Austinburg Rolling Thunder

 

Laws

Highway Patrol

Welcome to my web site!

Austinburg Township, OH is becoming a favorite destination for the  biker community.

The Grand River Manor as well as the Four Corners Bar is one of the best watering holes
in N.E. Ohio and we want to keep it biker friendly or not.

Through the grape vine we have heard that the Austinburg Township Government is in the process 
of adopting Ohio Revised Code ORC 4513.221 which states that all exhaust systems have to 
be factory Installed or equivalent.  Essentially we can be legally be pulled over only
by the Sheriff Department not the Highway Patrol for straight pipes 
or aftermarket pipes that are not factory EPA approved.  This is very bad if this happens!

The good thing is that the local sheriff department is somewhat biker friendly and is very short
handed.  So even if this passes we doubt very much if any action will take place.  Essentially
we will still have free reign over the roads.

So for now you can make as much noise as you want to.  The AMA and ABATE does not take a stance
concerning exhausts and the laws are written to make it very difficult if not impossible for a citation
to stand up in court.

I have been to the court in Ashtabula and it is evident that the court does not defend the police or the
sheriff department when it comes to actions against motorcycles.  

We have taken over Geneva-on-the-Lake and soon plan expand into Austinburg.  We can be as big as
Daytona or Sturgis.  There is plenty of land to expand and the locals seem to be biker friendly except for a few
who we have approached.

We are in the process of transferring this web site to us.  E mail and a telephone number coming soon.