News
06/25/2025
WHAT A LONG, STRANGE TRIP IT’S BEEN
04/30/2025
May is Motorcycle Safety and Awareness Month
01/27/2025
Rider Course Changes for 2025
11/20/2024
Organzation Day 2024
06/14/2024
RIDE TO WORK DAY 2024
04/23/2024
COMMON SENSE, COMMON COURTESY
04/22/2024
Senate Tries, Fails To Stop EPA
04/12/2024
No Speeding... Ever?
03/26/2024
3 FATALITIES IN 4 DAYS
01/19/2024
Legislative Update - 011924
06/21/2023
Rider Training Returns to Indy!
06/09/2023
ABATE TO RESUME SKILL TESTING
03/16/2023
Indiana Legislative Update 031623
03/13/2023
2023 Indiana Legislative Update
12/12/2022
YOU’LL SHOOT YOUR EYE OUT!
11/21/2022
ATTEND THE FALL SEMINAR - TAKE TWO
06/17/2022
BOOGIE, BOOGIE, BOOGIE...
06/16/2022
2022 Training Season Update
06/06/2022
Join the circus at the 42nd Annual Boogie!
05/14/2022
Losses in our family -- Scott and Yacky
05/01/2022
Motorcycle Safety and Awareness Month
04/05/2022
LET THE TRAINING BEGIN
04/04/2022
WHERE’S THE ONE-YEAR PIN?
03/30/2022
Where Does Your State Rank?
02/14/2022
HELP WANTED for THIS WEEKEND!
01/13/2022
ABATE Day at the Statehouse 2022
12/20/2021
It Only Takes One
12/20/2021
Strengthen Your Corps
11/06/2021
Highway Bill Passes… a Year Late
09/18/2021
A loss in the ABATE of Indiana family
09/14/2021
Indiana Motorcycle Community Loses a Legend
09/01/2021
ASK OUR LAWYER… EER, I MEAN, INSTRUCTOR
08/01/2021
Do I want to ride?
07/22/2021
Motorcycles On Meridian Volunteers Wanted
07/21/2021
DON’T HESITATE TO ASK
07/01/2021
Don't hesitate to ask
06/21/2021
Homeless in Indianapolis!
06/20/2021
Boogie on the Beach!
04/26/2021
MOTORCYCLE SAFETY AND AWARENESS MONTH
01/22/2021
Motorcycle Safety Report: The Usual Routine
01/21/2021
So what is going on?
01/07/2021
ABATE of Indiana Awards Banquet goes Virtual
01/02/2021
WOW, what a year!
11/02/2020
Thanks for helping us get through 2020
11/01/2020
Elections and the Fall Seminar
10/22/2020
In Memory of John Bodeker
09/01/2020
Life goes on, let’s live it
08/01/2020
So what's ABATE doing during all of this?
06/01/2020
Riding out the 'rona
05/01/2020
Unprecedented
04/01/2020
National Emergency
03/17/2020
COVID-19 Update 04/20/2020
03/16/2020
National Emergency
02/03/2020
Here's the explanation
07/01/2019
BOOGIE, BOOGIE, BOOGIE
06/01/2019
Bring a friend to the Boogie
05/01/2019
Motorcycle Safety and Awareness Month
04/01/2019
Another riding season
03/01/2019
What are we doing in March?
12/01/2017
In Memory of Andre Lacy
11/28/2017
2017 Lights at the Brickyard - Moto Tuesday!
08/23/2017
Parking on Monument Circle
08/02/2017
Now's Your Chance to Tell the EPA About Your Concerns Over Ethanol - Comments Due August 31!
04/18/2017
SO, CAN I GET MY LICENSE, OR NOT?
03/21/2017
It is with great sadness that ABATE of Indiana reports the passing of Michael "Balls" Farabaugh
01/26/2017
Senate Joins House in Support of the RPM Act
12/01/2016
So... What's next?
11/20/2016
2016 Fall Seminar Thank You
11/11/2016
National Park Service Directors Order 100 puts climate change first, public engagement last
11/03/2016
MRF Nominates Ric Mellon to Serve on Recently Formed Advisory Committee on Self-Driving Vehicles
10/27/2016
More DOT Guidance Issued Relating to Cyber Security & Driverless Vehicles; Critics Voice Concerns
08/03/2016
CALL TO ACTION - Motorcycle Profiling
07/16/2016
Presidential Candidate Donald Trump Names Motorcyclist Governor Mike Pence as Running Mate
05/11/2016
Bill restricts availability of unsafe fuel
04/25/2016
Rally on the Circle Thursday, May 5th
03/22/2016
Urge Congress to protect motorcycle racing!
03/13/2016
Report of Motorcycle Curfew Completely False
The passing of a legend, Wanda Hummel-Schultz
ABATE of Indiana
This morning, motorcyclists from ABATE of Indiana and all across Indiana are waking up to the somber news of the loss of an icon.
Wanda Hummel-Schultz not only founded ABATE of Indiana in 1975 but went on to become a leader and inspiration in the Motorcyclists’ Rights Movement nationwide.
The truth is, in the biker culture of the 1960’s and 70’s, women were seldom recognized and rarely, if ever, respected. Daring to do more, Wanda tackled the challenge and put in the work that no one wanted to do. Not only was she successful in standing up for riders, but she also shattered a leather-clad, chrome-plated glass ceiling.
From modest beginnings in a corner of her kitchen in northern Indiana, she kick-started ABATE of Indiana and built what would become the largest and finest State Motorcyclists’ Rights Organization (SMRO) in the country.
Wanda was always a fighter and never backed down from anyone or anything. When called upon, she would stand toe to toe, eye to eye, and go word for word with the biggest and meanest of the biker community. Then, without missing a beat, transform into the foremost stateswoman of motorcycling in order to educate and inform lawmakers. All of this with the goal of protecting motorcyclists' rights.
How fitting that Wanda took her last breath on the 51st anniversary of the founding of ABATE of Indiana. Although gone from this world, she will live forever in the hearts and souls of every Hoosier rider.
Godspeed Wanda. Ride in Peace!
