I don't know much about ABATE but I think if motorcyclists aren't concerned about some of the changes to legislation regarding motorcycles, they should be.
For example, one of the members recently posted information about a proposal in Ontario to limit age for passengers permitted on a motorycycle.
When I see these kinds of changes being proposed by politicians for no other purpose than to make some kind of political hay, I get a little concerned.
Unfortunately many of the noise reduction proposals are the result of stupidity on the part of some week-end warriors who think having the loudest Harley some how makes them cooler.
Fortunately most of those guys are losing interest in the Harley already and have moved on to whatever the next "favorite yuppy toy of the week" is.
I enjoy the rumble of nice sounding pipes as much as the next guy but there is a time and a place.
If we don't start fighting back with regard to a lot of these changes, I have a feeling we will continue down the "slippery slope" until our motorcycles are regulated out of existence.