Motorcycle Hall of Famer Marilyn Stemp Inspires a New Generation of Riders with All Kids Bike

Meet the industry insider who won the Strider Inspiration Award

2/10/2021, By Tricia Szulewski, Editor
Recipient of the Strider Inspiration Award, Marilyn Stemp is one of a handful of women in media who has made a living working full time in the motorcycle industry. A publisher, journalist, editor, project consultant, inductee in both the Las Vegas Motorcycle Hall of Fame and Sturgis Motorcycle Museum Hall of Fame, Marilyn’s influence in motorcycling goes well beyond the industry, even reaching hundreds of toddlers learning to balance two wheels for the first time.
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Motorcycle Industry Leader Maggie McNally Joins Women Riders Now as Director of Rider Outreach

Former AMA Board of Directors Chairwoman will spearhead WRN subscriber benefits initiatives

8/28/2020
Maggie McNally, first-ever female AMA Board of Directors Chairwoman joins the Women Riders Now team as Director of Rider Outreach. In this role, McNally will create programs to add value to WRN newsletter subscribers, grow web and social audiences and membership, and foster mutually beneficial relationships with female riding groups, motorcycle associations, manufacturers, and the industry.
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Iron Butt Rally Champion Wendy Crockett Receives 2020 Bessie Stringfield Award

Longtime endurance motorcyclist humbled by prestigious honor

5/13/2020, By Janis Perfetto, Contributor
The prestigious award memorializing AMA Motorcycle Hall of Famer Bessie Stringfield's accomplishments goes to endurance rider Wendy Crockett for 2020.
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Meet Some of the Top Women Motorcycle Builders Right Now

The industry’s top female bike builders show off their customs at Portland’s annual One Moto Show

3/10/2020, By Kirsten Midura, Brooklyn, New York
The One Moto Show is Portland, Oregon’s annual motorcycle party, featuring custom bikes, motorcycle inspired artwork, hand-tooled leatherwork, flat track racing, and more. This year, a record number of women displayed their handbuilt custom bikes. Learn who they are and see their amazing creations.
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Learning to Ride and Immediately Racing the Bonneville Salt Flats

New rider goes from being a passenger to a land speed racer!

12/17/2019
With years of experience riding only as a passenger, Ashley Woodford, winner of this year’s SheMoto Award, got her motorcycle endorsement and raced straight to her own land speed record at the Bonneville Salt Flats!
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Women Riders Now Expands Leadership Board with Three Key Influencers

The new team will propel the premier resource for female riders forward as number of women riding motorcycles skyrockets to nearly one in five!

10/19/2019
Three powerful and prominent women in the motorcycling industry, Porsche Taylor, Alisa Clickenger, and Robyn Kocienski, are the newly appointed members of the Women Riders Now (WRN) Leadership Board.
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Women Riders Now Announces New Leadership Board

Industry experts Erin Sills and Sarah Schilke appointed Co-Chairwomen of WRN Leadership Board

9/11/2019
WomenRidersNow.com (WRN), the premier U.S. website for female motorcyclists, announces Leadership Board to guide WRN future strategy and appoints industry experts Erin Sills and Sarah Schilke as Co-Chairwomen.
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How a Ride on a Can-Am Spyder Changed One Female Veteran’s Life

Adventure therapy on the open road helps heal PTSD

11/30/2017, By Janice Godwin, Managing Editor
Veteran Jessy Baxley is on the road to recovery after taking an adventure therapy trip riding 1,500 miles on a Can-Am Spyder.
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WRN Founder Genevieve Schmitt Now a Two-Time Motorcycle Hall of Famer

Joins esteemed group of just eight women in history

11/20/2017
On October 6 2017, Genevieve Schmitt, founder of Women Riders Now, became a two-time motorcycle Hall of Famer after being inducted into the Las Vegas Motorcycle Hall of Fame.
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Roadracer Shelina Moreda Becomes a COVERGIRL Model

History-making female motorcycle racer bridges beauty with motorsports

10/30/2017, By Genevieve Schmitt, Editor
Shelina Moreda, internationally-known motorcycle racer is the one of the newest COVERGIRL models.
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