Petition against lead law.

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Please sign this. Anything we can do to try and stop this will help.
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WE NEED EVERYONE TO SIGN THIS PETITION !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I understand that law isn't being enforced for one more year per a vote last week in Congress. I read the law, and I can't imagine how it can apply to minibikes. ATVs, yes, but not minibikes as far as I can see.
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done
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The letter we got from KAWASAKI is ATVs , KLX110, KX65s and PARTS !!

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The letter we got from KAWASAKI is ATVs , KLX110, KX65s and PARTS !!
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604 48 minutes ago Void Main: I support this petition.
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WhKnuckle wrote:
I understand that law isn't being enforced for one more year per a vote last week in Congress. I read the law, and I can't imagine...
I understand that law isn't being enforced for one more year per a vote last week in Congress. I read the law, and I can't imagine how it can apply to minibikes. ATVs, yes, but not minibikes as far as I can see.
I had heard that too but my local shop told me they still had to pull everything. In case everyone didn't know, this applies to parts for these bikes. Imagine not being able to get parts for your kids bike.
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signed it.... into the 920's now
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Just "signed" it.

I am so disappointed and angry that our federal legislators would pass a bill of this type. How many kids that ride motorcycles or ATV's, "lick" ANYTHING on their machinery? How stupid is this bill!

Dane
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Done.

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Done

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BobbyM 2/9/2009 8:33am
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converting to non lead solder material is pretty easy and not that much more expensive. the oems better be thinking of this. going up against the anti-"leaders" is impossible.

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TGTech wrote:
Just "signed" it. I am so disappointed and angry that our federal legislators would pass a bill of this type. How many kids that ride motorcycles...
Just "signed" it.

I am so disappointed and angry that our federal legislators would pass a bill of this type. How many kids that ride motorcycles or ATV's, "lick" ANYTHING on their machinery? How stupid is this bill!

Dane
First, it's not a "bill," it's a signed "Law"


Second, while I agree it's a stupid law in respect to motorcycles,

do you remember a few months back during the summer when kids were getting sick and

dying due to lead in toys from China and all you heard every day for weeks was about lead in shit from China?


That's what caused this.


So they made a simple law.


(paraphrase) "No toy or item for kids under 12 can be made, imported or sold if it has over 600ppm of lead"


Sounds simple enough, right?


Well, it has screwed over a BUNCH of industries.

Books have trace amounts of lead in ink...books were to be banned...no one thought about books having lead

(Books got an exception)

Antiques are now a problem, even though no one buys antique toys for kids, they are still toys and still

originally intended for kids....the antique industry is up in arms and about to lose billions in revenue.

If you think about it, there are a lot of industries that are wrongly caught up in this.


So, it's not just bikes and the law didn't target bikes.

It's just another well intended bill that got written up too fast with minimal thought and knee jerk reaction

due to public reaction to news reports.


Now, my one final comment....why did the industry wait until the final hour to notify the dealers and public?

Why didn't this start months ago when the bill was written or when signed by the former President?

Where was the AMA and the MIC then?

Was the industry asleep at the wheel?

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Done..thats a great sight..i'm going for term limits for senators
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ShoujoKakumei 2/9/2009 9:55am
2/9/2009 9:55am Edited Date/Time 4/16/2016 10:24pm
Internet petitions are pretty worthless because of the ability to spoof signatures, and also because any jackoff with an agenda can make one with so little effort. Signed, but just pointing out that it's probably not going to do shit.


Everyone's been calling and writing to their local legislators, right....?
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TGTech 2/9/2009 10:07am
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TGTech wrote:
Just "signed" it. I am so disappointed and angry that our federal legislators would pass a bill of this type. How many kids that ride motorcycles...
Just "signed" it.

I am so disappointed and angry that our federal legislators would pass a bill of this type. How many kids that ride motorcycles or ATV's, "lick" ANYTHING on their machinery? How stupid is this bill!

Dane
flarider wrote:
First, it's not a "bill," it's a signed "Law" Second, while I agree it's a stupid law in respect to motorcycles, do you remember a few...
First, it's not a "bill," it's a signed "Law"


Second, while I agree it's a stupid law in respect to motorcycles,

do you remember a few months back during the summer when kids were getting sick and

dying due to lead in toys from China and all you heard every day for weeks was about lead in shit from China?


That's what caused this.


So they made a simple law.


(paraphrase) "No toy or item for kids under 12 can be made, imported or sold if it has over 600ppm of lead"


Sounds simple enough, right?


Well, it has screwed over a BUNCH of industries.

Books have trace amounts of lead in ink...books were to be banned...no one thought about books having lead

(Books got an exception)

Antiques are now a problem, even though no one buys antique toys for kids, they are still toys and still

originally intended for kids....the antique industry is up in arms and about to lose billions in revenue.

If you think about it, there are a lot of industries that are wrongly caught up in this.


So, it's not just bikes and the law didn't target bikes.

It's just another well intended bill that got written up too fast with minimal thought and knee jerk reaction

due to public reaction to news reports.


Now, my one final comment....why did the industry wait until the final hour to notify the dealers and public?

Why didn't this start months ago when the bill was written or when signed by the former President?

Where was the AMA and the MIC then?

Was the industry asleep at the wheel?

I fully understand the issue with the toys for little kids, but I just don't understand why they would include motorsports equipment.

Dane
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flarider 2/9/2009 10:17am
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Dane,
They made a blanket law, anything for kids 12 and under.
Now, while I think motorcycles SHOULD have an exemption,
every other industry is also going to think they deserve an exemption,
which begs the question, "why them and not us?"

While I put my name on that petition, the proper battle here should
not be "exemption," but "postponement."

All of the various affected industries should be working together on
postponement of the entire law, and should do so for two reasons;
1. Reevaluation under the new administration and a new CPSC appointee
2. Allow industries to sell any existing inventory and re-tool to manufacture
under the new guidelines.


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CamP 2/9/2009 10:21am
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I wonder what the pot metal in my chinese made expresso machine is made of? After two years of use the pot metal is eroding and I can't help but believe that I've been ingesting that crap.

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