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Where in the world will Cristi travel to this year? Hint #TeamOrange #LotsOfGreenAndBlue

AIMExpo - You going? Check out who is - Exhibitor Floor Plan

Harley makes some model changes - LA Times

MotoAmerica opens up the Junior Cup to all brands - MotoAmerica 

REI steps up their visibility of women in consumer marketing - Forbes

Cycling Industry acknowledges women account for nearly half of its consumer base - Momentum

Cristi's New Lid, Review to Follow in Next Podcast - 6D Helmets

A little minibike race action - M1 GP Clinics

Gear Chat: 

• Alpinestars Motegi Race Suit for Women
• Bell Race Star Helmet
• Breaking in Leathers! 

Show Notes

Joanne and "Tech Support" Have a Track Day - California Superbike School

Motoguild - Your One Stop Shop for DIY Mechanics in San Fran, San Jose, Chi Town, and Philly

Women's Sportbike Rally Recap and Next Up - East

The Bell Race Star Helmet - Revzilla

Who's going to Budd's Creek? See you there! - ProMotocross

RacerX Gallery for a few of Cristi's Images - Washougal and Red Bud

Listener QnA About Moving to East and Working for Revzilla

Show Notes:

Joanne Heads to California Superbike School - National Schedule

69-Mile Ride for Nicky / SoCal bicyclists invited to join - Interested?

Women's Sportbike Rally - Come Visit! 

GearChic's Ladies Gear Survey- Want in? Click through the banner below.

RedBud National Round 6 of the 2017 Lucas Oil Pro Motocross Championship - Say Hi!

Tips on Lanesplitting and a Pretty Angry Buick on LA Freeways

Awkward City Names in the USA - Synopsis

Nuviz - What is it? Would you use it?

Nuviz Reviews (Motorcyclist, Motorcycle.com) and Fast Facts (Ultimate)

The Rever App - Thoughts?

Buy GearChic's Pair of Sidi's - Vertigo Lei and her new Dainese Track Boots!

We're back. Don't be mad. Cristi is out being crafty, pacifying her T100 with occasional rides, and trying to remember what "home improvement" means...

It's a hot button issue. There is finger-pointing in the industry. And there are too many cogs in the machine to make it black-and-white. So now what? Constructive dialogue is always good.

Panel Says Dealers are Failing to Engage Women - Article

Our friend Moira chimes in about women and motorcycling - Read Here 

Women ADV Riders Take on What Women Want - Article 

Oh hey! The majority of us are the ones gripping the wallet - Article 

The Quail - Here is a great recap by fellow colleague Charles of the LA Times

Women's Sportbike Rally - West

Joanne's Adventures at MotoGP Austin

Custom Late 80s Suzuki at the Handbuilt Show, presented by Revival Cycles

Episode 93 is here! Cristi is still feeling a little under the weather, so that's why she doesn't sound like herself :-)

• Coach2Ride - Get Schooled
• Honda Rebel 300 and 500 Redesigned - Specs
• KTM Lust: the 1290 Super Duke GT
• Overland Expo - Join!
• Wolfman Soft Luggage - Expedition Dry Saddle Bags 
• Handbuilt Motorcycle Show - Austin, Texas 
• Circuit of the Americas Moto GP - Austin, Texas 
• GS Trophy - Women's Team Try Outs/Qualifiers 
• Tall Bike? No problem - BMW R1200 GS Video 

Show Notes:

Recalls - Zero has some ABS issues to reconcile - A&R 

Women's Sportbike Rally - Sportbike Not Required but a good attitude is a MUST

Lyndon Poskitt - Dakar Racer and Dog Rescuer 

Joint Vacation Idea for Gearchic and I - China 

Cuba - Lots of words and images on my Instagram

Industry News

New Orleans food porn - Moterrific Media

Victory as well as EBR have closed up shop. Will Erik Buell reinvent himself a third time?

Oregon tries for a second time in recent years to push through a bill on lanesplitting.

Behnaz Shafiei - Iran's First Competitive Motorcycling Event (Motocross) for Women

Lois on the Loose - Lois' Book on Riding through Iran

Recalls

Honda Goldwing Airbag Recall (Yep - Goldwings have had airbag technology since at least 2006!)

KTM 690 Duke suffers the same ABS/wiring harness recall of its Adventure Bike bretheren

Triumph Bonneville T120's heated grip recall 

Yamaha YZF-R3 recall for fuel tank fitting bracket

Gear

Spring/Summer 2017 Women's Gear from Alpinestars, Dainese and Rev'it

Gearchic - Video on Sena's Remote Controls for their motorcycle bluetooth intercome headsets

Odds and Ends

Mansplaining in terms of motorcycling....what is it, and why does it happen? 

A female rider's experience at a BMW Dealership

September 2015; At the 10th Annual Women's Sportbike Rally East

Cristi is on vacation this week so I thought I would bring a guest host for #90 so we don't miss another week. Hope you love it. My friend Tamela Rich and I kick off Episode 90 with a rundown of fantastic women's and co-ed motorcycle events in 2017 that you should think about attending. We also chat about riding with men v. women; what's different? And of course we have to talk about being Shorties. We share our favorite strategies and tips for riding taller bikes and things to expect in order to increase your skills, gain confidence and kick tall motorcycle ass. 

Ep 89 was a little quiet so I bumped the volume up a bit on this one. Hope it's not too loud. 

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• Cuba Women's Motorcycle Tour, March 18-26 (Cuba!)
• Mountain Moxie, May 5-7 (Little Switzerland, NC)
• 3rd Annual Women's Sportbike Rally West, June 2017 (Big Bear, CA; exact date tbd)
• 25th Annual Mid Atlantic Women's Motorcycle Rally , June 15-17 (Front Royal, VA)
• Appalachian Music & Mountains Motorcycle Tour, June 18-23 (Starting in Front Royal, VA to WV, TN, NC,)
• Women on Wheels Ride In, July 4-6 (Colorado Springs, CO) 
• Colorado Backcountry Discovery Route Women's Tour, ADVWoman July 21-24 (Granby, CO)
• 11th Annual Women's Sportbike Rally East, September 8-10 (Deals Gap, NC)

• Motorcycles Tours of Italy: Tamela shares her experience last Fall touring Italy by motorcycle
• Shorties Unite! Our favorite strategies for riding tall motorcycles. Here are my best articles about this topic as well: 
  • Short Strategies by GearChic.com
  • Seat Heights are Overrated
• Millennials

Click here to watch Joanne's review of the most protective women's motorcycle gloves.

Apologies for the technical difficulties! My interwebs cut off at the end so we didn't record a closing. You get the idea :) /GC

• BMW G310R $4750

• Goodbye BMW G650S, K1300S

• High Racer Women's Gloves Overview by GearChic.com. It's my FIRST VIDEO REVIEW, ever!

• Regular Pants; this is where I go off the rails and share some casual (NON riding) pants that I LOVE wearing in these cold winter months. Duluth Trading Company Women's Firehose Flex Pants

• Thank you to a reader who said some really nice things about us

• We discuss an Outside Magazine Article from December 2016 about Getting Lost. Sometimes you don't want to get THAT lost.

See you next year, 

xoxo, Cristi and Joanne

IMS Wrap Up - LA Times 

Small Bikes - ADV and ADV-ish Series: Honda CRF250L, Kawasaki Versys X300, BMW 310GS

Small Bikes - Sport Series (New Models): BMW 310R, Suzuki GSX250R (2018)

Crash Study with MSF/Virginia Tech - Common Tread Review

And now for something completely different...Triumph Bobber 

Ducati Releases New Models and the Desert Sled Edition of the Scrambler - Video

Rev'It Horizon 2 Jacket - Revzilla

Rev'It Eclipse Jacket - Revzilla

Held Touch Gloves - Gearchic Review

Michigan Helmet Law Repeal vs. Head Injuries - Article

Femmewalla - Ladies Track Day and Charity Ride