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Legislation has been written that takes affect on February 10th banning all youth vehicles at dealerships right now and in the distribution pipeline.  Given the current state of the market and the economy, letting this ban go in to affect without a fight would be a serious blow to all dealership and the motorsports industry as a whole. 
This reckless and ridiculous ban is being put into place by 2 individual legislators under the assumption that children could chew on the frame of a quad, wheels and battery posts and somehow eat enough lead to cause lead poisoning. If children are chewing on quad frames, there is a much larger problem in that child’s life that has nothing to do with a motorcycle or quad. 

The recent ruling by the CPSC is poised to devastate the motorsports retailers in the US.  Product model years are designed, manufactured and shipped to retailers the fall preceding the model year.   Motorsports retailers are currently stocked with 2009 motorcycles, and ATV’s affected by this ban.

Stop the recklessness of this CPSC ban! This will only serve to further devastate our economy by potentially putting dealers and manufacturers out of business. There is no imminent threat of children chewing on frames, aluminum wheels or battery posts. Common sense would dictate the compliance for motorsports retailers and manufacturers would consider production lead times.

The ban completely lacks in common sense in that it does not make any allowances for production and manufacturing lead time, which would allow compliance without the risk of bankrupting dealers and manufacturers that are already strained by today’s tough economy

Please help by sending a copy of the notice below to the CPSC today!  If you know of anyone else who would help, please forward this to them.  We need support on this issue.

To: newleg@cpsc.gov

Subject: Lead Ban issue poised to devastate motorsports retailers