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After a three-year absence, the Salute to American Veterans Rally returns to Cripple Creek, Colorado this August. The unique veterans event was held in Cripple Creek from 1992 through 2006, and was relocated to Winter Park from 2007 through 2009.

Freedom isn't free! That is why the bikers of Northeastern Wyoming have banded together to bring the American Veterans Traveling Tribute to Gillette, Wyoming September 7, 2010.

A caravan of motorcycles, and a few cages, will bring the tribute to the Camplex Park in Gillette on the 7th of September, which will be followed by a big feed for all participants. The tribute will remain in Gillette as the primary focus of a five-day-long homage to our countries finest.

By Tim Anderson

As US troops rotate in and out of combat zones in Afghanistan, so too the platoons supported by Sun Harley and the Thornton H.O.G. chapter have been rotating.

After adopting a unit from the 1-40 CAV (ABN) out of Fort Richardson, Alaska, while they were in Afghanistan for much of the past year, and then taking platoons from the 12th Infantry, 4th ID from Ft. Carson, and the 6th Infantry, 1st Armor from Ft. Bliss, Texas, during the tail end of their deployments, the kids at Sun have a new assignment. They’ve adopted a platoon from the New Hampshire National Guard.

Colorado’s home of motorcycling history is on the move.

The Rocky Mountain Motorcycle Museum is packing up and moving across the parking lot this month.

Currently located at 5865 N. Nevada Ave., the Museum will be moving to the mezzanine area of Pikes Peak Harley-Davidson this July. The move will allow for expanded hours of operation and additional display space.

The man who set the standard for motorcycle rights activists everywhere has passed on.

Sputnik, leader of the Texas Motorcycle Rights Association, Firebrand, and unarguably the most effective biker rights activist ever was found dead early June 24, 2010 from what appears to be a massive Heart attack.

The loss is devastating, not only to friends, family and TMRA, but to mototcyclists nationwide, as Sputnik was a powerhouse leader in the cause of all things related to motorcycling.

In a unanimous decision announced in June, the South Carolina Supreme Court ruled that a Myrtle Beach law requiring motorcyclists to wear helmets is invalid. The ruling also negated several other ordinances the Myrtle Beach City Council had enacted in 2008 to rid the city of biker events.

The court ruled that the city could not supersede state law, which does not require helmets for any motorcycle riders over 21. The court said that if cities were allowed to enact such laws, it would be too confusing for motorcyclists traveling across the state.

The motorcycle battles in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina show no sign of ending.

Just after the South Carolina Supreme Court struck down Myrtle Beach’s helmet law, a Virginia-based lawyer filed a lawsuit on behalf of several bikers and motorcycle groups in Myrtle Beach, claiming city ordinances passed nearly two years, particularly a noise ordinance, ago don’t follow state law.

Myrtle Beach City Council passed stricter noises ordinances two years ago in an unabashed and admitted attempt to chase and keep motorcyclists out of the Atlantic Coast resort city.

In a 5-1 decision, the Ohio Supreme Court has decided that if an officer is well trained enough in the estimation of a driver's speed, they can write you a ticket for speeding.

The court issued a statement on the decision that said, "a police officer's unaided visual estimation of a vehicle's speed is sufficient,” to issue a ticket.

Really? Is this fair?

By Alicia McNally

Motorcycle safety took another financial hit in the 2009-2010 legislature.

HB-1316, which was signed in March, slashed more than $600,000 from the MOST (Motorcycle Operator Safety Training) program fund to balance Colorado’s looming $1billion shortfall for 2010-2012.

By Alicia McNally

Never have so many motorcycle enthusiasts geared up to put on the brakes.

But when SB-040 coasted through a senate committee nearly undetected, letters and phone calls from motorcycle enthusiasts around the state poured in to put it to a halt. The bill stalled for good in a House transportation committee meeting on May 11. House transportation committee member Rep. Marsha Looper, R-Calhoun said the bill provisions were extraneous.