With May being designated Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month, what better time to send the message to car, bus and truck drivers to be more conscious of motorcycles on the road. The Motorcycle Safety Foundations mission is to make the nations streets and highways safer for motorcyclists through rider training programs, operator licensing programs, and public information campaigns.
MSF Sends Message to All Motorists
On the heels of the U.S. House of Representatives passing House Resolution 269 today designating May as Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month, the biggest online job fair for motorcycle industry jobs is taking place. MotorcycleIndustryJobs.com is hosting its 5th annual online “Moto Job Fair” starting today.
Get a Job in Motorcycling! Online Job Fair Now Going On
I ride a 2001 Yamaha V Star 1100 Classic and absolutely love it. My husband passed it down to me, and it never lets me down. I have ridden to Alaska and California from my home in Ontario, Canada. My odometer reads 61,250 miles, and I plan to ride it for many more. Long trips and short trips are a joy and comfortable to boot.
READER MOTORCYCLE REVIEW: 2001 Yamaha V Star 1100
Kawasakis new Comfort Gel Seat features the “Comfort Step” shape providing the rider more support and the passenger more seating area. Plus it brings the seat height down by 1/2 inch, which any rider can appreciate. The Comfort Gel seat is just one of Kawasakis new accessories.
Spring has sprung. Love is in the air. And finally, bikes are everywhere! The economy may be suffering, the motorcycle industry may be feeling the effects, but the simple pleasure of riding a motorcycle has always been an economical mode of travel and entertainment. And when the stress of the world piles up along with the unpaid bills, what better therapy, or break from the madness, is there than riding on sunny spring days in the local hills?
Backroads With Betsy: Hobnobbing with Celebrity Riders
International Female Ride Day is May 1 and organizers are seeing a groundswell of participation with more women riders and more countries participating than expected. The “female ride day” fever is spreading all over the world as women riders events are now planned in Israel, Australia, France, Poland, and Italy.
International Female Ride Day is May 1
Two years ago, I was leading a motorcycle tour for my womens riding group, Dangerous Curves, to Lake Tahoe and one of the women asked me why I wasnt doing this as a business venture. The idea kind of took me aback however, I thought, why not? The end result birthed NorthStar Moto Tours. This is the story about our last tour of 2008 and the wonderful experiences and camaraderie gained through motor touring.
Reader Story: Invasion of the Brits
International Female Ride Day is May 1 marking the third year of this annual event where women from all over the world “just ride.” The goal of this loosely structured globael event is to raise awareness of women riders by increasing visibility. There are rides being held all over the world to celebrate female riders
International Female Ride Day T-shirt Available
My friends thought I was crazy when I told them I was going to ride a scooter to Las Vegas to attend my first scooter rally. “That will take forever!” and “You wont be able to take any stuff with you!” and “Youll get blown all over the road!” they said. Honda proves them all wrong with the Silver Wing rightfully touting it as a touring machine that just happens to be a scooter.
MOTORCYCLE REVIEW: Honda Silver Wing, the Touring Scooter
Three hundred miles on a touring motorcycle is a pleasant day of riding, but what if those 300 miles were ridden on a scooter? Most scooters are designed for around town scooting, not long-haul travel at highway speed for hours on end. WRN contributor Sarah Shilke test rode the Honda Silver Wing, a 600cc maxi-scooter, from Los Angeles, to Las Vegas, Nevada.
WRN Test Rides the Honda Silver Wing