Category: Just for Women

  • Stay tuned for the follow up with words and photos of the Bikes and Babes: Quintessential Female Riders…

    My Grandmother, Vera Evangeline War I began thinking about this post a while ago and finally am about to actually let the women who ride, speak for themselves. Bikes and Babes–What constitutes the quintessential female rider? Who are those women who ride? What are they thinking? Next week you’ll be able to answer that question…

  • GearChic sez…

    My friend Joanne Donn otherwise know as GearChic, posted this on her blog/website and I loved it soooo much, I had to share it. Bravo, Joanne. Gearchic sez…. Always check Joanne’s site for the latest reviews on motorcycle gear for women as well as a plethora of other information for female riders!! photo by gearchic.com

  • Bikes and Babes–What constitutes the quintessential female rider?

    google image 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…

  • What were you doing for International Female Ride Day?

    I guess the question is simple…did you ride? I hope all of you that wanted to get out and ride did just that!!! *fingers crossed* I was returning from my trip to the southwest and the last few miles from Carson City to Sacramento were absolutely awesome, with sunshine, no wind, ahhhhhh HOME. I guess…

  • Bikes and Babes just keeps giving!

    It wasn’t long ago that I did a post on More Bikes and Babes: Women in advertising and history of motorcycling. In that post was a photo of Keira Knightley filming a Coco Chanel perfume commercial. In this filmed commercial she is clad in a slick beige cat suit custom designed by Karl Lagerfeld, together…

  • Pashnit Girly Ride 2011 comes together!

    Last Years 2010 Group shot in Ojai, CA. Each year on pashnit.com, I put together a women’s ride where we get together exploring some great roads, hanging out, and doing a lot of kibitzing. Every year it’s a blast and I don’t expect this year to be much different except instead of riding in CA,…

  • Woman riding solo: Reflected

    I’ve had lots of time this winter to contemplate the solo tour, of which I have been partaking the last several years. In looking back I found some old blog posts that pretty well summed up the solo ride, at least for my purposes and I believe they speak to many. Riding Solo: A Woman’s…

  • GoGo Gear-Protective Riding Gear for Motorcycle and Scooter Riders

    When I can’t ride, I love websurfing, casting my net for any gems in the copper sea. Yesterday I found GoGo Gear who at first glance seemed to create highly implausible safety gear. But after watching the videos, reading about the products, I am convinced that they carry some beautiful and highly fashionable motorcycle/scooter gear.…

  • Bikes and Babes…Women and the illustrious bad-ass motorcycle film

    As a continued chronicle of women and motorcycling, I have to include a post on several asinine movie posters I found. How can one do a complete chronicle of women in motorcycling without the irreverent as well as the sublime? Here we have the irreverent. “Hog straddling females on the prowl”

  • Protect the Ta-tas…

    *Disclaimer* Sorry, it was difficult to keep a straight face while posting this and I realize how valuable the tata’s can be, however, I had to laugh once or twice while posting! I recently found that Dainese makes a chest protector for women riders. Though many see this as humorous, it’s actually a very serious…