Women Riders Now is unveiling a brand new look to this Web site today. The site is getting a makeover for a fresher, more up-to-date look and feel. “It was time for a facelift,” says WRN editor and founder Genevieve Schmitt.
A note from editor Genevieve Schmitt: One of the most common questions I’m asked is if changing out the stock suspension on one’s motorcycle to lower seat height will compromise ride quality. I’m answering the question here based on my experience riding 20 years and owning five motorcycles, followed by a more in-depth explanation by an expert of why and how this done by.
Changing Your Motorcycles Shocks to Get Lower
Today is a big day for me at Women Riders Now as I unveil a brand new look to this Web site. It has been a year in the making, believe it or not. Five years of stories equals a ton of content thousands and thousands of pages and moving it all over to a new database management system is no easy task.
There are two types of women who commandeer their own motorcycles, the pulp celluloid fantasy: buxom, cigarette wielding, bad ass babes, or the ones in reality: large and in charge, could kick my ass 10 ways to Tuesday and appear to patronize the same barber as my father. I am neither of these. I am your typical aspiring adult: urban-living, liberal arts diploma-wielding, edgy preppy-wearing, considering a dog getting-female in her early 30s.
Reader Story: Why I Ride a Motorcycle
An estimated 1000 women from all the U.S. rode to Milwaukee on their motorcycle for Harley-Davidson’s Celebrate Women Riders event, a two-day rally designed to recognize the thousands of women riding their own motorcycles and inspire others to do the same.
Women Riders Celebrate in Milwaukee this Weekend
Me, bare naked at the Laughlin River Run? No, silly! So who was bare naked? The streets of Laughlin were bare naked! During the annual April bike rally, Casino Drive in Laughlin, Nev., used to be an event in itself. Crowds would line the sidewalks in lawn chairs to watch the bad-ass machines cruise by. Boys offering Mardi Gras beads for a glimpse of girls gone wild made the sidewalks nearly impassable in recent years.
Backroads With Betsy: Bare Naked Laughlin
One of my great finds walking among the vendors at Arizona Bike Week in Scottsdale in April was Lycaon Custom Leathers. The high fashion stylish nature of the leather jackets hanging on the rack catches my eye. These are no ordinary riding jackets. I learn that each jacket is tanned with hydrology tanning technology, which has revolutionized the leather tanning process. This allows the leather to be cleaned by putting it in the washing machine.
A New Kind of Leather Motorcycle Jacket
For years, Honda’s Shadow line of cruiser motorcycles has offered riders a pleasing combination of comfortable ergonomics, lighter weight, adequate power and lower price point, and its popularity has proved that the bikes are anything but scary to legions of motorcyclists. Now Honda has unveiled a newly styled model whose looks better reflect the dark nature of the Shadow name.
MOTORCYCLE REVIEW: 2010 Honda Phantom: The Dark Shadow
There are a lot of biker themed accessories out there but here’s one I bet you havent seen yet: a biker themed candle. Black Corset Candles is introducing a 100 percent soy wax candle in an hourglass shaped container that’s wrapped in leather with a satin ribbon corset in the front. Works perfect for my biker themed office.
REVIEW: Candles With A Touch of Biker Naughty
The 2010 International Female Ride Day is just a month away and women all over the world are preparing for the global occasion that has women riders everywhere getting out on their motorcycle on this one day and riding. More countries are expected to join in and more women are setting up activities for Friday May 7th.
Start Planning for International Female Ride Day