Youve got your bike, youve taken the MSF dirt bike course and youre all geared up—now what? Well, if your goal with dirt bike riding is to race, then its time to get started. Here are the steps you should take and the information you need to get your adrenaline pumping out on the track.
Beginners Guide: How to Start Racing with a Dirt Bike
When youre first venturing into dirt bike riding, figuring out what riding gear to invest in can be overwhelming. Fortunately, there are only a few staples youll need to get started. As you delve more into the sport, you may want to begin to accessorize and add more gear, but below weve listed just the essential items youll need to get out in the dirt.
Beginners Guide: What to Wear While Riding a Dirt Bike
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
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!
Women Riders Now (WRN) is kicking off the Winter season with our quarterly gift guide of exclusive deals on motorcycle-inspired products just for WRN readers. You wont find these anywhere else, so if youre reading this page, you can take advantage of these deals. Just follow the instructions for each item when ordering. Whether you’re shopping for yourself or for loved ones, thanks for shopping here!
Gift Guide: Deals and Sales Exclusively for WRN Readers