links
Here's links to sites that might be of interest to women motorcyclists:
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Helmet Hair Magazine - "the magazine that informs and inspires the female motorcycle fan" - this is a great online magazine, that covers the wide range of bikes, from custom choppers to scooters. Great articles - check them out! - Women's International Motorcycle
Association - From its origins in the USA in the 1950s, WIMA has grown into
a worldwide association of women and motorcycles and embraces countries as far apart
as Australia and New Zealand in the southern hemisphere to Sweden and Finland in
the Arctic north, and from central Europe to Japan.
- www.wominx.net - primarily targeting sports bike riders, but cruisers welcome
- www.ridemyown.com - "Dedicated to the women who RIDE THEIR OWN motorcycles": safety tips, forums, articles, etc.
- Vagabond Choppers
- Custom bikes designed and built by wife and husband team Athena and Don.
- www.sirencustomcycles.com/ - Another custom bike shop dedicated to designs specifically for women.
- www.twistyroad.com/ - Women motorcycle tours of the SouthWest
- Motorcycle City! - Everything for the Rider +plus free promotion for all motorcycle sites!
- Wicked Women Choppers - Company motto is "Well behaved women seldom make history"; choppers designed by women, for women.
- "Women in the Wind: Fearless Women of the 20th and 21st Centuries" - "Women in the Wind is a collection of tales of Fearless Women from the 1930s, '40s, '50s, '60s through today, who rode or are still riding their own motorcycles, including stories by and about the author and her family." This is a very enjoyable series of stories; pick up a copy, and visit the author at her website at http://www.bluecreekartworks.com/
- Dykes on Bikes - "San
Francisco Dykes on Bikes Women's Motorcycle Contingent is an organization committed
to creating a local, national and international community of women motorcyclists
and friends of women motorcyclists." Some of the best historical pictures of women
on motorcycles can be found on this site!
- Chrome Divas
- are a ladies only motorcycle group,
consisting of both riders and passengers and even some non-riding women who just
love motorcycles and participating in charity functions.
- Harley-Davidson's "Women & Motorcycles" section - in deference to the growing women rider
population, H-D has created a women's content area on their site.
If you know other links that should be seen here, let us know!