CaptainR12C
Captain R12C
Any Motor Maids here? Ladies that haven't heard of this organization, please check it out! Motor Maids rock! Convention this year is in Spartansburg, SC!
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I went to the Motor Maids web site and couldn't find any information about local chapters. I belonged to Women on Wheels for years but found that most of the members didn't ride very much. I'd be interested in checking out MM. Is there a chapter in the northern Illinois area?
Any Motor Maids here? Ladies that haven't heard of this organization, please check it out! Motor Maids rock! Convention this year is in Spartansburg, SC!
I've heard of them and tried to connect with the group in NH. Apparently I was not desireable as a potential member when it became obvious that I ride a BMW. The introductory ride I was told about started from a Harley dealer. When I indicated some interest I did not get a reply back. Disappointing and my feeling is that if the mindset is that closed then I have no interest in participating. So I ride either alone or with the men in my club.
Ah, well!
Rapunzel
I've heard of them and tried to connect with the group in NH. Apparently I was not desireable as a potential member when it became obvious that I ride a BMW. The introductory ride I was told about started from a Harley dealer. When I indicated some interest I did not get a reply back. Disappointing and my feeling is that if the mindset is that closed then I have no interest in participating. So I ride either alone or with the men in my club.
Ah, well!
Rapunzel
Rapunzel, i am very sorry to hear about your ordeal. could it have been an email lost in cyberspace????
I have met an AMAZING group of women. Would you consider trying again? What about the MA district?
You know, I thought that too way back in the 70's when I started riding. But the welcoming attitude I found among BMW riders, male and female, made me soon decide that I didn't need separate. I've been nothing but encouraged in the BMW fold.
In fact, since I started riding, I've identified more with the class, RIDER, than with the class WOMAN.
Look for a local BMW club. I think you'll be pleasantly surprised.
And in Sedalia, just stop any rider. I expect you'll find a new friend.
Voni
sMiling
You know, I thought that too way back in the 70's when I started riding. But the welcoming attitude I found among BMW riders, male and female, made me soon decide that I didn't need separate. I've been nothing but encouraged in the BMW fold.
In fact, since I started riding, I've identified more with the class, RIDER, than with the class WOMAN.
Look for a local BMW club. I think you'll be pleasantly surprised.
And in Sedalia, just stop any rider. I expect you'll find a new friend.
Voni
sMiling
You know, I thought that too way back in the 70's when I started riding. But the welcoming attitude I found among BMW riders, male and female, made me soon decide that I didn't need separate. I've been nothing but encouraged in the BMW fold.
In fact, since I started riding, I've identified more with the class, RIDER, than with the class WOMAN.
Look for a local BMW club. I think you'll be pleasantly surprised.
And in Sedalia, just stop any rider. I expect you'll find a new friend.
Voni
sMiling
I've met riders from all over the country and I have yet to meet one that "snubbed" me. They are usually very nice.
Hi Ladies,
I've been reading this thread with interest. When my Pop bought me my first two-wheeled vehicle (1959 Lambretta) in 1963, I had no idea that bikes would be such a huge part of my life. I haven't been without one since, and they run the gamut from a 1948 UL Harley flathead to a 1949 BSA Bantam to a 1962 Norton 650SS cafe bike. I "graduated to a BMW" late in life, stumbling cross Millie, my 1980 R80/7 in the Fall of 2009. She was in small pieces and I got her for $500.00, and have LOTS of sweat and scraped knuckle equity in her. That same Fall I joined a local women's group, which was very loose and didn't last long, but I met a friend and she and I shared a campsite one weekend and came up with W.O.M.E.N.---"Women On Motorcycles Enjoying Nature". Some of the gals ride big honkin' V-twins (Harley's and clones) and I giggle and tell them they have to let me fire Millie up first so I can hear if she is running or not.
I've been across the country and back several times, and up and around the western States many times over the years---always alone, or perhaps with one gentleman friend. I've found riding with women a delightful experience, and our camp-and-ride group has six or seven campouts each summer. (And yes, several of the women are, as it was so delicately put, "masculine"....but we are there to ride and camp and laugh and have fun and that's all.)
I still love riding alone, and quite often do just that. I very much enjoy our little group outings. And I wave and get return waves from everyone from "outlaw" patch-holders to on-duty motorcycle cops. Over the years I've found that projecting a friendly, interested attitude will do wonders when meeting strangers, and it's *so* easy when you all share a love of two wheels. I suppose the one thing I enjoy most about a women's group is the lack of competitiveness----no one wants to be top dog. We all get along and we all have loads of fun!
Ranging far afield and at great length, I apologize for the size of the post.....honestly, I don't get paid by the word....
Barb