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Photographs of my Grandmother’s 1922 motorcycle trip in California astride a Harley Davidson with a sidecar
I began a post a day ago regarding the history of women in motorcycling, and ended it with a couple of photographs that my mother and I had found of my grandmother. She was in moto-garb and astride an old Harley Davidson. Amazed when we found these, it was a total surprise to both my…
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Bikes and Babes–Women Motorcyclists Riding into History
Continuing my study of Bikes and Babes, we’ll take a look at women motorcyclists that made history in the early years. In 1915 Avis and Effie Hotchkiss, a mother and daughter team, rode from New York to California to attend the San Francisco World’s Fair while making themselves the first female riders to cross the…
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Best holiday gifts for a female rider
As the holiday season approaches, it’s nice to have a list of gift items that every rider would enjoy if they don’t already have and use them! I tried to compile a list of items that all riders can use when the weather is less than agreeable and the cold gets to one, even on…
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Metropolitan Police Service of London held Women’s Motorbike Day with the help of BMW Motorrad: New Recruits in mind!
The imbalance of women to motorbike officers at the Met has historically been 30 to 1. It seems that may be changing, said Don Smith, Head of the Driver Training School, “we held this event in 09 and hope to hold it again in the coming years to encourage female officers to find out more…
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Bravo Tricia…what she said!
Read her article here: Roadbike Motorcycle Cruising “Tricia Szulewski has been RoadBike’s Art Director/Staff Writer since 1999. She has a Bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design from FIT and is a certified MSF Instructor to boot. She lives in Bethel, CT and has been accused of falling in love with too many motorcycles too easily.” Roadbike…
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A reminder…October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month
My new Bandito(a) not sure yet, needed registration and I spend a morning last week at the local DMV. Earlier, I scanned the online site only to discover that I was unable to do anything “online” and appointments were about 3 weeks out, so I saddled up to the counter of the DMV, filled out…
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Girly Ride 2010–Another GREAT ride!
Girly Ride 2010 came to and end and my face muscles are still sore from all the laughter and smiling! We had a wonderful ride, covered some fabulous CA roads and I personally discovered that if I find the right group to ride with, I quite enjoy a group ride! Group shot taken in Santa…
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2010 Pashnit Girly Ride!
Well, we are about to embark on another annual Girly Ride via Pashnit Motorcycle Forum! Every year for the past three years, I have organized a ride for the female members of the pashnit forum. This year we will be joined by some of the South Bay Rider women as well as some women I…
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May 7, International Female Ride Day Ride!
Up and out with the sun warm on my back, I rode out to Highway 50 wondering where I could ride locally for International Female Ride Day, stay warm and get out of the commuter traffic. Ah, the woes of the unemployed!
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2010 International Female Ride Day–Just Ride!
“The 2010 International Female Ride Day is just a few weeks away and women all over the world are getting prepared for the global occasion. More countries are expected to join in and more women are setting up activities for Friday May 7th. “Even more women are riding this year, as you might well imagine,…