Back from Vegas and pics

Just got back from a week in Vegas, attending the NAB (nat'l association of broadcasters) conference and rented bikes for a day from Las Vegas BMW. If you ever want to rent a beemer in LV, they are definitely the place to go!

I've uploaded more pics here, if you care to see little old me on a big F800ST. We rode up to the Valley of Fire and had amazing weather as a bonus.

Here's a pic of me and my husband 5 years ago in Vegas, sharing a scooter. Who knew this would lead to such things as renting BMW's?

Girls Gone Geek

It doesn't seem like it, but I'm a geek. A motorcycle riding, macbook-toting, die hard mac and all things tech, geek. But I guess many women who ride motorcycles are highly intelligent and technically oriented, smart individuals, right? ;)

At the beginning of Macworld 2 weeks ago, I went to this great event hosted by the Girls Gone Geek Academy. They're a cool group of women who love all things tech and podcast about it weekly. Just do a search for them on itunes and you'll find their feed. It's free! I was lucky enough to be interviewed by them at this event to tell all I could about my website, blog and passion for riding and gear.

Who knew that at a geeky event like Macworld I'd find a fellow sportbike enthusiast named Liana. As one of the producers of GirlsGoneGeek, she also rides! I was so excited to talk motos, tech and mac with her. What more could a girl ask for? (Oh yeah, one of these).

It just goes to show that no matter where you go, there's always a 'secret' motorcyclist hiding somewhere. Even if he/she doesn't appear to be someone you might think rides. I think that's the secret beauty of women riders. We're just everyday, average women who happen to ride motorcycles. I think that's where our story lies, isn't it?

Happy New Year!

Hope you were able to squeeze in a New Year's ride for 2008. We took a lovely ride through Napa, Calistoga and Sonoma. It was great to get out and ride after an almost 2 week hiatus.

I hope to work even harder on my site this year. I feel like I haven't accomplished as much as I had hoped when I first started this last April. A few things I have in the works:

- videos (interviews) focusing on women and riding. Basically I'm talking to your average, everyday female rider. We're everywhere and we do everything from run small businesses unrelated to riding (*gasp*), have regular jobs like everyone else. I think there's always a unique story to tell behind every woman who rides and I'm in the process of telling it. I posted my most recent (and best so far, I think) video of a wonderful friend of mine by the name of Saskia Pardo who co-owns MotoJava (where we have purchased 3 out of 4 of the bikes we've owned so far!). Her story is unique as well and I was so honored that she let me capture it on film. I plan to do more of these this year as well, for fun as well as improving my video production skills.

- tshirts. I hope to have tshirts done by Feb 1st if possible. It took me a while to figure out what brand of tshirt I want to use, but I finally found what I was looking for.

-more videos. I plan to take my camera out this summer to some women's trackdays and possibly Femmoto to interview more women!

I have updated my Getting Started page with some tips when you're shopping for gear, if you've never shopped before! If you're not lucky enough to live somewhere that has a knowledgeable staff when it comes to women's gear, then I hope this helps.

Finalizing Tshirts Designs and Updating

I'm tweaking some of the designs I've posted and will hopefully finalize those today or tomorrow. I'll post the final pics when I get them done.

I'm also writing up some fit guides for my Getting Started page. I recently found a link to this website that talks about women's helmets:

http://womensgear.motorhelmets.com/

Frankly, I think this is a rather dumb label. Helmets are helmets. When you shop for one, you are simply trying to find the model that fits your head the best. There are designs out there that are obviously intended for female riders, but calling them 'female helmets', in my opinion, implies that certain helmets made / manufactured specifically for women, vs. designs/graphics that are more feminine.

I'm still working on my idea for creating fit videos as well, so you know exactly what you should be looking for when you go shopping! And to tell if the gear you have now really fits you or not.