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Del Meyer — “Miss Ricochet Rabbit” — is a long-distance and endurance motorcycle rider whose adventures have taken her across North America, from solo cross-country travel to endurance rallies and the 10,000-mile Hoka Hey Motorcycle Challenge.

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Elspeth Beard is renown in the motorcycling community as the 1st British woman to motorcycle around the world.  She is also an award-winning architect and owns an architectural firm in SE England.  She compiled her memoirs and photos of the trip in the book The Lone Rider: The First British Woman to Motorcycle Around the World.  Listen as we talk about her adventures, stand-out moments from the book, and more!  A true tale of female empowerment and trailblazing!

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Karin Lanning grew up riding dirt bikes, bought her first motorcycle around age 18, and loved the freedom of being on two wheels. But after a serious leg condition, surgeries and years of raising a family, motorcycling became a part of her life she thought she had left behind.
Then, nearly 30 years later, one simple question from her husband changed everything: Why don't you get a bike?

In this episode of MotorFemmes, Karin talks about the fear and exhilaration of learning to ride again, adapting motorcycles to fit her body, finding other women riders, and continuing to build her skills as she moves to bigger bikes and longer adventures.

She also shares an important perspective on motorcycle safety—including why she believes riders should think twice about getting on a bike when they're angry or sad—and the challenges women still face finding protective motorcycle gear that actually fits women's bodies.
It's a conversation about returning to something you love and discovering that sometimes the things we think we've lost are simply waiting for us to come back.

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Shanti McLinden doesn't just ride motorcycles—she turns the road into an adventure.

After learning to ride in 2018, Shanti fell in love with motorcycling and the freedom, people and unexpected experiences that come with it. Since then, she's logged miles on solo trips through Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona and beyond—including hauling her motorcycle thousands of miles to Alaska behind a Volkswagen Jetta so she could spend the summer exploring on two wheels.

In this episode of MotorFemmes, Shanti shares some of her unforgettable road stories: riding the Alcan Highway, exploring Alaska, navigating a remote service road in New Mexico with a dead phone, riding through rain and sleet, and discovering just how much kindness can appear when you're traveling alone.

She also talks about yoga, gratitude, trusting yourself, motorcycle safety, finding community, and the advice she gives every rider: ride your own ride.
It's a conversation about adventure, independence and what can happen when you're willing to take the scenic route.

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October is Domestic Abuse Awareness Month.  Whether you are just trying to do something more with your life or you are in an unsafe environment, you deserve better.  If you are being hurt, there is help. Call 800-799-7233 or text BEGIN to 88788 to talk to someone from the The Hotline. If you don't feel safe reaching out, tell the next female "I NEED A TAMPON" to buy you a moment alone to get help.

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Aisha Lopez fell in love with motorcycles in her early 20s, but as she pursued higher education and a professional career, she began to believe that being a successful woman and riding a sport bike simply didn't belong together. So she sold her motorcycle and walked away from something that had given her freedom, independence and joy.

Years later, while pursuing her PhD and struggling to find balance and meaningful self-care, Aisha asked herself a simple question: When was I happiest? The answer brought her straight back to motorcycles.

In this episode of MotorFemmes, Aisha talks about breaking free from other people's expectations, rediscovering who she is, building resilience and self-efficacy, and finally understanding that she doesn't have to choose between being a professional woman and a woman who loves motorcycles.

Her message is simple and powerful: “I am enough.”

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Jennifer Black is a nurse, wife, mother, grandmother—and a woman who puts about 60,000 miles a year on her motorcycles.

She started riding only a few years ago on a Sportster 1200 before moving up to a Street Glide Special. Today, she's tackling long-distance trips, mountain roads and some of the best motorcycle routes in the country.

But Jen doesn't just ride her motorcycles—she works on them. She handles her own maintenance, services, tire changes and accessories, works on her husband's bike, and even has friends bringing their motorcycles to her for repairs.

In this episode of MotorFemmes, Jen shares plenty of laughs along with practical motorcycle maintenance advice, lessons for beginning riders and stories from thousands of miles on the road.

Her advice to women considering riding? Stop waiting. Learn your bike, ask for help when you need it, believe in yourself—and go.

Because as Jen puts it, women are finally finding their place “not on the back of their husband's or their boyfriend's bike, but on the front of theirs.”

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Sharon Haney had wanted to ride her own motorcycle for years. As she approached 50, she decided it was finally time to stop riding on the back and take control of her own bike.

But learning didn't go exactly as planned.

Sharon started with a motorcycle that was too big and top-heavy for her five-foot frame. She dropped it more than once, then crashed after getting caught in a heavy rainstorm. Although she got back on quickly, something unexpected happened a few rides later: the fear arrived.
Instead of giving up, Sharon gave herself permission to slow down. She healed, moved to a smaller motorcycle, took additional rider training and rebuilt her confidence one driveway, one neighborhood and one ride at a time. The first time she made it around her neighborhood again, she cried.

In this episode of MotorFemmes, Sharon talks candidly about choosing the right motorcycle, overcoming fear after a crash, wearing protective gear, continuing rider education and learning to ride at your own pace.

Today, her philosophy is beautifully simple: ride your own ride.

And as Sharon says, “Every day I get on that bike, it's the best day of my life.”

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Long before women riding motorcycles became commonplace, a handful of fearless women were challenging expectations, crossing continents and proving that adventure had no gender.

In this special episode of MotorFemmes, we look back at the remarkable women who helped pave the road for the female riders of today.

Meet Annie Londonderry, who set out to circle the world by bicycle in the 1890s; Effie and Avis Hotchkiss, the mother-daughter team who crossed the United States by motorcycle in 1915; Bessie Stringfield, who rode across America while confronting both racism and sexism; Anne-France Dautheville, who set out alone to motorcycle around the world; and Elspeth Beard, who rode 54,000 miles around the globe.

Their motorcycles, bicycles and journeys may have been different, but they shared something extraordinary: the willingness to go where women were told they didn't belong.

These are more than fascinating stories from motorcycle history. These are the women we came from.

And their stories remind us that you don't have to be famous or the first to inspire the woman coming up behind you.

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Kay knew she wanted to ride her own motorcycle. There was just one problem: she didn't actually know how to ride one yet.

Her first attempt involved an old Suzuki that was so tall she had to use the curb just to get on and off. Then came her first Harley-Davidson Sportster—and a lesson she would never forget.

Too impatient to wait for her motorcycle safety course, Kay headed out with friends. At the first turn, she discovered one rather important skill she'd never learned: how to turn. The ride ended in the trees with a broken collarbone and an entire riding season lost.

But it didn't end her motorcycle story.

The following spring, Kay completed her rider training, earned her license and began a relationship with motorcycles that has lasted for decades.

In Part 2 of her MotorFemmes story, Kay introduces the three motorcycles she loves today—Pearl, her 1982 Low Rider; Ruby, her 2005 Road King; and Minnie, her 2019 Softail Slim—and shares the stories behind each one.

It's a story about motorcycles, mistakes, persistence and refusing to let one spectacularly bad first ride determine what happens next.

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