It’s the end of June, and track season is in full swing. So far ThrottleDad, ThrottleGirl, and I have done a few days and two overnights in the toy hauler. My last post on bringing a baby to the track was written almost a year ago when the little one was about six months old. She is now… Read More Taking Baby to the Track Part II
Summer is almost here, and our first summer track weekend is fast approaching – the second weekend in June at Thunderhill Raceway. Saturday, Z2 will run the full 5-mile course with both Thill East and West combined, and Sunday is the Z2 Women’s VIP Day, where the entire C group is female-only. We’ve done this… Read More Z2 Women’s VIP Day 2016
Today I’d like to tell you about the bikes I’ve owned, and give you a little review on each from the perspective of a 5’3″ 130lb rider. I started thinking about this while writing a post for RiderzBlog on learning to ride tall bikes when you are short, and I ran through the list of bikes… Read More 5 Bikes I Have Owned and Loved
Part of ThrottleDad’s and my deal is that we take turns riding and watching ThrottleGirl. This goes for weekend rides, bigger riding events like multi-day rides, and track days. I had a blast at Sonoma Raceway a few weeks ago, and so this weekend it is ThrottleDad’s turn for a track day – our first… Read More Track Days on the Sidelines
Today I’ve got a link roundup for you. I’ve corraled a list of some of the lady moto websites I’ve come across on the web. All of them provide great entertainment, information, photos, and more. Without further ado… Moto Lady – 5 years ago, Alicia Mariah Elfving founded her blog on Tumblr as a gathering place for… Read More Motorcycling Ladies on the Web
Did you know you were training to be a parent on that last moto rally you attended? There are more similarities between riding and parenthood than you might realize. Here are 5 ways motorcycling prepares you for taking care of little ones. 1.Learning to Pack Functionally But Lightly Moto traveling is long on fun and… Read More 5 Ways Riding Prepares You for Parenthood
“Do you think she’ll be ok on the drive?” “Do you think she’ll sleep all right in a new place?” How will she handle the noise? The chaos with lots of people, dogs, bikes all over the place? The heat? How will she nap? What about things we haven’t even thought of to worry about??… Read More ThrottleGirl’s first moto track day weekend
I used to ride everywhere. Because why drive when you can ride, especially in California where the weather is always perfect and lane splitting is legal? When I would lanesplit through traffic jams and zip around cars on the freeway I would look in windows at drivers staring mindlessly ahead and think “poor suckers”. Then… Read More How I became a mom who rides
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