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International Female Ride Day
Motoress.com, a Canadian website for female riders initiated May 1 as a female ride day, a concept to connect women with motorcycling. The dream was to have it grow and become celebrated on an international scale. Well the dream is now being realized and there are thousands of women riders in many countries around the…
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Got Skilz? Try designing a motorcycle…
BMW Motorcycles is sponsoring a competition as part of a scientific study on innovation processes. There are prizes and money awarded. What they are looking for is the “perfect” motorbike of the future, what features it should have and how much it will cost. “Break free from common conceptions and let your imagination fly! Take…
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I dropped my bike, now what??
Last year, while living in Reno, I decided to take a quick ride, out of the city in the spring sunshine. There aren’t many ways to go out of Reno, and really only two fun roads until you get to the Sierras. I was heading to one that led to Virginia City. I made it…
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Face Plant
In my web wanderings I come across some pretty interesting items, but this one I felt I must pass on!! It seems that Dainese and AGV have launched what they are calling the MyFace Project. The project allows motorcycle racing fans to make his or her own helmet unique by personalizing it with a photo…
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What is art??
Funny, being an artist myself I never thought much about the crossover between my two passions, art and motorcycles, but suddenly I find myself in contemplation. A friend of mine sent me a link to a woman rider who is also an artist by trade. She is a painter. Her latest venture into the art…
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International Women and Motorcycling Conference
This coming August 19-22 Harley Davidson and Buell are hosting the AMA premier event for women in Keystone, CO. This will be the fifth International Women and Motorcycling Conference and will be offering state-of-the-art amenities and world-class riding in the heart of the Rockies. The cost of the four day event is $165 until 8/03/09,…
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Wanting and Needing
For the past decade I have found myself juggling between wants and needs. I want everything but need little and trying to distinguish between the two is often a bone of contention. In wanting, I seem to think more is better or, as my art studio partner used to say, “too much is not enough”.…
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See Spot Run
Yesterday was an odd day. I spent hours and copious amounts of cash at Sears buying tires for our sole car. Our GM vehicle with a mere 40,000 miles awakened one morning last December seized. The GM dealer asked me if I wanted the good news or the bad news. Being the optimist, I asked…
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Does this bike make my A$$ look fat?
I had a day to consider this post and what it should contain and, after great consideration, say this: What exactly is a “motorcycle for women”? I combed an entire web site only to discover that “motorcycles for women” are distinguished solely by virtue of slick paint jobs and accessories! Huh? I was under the…
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Interesting site: Lipstick and Wanderlust
In my web wanderings, I find many interesting items, some motorcycle related others not. Considering this is a motorcycle blog, I try my best to keep everything posted motorcycle-centric. Well, while surfing, I discovered this site Lipstick and Wanderlust by Beth Whitman, offering encouragement, travel-tested information and lighthearted anecdotes drawn from her twenty years (and…
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