Victory Motorcycles is going after the luxury touring customer with its new Vision motorcycle. Research shows 95 percent of those customers are men averaging 54 years old and riding for 28 years.
2008 Victory Vision Target Market
Women Riders Now editor Genevieve Schmitt is among the first “citizens” to ride Victorys Vision motorcycle when select members of the motorcycle press were invited in mid-June to test this much talked-about motorcycle. Up until that point, the only people to ride the new luxury tourer were Victory employee test riders.
First Test Ride: 2007 Victory Vision Tour/Street
Popular motorcycle photographer Michael Lichter will hold his 7th annual motorcycle-themed exhibit at the Sturgis Rallly in August located at Thunder Road venue. “One World Choppers” is the name of this years show inspired by “The British Invasion” of music from 1964-1966.
Michael Lichter to Hold Photo Exhibit at Sturgis
An old rider friend of mine shared a cleaning secret with me years ago. He saves his old cotton T-shirts, cuts them up into rags, and uses them slightly wet to wipe down his motorcycle for a quick clean-up.
For the second year in a row, the BMW K 1200 GT is one of the top 10 motorcycles for 2007 according to editors of Cycle World magazine. At the 32nd Annual Cycle World Ten Best Bikes awards dinner, the BMW K 1200 GT received the magazines award for Best Sport-Touring Bike, the category for motorcycles designed for sport/adventure riding, covering long distances over multiple days.
BMW K 1200 GT Among Cycle Worlds Ten Best
Plans are in full swing for Advanstar Communications 27th annual Cycle World International Motorcycle Shows (IMS) presented by Toyota. The series will begin its 13-city nationwide tour on October 26, 2007, in Phoenix at the University of Phoenix Stadium and concludes February 10, 2008, in Chicago, at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center.
Make Plans to Attend Motorcycle Trade Show
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To continue providing useful and interesting information for visitors to WomenRidersNow.com (WRN), a new feature has been added to the online magazine called WRN Tip of the Week. This section invites readers to submit helpful tips to share with other readers, and starting in July for a limited time, Women Riders Now will give away a WRN pen to those readers whos tip is used on the site.
WRN Introduces Tip of the Week
I learned the hard way. When on long road trips, I, like most riders, would clean my windshield at a gas station using the provided squeegee and paper towels. Over time, I noticed light scratches in my windshield. I discovered this was caused from using the hard paper towels to dry off my windshield at the gas station.
Windshield Saver: No more scratches
As we go through life here at WRN, we come upon images we like to share wtih you. Heres the latest installment of our hodge podge of pictures