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RIDE TO WORK DAY

Show that you are part of the motorcycling community on June 21, 2010, and be on your motorcycle or scooter!
Ride your motorcycle or scooter on this day to demonstrate:
  • The number of motorcyclists to the general public and to politicians.
  • That motorcyclists are from all occupations and all walks of life.
  • That motorcyclists can reduce traffic and parking congestion in large cities.
  • That motorcycles are part of the solution to reducing fuel consumption, and reducing greenhouse gases
  • That motorcycles are for transportation as well as recreation.
  • That motorcycling is a social good.
MCC is an official supporter of Ride to Work Day. Details on the organization and its history can be found at www.ridetowork.org

SPREAD THE WORD! 


WE’RE LOOKING FOR CHAMPIONS!  We need people in every city and town to champion RTW for this year: June 21, 2010.  We have special attire for you, stickers, sample letters to write to municipal councils, electronic art.

MCC will once again sponsor across Canada, International Ride-to-Work Day (RTW), held annually on the third Monday of June.  RTW focuses attention on the benefits inherent in using a motorcycle or scooter as transportation – less impact on infrastructure; less parking space; less fuel used, fewer greenhouse gas emissions and MORE FUN! 

WE’RE LOOKING FOR RIDERS!  Ride to work!  Take a picture...Tell us your story...you could win a T-Shirt, a jacket, or more!  Go to "Photo Contest" for more details.
Ride-to-Work in Canada is sponsored nationally by MCC and supported through the Image Enhancement Fund (IEF) of the Motorcycle and Moped Industry Council (MMIC) and its show producer Canadian National Sportsmen’s Shows (CNSS) (Toronto, Calgary, Edmonton and Vancouver).

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The Results Are In! Off-Road Vehicle Riding Is Good For Your Body and Soul

Toronto, Ontario, August 26, 2010 –The Canadian Off-Highway Vehicle Distributors Council (COHV) and its funding partners the All-Terrain Quad Council of Canada (AQCC), the Motorcyclist Confederation of Canada (MCC) and the government of Nova Scotia have received the first of four reports from York University, confirming that riding all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) and off-road motorcycles (ORMs) is good for your body and soul.
 
"Jamie F. Burr, Veronica K. Jamnik, Jim A. Shaw and Professor Norman Gledhill at York University’s Physical Activity and Chronic Disease Unit, Faculty of Health conducted the study. The purpose of the research -- to characterize the physiological demands of recreational off-road vehicle (ORV) riding under typical ORV riding conditions using habitual recreation ORV riders.
 


 
 

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