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The Colorado Spokesman ABATE of Colorado - www.abateofcolo.org Issue # 03-14 March 2014

Mission Statement

ABATE OF COLORADO is a non-profi t, educational,

charitable and safety oriented motorcycle rights organization.

ABATE of Colorado State ExecutiveOfficers - 2013

State CoordinatorTerry Howard [email protected]

Legislative A� airs O� cer/TeamStump Haberstumpf

[email protected]

Metro Regional CoordinatorRandy Savely 303-909-4599

[email protected]

Mountain Regional CoordinatorTim O’Connor 719-395-8733

Assistant State CoordinatorNortheast Regional Coordinator

Don Enninga [email protected]

Board Member at LargeCharlie May [email protected]

Southwest Regional CoordinatorOpen

State Recording SecretaryLisa Gill

[email protected]

State TreasurerPerrie Ranburger 303-789-3264

[email protected]

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Deb [email protected]

Don [email protected]

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 Monthly MeetingsDistrict 1

Call Dave Cawley @ 970-380-4232

Jan 5Leroy Bishop & Penny Vaughn

Feb 2Corral Sports Bar

March 2Th e Place

April 6Dolittle’s

June 1Main 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 5 2nd Wednesday of the month

7:30pm Micky‘s Steakhouse

6950 N. Broadway, Denver

District 7 2nd Tuesday of the month @ 7pm

Steel City Eagles 704 Elmhurst Pueblo, CO

District 10 4th Sunday of the month @ 10am

Noonan’s13525 E. Iliff Ave (I-225 and Iliff )

Aurora, CO 80011

District 111st Monday of the month @ 7pm

VFW-Johnson Village (2 miles south of Buena Vista)

District 13 2nd Tuesday of the month @ 7pm

Pepper Jacks3768 State Hwy 52

Erie, CO303-833-4361

District 14 3rd Wednesday of the month

7 pm Holiday Inn, Frisco, Co

District 16 2nd Sunday of the month @ 9am

Bear Creek Restaurant 25940 Hwy 74.

Kittredge, CO 80457 303-674-9929

District 17

3rd Tuesday of the month @ 7:30pm

Th e Shack, Littleton NW corner of Mineral & Broadway

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A Word From The State Coordinator

Spring is almost here!! The catchy phrase “spring ahead” signals change for Americans. It’s a reminder to move clocks ahead one hour for daylight savings time. And it’s an optimistic forecast that warmer and sunnier weeks are ahead. With these seasonal changes, millions take on “spring cleaning” of homes, garages, and yards. And for motorcyclists…..it’s the start of the riding season. I know most of us still ride in the winter around here, but Spring means more riding days!! Be careful of the sand and gravel out there on the roads.Now is the time to start thinking about elections and campaigns. As I have sat and listened thru testimony on issues that affect me personally, I am truly disheartened with our Government. It is no longer “we the people”. Elected Officials are voting the way they want to. They are no longer representing their constituents….us!! OK, maybe there are a few that are representing the people of Colorado….but very few. I am not discussing parties, or left or right here, I am discussing how these folks think it’s OK to vote the way they want to. We even have a United States Senator state that he voted a particular way against the majority of his constituents because they didn’t know all the facts. What? You have got to be kidding me!! First it is his job to explain all the facts so the people can decide how he should vote. Do we not have any Statesmen/women in this country anymore? There is a difference.

just some important chatter

Georges Pompidou: A statesman is a politician who places himself at the service of the nation. A politician is a statesman who places the nation at

his service.

While ABATE’s focus is on motorcycling issues, this will be good for all aspects of your life. I have worked campaigns and caucuses for many years now. It is important that we the people wake up. I hear “oh that will never happen here”. Guess what? It is happening here on a daily basis. We as citizens, not just motorcyclists need to be vigilant.

Our elected Officials….oh wait, “lawmakers” as the media calls them work for US. I think most of you would agree, we’d be fired for performing our jobs the way some of them have this session. Hopefully we all get involved in our precinct caucuses this year!!I am reminded that sometimes we need to re-focus our activity in ABATE. All of us need to realize that it is not about me or you; it’s about the organization as a whole. Some tend to be resistant to change. Yes, change is always the unknown. But it isn’t always a bad thing. New ideas and directions are good for us. Otherwise we become stagnant.

“If you always do what you’ve always done, you’ll always get what you’ve always got.”

Henry Ford (1863-1947), American founder of the Ford Motor Company.

I really like this quote because it’s simple but has a lot of meaning.

To me, it means if you want change to occur you can’t keep doing the same things and expect different results because when you repeat that action it only has one outcome. If you want to change the outcome you have to change the pattern. On that note, we are looking at ideas to start a membership drive for ABATE. If any of you have any thoughts, please contact me and I’ll get the info to the membership committee.

Don’t forget the upcoming Motorcycle Expo the 27th of this April, we are still waiting on a confirmation of the location. Everything you want to know about motorcycling in one place. This is a fun event and is to raise awareness of motorcycling to the general public as part of our Operation Save A Life program. Come on out and join us for a fun day!! Lots of ABATE events coming up so mark your calendars.

Happy St Patrick’s Day!!!

Until next month ride safe and watch the sand!!

Terry Howard



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ABATE Meetings .....................................2A Word From The State Coordinator ........................... 3Randy’s Rant ............................................ 7Northeast Regional Report ................... 10 Prescription Errors ................................ 102014 Events ............................................. 14Legislative Report ................................... 18MRF News ............................................. 19District News ......................................... 20-22ABATE Classifieds ................................. 24

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ABATE provides the highest quality rider safety training to more people in Colorado than any other provider. We have training sites in the Denver Metro area (Lakewood, Littleton, Westminster, and Aurora/East Denver), Colorado Springs, Greeley, Pueblo and Fort Collins. Our mobile training program currently includes Fort Morgan and Summit County. We were the first not-for-profit training company and have been training in Colorado since 1990. We are the only Colorado company certified to train and test three-wheel vehicles. Our educational mission is further met through programs such as “Operation Save A Life” which delivers “share the road” presentations to other organizations and businesses throughout the state. We maintain a fleet of more than 150 training motorcycles. ABATE contracts with only the finest instructors in the State. All of our instructors are certified to teach by the Motorcycle Safety Foundation and by the Colorado Department of Transportation. We are proud of our instructors!



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RANDY ’S RANTFor the longest time I was a very happy warm weather rider and just didn‛t care to ride in the colder weather. In the last ten years or so I have been changing that because I enjoy riding so much, and there are a number of events such as the Santa Cops Toy Run that I participate in that happen in the winter. Until recently I was able to tough it out when the cold started turning my fi ngers and toes to popsicles, and frosting my beard so it looked like a Christmas tree.

As I am getting older, (damn!) I fi nd that toughing it out doesn‛t work and the comfort level is starting to decrease. Wearing multiple layers to mitigate this helps just so far since I can only put so much on at one time and have to stop just short of looking like the Michelin Man. Any more and it is hard to move and keep control of things, especially since the extremities are the things that stiffen up the quickest and are also the main control points when riding.

I recently decided to purchase heated gloves and socks. My core doesn‛t get very cold so my normal clothing choices work well. The extremities however don‛t get the benefi t of large veins and arteries like most of the rest of the body. So far so good. We will see next February when I ride down to the swap meet in Denver from up here in Fort Collins. Two years ago when my wife and I rode down, The temp was a balmy 33 degrees and we were only able to stand it from home to the Waffl e House in Longmont. After a very hot breakfast and about 7 cups of coffee, we were able to continue down to the swap meet. I don‛t want to feel like that again and my wife of course steadfastly refuses to even think about getting behind the bars unless it is at least 50 degrees.

Being too warm is also less than pleasant.

When it is 95 out and you are thinking that a nice 95 mph breeze will help, you are in for a blast furnace surprise.

The only way I have found to cool down on the bike is to either increase altitude, or ride into a lake, or both! I defi nitely prefer the former since the top of the mountain is infi nitely more scenic than the bottom of the lake.

Randy Mumma, (Squirrel)

[email protected]

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NORTHEAST REGIONAL REPORT ABATE of Colorado is dedicated to the freedom of the road and banding together to preserve those freedoms. What are the threats to our freedoms to ride? There may not be anything that just jumps out at you right now but there are always the background issues of mandatory helmets, age restrictions on those who can be passengers, what you can and cannot do to your bike, transportation issues such as road design, and working to make the MOST program work the way it was intended to.

ABATE of Colorado needs all motorcyclists to be part of the solution by joining and supporting motorcyclists rights. As you all may or may not know, membership has slipped and we, as ABATE, need to work to let our fellow motorcyclists know about ABATE’s mission and convince them to join us to help preserve all motorcyclist’s freedoms! There are membership applications in the Spokesman, you can get some from your District or Regional Representative or contact the state office. Keep one handy to give to your friends or relatives and encourage them to join ABATE. For every 5 members you sign up, you will get a year’s free membership.

One thing the State ABATE Board has discussed in the past to save money is to have the Spokesman available only online or via email due to the increases in printing costs. Let us know how you feel about that. The state budget is tight so maintaining service while cutting costs as much as possible is important.

ASMI, is available so keep your eye on the ABATE website for classes. If you want to have one in your area, let us know and we will get something scheduled. Being prepared in case of an emergency is important! Both the Basic and Advanced courses will be offered this next year.

Have a great 2014! Be safe and ride often!

Don Eninga

The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it – Henry David Thoreau.

A close friend of mine is a nurse. She and I often have discussions about the cross over between our professions. My friend and I have some colorful discussions and suffice it to say, she and I do not always agree. Usually, our conversations conclude with our agreement that the best way to prevent

medical errors and lawsuits is to educate patients and their advocates. Recently, my nurse friend told me the story of a patient that suffered severe, almost fatal, complications after she received an overdose in the hospital of a medication she had been taking for years. The patient had been taking drug “X” for years in a particular dosage. She knew what the pills looked like; she knew what her dosage was and when to take the pills. While she was hospitalized for an unrelated condition, this patient was given several hundred times her normal dose of her medication. When an investigation was conducted as to how this error occurred, it was determined to have resulted from a decimal point. Imagine, almost losing your life to a punctuation mark. The doctor had written “5.0 mg” on the prescription. The decimal point was interpreted (apparently reasonably so due to sloppy writing) as a “zero,” and as a result, the patient was given multiple doses of 500 mg of her medication during her hospital stay. As part of the investigation, after recovering from the overdose, the patient was interviewed. During the interview the patient stated: “I thought that the medication nurses were giving me was wrong. The pill was bigger and did not say the same thing on it as the one I took for years. I took the pills anyway because I was in the hospital and, I don’t know, I guess I just figured they knew what they were doing.”Since hearing about this incident, I cannot stop thinking about the fact that the patient knew the medication was wrong, and she took it anyway. Why didn’t she say something? I asked my friend: “what would have happened if the patient would have questioned the nurse?” Her response, “I don’t know for sure, but if it were me I would have stopped to

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check to see if she was right. I am human. Before telling her I knew I was right about the dose I would have looked it up.” She further explained, “but I would have looked at the order that was entered incorrectly. To catch the error the patient would have had to tell me that she was supposed to be taking 5 mg.” Patients and their care givers must know what medications their doctors have prescribed by complete name and dosage and be familiar with how often the medication is to be taken. In light of the thousands of drugs on the market and the differing uses (including “off label uses”) of those drugs, it is imperative that patients know exactly what their doctors have prescribed. Patients must check to be sure that the pharmacists have filled their prescriptions correctly (or that the pills look the same in the hospital as they do at home). Patients and care givers must ask questions if something does not look right. Better to be a little embarrassed than a lot dead. The FDA has published a list of abbreviations that are not to be used by doctors when authoring prescriptions. Take a look at your prescriptions to be sure that these abbreviations are not being used. They have been known to lead to errors in the amount of medication given and in the directions for how often, when and where mediations are to be administered.

The list can be downloaded at: http://www.ismp.org/tools/errorproneabbreviations.pdf.

Angela E. McGraw is an attorney at Fleishman & Shapiro P.C. She represents people who have suffered brain injuries and other serious injuries and can be reached at 303-861-1000 or [email protected].

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LEGISLATIVEHello CONCERNED Motorcyclists (and I use that term questionably!),I realize that most of ABATE’s members grew up in the 1960s and there still might be lingering hatred toward big government, but where is that political activism that was so prevalent back then: demonstrations; protests; “Stop the War”! My big question this month is: “WHY AREN’T YOU MORE POLITICALLY ACTIVE?”We took a survey last year and Legislation was the #1 concern that ABATE should be focusing on. I agree, a State Motorcycle Rights Organization should primarily be focusing on Legislation and Motorcyclist’s Rights. But we’re a grass-roots organization, and that means we get our legislative “clout” from our membership. Voicing our opinions and educating our lawmakers is the only way ABATE can aff ect legislation. We don’t have a hugely funded PAC or a high-priced professional lobbyist and even though protests and demonstrations might get you on the nightly news, they really don’t have positive results with lawmakers (in my opinion). So how can ABATE get its membership more legislatively active?We’ve presented a “Boot Camp” with informative Legislative seminars and even off ered to bring this training to ABATE Districts to educate those members who couldn’t attend the “Boot Camp”. I formed a Legislative Team (LegTeam) comprised of District Reps and District Legislative Aff airs Offi cers whom I try to update with the latest Legislative information so they can easily pass this information on to the membership. My latest endeavor to try to increase our voice at

the State Capitol is to build a team (Stump’s Army) made up of ABATE members who are constituents of Senators and Representatives from every Senate District (35) and every House District (65) in Colorado. Even though I’m down at the Capitol trying to talk to Senators and Representatives as ABATE’s lobbyist, I don’t have as much infl uence as a constituent/voter does.In my Legislative article last month, I mentioned 3 easy steps to becoming more legislatively active. Th is month I’d like to know if all this information is helpful. Have you become more politically aware and concerned? If not, what can ABATE do to persuade you to care more about your motorcycle freedoms? Please take 5 minutes and let me know if you’ve become more active or why you’re not ([email protected]). I’d really appreciate some feedback, even constructive criticism. Of course, all of this is probably a futile eff ort on my part, as those of you reading this are legislatively active and those who aren’t active won’t be reading this! Oh well, I got to blow off a little steam anyway!Now, on to what ABATE members “say” they really care about! On the state level, SB14-020 (MOST Bill) hasn’t been scheduled for a House Transportation and Energy Committee hearing yet. Which means, those of you who are constituents of Representatives on that committee, still have time to send them e-mails urging them to support this bill. Once the bill passes out of the committee, everyone needs to contact their Representative urging them to support SB14-020. As I’ve mentioned in just about every one of my past 14 articles, if you don’t know who your Representative is or if he/she is on the House Transportation and



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State Rep - Dale “Bear” Meade303-642-7118 [email protected]

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Energy Committee, feel free to contact me:[email protected]’m sorry if I sound a little bitter in this article, but I just don’t understand why everyone isn’t more politically active in ABATE. I realize that everyone has a life outside of ABATE (except maybe a few of us) but don’t you care about your freedoms? I’ve tried to make contacting your legislators as easy as possible. (It takes about 5 minutes if you join Stump’s Army). Th ank you very much to the small percentage of ABATE members that have volunteered and actually do write their lawmakers. I appreciate it very much. What about the rest of you? Technically, you’re not doing this for me; you’re doing this for yourself because you’re concerned about laws being passed that aff ect your lives. I still have a lot of room in Stump’s Army and I’m missing 12 Senate District constituents and 29 House District constituents. So how about volunteering? I’m not even asking for a monetary contribution, just a little bit of your time!Again, thanks to those of you that have volunteered already.

Stump

State Legislative Aff airs Offi cer and Concerned Citizen.

Hey all,

We have quite a few things going on at the federal level. As usual we have the E-15

bills, the black box bill, and the motorcycle only checkpoint bills. A couple new things have been added. The U.S.House of Representatives has passed a Farm Bill that would end a federal subsidy for bio fuel pumps in rural areas. The measure passed by a 251-166 vote and costs the taxpayers $956.4 billion. The U.S.Senate will have voted on this but the time you read this. Pres. Obama is expected to sign the bill. This ending of the subsidy means less bio fuel pumps and less E-15. The NTSB has released their list of top ten priorities for safety improvements. Motorcycles were not on the immediate list, but the NTSB did reference a motorcycle helmet law deeper within the text of one of the top ten bullets. This is actually taking a step backwards from their addressing mc safety in 2011,when they advocated for voluntary helmet use and rider education equally.

The CDC has fi nally responded to Sen. Petri’s letter that asked for the CDC to focus on areas relative to their expertise. The CDC response was typical government gobbledygook, saying they are addressing mc safety like any other public health issue (remember, they fi rst had to classify motorcyclists as a disease so they could harass us and do their studies and recommendations!!!) The CDC says that 41% of all mc fatalities in 2010 were NOT wearing helmets. By using their own “facts”, that means 59% of all mc fatalities WERE wearing helmets In multiple conversations between the MRF and the CDC it is clear that the CDC has no interest in rider education, and that rider ed programs and mc awareness campaigns play no part in preventing crashes. The CDC believes we need a national mandatory helmet law. We have 2 more states--Ohio and Washington-- who are working on establishing road guard programs. It’s great to see these programs catch on so that we can “police” are own runs and events. Hopefully the road guard will catch on in more states. I’ll give a more comprehensive list of what is going on in other states next month as state legislatures work through their processes.

Till then, ride safe, ride smart, ride sober.

See ya on down the road,

Bear



D1Dave CawleyDistrict Representative728 Diana St.Ft. Morgan, CO [email protected]

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Dave Kingery812 E. 8th St.Loveland, CO [email protected]

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D5Gary DavisDistrict RepresentativePO Box 211277Denver, CO [email protected]

D7Andy “Short Run” Haning103 W. AbriendoPueblo, Co. [email protected]

Hello D1

Well the last few days the weather has been nice and warmer all the snow is pretty much gone now all I have to is wait for the mud to go away so I can get the beast out and go for a ride I’m sure you all are dealing with the same thing that I’m going thru just want to ride my bike. Feb. our District meeting at the Corral Sports Bar in Brush had 26 members there great turnout lots to talk about we are in the high gear with everything that’s going on. Our Christmas for Kids pot is up to almost $600.00 I like that with the latest winner Shannon Brown I hope she enjoyed the prize I’m sure Ken would. Feb. 8th D13 Sweethearts Dance was a great success they did a great job and I want to thank all my D1 members who showed up. D1 11th Annual Chili Cook Off will be this coming Saturday as I write this, I’m sure its going to be fun with all the feedback I’ve been getting and I’ll give a full report next month. Our next D1 meeting March 2nd will be at The Place in Hillrose 317 Emerson 970-847-3462 hope to see you all there. On April 6th we will be doing our Adopt a Hwy. Cleanup we been doing this for years now and that 2 mile stretch Hwy. looks pretty clean due to all my D1 members who come out twice a year to clean it Great Job! After the cleanup we will have our meeting at Dolittles in Akron 275 E.1 St. 970-345-0205 see you all there.

D1 Sandhills Poker Run will be on May. 4th our biggest fundraiser and always a great time for more information look for that great flyer in the Spokesman. Well I’m going to see if the alley is dry up so I can go for a ride.

D1, You’re the BEST!

MADDDOG DAVE D10

Larry MontgomeryDistrict 10 Representative1590 Elkhart StAurora, CO 80012303.263.9412l [email protected]

Hello District 10

As Spring is just around the bend we are gearing up for the Corned Beef Bash on Saturday March 8 2014. Plans are set and waiting for the day to come. Plenty to eat and plenty of things still left to do. This year event is at he Frontier Club in Aurora at 18881 E Colfax. Special thanks to all that have helped in getting ready to go GREEN. As for other events for the District, make sure you let Terry at the office know if you want to ride in the St Patrick’s Parade on March 15 Cost is $20 for rider & $11 for pass this includes T-Shirt. Our first meeting at Noonan’s was great and many things were decided for the year. We have a new Sargent of Arms and need to welcome Debra Hansen.

Looking forward to seeing all members at the next meeting on Feb 23 at 10 AM.

Remember to ride safe and pay attention until the roads are cleaned up.

Larry Montgomery

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D11Gary Meier10795 CR197 A Lot 132Nathrop CO [email protected]

District 11

We’ve been finalizing plans for our annual St. Patrick’s Day Party to be held on March 15th at the VFW in Johnson Village. Make plans to come out and join us. Discussion continued on giving the group a nickname, many think that it is a good idea but the issue was tabled until next meeting so that everyone could give serious thought to possible names.

Last but not least we held a very successful ‘poker walk’ in Leadville on Valentine’s Day. We sold 74 hands and took in $400.00. Prizes of $66.00 for high hand and $33.00 for low hand were awarded. Neither of the winners was an ABATE member; but now they are. A hearty thanks to all those folks that joined in and to the businesses that supported us.

With the weather starting to warm-up a bit I hope to see you on the road.

Ride Safe

Gary

D14Jerry “Mac” McFarlandDistrict RepresentativePO Box 5661Frisco, CO [email protected]

D13Dale “Bear” MeadeDistrict Representative101067 Arapahoe Rd.Lafayette, CO [email protected]

Hey D13,

I want to thank everybody who came out to the Sweetheart’s Dance at the Rock-N-Ranch on Feb 8. We had a great time. Despite trepidations that we might not have enough food, we actually ended up with enough to feed a small army. Thanks again for all who brought food, and a huge thanks to Belva for talking Ben into letting us use his place for the party, and to Ben for


D16Stump HaberstumpfPO Box 487Pine, CO [email protected]

Hello D-16,Thanks to D-16’s 10%ers! (10/90 Rule - 10% of an organization does 90% of the work!). Actually in our case we’re more like 25%ers! Thanks for attending and participating in our meetings. As a summary for those who couldn’t attend (and I’m sure attendance will increase when the snow is off the ground and we can ride our bikes to the meetings – right?) we talked mostly about Legislation. Again, I won’t mention any of that as I’d just be repeating what I wrote in my Legislative Report for the Spokesman. Important business we discussed was: 1) moving our May D-16 meeting from the 2nd Sunday, which is Mother’s Day, to the 3rd Sunday, which is May 18th; 2) also moving our June meeting from June 8th to June 1st, because of the conflict with the Best-of-the-West (BOTW); 3) speaking of

D17Mal Sikes7119 S Reed CTLittleton, CO [email protected]


bailing us out and hosting the shindig. Great job by all!!! We are talking about a mountain run some time around July 4th so we will keep you posted on details. There are events in other districts so attend as many as you can.

Ride safe, ride smart, ride sober.

See ya on down the road,

Bear

the BOTW, I passed around a list of breakout sessions that were presented at some of the BOTWs and Meeting-of-the-Minds (MOTM) I attended over the years, because some members are thinking of attending this year’s BOTW in Frisco, CO. and wanted to know what actually happens at the BOTW; 4) Val then gave an update on ASMI. We had some interest in bringing an ASMI class to D-16 but only got about 6 or 7 commitments, so Val is contacting D-17 in hopes of getting some of them interested and joining up for an ASMI class. More on this later; 5) Lastly, I mentioned upcoming events. While you’re marking your calendar with the changes to our May and June Meeting dates, mark these dates also: Tuesday, 3/4 Precinct Caucuses; Sat., 3/8, D-10’s Corned Beef Bash; Friday, 3/28, Lobby Day at the Capitol; Sunday, 4/27, ABATE’s Motorcycle Expo; Sat., 6/3, D-10’s Blessings-of-the-Bikes (always a fun run); and BOTW on 6/6 & 6/7.Thanks again to you 25%ers! Hope to see some of you 75%ers at our meeting next month: Sunday, 3/9, 9:00 am @ Bear Creek Restaurant. Try it – you just might have some fun!!!

Stump



ABATE LOBBY DAY

March 28th, 2014 8:30 AM in SCR 352 COME JOIN US!!!

Please contact your Legislator to make an appointment to visit with them that day.

If you don’t know who your Legislators are call the office and we will help you. If they cannot meet

with you we will have packets for you to leave at their office.

We are on our own for parking. There is plenty of paid parking lots around the Capitol. Please wear your motorcycle attire, preferably ABATE clothing. You must enter the Capitol from the south end and go thru a metal detector. Make sure you leave your leatherman, pocket knives etc on your bike or in your car. There is a cafeteria in the basement for refreshments.

Any questions please call the office 303-789-3264

This day is to introduce ABATE to new Legislators and say hi to those that already know us. We’d like you to get the experience of interacting with our public servants..



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HARLEY DAVIDSON XL883 L 2009 SPORTSTER 9,000 miles. Engine guards, studded saddle bags, windshield and sissy bar. Great starter bike. $5300.00. Sue (970) [email protected]

2008 Pace American low profile enclosed trailer, set up to haul three large motorcycles. Drop down tailgate, side door, light and roof vent, new tires and ready to go. 16x8 v-nose. Over $10,000 invested, priced at $8950.00. [email protected] or 970-231-4025

Rarely used 6x10 Trailer built by SST. White, two tires, two fenders, newish tires, includes a brand new spare, Great condition! Diamond plate front, aluminum fenders and trim, 2” ball, Cargo-style rear doors - not a ramp door, no side door. $1900.00. Tony @ 303-907-1941

Denver Metro-Springs AreaFresh Eggs $3 Dozen - Free Range fresh chicken. Fresh farm raised free range beef (no antibiotics). Call or email for pricing. [email protected] 719.541.4840

24 ft Millennium enclosed trailer with 14 ft awning. This bumper pull ‘Toy Hauler’ holds 5 to 6 full dressed bikes or 4 to 5 ATVs or 1 race/show car. Has 2 20-lb propane bottles, 2 burner stove, 6 cabinets, refrigerator/freezer, beds for 2, ac/heat, inside lights & vents, AM/FM/CD and flat screen tv, right side door, left & right windows in front. Full ramp opens in rear. Great for campers, hunters or off-road riders. $15,000 new – asking $10,200. MUST SELL! Call 303-979-0855 or 303-915-3085.

New Fat Spoke Wheel and Tire. Has 48 fat spokes. Fits 99 and earlier HD’s with 3/4” front axle. Ready to install. Beautiful!! $350. RideTek LidHauler, with Lid sacks..sold my hardbags. Like new..retail for $160, asking $75.00 303-887-7083

2007 Harley Black Cherry Dyna 103 FXDB, 16,200 miles, $12,000. High performance 103 CI, 1690 cc, 225 cams, 100% Harley parts.

Includes racing tuner, genuine HD service manual, brand new tires, and much more. Call Ed at 719-395-6090 for more information. (Buena Vista CO)

For Sale, Women’s leathers. Like new, Black motorcycle jacket and chaps. Sz small, like new. Call 719-239-1405, Buena Vista CO.

2003 Goldwing 1800 Trike: 31,125 miles. Motortrike kit. Slate gray with raked front end. Lots of accessories such as large windshield, extra lights in cowling, chrome pegs, passenger armrests, carriage rack and chrome rear bumper with lights. Looks like new. Must see! $22,500. Call Bill at 303-478-7880

2005 Ultra Classic: 21,000 miles. Maroon and silver full dressed HD motorcycle with many, many extras including wrap around red lights, air seat, fold up heel rest passenger pegs and chrome racks. This beautiful bike looks brand new. $16,500 Call Bill at 303-478-7880 2003 Indian Chief Roadmaster - last year Indian was made. Power Plus motor, Baker tranny, 1650 cc, cobalt blue. Has 634 miles. Added foot pegs, front and rear highway bars, changed handlebars and pipes. Rebuilt seat. Bought in 2003 for $32,600, asking $14,000 or reasonable offer. 719-873-5466

For Sale: 2010 Harley Davidson Ultra Trike FLHTCUTG, Red Hot Sun Glow, 11,200 miles in excellent condition, lots of extras such as reverse, rear bumper, revco trailer hitch, Trike cover, highway pegs, screaming eagle mufflers, Kuryakyan rear light bars not installed but are included. Asking 26,500 OBO. Always garaged a must see! For more information and pictures. Call or text Rod @ 970-554-0610 or e-mail [email protected]

For Sale: 2002 Suzuki GZ250 with Sidecar. $2300 OBO. Call 303-789-3264

For Sale: 2002 BMW R1150RT. 32,000 miles. Red. Custom seat, new battery, new shocks. Like new Needs NOTHING. $6,000 or best offer. Call Arthur 303-469-9314



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