let’s don’t falter and lose our freedoms! The elected officials for 2015 will guide the course for the coming years in Colorado. ABATE needs to have more supporters down at the Capital in 2015. We hosted Best of the West in Frisco this last month. Thank you to all the ABATE members that donated their time, funds and energy to help make this a successful event. We could not have done it without you. A big thank you Representative Saine, for attending as our key speaker. This was the last Regional Conference for the MRF. We had great weather and a great location, no better riding than in our mountains!! Classes are going well. We have obtained a range in Rifle, CO and will start training this month. Don Gunn will have the new Colorado Mountain Highway Riding curriculum starting this summer as well. This is a great class to hone your skills in cornering and braking. Check out the web site for the dates of these classes. We
have patches in with the new logo. The cost is $5 per patch. If you want a new patch please email us or let your District Rep know that you want one. We also have the “gremlin” bells in. They are selling for $12 each.
THANK YOU!!!
Larry Montgomery District 10 Rep. He has graciously offered us a home for ABATE. Please see the flyer in the Spoke. We need your help, labor, supplies, and cash donations. Your Reps will be discussing this event at your meetings. We will need help moving once the building is completed. Call the office if you can help us out. Please check out the events ABATE has going on this month. ABATE needs your support. That’s all I have for this month. Happy Independence Day! Ride safe!!! Terry Howard www.abateofcolo.org
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Primaries Are Over – Which
Candidates Are Biker Friendly??? Hello Concerned Motorcyclists,
June has turned out to be a busy month for me, even though the Colorado General Assembly is over for 2014. Interim committees are still meeting and I attended one last week. I received a call from the Chairman of the interim Joint Transportation Legislative Review Committee (TLRC) asking me to be part of a panel on distracted driving. I testified about some bills that other states have passed on distracted driving and how motorcyclists are really concerned about it, but the TLRC wanted to know “statistics”. Did any of these bills have a significant impact on reducing accidents and fatalities? I didn’t have that information. One of the other panel members (the Colorado State Patrol Spokesman) had some figures for Colorado, but he explained the current law on texting while driving is difficult to enforce and it’s only a $50 fine. When an accident occurs, even if the person who caused it was texting, a “stiffer” citation (such as careless or reckless driving) is usually written. So the statistics on the number of accidents caused by texting while driving is difficult to determine. According to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety and the State Highway Safety Office: •
12 states prohibit all drivers from using hand-held cell phones while driving.
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43 states ban texting while driving.
• No states ban all cell phone use for all drivers, but 37 states ban cell phone use for novices (the definition of a novice driver varies from state to state, but mostly its drivers under 18 years of age). Currently, Colorado bans texting while driving and no cell phone use for drivers under 18. The TLRC was gathering information for a possible bill in 2015. I hope everyone voted in their primary election last month. There were only 3 CO Senate District races (all Republican) and 16 CO House District races (11 Republican and 5 Democrat). So chances are you didn’t have a choice of candidates for the CO 6 www.abateofcolo.org
Senate & House Districts, but there were other important races on the ballot, so it is important to vote in the primaries. I tried to get a questionnaire to the 38 primary candidates, but only found 20 e-mail addresses, and only 3 of them replied. The Steering Committee came up with a better strategy for the questionnaire for the General Election in November, so I hope to have more questionnaires returned and formulate a more comprehensive Voter’s Guide. The Voter’s Guide will be published in the September Spokesman. I’ll also try to get some additional information about “Hot” races out to the LegTeam as it becomes available. So why do we need all this information? Can’t we just see the commercials on TV and decide who to vote for? Yeah, right!!! How truthful do you think those commercials are? (It must be true, I saw it on TV!!!). Then again, how truthful are the responses we get from our questionnaires? Once I get the questionnaires returned and the results tallied up, which I hope will be by August 15th, it’s our time for action. Some of the biker friendly candidates might need a lot of help with their campaigns. Everyone should already be planning to volunteer to help a candidate get elected. There are plenty of things you can easily do: walking districts; help with mailings; phone banking; yard signs; helping with fund-raisers. You don’t even have to be a constituent of that candidate. Working campaigns is the best way to get a candidate to remember you and ABATE. It really isn’t that difficult and you can determine how much time you have to devote to helping out. They highly appreciate any volunteer work you can do and if they get elected, they’ll surely remember you down at the Capitol.
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If anyone needs more information on working campaigns, I’ll gladly come to a district meeting for a brief presentation or I can even e-mail you some information. Let me know. This election is going to be very important and it could be very beneficial for the bikers of Colorado to get some “friendlies” elected this year (especially if we need some help with a MOST Bill or possibly even a mandatory helmet bill). On the National level, June also brought the MRF’s Best of the West to Colorado. I won’t go into all the details, but suffice it to say Jeff Hennie, VicePresident of Government Relations and Public Affairs, gave his usual excellent update on the National issues. There hasn’t been a great deal of co-sponsors signing on to motorcycle related bills lately, so it’s time to remind our Colorado Legislators that we’re still out here. I actually read an interview from a U.S. Senator saying it’s important to keep reminding your Legislators about bills you are concerned about. I plan to send
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e-mails every month from now on. I use to think, “I expressed my concern 6 months ago when this bill was introduced, so I’m done with that,” but after reading that Senator’s interview, I’m changing my strategy. Here are some bills you can write your Legislators about: (HR are house bills – write you Representative; S are Senate bills – write both CO Senators) • HR 875 – E-15 Fuel Bill • HR 1861 – Motorcycle Only Checkpoints • HR 2414 – Black Box Privacy Protection Act • S 1925 – Driver Privacy Act (Black Box): Senator Bennet has already signed onto this • S 2078 – Stop Motorcycle Checkpoint Funding Act If you need any type of help sending e-mails to you Legislators, please don’t hesitate to contact me.
Stump
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THANK YOU TO OUR $100 SPONSOR MEMBERS Stuart Boulter – Allenspark, Dec 1998 “Torch” & Sue Barr – Littleton, June 1999 Craig Wandrey – Idaho Springs, Feb 2002 Dave “Preacher” Pohlman – Arvada, Feb 2002 Bradley Thompson – Arvada, April 2002 Laura Greene – Brush, June 2003 John Chaney – Denver, CO Aug 2004 David & Chad Green – Blackhawk, CO Feb 2004 Fran & Shawn Hannifin – Denver, CO July 2006 Will Rutledge – Aspen, CO Oct 2008 David Alderman – Erie, CO March 2009 Al & Karen Hirth – Pueblo, CO October 2009 Papa Lew & Lisa Vaughan – Franktown, CO Dec 2009 Dale “Bear” Meade - Lafayette, CO March 2010 Toby Schmidt & Willa Mandziuk – Westminster, CO Aug 2011 Don & Kristi Enninga – Ft Morgan, CO Jan 2012 Christi Little – Arvada, CO Jan 2012 Sam Torno – Englewood, CO April 2012 Mina Douglas – Reno, NV
Oct 2012
Jerry Olson- Littleton, CO Oct 2012 Duane & Bonnie Roller – Firestone, CO Feb 2013 George & Marissa West – Aurora, CO Feb 2014 Stump Haberstumpf & Val Amey – Pine, CO May 2014
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ABATE Business Sustaining Memberships Please support these businesses that support us!!!
Bronze Memberships
Silver Memberships
BuckMoors Sports Lounge
EM Leather 14016 E. Mississippi Ave, Aurora, CO www.em-leather.com 303-337-6690
Branding Iron Bar & Grill
FED MOD CO Rich Barclay Denver – 303-917-8622 Colorado Springs – 719-541-5224
119 LaBonte St Dillon, CO 80435 970-468-2006 www.buckmoors.com 710 Hwy 24 N Buena Vista, CO 719-395-6472
Fun Center Inc
29603 US Hwy 160 E Durango, CO 970-259-1070 www.funcentercycles.com
Trike Toys Inc. 22285 E. Alameda Aurora, CO – 303-478-7880 www.triketoysinc.com
HoltHammer Cycles LLC
Eagle, Colorado 970-328-2544 www.HoltHammerCycles.com
Casey’s Motorsport
Independent Amsoil Dealer CSPCASEY@GMAIL.COM
Motobreck
16135 Highway 9 Breckenridge, CO 80424 970-453-0353 www.motobreck.com
Gold Memberships Fleishman & Shapiro P.C. 2000 S. Colorado Blvd Tower One, Suite 9000 Denver, CO 80222 303-861-1000 Grand Prix Guns & Ammo 3105 W. County Line Rd Littleton, CO www.grandprixmotorsports.com 303-761-2471
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NORTHEAST REGIONAL REPORT State Representative Lori Saine Addresses the Motorcycle Rider’s Foundation Best of the West Regional Conference What did 100 motorcyclists from Colorado and across America have in common on June 6th and 7th, 2014? They were all attendees at the MRF (Motorcycle Rider’s Foundation) Best of the West regional conference in Frisco, CO. The conference, one of three that the MRF puts on each year was hosted by ABATE of Colorado and was held at the Holiday Inn conference center in Frisco. MRF members from 24 states, some attending from Washington State on the west to Washington, DC on the east, attended to hear presentations about motorcycle issues including the status of motorcycle only checkpoints, noise issues, intelligent transportation systems and rider responsibility among others. The keynote speaker for the Saturday night banquet was State Representative from House District 63, Lori Saine of Firestone, CO. Representative Saine spoke to the group about the government’s role in our lives, what we as individuals can do to preserve our rights and freedoms and the importance of being involved in the political process as citizens of this state and great country. Representative Saine has been serving in the Colorado State Legislature since 2012 when she was overwhelmingly chosen as the Republican nominee for House District 63 in 2012 and in 2014. Lori Saine was one of the conservative champions in the legislature, earning an A+ rating on the The Principles Of Liberty Scorecard on the main planks of the Republican Party platform and has earned the coveted House Champion award from the Colorado Union of Taxpayers for defending the taxpayers of House District 63. The Motorcycle Riders Foundation (MRF), incorporated in 1987, is a membership-based national motorcyclists’ rights organization headquartered in Washington, D.C. The MRF monitors and when necessary, sways federal legislation and regulatory action that pertains to street riders.
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The MRF concerns itself with what is going on in the arena of motorcycling safety education, training, licensing, and public awareness. The MRF provides members and state motorcyclists’ rights organizations with direction and information to protect motorcyclists’ rights and motorcycling. The MRF sponsors annual regional and national educational seminars for motorcyclists’ rights activists and publishes a bi-monthly newsletter, The MRF Reports. The MRF website is: www. mrf.org and the office in Washington, DC can be reached at: 202-546-0983. Jeff Hennie is the Vice President of Government relations and Public Affairs for the MRF and is a very effective voice for motorcyclists in Washington DC. ABATE of Colorado, a Colorado motorcycle rights organization, was the primary sponsor for this year’s Best of the West. ABATE members from all over Colorado provided assistance with the hospitality room, registration, parking lot security and food and beverages. Varying ABATE Districts provided the necessary help and funds to put on this year’s conference. ABATE of CO, District One, had 18 members attending the conference from Northeast Colorado with other members from the Front Range of Colorado to Pueblo and the mountains also attending and helping at the conference. ABATE which stands for “A Brotherhood Active Towards Education”, is a non-profit, educational, charitable and safety oriented motorcycle rights organization. ABATE, District One and other areas will continue to promote rider education as well as member and public education to make the roads safer for those riding motorcycles as well as for motorists in general. Protecting the rights of those who ride motorcycles is an ongoing and important mission of ABATE of Colorado as is the Rider Education classes that are being offered June through August at Morgan Community College in Ft. Morgan and at the airport in Sterling, CO. Those wishing to enroll in a class can contact the ABATE office at 303-789-3264 or going to the website at www.abateofcolo.org. Anyone interested in joining ABATE of Colorado, District One can contact Dave Cawley at 970-3804232, Don Enninga at 970-768-5599 or going to the ABATE website at:
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Dave Cawley District Representative 728 Diana St. Ft. Morgan, CO 80701 970-380-4232 madd_dogdave@yahoo.com
Hello D1 Wow the weather has been great with lots of events going on every weekend. Sometimes it’s hard to choose, but I hope you all are going to ABATE events when they come up. Now that the poker run is over, all of us got their life back to normal, but that’s not going to last forever. Whatever you choose to participant in, go out and have a great summer. June 6 thru 8, ABATE of Colo. hosted the MRF Best of the West, a Motorcycle Riders Conference; in Frisco, Colo. We had a great time and I’m very proud of all my D1 members who showed up. Motorcycle Rider Education Classes are going on now in Ft. Morgan and Sterling. Anyone who wants to get the best training in the state can call 303-789-3264 or go online to www.abateofcolo.org and get her done now.
D1 Rally on the Plains is going to be 3 days of fun Aug. 15 thru 17. Lots going on now, so check out the Spokesman for all the details. As you can see, summer is just getting here. Go out and enjoy this beautiful state of Colorado. Well that’s all for now. Ride Free Ride Safe MADDDOG DAVE
D3 Dave Kingery 812 E. 8th St. Loveland, CO 80537 303-882-5829 snakekingery@hotmail.com
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Gary Davis District Representative PO Box 211277 Denver, CO 80221 720-635-2897 revgcitwdvr@aol.com
Greetings to all who read this: We had our meeting Thursday
evening June 12 at Mickey’s, 70th & Broadway (7:30 meeting time- earlier for good grub) and exchanged information, enjoyed discussion of various activities and decided we will do this again on July 10, 2014. Same bat time, same bat location... Shure would like to see some of you join in with us, especially for the information exchange. Now, just what type of activity would those of you who read this like to see in the future that you would join in with us at? A cookout? A Party? A swap meet in a parking lot or? A long day ride? A short day ride? A 4, 5, 6 or even 7 Pass Ride? Of course, judging by the activity level, many of you must be too busy. Still, we plod along here in District 5, in an effort to stay on top of things affecting the Motorcyclist Rights that we have seen being trimmed from what they use to be. Who knows, there may be a day coming that with all the lack of action on our part, maybe it won’t be our heads in a helmet, it will be our butts on a bus instead. Are you ready for that? Still, enjoy the roads while we can, AND be careful when yer out playing in traffic... Best wishes, yer D-5 Rep, Pastor Gary
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Andy “Short Run” Haning 103 W. Abriendo Pueblo, Co. 81004 719-778-3092 akmcapparel@gmail.com
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Larry Montgomery District 10 Representative 1590 Elkhart St Aurora, CO 80012 303.263.9412 l Montgomery@live.com
Hello all: D 10 Members, Summer is off to a great start. The State Coffee Run was fun filled with old & new friends. Riding over 115 miles from Aurora to Roxborough, Morrison, Golden, Lafayette, Brighton, Commerce City and back to Aurora. Thank you to our D 10 members who rode & thank you to Brandon at Goozell’s in Golden for the welcome again this year with coffee & great sweets. Our next D 10 event is our IronAzz 500 mile ride on July 12th. We hope this event will draw a good crowd to support ABATE of Colorado. If anyone can help with this ride please let me know. On a slightly political note; Getting involved in your district gives you a voice to express how you feel & what you want to accomplish through ABATE of Colorado’s mission statement. Mission Statement: ABATE of Colorado exists to preserve freedom of the road, to unite motorcyclists, to promote fair legislation, safety, and rider education and to provide a
network for communication on issues affecting motorcyclists. ABATE of Colorado is here to support motorcycle rights & to promote camaraderie between motorcyclists. ABATE is not here to support individual agendas or parties. As people voice their opinions, we also need your active support at meetings & events. You must get involved. You must retain current membership. This allows you to vote & give opinions on the direction of ABATE. I invite all D 10 members to attend this years remaining meetings. June 29, July 27, August 24, Sept 28, Oct 26, Nov 23 & Dec 28. Just remember I am only the representative for our district and only the spokesperson for what our district wants to accomplish through your involvement. Ride safe & watch out for everyone. Thanks, Larry
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Gary Meier 10795 CR197 A Lot 132 Nathrop CO 81236 402-440-3917 b1biker@aol.com
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These two events will continue throughout the summer 2nd Saturday of the month we’ll be in Salida at Wallbangers and the fourth Saturday we’ll be in Leadville at the Pastime, everything starts at 2:00 and lasts until everyone goes home. I hope that you’ll bring your friends and join us. We’ve got a Poker Run planned for July 19th; first stop is 10:00 A.M. in Buena Vista at the Branding Iron, 710 Highway 24 North. *Note – Leadville area folks meet at the Manhatten at 9:00 A.M. if you’re interested in a group ride to the starting point. At our last meeting it was pointed out that all of our events are scheduled on Saturdays; it was suggested that we should have events on Sunday as well since many folks have to work on Saturday. So, watch for up-coming Sunday events. We also discussed having some evening rides. I’ll let you know details as we get these events put together. You can all help me keep you informed by making sure that we have your correct e-mail address on file. Just send an e-mail to b1biker@aol. com with E-Mail as the Subject and I’ll get you added to the list. Ride Safe and Enjoy the Road Gary
Things are happening in D-11. Our Get Acquainted Ride on May 17th got dumped on by the weather. However, our first Ride-In, you can’t call it Bike Night if it starts at 2 in the afternoon, on June 14th at Wallbangers in Salida was well attended both by D-11 members and by many new faces. We’re going to be doing a Ride-In in Leadville at the Pastime Bar on June 28th, 2:00 till ?????.
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Dale “Bear” Meade District Representative 101067 Arapahoe Rd. Lafayette, CO 80026 303-642-7118 dcbear1985@aol.com
Hey D13, Short and sweet (not me,although I’ve got the short part down). When it comes to meetings is almost always a good thing. June’s meeting lasted only 45 minutes and we still discussed quite a few things. A big thanks to all the D1 people who made the trek from Ft. Morgan( and Kirk all the way from Firestone) There isn’t a lot of new things in D13 right now, so I’ll just remind everyone to support our other ABATE district events. If you feel you need a refresher rider course there are always slots available-- contact the state office. D10 has the Ironazz ride coming up on July 12, D17 has the Dart Poker Run on Aug. 8, D1 has the Rally On The Plains Aug 15-17, and the ABATE MRA BBQ is scheduled for Aug 23&24. Be especially wary of all the tourist traffic around July 4. Celebrate our Independence Day with your rubber on the ground. See ya on down the road,
Ride safe, ride smart, ride sober. See ya on down the road, Bear
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Jerry “Mac” McFarland District Representative PO Box 5661 Frisco, CO 80443-5661 970.418.0341 JerryMcfarland@Centura.org
Proud to be a member of ABATE of Colorado and D-14 I am happy to report the Motorcycle Riders Foundation’s Best of the West Conference was hosted by ABATE of Colorado this year and held in Frisco Colorado. The sessions I attended were informative. It was interesting to hear the reports from the other states. We had riders from all over the west -- Washington, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, Kansas, Oklahoma -- and as far away as Virginia and Washington D. C. You’ll be happy to hear, we are not alone in our fight for freedom and there are some dedicated individuals out there looking out for all motorcyclists. We all have similar issues at the state level and of course we all know the federal level. Sadly it was the last of the regional conferences. Perhaps we can attract the National MRF Conference. One of the sessions I attended was Motorcycle Training hosted by ABATE of Colorado’s very own Don Gunn. We spent an hour in the conference room and out to the range we went. What a blast we had! And all we were doing is working on our skills. There were bikes, big bikes of all kinds doing drills and exercises at the range. Under Don Gunn and Gary Greenwood’s direction, we all had fun and everyone learned something. People, if you get a chance to spend any time with Mr. Gunn, DO IT!
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If you like riding, you’ll love Don Gunn’s enthusiasm for it and knowledge of it, which he’ll share. As it turns out Don has classes for skilled riders as well and is developing more. DO IT! You’ll also be happy to hear ABATE of Colorado’s many chapters and District -14 represented you, Colorado motorcyclists, well. We were well prepared and I heard nothing but good things from all that were in attendance. We even had at least one member of Abate of Oklahoma actually sign up for ABATE of Colorado membership. It was like having 70+ of our best friends in town. We took advantage of Colorado’s natural scenic beauty, in my opinion some of the best riding in the world. We offered up maps and instructions of our favorite rides in Summit. We offered a guided ride on Sunday after the conference; this would end up adding credence to our patch “We Ain’t No Fair Weather Riders”. We had intended to ride through Park County to Buena Vista but after a quick consult with my “smarter than me phone” we saw there was bad weather all around us. We had to reroute and picked what looked to be the best route we could and perhaps split the rain. We didn’t make it far before hitting snow and rain half way to Leadville. We stopped at Clinton reservoir for a quick photo op and hightailed through the rain to Silverthorne for lunch at Murphy’s. Later we heard about the funnel clouds in Park County. That could’ve been us. Save the date “Around the Mountain Poker Run” July 26, 2014 Frisco, Colorado.
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$11 Old Chicago Pizza Palz Cards are available from any D-14 member and good at all locations. We have plenty of D-14 gear. Hoodies, Tees, Patches, Underwear and half price 2014 calendars, signed by Denny Parkinson himself. Show up to next meeting a claim yours for a very fair price. Join the MRF! Come to the next meeting. That’s all for now. This should make up for some recent reports I’ve missed, right? Next Meeting (3rd Wednesday of the month) Wednesday July 16, 2014 @ 7PM at the Frisco Holiday Inn
Chairman; 6) we discussed state events and the need to have a chairperson in charge or we won’t have the event; 7) lastly, we voted to allow staff to have editorial control as to what is printed in the Spokesman. Thanks to all 24 people who attended our D-16 Father’s Day Poker Run. Congrats to the winners: Ted Carpenter – High Hand; LV – Low Hand; Dan Graff – 50/50. Good weather, scenic ride, and everyone got a door prize! Ride Wise,
Stump
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Mal Sikes 7119 S Reed CT Littleton, CO 80128 720.987.8234 malsikes@comcast.net
Hello D-16,
Hey D-17
Thanks to all who attended our June meeting. Thanks also to everyone who donated to the “hospitality fund” for the Best of the West. I gave a brief summary of the 2014 Colorado General Assembly and an update of the National Bills of concern to motorcyclists. See the Legislative Report for more details. I also gave the following summary of the May SBOD: 1) our Expo was cancelled because of weather and vendors backing out; 2) we’re waiting for approval of a rider training range in Rifle; 3) we’re moving the office for economic reasons; 4) we voted to pursue a bill in 2015 to repeal the fees that are going to the MOST Program if they don’t follow the recommendations from the Advisory Board; 5) we approved the proposal from the Membership Committee
The wife and I road the ABATE Coffee run and the D-16 Father’s Day Poker Run, had great weather and a good ride. Not a lot of folks attended, but, I was able to meet a few new to me riders and we rode well together. So, we all helped raise a little money for the cause and had a fun time doing something we enjoy.
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The medical cost for a minor mishap can easily move into the $10,000 range and a major accident well into several hundreds of thousands of dollars by the time all treatment is complete. Plus, some companies require coverage to be verified before each and every office visit or procedure. Federal legislative attempts have been made to end this discrimination and all have failed. Now, these exemptions or risky activities have to be determined at the state level. Fortunately for us Colorado law prohibits discrimination in health care coverage for participants in motorcycling; snowmobiling; off highway vehicle riding; skiing or snowboarding. About half of the states offer some limited legal protection, we are the only state with this kind of protection. There have been lots of cases across the country where riders were left to pay their own medical bills when coverage was denied. This was because they did not read the exclusions page in their policy. So, please be aware of what your coverage is. A review with your agent once a year will help you keep current. I’m glad you all could make our last district meeting. It was good to see you. For those who missed it, come on out the 3rd Tuesday, 7:30 at the Shack. The food is good and so is the company, give us a shot. So, until next time, Ride Well, Mike.
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