On Thursday, June 22, 2017 the Senate and the Assembly voted unanimously to pass Senate Bill No. 1750, and Assembly Bill No. 2729 to create a Veteran license plate for motorcycles.  This establishes “U.S. VET” plates for any honorably discharged Veteran.  There will be an annual $10 charge for these plates and all monies collected […]

On June 6th, Frank Maimone and Bill Downs of ABATE of the Garden State testified before the State Assembly Transportation Committee in Trenton on A2696. This bill would register autocycles as motorcycles and create a set of exceptions to the current motorcycle statutes in New Jersey.

As we all know, May is Motorcycle Awareness Month.  This past May, the Brain Injury Alliance held a Motorcycle Awareness event at Monmouth University.

New Jersey has so many great special license plates to honor all sorts of things from the Battleship USS New Jersey, to alumni organizations to even amateur (Ham) radio operators. Of course we have a wide array of military recognition license plates, including one recognizing our veterans, in this great state of ours.  Then why […]

Does this look like a motorcycle?  There is a current bill in NJ that will have it registered as one.  Read on, find out why this is bad and see our proposed solution. [ABATE has nothing against autocycles.  Many motorcyclists have crossed over to autocycles and we think this is great.  We just believe that […]

Of course the big news is the passage by the General Assembly yesterday (6/23) of A2316, the Motorcycle-only Checkpoint bill. This bill, when passed, will prevent any law enforcement agency in the State from conducting a checkpoint or systematic inspection on any public roadway in New Jersey which includes only motorcycles. We have some good […]

These Bills are directly related to motorcycles.  They may still have other vehicle applications.

Effective August 1, 2010, motorcycles are no longer required to submit for an inspection in New Jersey and display registration decals. Registration decals will no longer be issued. Decals may be removed from license plates. Riders should keep in mind that it is their responsibility to make sure their motorcycles are free from mechanical defects […]