Sensible riders cut their motorcycle teeth on an easy-to-ride, small-displacement bike, but as skill and confidence grow, so does the hunger for a bigger motorcycle. Many of these little trainer motorcycles that are so accommodating at parking lot speeds lose their composure on the highway, if they can reach highway speeds at all.
MOTORCYCLE REVIEW: Star Motorcycles V Star 250
How to get started in motorcycling from a woman’s point of view. Step by step guide to riding a motorcycle and making that dream come true.
Learn to Ride Beginners Guide: 10 Steps to Become a Motorcycle Rider
Some women think about riding their own motorcycle for years; others get the idea later in life. Find out how to stake your claim in the motorcycling world and why you’ll never look back.
There’s a misconception that getting into the sport of motorcycling is a costly endeavor. In reality, it’s no more costly than any other sport or activity that requires special equipment or gear. Like most other sports, with motorcycling you can get by just fine in the beginning with used equipment and gear.
Beginner’s Guide: What It’s Going to Cost
Now more than any other time in history, women are taking up motorcycle riding in record numbers. If you’ve found your way to this page because youre a woman thinking of getting into the sport, youre certainly not alone—one in four motorcycle riders on the road today is a woman!
Beginner’s Guide to Getting Into Motorcycling
If youre thinking about getting into motorcycling—which usually means buying your first bike—youre probably wondering what motorcycle is right for you. At WRN, we know how daunting the task of choosing your first bike can seem. Whether its figuring out your ideal displacement or choosing between a new or used model, the options can seem endless.
Beginners Guide: Choosing Your First Motorcycle
For years now, youve been dreaming of what it would be like to ride a motorcycle. You can picture yourself on a sportbike or cruiser of your own, but youre just not sure how to get started. Well, youve come to the right place. Weve outlined the steps you should take to go from dreaming about riding to becoming a true motorcycle rider.
Beginners Guide: Where Do I Start?
Meet the WRN team, including our Leadership Board members and staff! These women and men play a variety of roles in the motorcycle community, but whether their specialties are test-riding new motorcycles or documenting their riding adventures for our readers, they’re all part of what makes Women Riders Now (WRN) the definitive source for women and motorcycling news.
Women Riders Now – Who Are We?
As many of our readers know, WRN Editor Genevieve Schmitt served as the womens POV editor for American Iron magazine for seven years, authoring a column called “The Way I See It.” Genevieve officially “retired” from her column in August 2012 in order to focus her full attention on WRN, but the topics she wrote about continue to be of importance to motorcycle riders.
American Iron Magazine Columns by Genevieve Schmitt
Many riders have questions about the proper way to make a U-turn. In this installment of Riding Right, riding instructor Jerry Palladino gives us a quick lesson on U-turns that comes straight from his book, “Ride Like A Pro.”
Riding Right: Making the Perfect U-Turn, Updated with Video!