By the time you read this Officer Training is done for the year. I hope you had a good time and learned lots of good solid information. We t

Club House To Club House Run   The 15th annual run was held on Sept. 6. We had 79 participants on the run. It was good riding, as the weather was cool with clear skies. The run started at Ozaukee Guzzlers Clubhouse. We started with a 50-50 raffle. The Guzzlers won the raffle and donated $200 back to our run. Thank you for the donation. That was fantastic.   We got to see old friends, socialize, and eat great food. Thank you to Richie T. and Hupy & Abraham (if you need a good

Meeting of the Minds   Be Our Brother/Sister’s Keeper Meeting of the Minds in Louisiana was another great one for the books. Thank you, ABATE of WI, for supporting our efforts to learn and grow our organization. The MRF board meeting on Thursday covered topics from ways to get motorcyclist fatalities under control, as we are still killing ourselves and giving the government a reason to take us off the roads, to ways to engage the younger riders while encouraging them to parti

Gary Klinker 2025-11 Odds and Ends With the end of the Safe Rider training season, I want to thank everyone involved, our staff, and all the students or parents who trusted us to start people off right on their motorcycling journey. We had a successful year and are already working on next season. I have always been a fan of motorcycle racing, going way back to my start of riding. It probably comes from hanging around the shop of local racers Fred and Larry Pettis, along with

ABATE Friendly Establishment Guidelines Any business has the opportunity to become an ABATE Friendly Establishment. This is an advertising opportunity for members and non-members alike. Your name, address, phone number, and email address will be printed in the ABATE of Wisconsin newsletter for a period of not less than 6 months; however, at the editor’s discretion may run the entire year. The program begins on March 1st and is guaranteed advertising space until October 30th

Betty Roberge The Word of the Month is Again SPONSORSHIPS   Sponsorship packets went out in October to our list of sponsors for the 2026 Summer Hummer. Packets were also distributed to your Regional Representatives during the Annual Meeting held last month. Included in those packets were some sponsorship brochures, 2026 magnets, and an explanation of how the sponsorship program works. As said last month, we do this in the fall to allow sponsors to decide on their level of spo

Look to the next few issues of this newsletter to pre-order your 2025 Summer Hummer T-Shirts. Designs were sent to the Summer Hummer committ

That is how I would describe ABATE of Wisconsin’s Lobby Day 2025. Success. Time will tell as the legislators absorb the information that ABA

IT’S MARCH already so start getting the bike ready. A great destination ride is coming to ABATE Acres, so make your plans now.