"She said it used to be that female bikers had to adapt to a man's world. There were no biker clothes for women. The bikes were too big. They got no respect"
My guess is this woman has never heard of Dot Robinson or the Motor Maids. Bikes too big? Maybe for this manly girl but not for Mrs Robinson. 75 years ago she was doing her thin on Harley big twins. Beating the men in enduros. Bikes too big? No clothes for women? I seem to remember the Motor Maids back in the 60s on their Harleys, Triumphs, BMWs and others (all kick start) wearing pretty neat women's clothes. Bikes too big? No womens/ Clothes? No Respect? I would suggest the current crop of "pioneering" women riders take a ride over to the AMA museum in Pickerington, Ohio and take a long hard look at the respect the women riders from the teens to the present get and have got. Fluff piece, glorifying something the writer knows nothing about and some publicity hound feeding shi er stuff.
not to mention that most of them are american express riders. New clothes, new bike, no tools and a trailer.
Sportsters, Huggers, Honda 650s. Plenty of gal-sized bikes although most of my gal pals prefer Softails.
Half of them are tiny women, too.
Years ago I had a Triumph Bonneville that I sold to get paneling for the living room....LOL!
Clothes aplenty available for practically forever. Buy men size's in small or whatever fits you.
Boot conversion size charts are everywhere.
My fave boots are my wicked "Mad Max" Doc Martens 3 buckle black leather motocross jobs.
[UK mens 8/US women's 9]
Got 'em off of eBay for a song.
My next best are Caterpillar black Nubuck 20 hole knee-high lacers.
The leather pants I'm wearing in my photo are men's waist size 26 and they fit like a glove.
[Perhaps I "adapted" so easily because I don't require "roses and unicorns" all over my leathers]....:)
When hubby builds mine he's doing one like he did for a friend of ours only with narrower rear fenders and tires so the trike will be more in proportion to my small size.
The only difference is that he'll be modifying some things to accomodate the quad-CD stereo I *must* have to be completely happy....:)