Recent Entries

• Meeting of the Minds 2020

  by RevBigJohn June 10, 2020
    Meeting of the Minds 2020 It’s time to get beyond the “lockdown”  If you’re riding now, it’s because you’re as tired of the lockdown as the rest of the country, and riding is a 70 MPH exercise in “social distancing.” Your rights a...

• U.S. House of Representatives Introduces Highway Reauthorizatio

  by RevBigJohn June 3, 2020
  U.S. House of Representatives Introduces Highway Reauthorization Legislation  Washington, D.C. — Today the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee released its Highway Reauthorization bill titled, “Investing in a New Vision for the Environment and Surface Transp...

• Memorial Day 2020

  by RevBigJohn May 25, 2020
  This Memorial Day weekend is unlike any we have experienced. Traditional motorcycle events honoring those lost in military service have been cancelled or postponed around the nation. We at the Motorcycle Riders Foundation are forever grateful to our brothers and sisters lost defending the freedoms w...
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• Motorcycle Safety funds

  by RevBigJohn May 22, 2020
  The Motorcycle Riders Foundation (MRF) was alerted by our contacts in the U.S. Senate regarding a proposed change to the dedicated 405 Motorcycle Safety funds in the National Priority Safety Programs that is authorized through the Highway Bill. The proposed change to this program would add...
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• Former Motorcycle Riders Foundation Vice President of Governmen

  by RevBigJohn May 14, 2020
  Former Motorcycle Riders Foundation Vice President of Government Relations, Tom Wyld, passes away.   Thomas Wyld, retired U.S. Navy Commander, 71, passed away after a long battle with cancer. Following ...
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• Motorcycle Fatalities Decline for the Third Year

  by RevBigJohn May 8, 2020
  Motorcycle Fatalities Decline for the Third Year  The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) released the “Early Estimate of Motor Vehicle Traffic Fatalities in 2019,” where the preliminary numbers show that motorcycle fatalities decreased 1...
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• May is Motorcycle Safety & Awareness Month

  by RevBigJohn May 4, 2020
  May is Motorcycle Safety & Awareness Month Riders and Motorists Can Work Together to Save Lives Washington, D.C. — In order to reduce motorcycle crashes and save more lives, the Motorcycle Riders Foundation (MRF) wants to remind all road users that May is Motorcycle Safety and Awareness...

• Bikers Inside the Beltway Lobby Day Canceled

  by RevBigJohn April 27, 2020
  April 27, 2020 - MRF Board of Directors Cancels Bikers Inside the Beltway Lobby Day April 27, 2020 After careful consideration, the Motorcycle Riders Foundation (MRF) Board of Directors has decided to cancel the 11th Annual Michael “Boz” Ker...

• Make sure motorcyclists are not forgotten in any Infrastructure

  by RevBigJohn April 7, 2020
  Make sure motorcyclists are not forgotten in any Infrastructure Package Immediately after passing the 2.2 trillion-dollar stimulus, Congress began planning for a 4th COVID-19 related bill.  Initially, Nancy Pelosi indicated that infrastructure would be the main focus of the next large pie...
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• H.R.6379

  by RevBigJohn March 25, 2020
  COVID-19 Lobby Ban       As Congressional leaders seek to implement massive legislative initiatives in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis, numer...
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• Bikers Inside the Beltway and COVID-19

  by RevBigJohn March 16, 2020
  The Motorcycle Riders Foundation (MRF) is continually monitoring the ever-changing situation with the outbreak of COVID-19 around the country. First and foremost, we care about everyone’s safety, and are closely monitoring the situation and guidance from the Federal Government and the Centers ...

• Motorcyclist Advisory Council Reauthorization Actist A

  by RevBigJohn March 5, 2020
  Thank you for taking the time to contact me about the Motorcyclist Advisory Council Reauthorization Act. I appreciate hearing from you. I have forwarded your correspondence along to my staff that handles transportation issues, and they will be looking into your concern on my behalf. ...
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• Motorcyclist Advisory Council Reauthorization Act

  by RevBigJohn January 31, 2020
          Thank you for contacting me regarding H.R. 5234, the Motorcyclist Advisory Council Reauthorization Act.  I appreciate hearing from you on this important issue. As you may know, on November 21, 2019, Representative Mike Gallagher (R-WI) introduce...

• Let Riders Speak! Support H.R. 5234, MAC Reauthorization Act

  by RevBigJohn January 26, 2020
  We depend on motorcyclist advocates like you to advance our 2020 legislative priorities on Capitol Hill and we still have more work to do.  With your help, we can make sure that Congress takes steps to ensure that motorcyclist organizations regain membership seats on the Motorcyclist Advisory C...
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• BIKERS INSIDE THE BELTWAY 2020

  by RevBigJohn January 21, 2020
  Are you coming to 12th Annual Bikers Inside the Beltway on May 18 & 19th? If not, you should reconsider your decision because Bikers Inside the Beltway (BITB) is critical to the mission and the effectiveness of the Motorcycle Riders Foundation.  Not to mention, it is the only national...

• Mark Buckner Inducted into the AMA Hall of Fame

  by RevBigJohn December 9, 2019
    The Motorcycle Riders Foundation would like to congratulate Mark Buckner, past president, longtime leader and MRF Freedom Fighter Hall of Fame member on his induction into the American Motorcycle Association (AMA) Motorcycle Hall of Fame. On Friday December 6th, during the 2019 AM...
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• The Motorcycle Riders Foundation Executes Strategic Alignment

  by RevBigJohn November 25, 2019
  The Motorcycle Riders Foundation Executes Strategic Alignment   The Motorcycle Riders Foundation (MRF) Board of Directors is pleased to announce we have renewed our Governmental Affairs Consulting Agre...

• HOUSE INTRODUCES MOTORCYCLE ADVISORY COUNCIL

  by RevBigJohn November 21, 2019
  HOUSE INTRODUCES MOTORCYCLE ADVISORY COUNCIL REAUTHORIZATION ACT   WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congressmen Mike Gallagher (R-WI) along with Reps. Chris Pappas (D-NH), Harley Rouda (D-CA), and Troy B...
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• Senate Hearing - Highly Automated Vehicles

  by RevBigJohn November 21, 2019
  Senate Hearing - Highly Automated Vehicles: Federal Perspectives on the Deployment of Safety Technology Today the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation held a hearing entitled Highly Automated V...
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• Veterans Day Discounts 2019

  by RevBigJohn November 7, 2019
  https://www.blogs.va.gov/VAntage/67508/veterans-day-discounts-2019/

• Celebration of Life - Jeffrey M. McCubbin

  by RevBigJohn September 25, 2019
  Jeffrey M. McCubbin was born November 4, 1950, fourth child, to Max McCubbin and Muriel Burke McCubbin of Conrad, Iowa. He spent his formative years attending the Conrad schools where he was known to have driven his tractor to school. He worked the family farm with his brother Jay and his father unt...
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• MRF HOF Inductees Announcement

  by RevBigJohn September 24, 2019
  The Motorcycle Riders Foundation announces the 2019 Freedom Fighter Hall of Fame Inductees. The Motorcycle Riders Foundation (MRF) is pleased to release the names of the 2019 class of Inductees to the Motorcycle Riders Foundation Freedom Fighter Hall of Fame (MRF HOF). These were presente...

• Meeting of the Minds

  by RevBigJohn August 13, 2019
  Meeting of the Minds Deadline is Approaching - Join Us in Minnesota Deadlines… We’ve all got them and when they’re missed, there’s usually hell to pay. To help you avoid having to pay hell, pay extra, or miss the deadline altogether, here are a couple of deadlines you n...

• RIDING FREE FROM DC:

  by RevBigJohn July 27, 2019
  Your Weekly Biker Bulletin from Inside the Beltway Your Motorcycle Riders Foundation team in Washington, D.C. is pleased to provide our members with the latest information and updates on issues that impact the freedom and safety of American street motorcyclists. Count on y...
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• ABATE Of Wisconsin call to action

  by RevBigJohn July 25, 2019
      Senators Feyen & Ringhand; Representatives Steineke & Doyle are circulating a bill draft for support that would allow gas station owners to havepumps with only one n...

• Help Missouri reclaim some of their Freedom

  by RevBigJohn July 10, 2019
  CALL TO ACTION   Please help Missouri reclaim some of our Freedom; we need help from people inside and outside of Missouri. Please ask Governor Parson to let this bill pass, either by signature or by pocket pass and not to Veto SB 1477, which would allow freedom of choice for the riders in Mi...
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• Definition of a motorcycle

  by RevBigJohn June 10, 2019
  Thank you for taking the time to contact me about the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's (NHTSA) definition of a motorcycle. I appreciate hearing from you about this issue.   In the 40 years since NHTSA updated the definition of a motorcycle, the landscape of our roads has cha...

• Capitol Hill Update

  by RevBigJohn June 8, 2019
  Paying Dividends After a week away from Washington, Congress returned to town this week, and the hard work of MRF members during Bikers Inside the Beltway is starting to pay off. In just the last two weeks, 17 Congressional offices have signed on as cosponsors to H. Res 255, the anti-motorcyclist ...
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• The Motorcycle Rights World Losses another Freedom Fighter

  by RevBigJohn May 25, 2019
  It is with great sadness that the Motorcycle Riders Foundation has learned of the passing of John Pierce. John was a dedicated freedom fighter, a Marine, husband, family man, mentor, brother, pilot, biker, former MRF Board Member, and he served in many capacities at the SMRO level. With John’s...

• Another Successful Bikers Inside the Beltway

  by RevBigJohn May 24, 2019
  Bikers Take the HillThis week was the 11th Annual Michael “Boz” Kerr Bikers Inside the Beltway event in Washington D.C. Nearly 150 bikers from 28 states made the journey to Washington D.C., to advocate for issues of importance to the motorcycle community. With kickstands up at 6:45am, an...