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BOOK REVIEW–LIVE FULL THROTTLE by Tamela Rich
Being cynical by nature, I always scoff at “self help” or “inspirational” books. I feel that bookstores and digital media are bulging with inspirational books but the world in which we live seems so gritty and unchanged by this phenomena. I knew Tamela was a rider but also an outsource communications specialist and I wondered…
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Advice for NEW RIDERS from those with years and (s)miles! Part 4
For the final submission from experienced riders sharing knowledge with new riders, we have five women with lots of experience and miles. Susan Garza has been riding for years. She has ridden several different formats of machine, but seems to prefer the sportbike. She’s an ATGATT rider who makes riding look effortless. Susan sez: Pay…
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Advice for NEW RIDERS from those with years and (s)miles! Part 3
May is motorcycle awareness month so today let’s get back to some more amazing advice from advanced riders sharing their knowledge and experience with new riders. As others have said, experience is the best teacher, having a good basis of knowledge to draw from and a great introduction to motorcycling from and MSF course, every…
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Advice for NEW RIDERS from those with years and (s)miles! Part 2
Continuing on from Advice for New Riders from those with years and (s)miles. We have so much valuable information to share, I’m not even sure where to begin! But today I’ll start with Astir, a member of TWF forum who has ridden a number of years, and even rode with her husband up to Alaska…
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Today’s the day…JUST RIDE!!
I hope you get out today for this wonderfully coordinated event! There will be women riders from all over the world joining you!
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Advice for NEW RIDERS from those with years and (s)miles!
As we get more versed at riding, it’s nice to be able to help those that are just beginning. I fondly remember my first days of riding like it was yesterday. I remember the difficult times I had stopping on a hill, making a sharp right turn, braking, passing, riding in wind, and as silly…
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International Female Ride Day-May 4th
Join the celebration in San Francisco with music, dancing, and motorcycles (and maybe a bit of mayhem!) at MotoShop You can also find information posted on Facebook. International Female Ride Day introduced by Vicki Gray at Motoress in 2007 “connecting women with motorcycling”. It began as a National event with the goal of becoming an…
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AMA Women in Motorcycling July26-29 2012–Carson City, NV
DON”T FORGET, if you are an AMA member and sign up before April 30th your admission to the entire event is only $125!! Do it now, don’t wait. I’ll see you there!! “If you’re not an AMA member, there’s no better time to become one of the group. AMA membership is just $49 a year.…
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Salute to Bessie Stringfield–African American Female Motorcyclist rides into history
Bessie Stringfield was a true enigma while being female and African American, she championed the sport of motorcycling during tumultuous times. Known as the Motorcycle Queen of Miami, Bessie Stringfield started riding when she was 16. She was the first African-American woman to travel cross-country solo, and she did it at age 19 in 1929,…
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Bikes and Babes…in Canada
While riding the Great Canada Adventure, this summer visiting friendd in Castlegard, I was presented with some wonderful historic photos of women riders in Canada. Sadly there was nothing written down about these babes, so I have nothing but some wonderful photos. Still I thought that I would share! I don’t know if there are…