Be carefull if touring through Ma
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Be carefull if touring through Ma
Here is another town in my state where it feels like we are in Russia instead of America. Please if you like to ride and live in Ma join your local MMA or ABATE and get active to preserve your right to ride a modified motorcycle. Wouldnt it be wonderful if they went after gang bangers or drug dealers like they do citizens who pay taxs have a job and most are veterans
FIGHT THE TICKET!!!!!!!!!!!!! Know the laws in your state.
This year, a significant number of cases have been reported of Law Enforcement creating their own versions of Massachusetts General Law concerning Sound Enforcement for Motorcycles. This has taken the form of roadside stops and warnings, to the recently enacted City Ordinance in Boston, to a recent Motorcycle-Only Safety Check in the small hamlet of Sterling, Massachusetts. The Massachusetts Motorcycle Association is working with our members to be more aware of these incidents as well as help our members fight unlawful citations.
In the latter case, Police have worked diligently over the past few weeks to stop only Motorcycles around the intersection of Routes 140 and 62 in Sterling to perform Safety Checks. We have reports of hundreds of Motorcycles being stopped and cited for anything from illegal Helmets to a lack of EPA stamp on their Motorcycle Exhaust or other safety equipment violations. More than a dozen MMA members have corroborated this report and the MMA is providing them with Information Kits concerning the real Massachusetts General Law. We encourage all Motorcyclists to join the MMA to obtain this information and fight any citations issued that they feel are unjust.
This year, a significant number of cases have been reported of Law Enforcement creating their own versions of Massachusetts General Law concerning Sound Enforcement for Motorcycles. This has taken the form of roadside stops and warnings, to the recently enacted City Ordinance in Boston, to a recent Motorcycle-Only Safety Check in the small hamlet of Sterling, Massachusetts. The Massachusetts Motorcycle Association is working with our members to be more aware of these incidents as well as help our members fight unlawful citations.
In the latter case, Police have worked diligently over the past few weeks to stop only Motorcycles around the intersection of Routes 140 and 62 in Sterling to perform Safety Checks. We have reports of hundreds of Motorcycles being stopped and cited for anything from illegal Helmets to a lack of EPA stamp on their Motorcycle Exhaust or other safety equipment violations. More than a dozen MMA members have corroborated this report and the MMA is providing them with Information Kits concerning the real Massachusetts General Law. We encourage all Motorcyclists to join the MMA to obtain this information and fight any citations issued that they feel are unjust.
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I was born and raised there (framingham)....and will never go back. I love riding back up and visiting old buds, but when I retired out of the Army, I said no way in hell am I going to live back up there.
Good luck, and please do join on eof the motorcycle rights groups.
I'm a member of AMA, and CBA/ABATE of NC.
Good luck, and please do join on eof the motorcycle rights groups.
I'm a member of AMA, and CBA/ABATE of NC.
Cruiser
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Nick,
Thanks for posting this for the Touring crowd.
This is the thread I started after getting stopped in the Sterling...
https://www.hdforums.com/forum/north...heckpoint.html
Thanks for posting this for the Touring crowd.
This is the thread I started after getting stopped in the Sterling...
https://www.hdforums.com/forum/north...heckpoint.html
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Northeast.......
Come west....where the air is fresh, and people are polite and friendly.
And use guns to protect what's theirs.
You gotta get out of liberal-land.
~Joe
Come west....where the air is fresh, and people are polite and friendly.
And use guns to protect what's theirs.
You gotta get out of liberal-land.
~Joe
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More and more places are starting to crack down on loud pipes.
I'm sure we've all been riding in a group with a guy blipping the throttle with no baffles in and we hate it. Just think what a non motorcyclist will think. We've brought it on ourselves and we need to regulate ourselves.
I'm sure we've all been riding in a group with a guy blipping the throttle with no baffles in and we hate it. Just think what a non motorcyclist will think. We've brought it on ourselves and we need to regulate ourselves.
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