I dont ride a motorcycle to build or create an identity for myself. I am who I am whether I ride or not. I dont ride to prove that women are strong, brave and adventurous enough to ride motorcycles. I was those things before I began to ride and I think most women are, whether they like motorcycles or not (and still, the bravest, most challenging thing Ive ever done is raise kids!).
Reader Story: The Best Reason to Ride
Women motorcyclists have been the fastest growing demographic in the motorcycle industry since 1990, when women represented just three percent of riders. Today, women represent 23 percent of all motorcyclists, and in an effort to encourage this growing trend of women hitting the open road, Harley-Davidson is celebrating National Garage Party Month in March by hosting nearly 400 Garage Party events at dealerships across the country.
Garage Parties in Full Swing in March
Nancy Davidson, wife of Willie G. Davidson, director of styling with Harley-Davidson Motor Company, is one of two women to be inducted into The Sturgis Motorcycle Museum Hall of Fame in August. The Sturgis Motorcycle Hall of Fame is designed to recognize individuals or groups who have made a long term positive impact on the motorcycle community.
Nancy Davidson To Be Inducted into Hall of Fame
There is a new womens motorcycle rally shaping up in the southern Midwest region called Bikes Babes Bling scheduled for July 1-3, 2010 in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Bikes Babes Bling is the sister rally of Bikes Blues BBQ festival which just celebrated its 10 year anniversary in 2009. The goal of this first time female oriented event, say rally organizers, is to focus on providing women a safe and fun experience where they can come together to share their love of motorcycles and riding.
New Women Motorcycling Rally To Be Held
Bling is all the rage for some women riders just ask our resident blingin columnist Diva Amy. Now Harley-Davidson riders can add some subtle shimmery pieces to parts of their motorcycle with the new Diamond Ice Collection.
As we are finishing a preview of a typical Frank Lloyd Wright museum tour, our gracious guide, Kimberly Higgenbotham, tells us that when asked which of his projects was his favorite, Wright would invariably reply “the next one.” It occurs to me that this might be my own response to the question of which is my favorite road trip, but then it is becoming clear that my answer is invariably “this one.”
Air suspension kits, a system that allows a rider to adjust height of a bikes suspension manually by adjusting the amount of air compression in them, are all the rage right now and with for many women riders looking to get their motorcycles low to the ground, air suspension companies know women are a viable target market. Below is a press release and photos provided by one such company looking to target women riders
Air Suspension Lets You Adjust Height On the Fly
Its barely a week since we rang in the New Year, and the annual Easyriders Bike Show has come back to the L.A. Fairplex in Southern California. With the shaky economy and everyone still mending their debts from the holidays, I expected to find a near-empty venue. But I like to visit my many friends who are builders, riders, entertainers and writers and show whatever support I can offer in these lean times.
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During this years 69th Annual Daytona Bike Week, hundreds of female motorcycle enthusiasts and Harley-Davidson Motor Company are banding together to support the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) and their efforts to find a cure for neuromuscular disease. On Tuesday, March 2, 2010, the MDA and the Motor Company will host the 3rd Annual Harley-Davidson Womens Ride.
More Details on Womens Ride in Daytona
During this years 69th Annual Daytona Bike Week taking place February 26 – March 7, 2010, hundreds of female motorcycle enthusiasts and Harley-Davidson Motor Company are banding together to support the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) and its efforts to find a cure for neuromuscular disease. On Tuesday, March 2, 2010, the MDA and the Motor Company will host the 3rd Annual Harley-Davidson Womens Ride.
Womens Ride Taking Place At Daytona Bike Week