We are losing our Freedoms Comrade! 

What's going on?

5/12/09    We have received a Stay on the CPSIA until 2011, but the fight is NOT over!  We can begin selling parts and accessories and even youth bikes and ATVs again- but we still need to push the government for PERMENANT RELIEF

The Motorcycle Industry Council  is urging its members, dealers, and enthusiasts to act and show their support for S. 608 and H.R. 1587 by contacting their members of Congress and appropriate committee members via www.StopTheBanNow.com.

HISTORY

As of Tuesday, February 10th, 2009, the small powersports industry has all but been shut down.

In a blind attempt to protect our children 12 and under, the Consumer Products Safety Administration has decided that because of the lead content in our motorcycles and ATVs, these products, and parts to fix these products, can no longer be sold for use by children 12 and under.
This affects not only dealers and new units but individuals all across the U.S. Replacement parts availability for every used unit in the nation- ATVs and motorcycles you already own- has been suspended and called under question. Certain parts of a motor vehicle are required by safety standards to have lead in them, but now products for children 12 and under cannot contain any lead...typical bureaucracy!

This issue is far reaching not only financially but also concerning safety. With the suspension of proper sized ATV's and motorcycles, young riders will be tempted to use improperly sized and built machines which could (but Lord willing won't) lead to severe injuries.

  • On Friday 4/2/09 CPSC Chairman Nancy Nord announced that she intended to vote against the petition that our industry submitted. We believe that the petition submitted to the agency was based on sound science and showed that there is no measurable risk to children resulting from lead exposure from these products.
  • We are in agreement with Chairman's Nord's comment that "the lead content mandates of the CPSIA to the products may have the perverse effect of actually endangering children by forcing youth-sized vehicles off the market and resulting in children riding the far more dangerous adult-sized ATV's."
  • CPSC, consumer advocates and industry have worked for years to get kids onto youth model ATVs - many of which are now not available because of the unintended consequences of this legislation.
  • Regarding Nord’s proposed stay of enforcement, we need to review the actual text of such a stay before we can comment.
  • In addition, it is important to note that CPSC Commissioner Thomas Moore has not yet commented on the petition, nor do we know the position of the state attorneys general on this matter.
  • No stay will provide the ATV/motorcycle industry with complete relief because – absent an exclusion - CPSC does not have the power to change the lead content requirements or their applicability to our products.
  • It is clear that the only way for our industry to obtain permanent and complete relief is through Congressional action
As a result of CPSC’s denial, we must intensify all efforts to get Congressional support for a legislative fix. One way is to strongly advocate two new bills that have been introduced, S. 608 and H.R. 1587.

Introduced by U.S. Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., on March 17, S.608 would amend the CPSIA to exclude secondary sales, repair services and certain vehicles, including youth ATVs and motorcycles, from the ban on lead in children's products.

U.S. Reps. Denny Rehberg, R-Mont., Michael Burgess, R-Texas, Earl Pomeroy, D-N.D., and Mike Simpson, R-Idaho, introduced H.R. 1587 on March 18 in the U.S. House of Representatives to amend the lead prohibition provisions of the CPSIA to provide an exemption for certain off-highway vehicles, along with other purposes.

The Motorcycle Industry Council  is urging its members, dealers, and enthusiasts to act and show their support for S. 608 and H.R. 1587 by contacting their members of Congress and appropriate committee members via www.StopTheBanNow.com.

PLEASE ACT NOW!!

What can you do?

1. Write your Congressman, State Senator or any other government official and tell them what you think!

2. Go to this web site and follow the links



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