AMA Honored with Industry Leader Award 2011

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AMA honored with 'Industry Leader' award for 2011

In its annual "Best of" awards for 2011, Motorcycle-USA.com, a leading online motorcycle magazine, named the AMA as its "Industry Leader" for efforts to overturn a federal ban on the sale of kids' dirtbikes and all-terrain vehicles.

"The lead ban not only had a disastrous effect on the industry, already hit hard by the economic downturn, it also put kids at greater risk by forcing them onto adult models -- or not riding at all," Motorcycle USA said in announcing the award. "It was the big industry issue that could never get resolved, but the American Motorcyclist Association kept the riding public informed and continued to lobby lawmakers for a permanent fix..."