About 100 female riders showed up to participate in the first Biker Belles ride, an all-women ride (where men could ride in the back) taking place during the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in August. WRN Editor Genevieve Schmitt participated in and covered the ride.
EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: Great Turnout for First Biker Belles Ride
Yesterday, Conga IV rally organizer, Flo Fuhr, and her posse of pink partners rode in from western Canada to the WRN offices in Livingston, Mont., to say hello on their way to Shell, Wyo., for the Conga IV rally this weekend. I shot some video of them on their visit. They are raising money along the way for breast cancer research charities.
EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: Conga IV Riders Visit WRN
Girl power was in full force on March 8 when close to 150 women riders lined up their motorcycles on Beach Street in Daytona Beach, Fla., for the fourth annual Harley-Davidson MDA Women’s Ride.
2011 Harley-Davidson MDA Women’s Ride Raises $35,000
Have you ever wondered what happened to Femmoto, the all-women demo event that lasted for seven years before ending in 2008? It just up and vanished, never to occur again after that year.
Editor’s Blog: What Happened to Femmoto?
The coast-to-coast Cannonball Run is now history and one of the two women riding in a field of 45 motorcyclists is the winner in her class of machine. Katrin Boehner, a 41-year-old rider from Germany, won the class of single cylinder, single speed bikes riding her 250cc 1907 J.A.P. motorcycle 3,000 miles over 16 days.
A Woman Rider Wins her Class In the Cannonball Run
The Deerhurst Resort, nestled on 800 acres of rolling wooded countryside, beside Peninsula Lake in the small town of Huntsville, Ontario, made the big time this past June when it hosted the 36th annual G8 summit. Just two months later, from August 12-15, the resort was also the suiting locale for the inaugural International Women Riders Congress and Festival.
Canadas Women Riders Festival Wraps Up
On May 22 and 23, more than 1000 women rode in to Milwaukee for Harley-Davidsons first two-day rally celebrating women riders. There were demo rides, seminars, and a lot of riding opportunities as local dealers and merchants hosted riding events.
Harley-Davidsons “Celebrate Women Riders” Event
Neither rain, nor wind, nor abnormally cold temperatures could keep a crowd of women riders from raising money for MDA and riding in the Harley-Davidson Womens Parade in Daytona Beach in early March 2010.
Women Riders Parade Through Daytona Bike Week
The Marketplace area of the AMA Women Motorcycling Conference was a highlight for many of the 1000 attendees and why not? Most women love to shop. There was a variety of vendors at the August event held in Keystone, Colo., selling everything from socks and motorcycling luggage to jewelry and handlebar cup holders.
2009 AMA Women Motorcycling Conference, Part 4
The AMA International Women Motorcycling Conference is loaded with activities to do from taking part in demo rides, sitting in on one of the many seminars, and riding in a scenic tour guided by one of the womens motorcycling clubs. Heres our story with some images from the two most popular activities at the conference – the demo rides and the seminars.
2009 AMA Women Motorcycling Conference, Part 3