International Female Ride Day, a one-day event exclusively for women motorcyclists, is celebrating its tenth anniversary this year, with the 2016 ride being held on May 7.
Take Part in International Female Ride Day May 7
It just might be the biggest motorcycle rally of the year as Daytona Bike Week celebrates its 75th anniversary March 3–14, 2016.
Make Plans to Attend the Biggest Daytona Bike Week in Years!
North Carolina’s Blue Ridge Mountains will lend its twisting roads and scenic vistas to a womens motorcycling conference this May.
East Coast Womens Motorcycling Event To Be Held in May
They came from all four corners of the U.S. and a few foreign places like Germany, Australia, and Mexico. More than 1,000 women traveled to a campground in Joshua Tree, Calif., October 23-25, most of them on motorcycles, for the third annual Babes Ride Out, an all-women motorcycle camping event.
Babes Ride Out: All-Women Motorcycling Event Makes History!
Daytonas annual fall rally, Biketoberfest, gives motorcyclists a chance to extend the summer rally season by being held in October, when Florida starts to experience its best temperatures. Cooler weather and less crowds than Marchs Bike Week, Sturgis and Laconia rallies, are big draws for riders to head to Biketoberfest.
Make Plans to Attend Biketoberfest 2015
Choosing steel and torches over ribbons, Harley-Davidson “ignited” its presence for the grand opening of the new Harley-Davidson Rally Point and the official kick-off to the 75th Sturgis Motorcycle Rally.
VIDEO: Harley-Davidson Now Official Motorcycle of Sturgis Motorcycle Rally
This year the inaugural Women’s Sportbike Rally West took place on the cusp of summer in Big Bear, California. With more than 30 female sportbike riders in attendance, some coming from as far as Utah and Ohio, this event catered to the women who love twisty roads and nimble bikes, but can’t make it to Deals Gap in North Carolina for the Women’s Sportbike Rally East, now in its tenth year.
Recap of Women’s Sportbike Rally West
From 1997 to 2003 I worked as a reporter for the Speedvision cable network, which evolved into Speed Channel, which eventually evolved into Fox Sports in 2013. Part of my job was traveling around the country covering motorcycle events. Check out this news segment I did covering the second annual Arizona Bike Week that aired on February 23, 1998.
VIDEO: Step Back in Time at Arizona Bike Week 1998!
Women make the majority of household purchasing decisions. That’s a fact widely understood among savvy marketing and advertising agencies including the marketing specialists at the Daytona Beach Area Convention and Visitors Bureau. At this year’s Bike Week, slated for March 6 to 15, organizers are reinforcing that notion with an advertising campaign that includes messaging for women riders.
Daytona Bike Weeks Big Marketing Push to Attract Women
Sweeties On Wheelies. Has an interesting ring, don’t you think?What do you get when you mix 49 women who call themselves “sweeties,” their motorcycles, a beautiful day, an amazing ride and willing, generous spirits? You get a win-win situation for the Women’s Resource Center of northeast Wyoming and you get a chance to ride with 49 of your Sweeties On Wheelies riding buddies.
The Secret Success Behind a 12-Year Women’s Charity Ride