Forget about Spiderman, watch out for Spyder women as the roadster company introduces a mentorship program to get more women...
I’ve read several articles that advise what motorcycle suits women best, but they all reach different conclusions. Really, the best...
The baton in the Women Riders World Relay arrived for the Australian leg yesterday with about 58 women riding out of Perth. Among them is 55-year-old Brisbane grandmother Collette Tindal (pictured above) who has so far ridden all the route, except for Indonesia. Women Riders World Relay (WRWR) is a world-first all-female motorbike relay...
Registrations have opened for the Australian leg of the Women Riders World Relay 2019 with 150 signing up in the...
Female riders have created a “safe space for women riders” with the East Coast Female Riders (ECFR) Facebook group. Founders...
The Australian leg of the Women Riders World Relay 2019 has the most riders of any nation taking part, says Aussie relay ambassador Christi Hartwig (pictured above). She says even though registrations have not officially opened for the relay which will pass through Australia in August/September, they already have 3500...
Elspeth Beard is much-admired among many adventurers. At a time when few women travelled or rode motorbikes, Elspeth achieved an...
Almost one in five motorcyclists in the USA is female, rising almost 10% in the past decade, according to the...
Blokes will be invited to take part in the Babe Raid rally at Dubbo in November when male and female motorcyclists are set to break up to 16 world records. Organiser Debb Geerts of 2WheelBabes says this is the final chance for Australian riders to set the records as she...
If the motorcycle industry is to survive it needs to encourage the next generation of riders and one of the...
Blue Mountains rider Chris Keeble, 59, sent us her story about riding her bike, Calamity Jane, in the hope of not...
How do you encourage women to go from a reluctant pillion to a solo rider? Women riders should be as common as women drivers, according to the American Motorcyclist Association‘s first female chair in its 94-year history, Maggie McNally. Maggie’s comment makes plenty of sense, yet women still only represent...
Girl Torque.cc female rider training was started late last year by enthusiast rider and motorcycle traveler Fabienne Phillips to “empower more Australian...
Women in Saudi Arabia will be allowed to ride motorcycles and drives trucks from June 2018. A Royal decree issued...
If you think the authorities want to ban motorbikes or make life difficult for riders here, spare a thought for Vietnamese riders and women riders in some Muslim countries. Vietnam’s capital, Hanoi, has approved a plan to ban motorbikes from its streets by 2030 to reduce traffic jams and pollution....
Many motorcycle shops only pay lip service to women’s riding gear, says Black Arrow fashion designer and motorcyclist Hannah Smith...
The rise of female riders in the ranks is welcome and is changing the whole motorcycling industry, especially in making...
American Valerie Thompson has broken the 300mph speed barrier on a streamliner motorcycle as women in Pakistan are breaking down religious barriers just by riding. It’s turning out to be a great year for female riders as numbers continue to grow. In the US, female rider numbers have doubled in...
The number of female riders has doubled from 2003 to 2015 in the United States, while in Australia where such...
Female riders are more safety conscious and more interested in the rest stops along the way than looking at the...
Women are getting into motorcycle tours, says Extreme Bike Tours boss Zander Combe, so he has introduced a female-only tour of southern India in January 2016. “We get a few enquires from ladies and they always ask the same question – Is it just boys going? I think that more...
The ninth International Female Ride Day (IFRD) was held on Saturday (May 2, 2015) to highlight women motorcycle riders and encourage...