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MSF is a developer of comprehensive, research-based rider education and training curricula designed to develop or advance motorcyclists' riding skills. As of January 2020 [update] , the Motorcycle Safety Foundation has published 28 RiderCourses for current or prospective motorcyclists.
The Daytona Beach Bike Week rally started as the Daytona 200 race on January 24, 1937. This first race was a 3.2 miles (5.1 km) beach and pavement course. It was won by Ed Kretz from California riding an Indian motorcycle with an average speed of 73.34 mph (118.03 km/h).
The Iron Butt Association (IBA) is a US-based organization dedicated to safe long-distance motorcycle riding, which claims membership of over 75,000 people.. The IBA is a loose-knit organization with only one way to earn membership: ride one of the several rides the IBA certifies.
Initially, membership grew slowly due to the fact that in the early 1980s women riding motorcycles was not as acceptable as it is today. Jennifer Chaffin, founder and President, started Leather & Lace MC in 1983. Chaffin’s goal was that an all-women motorcycle club will set a peaceful example for the warring men’s motorcycle (1%) clubs.
The Warlocks Motorcycle Club, also sometimes distinguished as the Phoenix Warlocks or the Florida Warlocks, is an international outlaw motorcycle club that was founded in 1967 in Florida, United States by ex-US naval servicemen serving on the aircraft carrier USS Shangri-La.
The U.S. Hurt Report, begun in 1976 and published in 1981, expresses disdain for the ignorance and misinformation about motorcycle safety among riders studied, noting that 92% of riders in accidents had no formal training, compared to 84.3% of the riding population, and that when interviewed, riders frequently failed to take responsibility for their errors, or even perceive that accident ...
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Yamaha Champions Riding School is a motorcycle training program based primarily at New Jersey Motorsports Park in Millville, New Jersey. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The school operates at race tracks all over the Continental United States . [ 3 ]