A wall calendar featuring 14 real women mechanics photographed in their environments is now for sale. For the second year in a row, photographer and mechanic Sarah Lyon set out to capture women who wrench on engines for a living in a full color calendar.
Female Mechanics Calendar Now Available
When my best buddy, Genevieve Schmitt, told me she was coming to L.A. to conduct a women-only “Garage Party,” I was curious. If you took the boys away from Sturgis or any other motorcycle event, Im not sure it would hold the same allure. Motorcycles and boys sort of go together nicely. I have to admit, a motorcycle event without them almost seemed like an oxymoron to me.
Backroads With Betsy: Motivation from the Garage
Organizers of The 2008 Dakar Rally are cancelling the event because of concerns over terrorism in Mauritania, through which eight of the rallys 15 stages were due to pass. The annual car and motorcycle marathon was due to start in Lisbon on January 5 with the finish scheduled in Dakar for January 20.
NEWS ALERT: Famed Dakar Rally Cancelled
Jody Perewitz of Perewitz Cycle Fab, and Sara Liberte of RTs North Hills Cycle are teaming up to build a bobber motorcycle live on stage at three of the Northeast Motorcycle Expo shows produced by Kev-Marv Productions.
Two Female Bike Builders to Create Custom Bobber
Pak Mail Centers of America, Inc. is the Official Shipping Solutions Provider for the 2008 Sturgis Motorcycle Rally, according to Ronda Gusinsky, President of OutSource Solutions, Inc, Official Sponsorship Agent of the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally.
Sturgis Rally Has Official Shipping Company
Nearly three dozen individuals representing user groups, manufacturers and the aftermarket industry attended an AMA-hosted symposium in Southern California on Wednesday, Dec. 12, to discuss sound-related issues facing the motorcycle industry.
Motorcycle Sound Levels Topic of Recent Meeting
USA Biker Nation is a nationally syndicated radio show airing on six stations across the country each weekend. This Saturday, December 29, 2007, WRN Founder Genevieve Schmitt will appear with hosts Peter Boyles and Warren Fuller as they recap the year in motorcycling.
WRN Founder Guests on Syndicated Radio This Saturday
Sales of Ridley Automatic motorcycles in the Houston market is up 140 percent over last year, bucking reports of an industry slowdown. American Dream Cycles in Houston and Xtreme Custom Choppers in Bacliff, near Houston, are leading the country in sales of new Ridley Motorcycles.
Ridley Motorcycles Credits Women Riders For New Gains
Theres only a few days left to enter our WRN Thank You contest. The contest ends on December 31. Be sure to click on the big box on the home page, or the link on the left that says Thank You contest for all the details on winning four great prizes including an Arai helmet worth $500!
The six finalists in the Harley-Davidson Get Down to Daytona Contest were picked to be winners receiving an expense paid road trip for two from Atlanta to Daytona Bike Week 08 alongside Karen Davidson, great-granddaughter of one of the Companys founders, as well as a three nights stay in Daytona.
Six Women Win a Trip to Daytona Bike Week