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By breaking the stereotype of the biker babe with our new female rider demographic, I believe we are changing the face of the female motorcycle community. We are succeeding in re-branding exactly how female riders are now perceived. But it comes with a new challenge: who is the new moto-female and how can we define her? Well, I believe all biker babe stereotypes are now moot as the female motorcycling population has grown by boundless numbers and those numbers include all ages, races, sizes, and types of desired motorcycles. There are women riding all different format machines, now, and we no longer fit into a movie stereotype of women gone mad. Now, with that in mind, how exactly do we define ourselves?

Many say that they don’t want to be considered significantly different from male riders, but we are. We are female and in that we should celebrate our women-hood in everything we do. My celebration is riding a motorcycle and as I tour across the country I am finding more and more women riders enjoying the same countryside and roadways as their male counterparts. I can’t tell you what a delight it is for me to ride across another solo female rider, as we are a seemingly rare breed. As the sport grows, so does the population of solo female riders and it’s always a pleasure not only to see one, but to get the chance to sit and chat. I welcome the possibilities of what lays ahead for the industry as more and more women take up all areas of the sport. There are those that ride dirt, motocross, adventure riding, stunting, streets, and touring. Many of those women cross over into multiple variations of the sport. I find it refreshing that we are no longer limited to donning the track as umbrella girls, but now as serious contenders in many of the races. We are found in all areas of motorcycling and I believe it’s finally time to put a face to us.

So… I invite all of you reading this post that are riders or partakers in any aspect of the sport to send me a photo riding your motorcycle or standing with your motorcycle or wrenching a motorcycle or whatever! For all that do, I will post a follow up to this article with your photograph and any details you include. You can add your riding philosophy, your thoughts or simply a screen or real name. For each woman that sends me a jpg, I’ll enter you into a drawing to win a demenshea.com t-shirt. You may send your entries to donna@demenshea.com and I will welcome photos until July 1, at which time, I’ll do the drawing get a winner for the shirt and start compiling a photo journal. In a July article, I will post every photo I receive, so let’s put a face to what constitutes the quintessential female rider!

I hope you find this as interesting as I do and if so, please send me your photos and thoughts! Let’s show the world the new female face of motorcycling!

Please be aware, that if you send me your photo, you are giving me permission to post it to demenshea.com. THANKS!