The Monster. An unusual name for a motorcycle model, yet that hasn’t stopped thousands of women from owning one since the lightweight naked motorcycle was introduced in 1993.
Motorcycle Review: 2014 Ducati Monster 696, 796, 821, 1200, 1200S
The trials, tribulations and success of the Love Ride seem to have come full circle. The annual Southern California ride, that used to attract upwards of 20,000 riders donating more than $1 million in one day at its peak, may not have raised the kind of money this year, but organizers put on a successful event for its 30th year on October 24th.
Backroads With Betsy: Love Ride 30
A new study shows that women who ride their own motorcycles are happier—in life, in relationships, and even in the bedroom—than women who dont ride.
Women Who Ride a Motorcycle Are Happier Than Those Who Dont
My article entitled Selling to Women: Female Only Events discussed how more and more dealers are finding success in organizing women-oriented events as a way to attract female customers. This article talks about other events that are less focused on women riders, but have the potential to bring in those female buyers.
Selling to Women: Reaching Out To The Community
With the increase in women motorcycle riders, one question you should be asking yourself is: What is my share of the women’s market in my community?” While women riders have been around a long time only recently have they been referred to as an actual market segment.
Selling to Women: Female-Only Motorcycle Events
We launched a new design of this site on December 23, 2013, our third in nine years! If you are on the site today or in the coming days and browsing around you may notice a glitch here and there thats all part of the transition process so we ask for your patience as we work out all the bugs.
Women Riders Now Launches New Site Design
My husband, Norm, was getting tired of wearing the same leather motorcycle-riding jacket he’s had for years, so he asked me if I could find him something different. We ignored the silly adage that you shouldn’t mix leather and textile and chose a waterproof textile jacket that fits him perfectly, looks great with his leather chaps and looks even better when he’s sitting on his motorcycle.
Jacket Review: Joe Rocket Atomic 4.0 for Men
A new generation of women riders is emerging and a talented young photographer is setting out to capture it on film. “I didn’t see any images that depicted who I was or the women I started riding with,” says Lanakila MacNaughton, of Portland, Oregon, “so I set out to take some shots of those girls to see where it would go.”
A New Generation of Women Riders
To say that my history with motorcycles was minimal would be an understatement. I had never ridden “anything,” and 26 years ago had ridden on a bike as a passenger for about an hour. My husband, Mike, rides bikes and has raced dirt bikes his entire life. When he retired, and a girl friend of mine got her motorcycling license, I decided to take the leap and work towards getting mine.
Reader Story and Review: From Bike to Trike
It all began 4 years ago. With the children grown and out of the house, my husband, Neil, said, “Its time to start riding again.” I said, “Have fun”! I had never ridden on a motorcycle, except for once when I was 18, and that ride was enough for me. I also once rode on the back of Neil’s motorcycle and didn’t think it was that much fun. But, for my 50th birthday, Neil somehow managed to have me take motorcycle lessons.
Reader Story: Learning to Ride, One Motorcycle at a Time