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

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

Financial Vigilance   Our financial situation is incredibly strong thanks to all of you, our members and officers. My task as Finance Committee chair is to guide us in the right direction financially, and with your help, we can achieve all our goals. We must be vigilant about funding our organization and using those funds responsibly. Your committee chairs and state officers have a yearly budget and do a great job of taking care of business effectively within these budgets, a

Gary Klinker Time to Ride As I write this, it is the second week of March. We had a hard rain that washed away the salt, but not all the sand. The weather has been great for the last three days, so I’ve been riding. It started out with a thorough check of the bike, fluids, tire pressures, and condition, battery, lights, brakes, and cables. Once I hit the road, I focused on my surroundings, the mirrors, and the leftover sand on the surfaces. Then I braked hard to check the bra

Betty Roberge  They’ve Been Ordered Worm tells us that the Hummer is getting ready to hummmmmm. He has ordered some of our most important items to have on hand, i.e.: porta potties and golf carts. The rest of the details are starting to get ironed out and Land Warming in May will take care of getting the ground in tip-top shape. In addition, the liquor will be buried in time to prevent rain from visiting the event, according to Krissy. Hey – it worked last year so don’t knock

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

My question is “Do we really need incentives to promote membership?” I would say no, but there are members that just need that extra PUSH to

For us, the most intriguing is Jimmy's first little sister, Gloria. When Jimmy was little, he pronounced her name as “Go-Go,” a nickname whi

Sue Vertz ​ We have taught 38 students so far this year! I'm still looking to see how many Share The Road instructors are out in the field. Please reach out to me.   On May 1st, I will be involved in a TV, interview with WJFW Channel 12 in Rhinelander Up North at 4.   If anyone needs anything, please reach out to me.   Thank you. Always remember to look twice     Sue Vertz Share The Road

One of my favorite days of the year is Lobby Day in Madison. It gives me a chance to visit a beautiful city with like minded people and visi

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

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

ABATE Friendly Establishment Guidelines Any business can 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 each March 1st and is guaranteed advertising space until October 30th of the same year.

Newsletter Info From the Editor   This past month several newsletters were being delivered to me instead of their intended recipients. After several weeks of discussions with the post office, I was finally given the explanation that the scanners used for sorting were picking up my address zip code instead of our member’s zip codes and the papers were being delivered to me. It was suggested to me by our local postmaster that I rotate my return address on our papers. This is be

2026 ABATE Safe Rider BRC Schedule                Class Code          Date                              Instructors   W26-01     April 25-26                  Diana & Deven W26-02     May 2-3                        Gary & Abby W26-03     May 9-10                      Gary & Jeremy W26-04     May 30-31                   Deven & Abby W26-05     June 6-7                        Deven & Abby W26-06     June 13-14                   Diana & Jeremy W26-07     June 20-21               

Gary Klinker Statistics I just returned from the Wisconsin Motorcycle Safety Program Spring Kick-off Meeting. Today it is starting to feel like Spring, but here are some figures from 2025 that should interest all of us. Some of this was presented at Officer Training so if you saw it there it wouldn’t hurt to reinforce the information. We should all be concerned about motorcycle safety and crashes. In 2025 there were 93 motorcycle fatalities. This compares with 540 fatalities

Betty Roberge   Posters Are Ready To Distribute   Posters are done and were distributed at Officer’s Training. Now we all need them taken to your local places of business and hung up. Let’s get as many of these out as possible. The more people that see them, the better off our attendance will be.   If you haven’t already heard, the committee decided not to advertise in any newspapers this year as we did not feel it was beneficial to us. Instead, we are going to directly adver

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

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

My question is “Do we really need incentives to promote membership?” I would say no, but there are members that just need that extra PUSH to