SOONER STATE ABATE SENTINEL Sooner State Abate Vol 5 Issue 1

Sooner State
Abate Sentinel
Volume 5 Issue 1
The Importance of Brotherhood
The Voice of the Oklahoma Confederation of Clubs
Motorcycle Rights Organization
and Diane Pastorius went above and beyond.
They showed my wife and I that our ABATE
A.B.A.T.E. — A Brotherhood Against Totalitarian Enactments
brotherhood reaches well beyond state lines.
ABATE of Wisconsin members Clint and Diane
We all know that Motorcycle Rights
I, not knowing what was going on, figured
Pastorius of Waupun, WI are outstanding
Organizations, or M.R.O.’s, are vital to
she had a luggage strap come loose and was examples of what brotherhood is all about.
preserving freedom in the motorcycling
pulling over to check on it. I pulled over to the We will be eternally grateful for the kindness
community. Without an MRO fighting for
shoulder ahead of her giving her plenty of
shown and hope that more people follow their
freedoms in your state, lawmakers are free
room. Imagine my surprise when I looked in
example.
to impose anything from helmet laws to taxes my mirror and did not see a headlight! Looking
With their help and the quick unscheduled
and fees so high that purchasing a motorcycle over my shoulder all I see is the LED lights
would be too expensive for the general public we put on the bottom of the bike shining in the service at Open Road Harley Davidson in
to afford.
otherwise darkness! I spin my bike around and Fond Du Lac Wisconsin, we were able to
head straight back towards her. As I pull up to catch the ferry across Lake Michigan early the
A.B.A.T.E. stands against these totalitarian
next afternoon and continue our vacation.
her bike I see her standing there waiting on
enactments, it’s right there in the name.
So, the next time you see a bike on the side of
me. (I’m shaking thinking I just lost her! )
However, the other part of that name is just
the road, stop and check on that rider. Even if
as important. A BROTHERHOOD! Most
At that same moment a woman pulled over
you think they have everything under control, it
states have an ABATE and some states have
next to us and asked if we were ok. She
will show that there is someone out there that
several. All play a vital role. However, we must noticed our Sooner State ABATE cuts and
cares enough to keep the brotherhood alive.
lookout for each other as well. We are all part pulled her car over to the shoulder and got
of that brotherhood.
out. She introduced herself as Diane and told
Love, Honor and Respect,
us that she and her husband were ABATE of
This past July my wife and I experienced
Wisconsin members and she was not leaving Sooner State ABATE,
exemplary brotherhood in two ABATE
Ghost
us alone on the shoulder of a highway. She
of Wisconsin members, Clint and Diane
Sinners & Saints Outpost
called her husband Clint, who after working
Pastorius. Our day started in Murdo, South
President
Dakota on two well maintained machines. We a 17-hour shift, got in his truck, fought with
horses
to
hook
up
a
trailer
in
the
dark
and
Yukon, OK
headed out to run a bit over 700 miles to catch
headed our way.
a ferry in Wisconsin by 1:30 a.m. the next
morning to cross Lake Michigan.
My wife and I righted the bike and the four of
us loaded and strapped the bike down on the
Everything was going as planned until about
trailer. Clint and Diane then took Sparrows
10:30 p.m. with around 50 miles to go.
Sparrow felt a wobble coming from the rear of bike to a Harley Davidson dealer nearby and
helped us unload the bike and gear. Once the
her Road King. The bike started to shudder,
bike was locked down for the evening Diane
and she knew a tire had going down. She
had us load up the gear in her car and drove
headed for the shoulder where she was able
Sparrow to a nearby hotel as I followed on my
to get it almost to a complete stop before
hitting gravel and laying it down. She was able bike.
to step off without a scratch on neither the bike In a time when people do not stop for bikers
nor herself.
on the side of the road, patches or not, Clint