If youre going to tour with your girlfriends, why not make a good cause come out of it. Thats the idea behind the Girlz of Graceland tour. Read all about it in our latest installment of Way To Go, Girl! and check out the profile of a womens riding club in our ongoing series spotlighting female riding groups.
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Imagine walking into a motorcycle shop where the bikes parked in the showroom are designed for women, all the clothing, gear and accessories are for women only, and the shop is set up intuitively to the way a woman thinks and shops. Sound like a dream store? Well, this place actually exists, and it couldnt be in a more ideal location Daytona Beach, Florida.
A Motorcycle Shop Created for Women
More women are learning to build a motorcycle from scratch these days, and now a group of them are doing in record time to raise money for charity. Check out the latest all-women bike build, and read our latest womens riding club profile in this edition of Way To Go, Girl!
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They call themselves the Road Divas. Check them out in our latest club profile. Also check out several women who are doing what they love a lot of the time, that is riding a motorcycle in our latest Way To Go, Girl!
Way To Go, Girl! Road Divas of all Kinds
Jennifer Stipkala rules the roost in a service department thats very much male dominated. (Count eight roosters and one female service writer.) How well is that working and how does she do it? I wanted to know and what I learned could be important to any woman wanting to work in this business or any manager planning to hire females into this testosterone-packed world.
Working in Motorcycling: Dealership Service Manager
To some people life in the fast lane equals jet-setting jaunts, late nights, and hard-partying ways. Karen Stoffer defines “fast lane” differently. To her it runs at dizzying speeds and higher rpms than Paris Hilton could ever imagine. Try nearly 200 miles per hour. Or a blazing fast quarter-mile lasting just over six seconds.
Shes young, shes bright and shes on the fast track. The very fast track. Shes Elena Myers, the 13-year-old roadracing sensation from Discovery Bay, California, whos turning heads and burning treads at big tracks on the West Coast. Competitive and driven, she not only holds her own, she often holds a top spot at the head of the pack and a podium spot at the end of nearly every race. Yes, she likes to go fast. And yes, she likes to win.
13-Year-Old Racer On the Fast Track
Talk about women getting the nod! From an womens motorcycle building crew being featured on NBCs Today Show to a grandmother setting a land speed record, this installment of Way To Go, Girl! will sure inspire you.
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Brenda Trumbo is one of a few women working to develop and bring to market womens motorcycling apparel. Over the course of her career, she has been instrumental in promoting and supporting lines of womens gear at several top motorcycle manufacturers.
There are many ways to introduce the sport of motorcycling to women. Riding on a race track is not usually one of them. One company is out to change that thinking. Sportbike Track Time owners Bonnie Strawser and Monte Lutz bring their enthusiasm and innovation to an area of motorcycling many women never experience.
Company Profile: The Femmoto Phenomenon