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There have been a few interesting posts and developments. Firstly, there's a great video of the Malcolm Smith protest on YouTube here.

Secondly, Cobra Motorcycles have been featured on Dealernews explaining why and how they are still selling bikes. It's an interesting approach, and one OSET are looking at closely to see if we can follow suit. We've met Sean at Cobra and he's a nice fella and clearly quite active on this issue. Hats off to Cobra for finding a way to keep doing business. The interview with Sean is here.

There have been a couple of reform bills introduced. The one by Senator Tester (S608) has a couple of major flaws. Firstly, it would only exempt products for kids from 7-12 (bye bye PW50s) and also does not exempt any used products (no retroactivity ammendment). A far better bill for the motorcycle industry is HR1587, which is unconditional. In fact, the bill is for the motorcycle and ATV industries only, so many other industries disputing and protesting the law would not be spared by it. However... it's the bill we want passed! Messages of support can go to the author of the bill, U.S. Rep. Denny Rehberg of Montana, and is co-sponsored by Rep. Michael Burgess of Texas, Rep. Michael Simpson of Idaho, and Rep. Earl Pomeroy of North Dakota. More information can be found here.

Finally, please send us you pictures with kids & bikes, holding protest placards to ian@osetbikes.com. There is an open hearing/protest in Washington on April 1st, and we want a slideshow of as many kids as possible holding up their protest signs!

Rick Woldenbergs blog talks about the rally/protest/hearings here, and specifically about the lack of Democrats willing or even interested in enacting/supporting change. This has been a HUGE and ongoing dissapointment to me.