National Female Ride Day
While this event had it’s founding across our northern border with our friends in Canada, it’s starting to gain popularity here in the states. So for the women that read this BLOG, here’s something to get behind, besides you ol’ man. As the fastest growing market in the motorcycle industry, more and more women of all backgrounds and ages are getting pleasure from the pure enjoyment of riding a two wheeled vehicle. Providing a community where female riders can advance their rider skills and know-how – MOTORESS, run by former European female motorcycle racer Vicki Gray, has initiated a day where women are asked to hop on their motorbikes or scooters and ride to work, to school, to meet a friend or to wherever they desire. NATIONAL FEMALE RIDE DAY, now slotted each year for the first Friday in May, appeals to females who ride, own or have access to a motorcycle. Friday, May 4 asks women to get on their bikes and “JUST RIDE. “No matter what style of motorcycle — sport, cruiser, scooter, dual purpose, street, off-road or dirt — NATIONAL FEMALE RIDE DAY aims to highlight the many numbers of females currently active in motorcycling and heighten awareness of female riders, inspiring those who have not yet taken it up.
Not surprisingly to Vicki Gray, it’s founder, NATIONAL FEMALE RIDE DAY has found support among riders, dealers and manufacturers in Canada, but she was very pleased to see so much support coming from across the border. For 2007, the event remains a national event, but as intended, 2008 will include an even broader community. “The aim of the campaign is to raise female rider awareness, promote those who already ride, while simultaneously encouraging other females to take up the activity,” Gray said. “The ‘day’ places a spotlight on female riders.
