Four women are participating in this year’s Motorcycle Cannonball Endurance Run, taking place September 5 – 21, 2014, the largest number of female participants since the coast-to-coast vintage motorcycle endurance rally began in 2010. They women are all riding pre-1936 motorcycles, which makes the journey all the more challenging.
Four Women Compete in Cross-Country Motorcycle Event
Some of you may already know Lois Pryce, otherwise known as “Lois on the Loose,” (the name of her first book). She’s the energetic and adventurous fiery red-head from England who’s become known in motorcycling circles for her courageous solo motorcycle tours of the world, including politically dangerous countries like her most recent trip to Iran.
A Woman Tours Iran on Her Motorcycle
This motorcycling adventure took me to places in my head I didn’t want to go at my age, places I’d been shying away from quite frankly. Falling off the bike, stalling out the bike, being in the “slow” group—these things made me feel defeated and beaten down. This adventure pushed me beyond my comfort zone, forcing me to dig deep and muster up the strength and courage to get back on the bike despite the bruised ego.
Getting Out of Your Comfort Zone
Thank you to all of our readers who dreamed big and shared those dreams with us. We are thrilled to announce the winners of our first Pin to Win Ultimate Motorcycle Getaway Giveaway, and share their Pinterest boards with you.
WRNs Pin To Win Giveaway Winners Announced!
Even though she and I have traded wedding vows, started a business together and revealed secrets that I wouldnt reveal to my closest friends, the very foundation of what makes us “Sash and Steve” are just a couple of good riding buddies. “Thats the mistake I made with my previous husbands,” she said.
Compromise On the Road With Your Spouse
It all started with the country song, Ive Been Everywhere (In Texas) by Brian Burns. I watched the YouTube video, listened to Burn’s lyrics list many of the landmarks and cities in Texas and I thought, “How cool would that be to ride my black cherry 2006 Heritage Softail Classic, named Reveille, to those Texas cities?”
A Unique Twist on a Motorcycle Road Trip
After a three-year hiatus, the FXDL Dyna Low Rider is now back as part of Harley-Davidson’s lineup for model year 2014. The model was discontinued in 2010 while the company gave it a makeover.
Quick Look: 2014 Harley-Davidson Dyna Low Rider
There are times I wonder if Im just dreaming all this. It was in 2011 that she and I got together. Each of us had been married to other people. We were each 45 when we decided the other was the soul mate we had searched for in vain. In 2013, Sash bought her first motorcycle and three months later, we set off on our bikes for a six-month road trip across the country and back. Were now on another motorcycle road trip, but this time were looking to make it permanent.
A Guy and Girl Ride Forever On Their Motorcycles
While more women riders than ever before are embarking on a solo cross-country motorcycle adventures, the overall numbers are still very small. But one young woman—from Poland!—is setting out on a coast-to-coast journey of America on a motorcycle most people women never even consider, the small, minimalist 900cc Triumph Bonneville.
Fearless! American Motorcycle Expedition by a Polish Woman
You’ve seen one. I know you have. Most of us have spied this roadside phenomenon if you’ve ridden a motorcycle for any length of time. I saw one just the other day. A shoe on the side of the road. Yes, a shoe. A lone shoe.
A Shoe on the Side of the Road