Sharing the experience of riding with good friends is one of the most rewarding benefits for a motorcyclist. For women, especially, gathering together a few gal pals to ride and socialize with is an enriching and inspiring endeavor. If you’ve been thinking about starting your own motorcycle riding club, here are a few pointers to get your wheels rolling.
How to Start a Womens Motorcycle Riding Club
When Jim Pinto, general manager and vice president of Champion Trikes, approached trike rider Molly Kight about reviewing the new Sportster trike conversion, she couldnt agree fast enough. Now, Molly shares her take on this edgy, bare-bones trike after a test ride through Trabuco Canyon in Orange County, California.
READER MOTORCYCLE REVIEW: Champion Sportster Conversion
Tamela Rich is the winner of the “Are you one of those girls?” contest put on by VaVaVroom and promoted on Women Riders Now. Tamela received the most votes on her 250-word essay, taking home the grand prize, an assortment of motorcycle and scooter products retailing for approximately $680.
VaVaVroom Names Contest Winner
Still need some ideas to give (or get) as gifts this holiday season? Weve got some more great ideas, this time for the man in your life who rides, as well as for anyone who has a motorcycle.
Motorcycling Gift Ideas for the Holidays Part 2
American Suzuki Motor Corporation’s Motorcycle/ATV division is participating in the first annual “Small Business Saturday” consumer shopping event. While “Black Friday” and “Cyber Monday” are well-established as the busiest shopping days of the year, directly following the Thanksgiving holiday, American Express has created “Small Business Saturday,” making its debut this year on November 27.
Suzuki Participates in 1st Annual “Small Business Saturday”
I love it when I hear of someone following their dreams, especially when it involves motorcycling. My friend and colleague in the motorcycle industry, Jessica Prokup, formerly with the Motorcycle Industry Council and Discover Today’s Motorcycling (and before that editor of RoadBike magazine) recently left the MIC to pursue her dream of opening up a retail shop.
Editors Blog: Quickie News Items
“What have been the five best days of your life?” That is one of my favorite questions to ask people. It is a great question to ask your elders. It’s a great question to ask new people in your life. It’s also a great question to ask yourself when you are writing next years bucket list so you can include the experiences you haven’t lived yet.
Backroads With Betsy: A Biker Chick and the Bears
A few weeks ago, I was out riding and enjoying what I consider the start of Florida’s best riding season, winter. I was heading to a local biker hangout and found myself behind a couple of other riders: a man on a Harley-Davidson Ultra Classic and a woman on a Sportster. It looked like they were headed to the same restaurant.
Riding Right: No More Wide Turns
We all have motorcycle trips wed love to take someday. So whats keeping us from turning “someday” into “now”? In 2009, Alisa Clickenger pointed her motorcycle south and set out on the trip of a lifetime. The hardest part wasnt riding across two continents and 13 countries—it was mentally conquering the self-doubt that told her all the reasons she shouldnt go. Alisa tells us how she made her dream a reality, and how you can too.
Resolve to Make Your Motorcycling Dreams Come True in the New Year
Cris Sommer Simmons was the only American woman riding in the Motorcycle Cannonball Endurance Run that wrapped up September 26, 2010 in Santa Monica, Calif. Cris finished 20th overall. She spoke with me by phone three days after her history making ride from her home in Hawaii where she is relaxing after riding her 1915 Harley-Davidson across the country.
First Interview: Cris Sommer Simmons on her Cannonball Run