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Marshall Mania

Three brothers — with the help of their grandfather and father — dash through the sand to four class titles April 19, 2023 (Originally from April 2023’s edition of American Motorcyclist) By Keaton Maisano They say good things come in threes, and for the Marshall family, the notion certainly rings true. The Marshall boys, Joel, Micah

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Racer Spotlight: Ryder Sigety

March 22, 2023 By Keaton Maisano Like Peter Parker, 14-year-old Ryder Sigety leads two lives. By morning and early afternoon, Sigety is a normal high school student, strolling from classroom to classroom, turning in homework and chatting with friends. A model student who takes honors and AP classes, Sigety excels in his studies. When the

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Magazine News Riding

A Million Miles and Counting

Story from March 2023 edition of American Motorcyclist Donald Deuel has dashed up, down and across North America on his way to a million miles March 8, 2023 By Keaton Maisano As Donald Deuel hopped off his maroon 2019 Honda Goldwing 1800 to stop for a frozen treat last September in Wyoming, he was ready

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Saddlebags and Paperbacks

AMA-chartered motorcycle club spreads stuttering awareness through Nina’s Ride February 7, 2023 By Joe Perfecto On a Saturday morning in mid-October, some rather uncommon delivery vehicles rumbled through Sacramento-area neighborhoods, bearing cargo bound for some equally uncommon destinations. Leaving from the Capital City Motorcycle Club’s clubhouse and covering nearly 100 miles, three motorcyclists traveled to

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Bosch: Tech Forward

Checking in with Bosch and its advanced Forward Collision Warning System technology January 25, 2023 By Michael Sayre NOTE: This story first appeared in the December 2022 issue of American Motorcyclist It is an unfortunate fact of our two-wheeled life that many motorcyclists involved in crashes — almost a third of them, in fact —

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AMA Government Relations: The Good Fight

A 2022 review of the AMA Government Relations Department’s actions, and a look at what’s coming in 2023 January 11, 2023 By Joy Burgess Protecting motorcyclists’ rights is one of the ways the AMA fulfills its mission of promoting the motorcycle lifestyle and protecting the future of motorcycling, and the AMA Government Relations Department (GRD)

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Magazine News Riding

Bucket List Ride

December 1, 2022 By Keaton Maisano AMA Charter Life Member Jeff Shultz has been a licensed motorcyclist for more than 50 years and ridden thousands of miles, but it wasn’t until 2021 that he got to live his motorcycling dream of taking a cross-country motorcycle trip. Setting out from his home in Dillsburg, Pa., Shultz

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Winter Bike Prep 101

The basics of properly pickling your motorcycle for the winter months By Mitch Boehm Nov. 3, 2022 For many of us in the upper tier of the country, it’s that oh-so depressing time again — when the clocks fall back, the days get shorter, the temperatures fall…and motorcycles get put away for the winter —

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To Protect Against Rising Motorcycle Theft, Check Your Insurance

November 1, 2022 By Kali Kotoski The AMA’s Government Relations Department has been receiving reports from members that insurance companies are not paying out motorcycle theft claims due to a lack of paperwork and unannounced policy changes. In 2021, motorcycle thefts were up 26 percent compared to 2020, and in 2020 they were up 30

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The Tiffany Epiphany

The AMA’s intrepid On-Highway Government Affairs Manager gets schooled on the finer points of front brake and cornering technique May 5, 2022 By Tiffany Cipoletti NOTE: This article first appeared in the August 2021 issue of American Motorcyclist.  Hi. My name is Tiffany Cipoletti and, until last week, I was a true-blue Never Front Braker.

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