Guest Report - May 2026

Let That Sink in for a Second!

By Jesse Plawman

What happens when your bike breaks… and there’s nowhere left to take it?

Let that sink in for a second.

Not “in the future.” Not “maybe someday.”

👉 Right here. Right now. In Wisconsin.

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You’ve got a bike that’s 10 years old… maybe 15… maybe older…

It still runs. It still means something to you. It’s got miles, memories, stories…

And then one day… it needs work. So, you start calling around…

And that’s when it hits you.

👉 Shops are gone.

👉 Doors are closed.

👉 The guy who used to fix everything… retired.

👉 The small shop down the road… disappeared.

We used to have over 12,000 shops in this state.

Now we’re down to just a few thousand. That’s not a statistic…

👉 That’s a warning.

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So, what do you do?

If you don’t wrench on your own stuff…If you don’t have the tools…If you don’t have the time…

👉 What are you supposed to do?

Park it? Let it sit? Watch something you love slowly become something you used to have?

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And don’t fool yourself into thinking this is just about motorcycles. This is your UTV. Your boat. Your lawn mower. Your antique truck. Your snowmobile.

👉 It’s everything.

Piece by piece…We are losing the ability to fix what we own.

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That’s not an accident.

And if we don’t stand up…it doesn’t stop.

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We’ll go spend money on a lottery ticket for a “chance” to win something…

But this?

👉 This is your chance to NOT LOSE something.

Your freedom. Your machine. Your way of life.

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ABATE of Wisconsin is fighting for your RIGHT TO REPAIR.

So, when your bike breaks…you still have a place to take it.

So, when a shop wants to stay open…they still have a fighting chance.

So, when you turn that key…you’re not wondering if this is the last year you’ll be able to keep it on the road.

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Because here’s the truth nobody wants to say out loud…

👉 If we lose this… we don’t get it back.

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So, I’ll ask you one more time…What are YOU gonna do about it?

Sit back…Or stand up?

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Join. Get involved. Speak up. Because if we don’t fight for it…

👉 We’re gonna watch it disappear.

— Jesse the kid 🏍️