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Sooner State ABATE Sentinel - Volume 5 Issue 1
closed with a detour, we had no choice to pull over. The
extreme temperature with the added stand still traffic
and the heat off the bike engines, we were suffering heat
exhaustion. Sitting in a Wendy’s restaurant in the a/c,
and drinking cold water, we waited out the traffic and
regained our strength to finish the last 366 miles to get
home. The remaining miles went by without any hiccups
or mishaps.
In the end, this trip was the best trip ever! Riding along-
side my soul mate and enjoying what nature has to offer.
Fresh air, wind on our face and the excitement of what is
around each corner and over every hill. Never pass up
an opportunity to create your own path and explore new
places!
oline at gas stations across America. These higher
blends, like E-15 and E-85, have not been approved
by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for
use in small engines like those in motorcycles. This
is due to concerns for potential damage to fuel lines,
injectors, seals, gaskets, and valve seats, as well as
to carburetors. As a result, many motorcycle manu-
facturers now include statements in the manual that
any warranty would be voided if E-15 or higher is
used.
What does this mean for our motorcycles? Well,
we already know that EPA guidance on E-15 fuel
prohibits the use in your motorcycle along with a
Trump Directs EPA
host of other small engines. The Motorcycle Riders
“Allow Year-Round E-15 Gas Sales”
Foundation believes that, until higher blends of
ethanol can be approved for use by both the EPA
Ahead of a scheduled visit to Iowa in October 2018,
and motorcycle manufactures, the federal govern-
President Donald Trump granted the Environ-
ment must guarantee the availability of fuel blends
mental Protection Agency’s (EPA) authority to lift
containing no more than 10 percent ethanol (E-10)
restrictions on higher blend of ethanol E-15 year-
at gas stations around the country. The MRF fully
round. By lifting the restriction, the EPA will begin
intends to submit comment when it becomes avail-
the arduous task of creating and seeking public
able in the new rule making process in the coming
comment on the new regulations going forward.
months.
The EPA anticipates the new rule making process
will be completed by early June 2019 and would
allow the sale of E-15 during summer of 2019. Cur-
rently, the sale of E-15 during the summer month’s
is prohibited in some states due to the Clean Air
Act.
“We want to get more fuel into the system,” Trump
told reporters before boarding Marine One to travel
to a rally in Council Bluffs, Iowa. “This is great for
our farmers, and it’s a promise I made during the
campaign, and as you know I keep my promises.”
The expansion of the Renewable Fuel Standard has
resulted in higher content of ethanol-blended gas-
So, what can we do right now? You may remember
over the summer the MRF teamed up with repre-
sentatives from the marine, motorcycling and out-
door power equipment on Capitol Hill in conjunc-
tion with Congressional Motorcycle and Boating
Caucuses to discuss concerns over higher ethanol
blends and lack of consumer education about the
associated risks with ethanol. In conjunction with
this event, we kicked off our support for H.R. 5855,
the Consumer Protection and Fuel Transparency
Act of 2018. Authored by Rep. Austin Scott (R-GA)
and Rep. Lois Frankel (D-FL), the legislation would
require EPA to revise the labeling requirements
at fuel pumps that dispense E-15 and conduct a
consumer education about the risks of using it in
vehicles and equipment that are prohibited from
using E-15 (i.e. YOUR MOTORCYCLE).
So, ask your U.S. Representative to support H.R.
5855 and help protect consumers unknowingly
using a fuel blend that will not only damage your
motorcycle, and void your warranty but the EPA
has decided is illegal to put in your motorcycle.
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