Smokey Mountain
CMT-ABATE
UPCOMMING RIDES
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4th of July Liberty Rally and Rides
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AMA
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Legislative
What’s New in the Charter ?
We have teamed up with the IRISH PUB in Maryville to bring a bike night the first Monday of every month! Come out and enjoy drink specials, good food, fellow bikers.
We will also be holding our meeting on this night, the time of the meeting is 6:30 pm. Our meeting are open to the public so come see what we are doing!
4th of July Freedom Rally and Parade.
We have an update available on the schedule available for the events planned for the rally available under the events and photos page of the web site. Click here to find out mere!
About
Smokey Mountain CMT-ABATE is your local Motorcycle Rights Organization(MRO)
for the areas of Monroe, Blount, Knox, and Sevier counties in Tennessee.
We represent the motorcyclists and their riders from this area. WE ARE YOUR VOICE !
We monitor the laws and
we help pass laws that affect your right to the freedom of the ride in Tennessee.
Find out more about us on the page.
Donate
Smokey Mountain CMT-ABATE is a non- profit organization. We don't sell any services or have any sources of income. The money to fund what we do comes from the generosity of the community thru donations and the purchase of support merchandise.
The state receives it's funding from the paid memberships and donations from the charters.
When you donate you enable us to preserve the freedom of the ride.
Meetings &
Bike Nights
Look Twice
Save a Life
Latest Project
For the 2017 Motorcycle riding season we have changed our meeting place from Shoneys.
We will now be making it a meeting as well as bike night. We feel that this will allow us to inform the public more of what CMT-ABATE is doing in the area. Come join us at the Irish Pub in Maryville on the first Monday of the month starting at 6:30 pm.
This will be the second year we are doing the Trail of Tears ride. This year we are trying to work with our neighboring states. If we are able to do this we will all ride as group of ABATE riders with the goal of MAKE ABATE GREAT AGAIN
2017 Trail of Tears Ride
We have launched a motorcycle safety campaign.
The state funding for the awareness of "Look Twice, Save a Life" is slowly coming back. But,
With motorcycle deaths on the rise it is up to us to bring the awareness back to Tennessee. Look for our bumper stickers and helmet stickers for awareness.
How We Make a Difference!
The Five Steps to Freedom!
A simple plan was developed and promoted by another leader in the MRO (Motorcycle Right Organization) movement several years back. His name was Sputnik of the Texas Motorcycle Riders Assoc. II. This plan has been a guiding principle for this and similar organizations.
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Register to Vote!!! You cannot make a difference if your voice is not heard at the ballot box.
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Contact your elected officials! Whether you write, call, email or see them in person. They are just regular folks just like anyone. Many of your state and local officials have regular 9-5 jobs but take time off or spend their spare time working as elected officials. Getting to know them and they knowing you will only help. However always keep communications on a professional basis and stick to the issues and never attack a politician personally. You never want to make an enemy unless you mean too.
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Work in a campaign!! If you want to gain access to an elected official work in their campaign. They need tons of volunteers to help run their campaign. Someone that can donate time to help with phones, mailings, yard signs, etc... is more sought after than the guy with the biggest checkbook in the room.
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Become involved in the political parties!!! It doesn’t matter which one you choose but get involved in the party of your choice. The KMA/KBA is a non-partisan group with supporters from both parties. They are always in need of volunteers. Once again the biggest checkbook is NOT the most important thing. This way you will meet and network with the movers and shakers within the party. You may even be asked to become a party mover and shaker yourself.
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The final step, RUN for Office. You now know how the system works from the inside out. You have been a lobbyist/activist by writing letters, you have worked in a campaign and learned how they operate and then met the movers and shakers within your party that can help with other aspects of the campaign. Now is the time to run for and get elected to office yourself. This is the only way to insure our freedoms. To make sure freedom loving individuals get elected. Who better exemplifies that than motorcyclists.
We found this on the Kentucky ABATE site.
Leather scented Candle fundraiser for motorcycle awareness. Look for locations or contact us.
Been in a Wreck ?
Had a DUI ?
If you have been in a wreck here in East Tennessee one of the first things we advise you to do is get educated on your rights. We have a legal page to give you some information, however we are not lawyers.
Locally we have teemed up with a lawyer who is there for the motorcycling community. Marco Gaza is willing to deal with all of your legal needs.
July 1st-4th 2nd annual Freedom Rally and Gatlinburg Parade
Thanks To Our New Supporter
We would like to thank CARSTICKERS.COM for there donation to this charter. We look forward to working with them in the future.