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More Women Motorcycle Riders Than Ever Says Motorcycle Industry Council Survey

MOTORESS5 June 201628 July 2024

More Women Motorcycle Riders Than Ever Says Motorcycle Industry Council Survey It’s no surprise that female motorcycle ownership is at an all-time high, thanks in part to the efforts we’ve made to expand women’s presence in motorcycling. According to a...

Motorcycle Land Speed Racers Loretta Flores and Lisa Taylor Made It To Famed 200 MPH Club

MOTORESS2 May 201626 December 2025

Racing teammates, Lisa Taylor and Loretta Flores, of Kerry Alter Land Speed Racing became the most recent members of three different 200 MPH Clubs at the Mojave Magnum speed event April 8-10 in Mojave, California. The event has separate speed...

Woman Motorcycle Rider Makes Dubai Motorsport History

MOTORESS8 March 20165 March 2022

Dubai resident Sabah Mukri made UAE motorsport history last month (February 2016) when she became the first woman rider to compete in the UAE Sportbike Championship at Dubai Autodrome. Racing on a Yamaha, the 32-year-old Indian expatriate won the hearts...

The Long Distance Fashionista with an Iron Butt

MOTORESS28 October 201519 February 2022

The Long Distance Fashionista with an Iron Butt In thumbing through a photo album of my life just over ten years ago, it would be the farthest thing from the truth to ever predict that today I would not only...

Women Riders Recreate Van Buren Sister’s 1916 Motorcycle Journey Across U.S. for 2016

MOTORESS12 August 201527 November 2022

Van Buren Sister’s Centennial Motorcycle Ride Van Buren Sister’s Centennial Motorcycle Ride In 1916 Adeline and Augusta Van Buren set out to prove they could ride as well as anyone. With World War I looming, the Van Buren sisters planned...

Great Results at Suzuka 4 Hours Race for Synergy Force MORIWAKI Women’s Team

MOTORESS9 August 201526 December 2025

The Suzuka 4 Hour Race a shorter endurance race which preludes the annual Suzuka 8 hour endurance race hosted the only women’s team among 78 competing teams for its 2015 edition. The Motorsport Synergy Force MORIWAKI two rider team, was...

Behnaz Shafiei Working Against Iran’s Public Ban for Women And Motorcycles

MOTORESS13 June 201519 February 2022

Behnaz Shafiei Changing Iran’s Public Ban for Women And Motorcycles Although women in Iran are still banned from riding a motorbike in public and are not able to get licenses, Behnaz Shafiei (the only Iranian female rider to have done professional...

Women Return to Japanese Auto Race Motorcycle Racing After 43 Year Gap

MOTORESS27 January 201212 June 2025

Women Return to Japanese Auto Race Motorcycle Racing! Hiromi Sakai, left, and Maya Sato were the first women to enter Auto Racing in more than four decades. HIROMI SAKAI DIES IN SPEEDWAY CRASH: Sadly, we have lost Sakai, her tragic...

Canadian Female Stacey Nesbitt Wins Amateur Race Series

MOTORESS3 August 201119 February 2022

Canadian Female Stacey Nesbitt Wins Amateur Race Series In her second year of amateur racing in Canada’s CBR125R cup, Miss Stacey Nesbitt took the CBR125 Championship title at Mosport International Raceway in August 2011. According to the National race organizers...

Just Two Women Riders Among Participants Himalayan Odyssey

MOTORESS2 June 201119 February 2022

Among the swarm of riders zipping across the Delhi-Leh route charted for the Himalayan Odyssey 2011 are a pair of women riders. Indistinguishable under their helmets amidst the other seventy bikers, these are the only two female participants of the...

Tamela Rich Live Full Throttle Book Review

MOTORESS27 March 201119 February 2022

Tamela Rich Live Full Throttle Book You’ll smile, you’ll cry, you’ll ponder- when you read Tamela Rich’s Live Full Throttle – the book belonging to all hearts challenged with cancer – or not. Her memoir and photo essay surrounds eight...

Group of Motorcycle Granny’s Set Guinness Record in The Netherlands

MOTORESS27 April 201019 February 2022

Fifteen motorcycle granny’s, grandmothers in fact, pictured here on their own motorcycles in the Netherlands, succeeded in a new Guinness Book of world records. They’ve achieved the record for the most grandmothers in one gathering – on motorcycles. The motorcycle club...

Royal Enfield Classic 650 Review — A Classic Reimagined for Royal Enfield’s 125th Year

Royal Enfield Guerrilla 450 Review: The Urban Trailblazer Built to Live With

Kawasaki Z e-1 Review: Kawasaki’s Fully Electric Motorcycle

Can-Am Electric Motorcycle First Ride Review: The Pulse and Origin

More Women Motorcycle Riders Than Ever Says Motorcycle Industry Council Survey

Motorcycle Land Speed Racers Loretta Flores and Lisa Taylor Made It To Famed 200 MPH Club

Woman Motorcycle Rider Makes Dubai Motorsport History

The Long Distance Fashionista with an Iron Butt

Women Riders Recreate Van Buren Sister’s 1916 Motorcycle Journey Across U.S. for 2016

Great Results at Suzuka 4 Hours Race for Synergy Force MORIWAKI Women’s Team

Behnaz Shafiei Working Against Iran’s Public Ban for Women And Motorcycles

Women Return to Japanese Auto Race Motorcycle Racing After 43 Year Gap

Canadian Female Stacey Nesbitt Wins Amateur Race Series

Just Two Women Riders Among Participants Himalayan Odyssey

Tamela Rich Live Full Throttle Book Review

Group of Motorcycle Granny’s Set Guinness Record in The Netherlands

Royal Enfield Classic 650 Review — A Classic Reimagined for Royal Enfield’s 125th Year

Introducing 2026 International Female Ride Day Iconic Collectable Merchandise

Toronto Motorcycle and Powersport Show Returns – New Bikes, Gear + Experiences

International Female Ride Day 2026 Logo: 20 Years Strong

2026 Honda Motorcycles: CB750 Hornet Adds E-Clutch + 15 Models

Women Riders Accelerate — 20 Years Strong On The IFRD 20th Edition

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