These are the moto podcasts we love… so are sharing our favourites with you. Beyond the Pillion These are terrific podcasts, hosted by Kahiwa Sebire and Mark Drechsler, touching on various topics to help get women into and staying riding motorcycles. Weekly episodes with tips, tricks, advice and interviews. Stefano Cosentino, aka Big Stef, …
Let us clear up any confusion over Lane Filtering and Lane Splitting… Lane Filtering: In Australia, this is where a motorcycle rider moves past slow-moving or stagnant vehicles, no faster than 30km/h. Each State may differ, but it is generally permissible when a rider is travelling between adjacent lanes of traffic, heading in the same direction. It …
After a recent scare with some tailgating truck drivers, both on my bike and in my car, I wanted to get this article completed. In both instances, I was doing the posted speed limit, but that is not always good enough. Lately, I’ve noticed more and more tailgating and when viewed from a distance when a bigger vehicle is unnecessarily …
The Day He Fell Darkness, all around me as I crumpled to the floor. Letting the tears scream from within… for fear, for anger, for love. The world is still turning but I’m lying on the floor. Suffocating from uncertainty. Induced into a coma. Stop his brain from bleeding. Jaw wired shut. Femur broken. Punctured lung. Smashed up …
The grace of a gazelle and other pillion skills… I’ve lost count of how many riders have said to me, “I could never be a pillion,” with a look of fear-crazy in their eyes. My first pillion ride with Alan around Mount Coot-Tha, Queensland, is a thrill seared into my memory… a few minutes of nervousness followed by …
The richest off-road race in the Southern Hemisphere, Finke, held annually since 1976, in June on the Monarch’s birthday weekend, in one of the most remote areas of the world, is also known internationally, for how challenging it is and nationally, as the ultimate, off-road race in Australia. The infrequent flowing Finke River is considered the oldest riverbed in the …
A Salve for the Daily Demands The rushing motion. That constant forward progression; onwards through everything and nothing at all. This is what keeps me sane. Keeps me grounded in an overly productive society in which I feel the pressure to do more, achieve more and stuff more into my already overflowing schedule. The steady hum of a …
Tips on choosing your dirt bike My pal, Lexi and I teamed up to provide a few tips on choosing your first dirt bike. With Lexi’s 17 years of technical skills and dirt bike knowledge, she is more than equipped to provide bike purchase and setup tips. I relate to the regular gal who is getting into the sport …
Adventuring with your partner to fresh and sensational places sounds superbly romantic, but in reality it can be a tad different. On longer journeys, Alan and I are joined at the hip, figuratively speaking, for hours and hours every day, day after day, week after week. Sometimes two-up doesn’t feel so romantic. From all my years of pillion …
The romance of Fall was beginning to wane and she feared the effect winter’s depths would have on her soul. So, she did what any self-preserving woman would do… she picked up her overflowing bucket list and called me up with an inquiry on my availability for adventure? By Christmas, our flights to Vietnam were booked and by January two …
Our Cosmopolitan Trippin’ section is based on women motorcycling abroad. We embrace international contributors also, to share their throttle frolics here and we’ve begun with our She’s Every Which Way columnist, Jenny from Canada, as her and gal pal Ashley, venture through Vietnam… Kootenay Moto Girls take on Vietnam From their home in the Kootenay’s to the roads …
40L for 12 months in Europe… challenge accepted! As a digital media nomad for Throw Your Leg Over with my partner, Alan, our life for the past few years has been a loose routine of packing, hitting the road, unpacking and repeat. We’re stepping it up a gear and embarking on our biggest adventure yet… riding through Europe for …
This section is dedicated to you, our brave, adventurous pillions, experiencing your extraordinary… so join in with our regular contributor, Bridget Hallam and share your stories too. From those nostalgia days when sissy bars were put on just to hold the swag, not to keep you comfortable, through to current times as a pillion… harrowing, funny, sad, thoughtful, exciting, …
Recap: Beginning in late October 2022 and meeting every Tuesday evening thereafter… the challenge was to rebuild a 1992 Yamaha Virago 250 cc to ride to the February 2023 Shelia’s Shakedown, a women’s bike festival held annually in Ballan, Victoria. Those many-a-late-night session spent at Kustom Kommune, leading up to the festival is a bit of a blur …
She’s Every Which Way Meet, Jenny from Kimberley BC, Canada. She will share some regular column pieces and photographs of what her and her gal pals get up to around the majestic mountains and trails of her homeland. Click on the text and pics below to explore life and laughs on two knobbies… The Day He …
As the morning rises, the day sneaks in past my blinds and my eyes are kissed by the warmth of the sun. It’s Sunday morning and my vigour to get out of bed is far more than that of a working day. Today my gal pals and I planned to load our 4 strokes, head to Ta Ta Creek, …
When your wheels hit the road And you go about your day… Tin top drivers’ everywhere Getting in your way… Remember how important It is to stay in sight… Of all those tin top drivers You’ve really gotta fight… I know that you all know this But I thought it’s worth a mention… That all those tin top …
I suffer from anxiety dark thoughts, I sometimes think… I bought myself a motorbike YES!! I know… my life’s at risk… I sometimes get this feeling To run away and hide… But since I got this motorbike I feel happy deep inside… Today I got wind therapy I travelled far and wide… Just me and my motorbike No …
Two riding buddies… Who both had a vision… To unite women riders… They started a mission… A small group of friends… Now one thousand strong… So many good women… Who feel they belong… We come from all over… The state, far and wide… Women2wheels… Too ride side by side… Women2wheels… Exceeds expectation… So please raise your glass… …
HJC RPHA 90S CARBON LUVE Modular Helmet I had a fantastic motorcycle trip planned from South Australia to Far North Queensland, Phillip Island and finally back home, which meant there were some 8,000 km of road riding. For this, I wanted a new riding kit… first on the list was a helmet. I decided a modular helmet was best, …
Seeds Stretches of road roll out through an open expanse of country. Paving over parched grass, washing out ancient riverbeds A stark monotony has overtaken wherein all the environment seems to have accepted; conformed to that which has tried to tame it. Infinite squares boxed up are fenced off. Motoring through this terrain of clipped shrubbery. Only …
RUST… The reddish-brown or reddish-yellow coating formed on iron or steel by oxidation, as during exposure to air and moisture: it consists mainly of ferric oxide, Fe2O3, and ferric hydroxide, Fe(OH)3 Any coating or film formed on any other metal by oxidation or corrosion; any stain or formation resembling iron rust. Cancerous RUST causes damage by eating metal, consequently …
Conquering correct head and eye positioning is one of the first obstacles to overcome if you want to become a competent rider. Keep your head and eyes up and turn your head so your nose is pointing in the direction where you want to go; that will naturally put your eyes perfectly ready for you to look where you want …
Relax to Ride Hey… did you realise that a motorcycle, at road speed, stays upright, with or without the rider? Balance for a motorcycle is not provided by a rider, but instead by those two rubber-clad round things underneath. It’s likely, at some stage you’ve felt your motorcycle swerve, wiggle, slip and slide… due to surface changes, like …
Yeah the Girls! Riding through the gates of the Moto X grounds a freak tornado-strength wind from across the plains, hit me side-on. I pulled over, parking my 420 kg loaded road bike, watching shade tents blowing down and loose gear lifted and dumped. Folks quickly trying to catch flying objects and tie down canopies. Stopping where I did, I …
Race engines humming, ready and staged in a grid formation. I sat crouched, on the passenger’s, (swinger) platform, hands gripping support bars with head tucked in tight, waiting for the green flag. My breath huffed out a rhythm I fought to keep controlled as John, the rider of the Period 4 Class, Honda DeWith 960 sidecar outfit I was swinging …
Fear… Flicking back the throttle, Percy’s front wheel lifts slightly, as the red light vanishes for green. Pure exhilaration from speedy acceleration fills my body with tingling delight as I race along Plenty Road, through the ever-expanding industrial area of NE Melbourne. Free from thought and obligation as I roar past countless mechanics and panel beaters, the ropes of my …
I rush through the house, my boots heavily echoing on timber floors, as I scramble about, throwing on my leather jacket, grabbing keys, helmet – fuck where is it? Gloves, do I have my gloves? Arms full, I propel myself through the back door and into the yard, eyes straight to Percy, gleaming, waiting, in the soft morning sun, ready …
When is the right time… how do you know when you’re ready? You’ve got yourself a road bike and you’re learning to ride. Let’s assume that you are car licensed and are aware of the road rules. You have had some riding lessons, with an accredited instructor. You’re wearing the correct protective gear and you’ve been having extra …
While holed up in one of Victoria’s winter lockdowns of 2021, I spoke to various women that contacted me about their love of motorcycles… one of the stories that stood out was from Linda, a lady in the Hunter Valley, NSW who has multiple bikes and has done, for as long as she has been riding. Linda’s lived her life …
A gloomy Tuesday had morphed into a clear summer afternoon as I wound my way through city traffic enjoying the crisp wind on my face and the warm sun through my leathers. By happenstance, I converged with three Leatherettes on the corner of Nicholson and Johnston Streets, all of us on en route to the women’s bike build. We roared …
Girl Rider Around Ballarat, GRAB pack, was formed after a local Ballarat lady, Kerry, realised quite a few women weren’t involving themselves with any group rides, within the mixed group she also rode with, called Ballarat Riders. Kerry discovered it was due to a lack of riding confidence and they felt somewhat intimidated by so many fellas, riding within …
sweet jasmine pushes its hands through my helmet clinging with strands of honeysuckle to my visor suffusing with eucalypts as they intertwine themselves in the arms of the wind pulling me through suburbia a soft tug on my sleeves, a gentle push open within the outside, privy to an expansive space only accessible on the rotating reaction caused by …
Igniting of a spark catalyst for continual contained explosions, thumping follows a constant companion a close friend through the rush of pothole strewn streets sudden stops, the singing of a single cylinder as it hums through lengthy gears, tight corners zig and zag across loaded lanes, a dance between partners who constantly change Emily Dale
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A collection of poetry expressing the ineffable in regard to all things motorcycles and riding… click on the pics below to join in the fun and let us publish your moto words too… Seeds Women Riders Unite My Wind Therapy A …
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If you see anyone doing some of the following, no they’re not having a John Travolta disco moment in their seat, they’re trying to communicate something to you. Hand signals are important for group riding and other uses, e.g., your electrics may be on the blink, or you’re warning oncoming vehicles or your riding buddy. Most are common sense and …
https://www.perthhillsmotorcycletraining.com.au/ Chris’s passion stems not only from the rush that is riding motorcycles on and off the track, but also in teaching others the skills and techniques needed to be great riders. With an emphasis on training, not just for the license test but for actual real world riding, Chris started Perth Hills Motorcycle Training in 2014.
I first ‘met’ Sharine Milne, 45, affectionately dubbed Spanner, in July 2021 while bunkered down in the wild, wet and bitterly cold Victorian winter, in between the waves of Covid lockdowns and toilet paper frenzies. What a welcoming breath of fresh air beaming out from my computer screen… a proud indigenous businesswoman, born and bred in Townsville, North Queensland. …
Walking into the shop Race and Road in Archerfield, Queensland the first thing I noticed, apart from the humungous range of fabulously coloured motorcycle gear, is a slim and attractive lady with so much energy radiating from her. I was a little overwhelmed to be honest, by the excitement of it all, as I really am a country bumpkin at …
Introducing Jo Pinky, 5’2” and her 2010 YamaHarley, a Yamaha V-Star 650 cc, called Bonnie… represents ‘little fight’ after she beat the odds in an accident. This is what she used to look like… “She’s definitely a one of a kind in Melbourne. This beauty, who I call Bonnie, is my comeback ride after being cleaned up February …
Dead-set legend of the Simpson Desert Woman Moto intro: I am in awe of all the women of the Simpson Desert crossings since the first one in October 2019, where 12 gutsy ladies took on 1100 desert dunes, stretching 500 km from Birdsville to Mount Dare in one of the driest and harshest regions of the Australian outback. Many of …
Intro: The cultural reality for women is the misconception that we must keep our feelings in check, at all costs; we have to keep going and just continue getting shit done. Many of us have suffered traumatic events, been prey to the most incongruous of circumstances, thinking we are to blame, not understanding why… feeling shameful about what has happened …
Ride Forever …is an ACC initiative from New Zealand, aimed at giving riders sound information and access to training, so they can make better choices. Aussies keep reading… there is an amazing amount of information on their website that totally relates to you also. A brief summary of what they’re about: Established in 2009 after two looming issues were identified: …
To Name or Not to Name A piece of machinery is an inanimate object, right… metal, moving parts, other lifeless materials thrown into the mix for good measure… or is it? Prior to my Wide Glide none of my bikes had names; blimey it’s a bike for goodness sakes! Rubber, metal, fluids. Means to get me from one place to …
Finding bike gear to be functional as well as look good is a tough call, finding that gear to also suit a lady rider, is near-on impossible… A couple of years back, I had been searching high and low for a different kind of backpack, something without all those extra straps, that flap about. I wanted something I could grab …
I’m Caz from Western Australia, have just turned 60 and for the last few years I’ve been riding a 2013 Yamaha V-Star 650 cc lovingly called BERT13. He is named after my Uncle Bert and the day of my mum’s birth. I learnt to ride in my 20s on a Suzuki GN250 though I was a bit naughty as it …
Lady Bug Ryker My name is Anne; I have two grown children, I’m a registered nurse and a community radio presenter on Alive 90.5 FM and always up for something different. About 18 months ago my husband and I decided to buy a Can-Am Ryker to share, to give us something fun to enjoy over the COVID adjustments. Neither of …
Inspired by a mind-blowing, bone-rattling, 12,000 km motorsickle ride, Woman Moto is a magazine like no other; the original publication to target moto women under the Southern Cross. Created to pass the baton of knowledge and feminine prowess, by embracing motorcycle life, in a lingo we can relate to.
With that special quintessence of Aussie and Kiwi frankness, this is for you, the bootyful babes, fearless foxes, brave and wanderlust women… where we are distinctive within our lifestyle, dialogue, surroundings and outlook.
Come ride beside us as we bring the adventurous journeys of our wind sisters to life in this uniquely styled publication… feel inspired to experience your own extraordinary…
