How to suggest young riders with Salvage Motorcycle.

Salvage Motorcycle and ATV organizations have responded to the ban with petition drives and public awareness campaigns.

• The Salvage Motorcycle Industry Council and American Motorcyclist Association are lobbying Congress for an exemption.
• The salvage bikes Industry Council estimates the ban, if it stands, will cause a $1 billion loss in business this year during an existing national recession.
  
• There also is concern thousands of young riders, particularly those already involved in the sport, will turn to riding larger adult-size vehicles.
• Salvage Motorcycle Hall of Fame member Malcolm Smith on March 17 held a "protest sale" at his dealership in Riverside,
  
• Calif. Under the new law Smith, a racing legend, could face a $300,000 fine and jail time for selling two mini bikes and a youth ATV that day.
• Smith in a YouTube video said the federal ban is "hurting the motorcycle industry and the businesses and the families that want to buy salvage bikes and go riding."
  
• He called it "ridiculous" to suggest young riders will put motorcycle or ATV parts in their mouths and risk lead poisoning.