Recent News

• MIC delivers nearly 4,000 signed letters from Industry Professionals to Congress
  - Examiner.com, February 18, 2010, By Bruce Hosking
• MIC Goes Multimedia to Address Ban on Kid Motorcycles & ATVs
  - About.com: Motorcycles, February 9, 2010, By Basem Wasef
• BIKES: The Lead Ban - It Ain't Over
  - SPEEDtv.com, January 30, 2010
• There Is No Joy in Toyland
  - The Wall Street Journal, December 24, 2009, By Anne M. Northup
• Waxman Working on Fix to Consumer-Product Safety Law
  - The Wall Street Journal, December 15, 2009, By Melanie Trottman
• Lead-footed safety issues
  - Washington Times, June 24, 2009, By Carter Wood
• Lead law irks ATVers: Child safety regs hurt repair industry
  - The East Oregonian, June 23, 2009, By SAMANTHA BATES
• Senate Hears CPSC Chair Nominee - Tenenbaum
  - PDF summary and link to June 16 hearing webcast and PDF transcript
• Lead In Motorcycles - Get The Lead Out
  - Jack Lewis, Motorcyclist online
• Lead Ban Update Vince Castellanos follows up on the most important issue facing our sport
  - Vince Castellanos, ESPN.com, June 8, 2009
• Law snags kid vehicles
  - JIM DANKO, June 03, 2009
• Advocacy groups fear state prosecution over youth motorcycle and ATV sales: The AMA notes the devil is in the details in recent stay, May 11
  - Clutch & Chrome, May 23, 2009
• CPSIA chronicles, May 11
  - Walter Olson, Overlawyered.com, May 11, 2009
• CPSC Votes To Hold Off Enforcement of Youth ORV Ban
  - Kent Kunitsugu, SportRider.com
• Credit crunch hurts motorcycle sales
  - Steven Cole Smith, Orlando Sentinel, May 9, 2009
• Delays in enforcing law on lead put brakes on ATV, dirt bike sales
  - Warren Wise, GreenvilleOnline.com, May 7, 2009
• Latest CPSC Action Simply Is Not The Answer
  - Joe Delmont, Dealernews, May 5, 2009
• CPSC to Allow Youth ATV Sales
  - MELANIE TROTTMAN, The Wall Street Journal, May 4, 2009
• Lead ban’s ripple effect Law that bans dangerous toys hurting ATV/motorbike dealers
  - Peter Marcus, Staff Writer, Denver Daily News, April 27, 2009
• Paranoid legislation
  - Deseret News, April 27, 2009
• United States: Fixing The Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act: What´s Next?
  - W. Jeffery Edwards, Ashley Cummings and Meghann C. Thomas, April 24, 2009
• Dirt-Bike Kids Are All Right, For Now
  - DANIEL MCDERMON, NY Times, April 23, 2009
• Rehberg Notes Importance of Legislative Solution to Youth ATV/Motorcycle Ban
  - April 20, 2009
• LEAD LAW: Ban puts brakes on youth motorbike sales
  - Bret Hayworth, Sioux City Journal, April 21, 2009
• CPSIA Update: John Engler on Hugh Hewitt's Radio Program
  - April 20, 2009
• CPSIA & dirtbikes: temporary stay, no permanent relief by Walter Olson
  - Walter Olson, April 17, 2009
• CPSC Announces Another Lead Law Stay of Enforcement, This Time For ATVs; Alliance Asks How Many Stays It Will Take for Congress to Change Flawed Law
  - April 17, 2009
• CPSC signals delay for lead law for ATVs
  - Associated Press, April 18, 2009
• CPSC moving toward temporary reprieve for youth-designed ATVs, motorcycles
  - Powersports Business, April 17, 2009
• Lead Ban Update: MIC/SVIA Respond to CPSC's Action CPSC Rejects Lead Standard Exclusion Petition and Proposes Stay of Enforcement
  - CycleNews, April 17, 2009
• Racerhead #16
  - Davey Coombs, Apr 17, 2009
• The "Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008" Debacle
  - April 17, 2009
• Issues of safety
  - Richard Woldenberg, Chicago Tribune, April 15, 2009
• CPSIA, tangled politics of, cont'd
  - Walter Olson, April 15, 2009
• Lead Law a real sinker with retailers
  - Melissa Walther, The Marietta Register, April 14, 2009
• Rescue in the works? Legislation offers mini-bike maker help on lead standards
  - Thomas Marcetti, Staff Writer, Hillsdale Daily News, April 14, 2009
• SX stars speak out on CPSIA Pro racers support amending lead ban
  - Motorcycle.Com Staff, April 14, 2009
• The National Law Journal, Consumer bill sets off a furor
  - Marcia Coyle / Staff reporter, April 13, 2009
• CPSIA -- Shootout at the ATV Exemption Corral
  - April 12, 2009
• Federal lead ban hurts local motorcycle dealers
  - Patrick Thatcher, Daily Press, April 9, 2009
• Letter from Senators to Acting Chairman Nord
  
• Getting the lead out
  - Las Vegas Review-Journal, April 8, 2009
• Delay Ban
  - The Press Enterprise, April 7, 2009
• Thune Joins Colleagues In Letter to Consumer Product Safety Commission Urges Waiver for Youth ATV's and Motorized Vehicles
  - April 7, 2009
• One of two federal commissioners votes to grant a 1-year stay in enforcing ban on sale of youth-size ATVs
  - SONJA BJELLAND, The Press-Enterprise, April 6, 2009
• Stay of Enforcement (and Its Value) in Doubt
  - Arlo Redwine, Dealernews, April 5, 2009
• Voting to kill and injure kids: A congressional CYA endangers children
  - Hugh Hewit, The Examiner, April 5, 2009
• Law Protecting Kids from Lead Bans ATVs
  - WV State Journal, April 5, 2009
• Safety dodge
  - Chicago Tribune, April 4, 2009
• ATV Lead Ban is not Sensible
  - Springfield News-Leader, April 3, 2009
• No more suckin' paint, kids. Or ridin' minibikes.
  - Gordon, April 3, 2009
• CPSC Chief Orders Delay on Lead Law for Youth ATVs
  - MELANIE TROTTMAN, Wall Street Journal, April 3, 2009
• CPSC at odds over lead law for youth motorbikes
  - JENNIFER C. KERR, Associated press
• Riders rally against CPSIA CPSA unable to grant exception
  - Motorcycle.Com Staff, April 2, 2009
• CPSIA Update
  - Hugh Hewitt, April 2, 2009
• Testimony from lead expert Barbara D. Beck, Ph.D., DABT, FATS Regarding the CPSIA: The Need for A Risk-Based Approach
  - April 1, 2009
• Youth Bike Ban: Is the End Near? Not as simple as common sense...
  - Jean Turner, April 1, 2009 CycleNews
• Annals of unintended consequences: New lead law wallops dirt bike industry
  - Tom Barlow, Daily Finance, Mar 31, 2009
• Does lead law go too far?
  - Mike Maslanik, staff writer, Daily Messenger, Mar 28, 2009
• Discussing the minibike ban, part 2
  - C.J. "Sparkplug" Stewart, Special to the Valley News, Mar 27, 2009
• OHV Lead Ban Reversal Legislation
  - MotorcycleUSA.com, Mar 26, 2009
• Grassroots Movement to End Ban Grows
  - Arlo Redwine, Dealernews, Mar 25, 2009
• Bike Ban Myth Busters: What's True and What's Not. Clearing up a few rumors circulating about the CPSIA
  - Jean Turner, CycleNews, Mar 25, 2009
• Cycle rider promotes sport
  - Amber Peabody, Cody Enterprise, Mar 23, 2009
• State rep speaks at Motocross event
  - Sean Bailey / Staff Writer, The Times Tribune, Mar 23, 2009
• Sport Could Suffer Because Of New Law
  - Michel Mason, WKYT News, Mar 22, 2009
• As Usual, Congress is Pointing Fingers
  - Mike Miller, Liberty Maven, Mar 20, 2009
• CPSIA For Dummies Are you lost in all this? Here it is in plain language...
  - Jean Turner, Cyclenews, Mar 20, 2009
• Malcolm Smith Protest A Success Malcolm Smith leads the industry on the rogue path to protesting the CPSIA
  - Jean Turner, Cyclenews, Mar 20, 2009
• Malcolm Smith Leads CPSIA Protest
  - Dennis Johnson, Dealernews, Mar 20, 2009
• MotoCross kicks off this weekend
  - Carl Keith Greene / Staff Writer, The Times Tribune Mar 19, 2009
• Congressman Burgess Introduces Legislation To Fix Provision In Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act Says CPSC should not interpret law to include youth model ATVs, motorcycles and snowmobiles
  - Washington, DC, Mar 19, 2009
• Malcolm Smith CPSC Lead Ban Protest
  - Mar 19, 2009, Transworld Motocross
• Resource: CPSC Guide for Small Businesses
  - Arlo Redwine, Dealernews, Mar 18, 2009
• Lawmakers want ban lifted on banning youth motorcycles, all-terrain vehicles
  - Ron Jenkins, The Seattle Times, Mar 18, 2009
• Motorbike sale to defy lead law
  - William M. Welch, USA TODAY, Mar 18, 2009
• Lead rules unfairly target dirt bikes
  - Erie Times News, Mar 18, 2009
• Lawmakers push for better child ATV regulations to improve safety
  - KSWO, Mar 18, 2009
• Tester, Rehberg promise bill to undo minbike ban
  - Montana Standard, News Services, Mar 16, 2009
• Call to action to attend Tom Self press conference Saturday March 14th
  
• Tune in to hear CPSC Commissioner Nord's radio interview from Friday Hugh Hewitt show - particularly around the 6 minute mark when she talks about the upcoming ATV petition.
  
• Rules on toxin stall mini-cycle sales
  - Eric Ruth, The News Journal, Mar 15, 2009
• Youth ATV and Motorcycle Ban
  - Amanda Goodman, WSAZ, Mar 15, 2009
• Lead law eats at kid racers Muddy future for tiny dirt bikes
  - Merritt Melancon, Athens-Banner Herald, Mar 13, 2009
• Bike Ban Update: CPSC's Side of the Story
  - Jean Turner, Cycle News, Mar 12, 2009
• One Small Word Is Tying Up ATV, Motorcycle Industry
  - Joe Delmont, Dealernews, Mar 12, 2009
• Rule for Lead Law Exclusions Published
  - Arlo Redwine, Dealernews, Mar 12, 2009
• Democrats should move quickly to amend Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008
  - Hugh Hewitt, Politico, March 12, 2009
• Mini Biking is Not a Crime
  - Vince Castellanos, ESPN.com, March 11, 2009
• The Kids Bikes Ban: Digging Deeper
  - Jean Turner, Cycle News, March 10, 2009
• Lead law chokes sales for area youth motorcycle dealers
  - Christina Kauffman, The York Dispatch, March 9, 2009
• People Banging Trash Can Lids to Protest CPSC Ban on Youth OHVs
  - The General's (aka Don Amador) Recreation HQ, March 9, 2009
• Concerns about lead in ATVs stop sales. Law signed by Bush bans all child products that contain "any" lead.
  - Chad Livengood, News-Leader, March 8, 2009
• Zero tolerance for lead sidelining kids
  - Heron Marquez Estrada, Star Tribune, March 8, 2009
• New lead rules halt sales of youth dirt bikes
  - Sonja Bjelland, The Press-Enterprise, March 7, 2009
  USA Haskell has pointed his customers to online petitions and letter-writing campaigns by groups such as the Motorcycle Industry Council. ...
• New law prohibits the sale of motorcycles, ATVs to children 12-years and younger
  - Julie N. Chang, The News Herald, March 7, 2009
• Lead Astray. Fight the CPSC ban on minibikes and youth ATVs!
  - David Edwards, Cycle World, March 6, 2009
• Congressman requests hearings on OHV ban "An exemption for children's OHVs would be prudent"
  - Motorcycle.Com Staff, Motorcycle.com, March 5, 2009
• Dingell Wants CPSC to Explain Problems with New Children's Product Safety Law
  - March 5, 2009
• Motorcycle Shops Say Lead Law Weighs Them Down
  - Lee Logan, Associated Press Writer, ABCNEWS, March 5, 2009
• Makers Are Pushing Back on Toxic-Toy Law
  - Joseph Pereira, WSJ, March 5, 2009
• Government lead ban proves toxic to a family friendly industry
  - Jeff Cobb, Motorcyclesafetynews.com, March 5, 2009
• Opposition to Lead Law
  - Kevin Schwaller, KOMU TV, March 4, 2009
• Kids, don't lick your dirt bikes, OK?
  - Brian O'Neill, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, March 1, 2009
• Back off, feds; kids won't eat their ATVs
  - Michael Stetz, Union-Tribune, March 1, 2009
• Children's ATV sales banned throughout the nation
  - By Michael Stetz, Daily Comet, February 28, 2009
• Anti-lead law causes small business devastation
  The Motorcycle Industry Council, for instance, reliably estimates at least $1 billion in economic damages from frozen inventory, payroll losses, and lost service-and-accessory sales of children's motorbikes. Worse is the effect, ...
  - The Examiner, Feb. 26, 2009
• Toy Lead Law Causes Problems For Motorcycle Industry
  - KUSI News, Feb. 23, 2009
• Law to keep lead out of toys could derail youth dirt-bikers, ATV industry
  - Anna M. Tinsley, Star-Telegram, Feb. 23, 2009
• New law halts sale of ATVs for kids
  - Matthew S.L. Cate, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Feb. 18, 2009
• Lead law throttles youth powersports
  - William M. Welch, USA Today, Feb. 17, 2009
• MIC-Led Campaign Gets Strong Response
  - Joe Delmont, Dealernews Feb. 16, 2009
• New law puts brakes on sales of minibikes
  - Heron Marquez Estrada, Star-Tribune, Feb. 16, 2009
• Kids' Motorcycles & ATVs Banned!
  - Basem Wasef, About.com, Feb. 15, 2009
• New lead rules send small dirt bikes to storage
  - Kahrin Deines, Associated Press, Feb. 15, 2009
• Motorcycles for Children Pulled From Sale
  - Daniel McDermon, New York Times, Feb. 12, 2009
• New lead toy law bans sale of small ATVs
  - Boyd Huppert, KARE11 NBC Minneapolis, Feb. 12, 2009
• It's Black Tuesday. Some Kid's ATVs, Bikes Banned
  - Joe Delmont, Dealernews Feb. 10, 2009