There’s only one aspect of riding a motorcycle properly where your instinct is actually correct, well semi-instinctual, and that’s counter steering. Before I go any further I’ll define what’s commonly known as counter steering. I actually prefer the term “push steering” since it’s a lot less confusing.
Safe Riding Tips: What is Counter Steering?
One of the biggest events to take place for women motorcycle riders in 2012 was the AMA International Women and Motorcycling Conference. For summer 2013, female motorcyclists will gather for a similar conference scheduled just across the border.
Women Riders Conference Scheduled for 2013
There arent many shopping days left til Christmas, but Women Riders Now (WRN) has got you covered with another great gift guide featuring a collection of items perfect for the motorcyclists in your life—including you!
2012 Holiday Gift Guide for Motorcyclists
Many in the motorcycle industry know Leslie Prevish as the former director of women’s outreach at Harley-Davidson. Leslie is credited with developing the women’s outreach division of Harley-Davidson and making it what it is today. She’s often said that the job was a dream for her.
Editor’s Blog: Whatever Happened to Leslie Prevish?
This past summer and fall several events were held for the tenacious women who know the feeling of dragging a knee on the pavement at fast speeds (or at least hope to someday). Heres our roundup of three of those events, along with information about how you can participate next year.
Speed Sisters! Our Recap of 2012 Womens Sportbike Events
I have long looked upon my annual pilgrimage to visit my family—my motorcycle family, which comes from all around the globe to gather at the largest motorcycle rally in the nation, and my actual family—as a therapeutic journey. There is something about traveling through wide-open spaces that allows you to look at your life from a different vantage point.
Backroads With Betsy: Sturgis 2012 Reflections
Next June, tens of thousands of Harley-Davidson riders and fans from around the globe are expected to make their way to Rome, Italy, to celebrate Harley-Davidson’s 110th anniversary and the shared passion for freedom that unites riders everywhere.
Editors Blog: Willie G. and the Pope Mark Harley-Davidson Milestone
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, an event organized to increase awareness and raise funds for research. Purchasing products from the companies featured in this article helps support breast cancer research. To honor this special month, WRN is giving away two of these products to WRN readers who enter our special Breast Cancer Awareness Month Giveaway, running now through October 31.
Breast Cancer Awareness Month Giveaways!
Womens motorcycling events at the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally have come and gone over the years, but none has had longer and stronger “legs” than the Biker Belles celebration, an event organized by the Sturgis Buffalo Chip that just completed its second year.
Sturgis Biker Belles Ride Triples Donations!
Lately I’ve had cause to ponder the question, “What makes a biker a biker?” Are you a biker just because you own a motorcycle? Are you a lifestyle biker or an occasional weekend warrior? I even had a guy comment under a photo of me on Facebook that he just didn’t understand “people that would desecrate their bike just to make it look ridden,” as if I hadn’t put my time in or paid my dues.
Backroads With Betsy: A Biker Is a Biker, a Brother, a Friend