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| Volume VI | June 2022 |
 SPRING RIDING SEASON IS HEREMarch is a month in which you can experience a Lion’s fierce roar of frigid cold, temperatures across the country has many riders sneaking in those weekends to ride, and throwing on an extra layer. As you prepare for April and warmer temperatures, many will be contemplating what new items or accessories they need for their bike. Well I have the best suggestion, and one that you will hopefully not need, but if you do, you will be so glad that you took this STEP! UPGRADE YOUR BIKE INSURANCE – TODAY Yep it’s not glamorous, it won’t make heads turn, but upgrading your insurance is truly THE MOST IMPORTANT thing you can do this year. To date, BikerDown has received 40 help requests nationwide, with only 3 of the drivers that negligently crashed into the motorcycle rider having adequate insurance to cover the injured riders recovery. That means that 37 bikers who are severely injured, who need their medical bills covered, who will be out of work for months will now have to turn to what kind of insurance do i have, and will that insurance i have begin to COVER what I am facing? THE ANSWER IS PROBABLY NOT. You will find that you are like the hundreds and thousands of riders who think that they only need liability coverage, THAT YOU AREN’T COVERED and AREN’G GETTING YOUR BIKE fixed or replaced. All of your recoveries will be on your shoulders and like it or not, hospitals need or want to be paid! You will find out that like millions that have full coverage, that say I got good insurance, that your bike will be fixed or replaced, BUT THAT YOUR FULL COVERAGE ISN’T FULL COVERAGE. You won’t get medical bills reimbursed, you won’t get time off of work reimbursed, YOU WILL REALIZE THAT YOU CARED MORE ABOUT YOUR BIKE…than you did covering yourself. TAKE THE PLEDGE TODAY to 1) Get yourself a real insurance agent who will look at your assets and recommend the level of un-insured you should have or 2) Contact one of our motorcycle attorneys nationwide and ask them to do a FREE INSURANCE REVIEW. I would pick the latter, WHY? Because I want a lawyer who sues insurance companies for a living to tell me what i am lacking…. Listed below we will give you some real-life examples of WHY this is the most important addition you can make to your riding this season. Laurie Montoya President & Founder BikerDown Foundation |
| BIKER’S STORY – I GOT HIT BY AN UN-INSURED DRIVER |
  Hit and Run Driver with No InsuranceA man ran a red light going 30+ mph and T-boned me. He initially stopped to make sure I was alive and ok then when he got back in his car he drove off. What he didn’t realize is his license plate fell off his car on impact so the police have his info. Fast forward a month later, after my motorcycle attorney Scott O’Sullivan from Rider Justice did an extensive investigation. Here are the results: So the man who hit me has a long history of driving with no license, no insurance, reckless driving, running red lights, and leaving scenes of accidents, he has no assets and overall criminally is just a POS!! I had a little uninsured motorist coverage and luckily I am healing quickly. I am self-employed and the only person I can count on is ME. PLEASE RIDERS – GET AN INSURANCE REVIEW. PRAY YOU DON’T NEED IT, BUT IF YOU DO, YOU WILL BE GLAD ITS THERE. TAWNY BEE – Denver Colorado |
| GET YOUR TRAUMA KIT and BE PREPARED A biker is always prepared. Prepared for rain, cold weather, and a variety of other things, but are you prepared in the event of an accident? Consider purchasing BikerDown’s compact tactical trauma kit which is a great starter pack for your bike. This pack has everything you need to render proper first aid for burns, road rash, and severe accidents. The cost is $50.00 and you can purchase them in our store by clicking here  |  |
| Motorcycle Safety Events |
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Instructor-Led ASM Basic 100 series class. Lead Instructor: Belinda Farrelly, RN. Location: Rhine VFW Post 2729. This class is open to the general public and available to anyone to take. Hosts: Toys for Tots and Motorcycle Safety Lawyers. Class limit: 25. Cost is only $35 per student (Value: $149.00) due to the generous sponsorship of Motorcycle Safety Lawyers. Includes all class materials including a book, patch and a certificate with CEs. Lunch will be provided by Motorcycle Safety Lawyers. Road Guardians Member discount is available. For more information, please contact info@roadguardians.org or call 262-706-3278
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Please join us on Saturday, April 8th from 8:30 am to 5:00 pm for the Basic – Accident Scene Management Classes hosted by BikerDown Colorado and sponsored by Rider Justice. This class will give you the basic skills to render aid in the event you come upon a motorcycle accident or someone on your ride is injured. This is the 12th year that BikerDown Colorado and Rider Justice have sponsored these classes for the Colorado biker community. The class cost is $40.00 (normally $99.00). Breakfast and lunch are included in the registration. Take a day to expand your skills and become the most valuable person on your next group ride. Space is limited and pre-registration is required
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ASM Basic 100 series class. Instructors: PK Handley, Heather Penachio, and Shannon Venturo. This class is OPEN to the general public and available for anyone to take. Location: Indian Motorcycle of Las Vegas. Cost: $25.00 per student, including all course materials, a patch, a certificate, and lunch that is provided by our generous sponsors at Full Throttle Law. This is a Nevada OTS Grant-funded program. The class is normally $100.00. Pre-registered students will receive a $50 trauma pack for FREE upon completion of the class & the survey. The class size is limited to 35. Questions? Contact Road Guardians at 262-706-3278 or info@roadguardians.org.
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ASM Basic 100 series class. Lead Instructors: Melissa Hyde, EMT, and Mark Frank. Location: Seneca Town Hall. Hosted by: Upstate Biker Lawyer. This class is open to the general public and available to anyone to take. This class is only $25 (Normally $100) due to the generous sponsorship of Upstate Biker Lawyer. The cost includes all course materials, a patch, a certificate, and lunch! For more information or help with registration, please contact info@roadguardians.org or call 262-706-3278.
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ASM Basic 100 series class. Lead Instructors: Frank Fuller. Location: Karl Truman Law Office. Hosted by: Karl Truman Law. This class is open to the general public and available to anyone to take. This class is only $35 (Normally $100) due to the generous sponsorship of Karl Truman Law. The cost includes all course materials, a patch, a certificate, and lunch! Road Guardians Member discount of $5 will be available. For more information or help with registration, please contact info@roadguardians.org or call 262-706-3278
| Motorcycle Awareness Events |
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Please join us on May 6th, 2023 for International Female Ride Day (Colorado). This is the 4th year we have hosted IFRD where women from all over the world will be riding and empowering each other. This year we will take you on a great poker run that starts/ends at Avalanche HD in Golden, Colorado, and then we will have FREE food/beverages and women’s business vendors. Our charities of choice this year are Hope House of Colorado and BikerDown Adopt-A-Family for the Holidays program.
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May is always motorcycle awareness month. BikerDown is celebrating our 12th year of helping injured riders by inviting all Colorado riders to ride in our 11th Annual Motorcycle Awareness Day or GET MAD! Pre-Registration is open and will guarantee all riders receive our famous event t-shirts sponsored by Rider Justice. The ride starts and ends at Dirty Dogs Roadhouse More details to follow. You can register by clicking here.
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All welcome. This is a commUNITY event. Calling all motorcycle riders and those that support our community, to come out and help raise awareness to those “Vulnerable Road Users”.
This is a family-friendly event. SAVE THE DATE! We will meet up and then take a parade-style, ride around the city to encourage people to watch for motorcycles.
There will be food trucks music by Johnny B & The Road Dogs, raffles, a blood drive, and conversations with families and friends that have lost a loved one.
LOUD PIPES Contest
LOUD Stereo Contest
Cone Challenge CourseAwards
We Ride Together
Watch For Motorcycles
| Thank you to our Sponsors I would be remiss, if I didn’t give special mention to all the sponsors who have helped BikerDown. Sponsors who help every month with resources to enable us to devote 24/7/365 to helping injured motorcycle riders. The sponsors as for nothing in return except for BikerDown to keep growing and helping. Scott O’Sullivan – Rider Justice – Denver, Colorado Shannon Venturo – Full Throttle Law – Las Vegas Nevada Matt Powell – Two Wheel Attorneys – Tampa Florida David Shuman – Motorcycle Safety Lawyers – Chicago Illinois Karl Truman – Karl Truman Law – Louisville, Kentucky Tom Schimmerling – Upstate Biker Lawyers – New York Michael Moebes – Moebes Law – Atlanta, Georgia NAMIL – Nationwide – Click here |
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