Female riders

**hmurphy** · 9th May 2009, 01:09

Hey I was just curious as to how many women ride motorbikes because I haven't seen very many to this date. My mum rides motorbikes, infact she rides my R6 every now and then. But I have only met a couple other female riders. Howcome? The few female riders I have met were very good riders, but I only ever meet/see male riders.
This is a serious question because I have no idea why not many women like to ride! Most of the girls my age that I have met don't seem to think riding is all that cool.

**Laxi** · 9th May 2009, 01:17

I feel a poll coming on,

no. I didnt mean pole

**Trudes** · 9th May 2009, 05:38

Well, you've probably met Number One, Str8jacket, Skunk Control, Nasty and I and possibly a few others at buckets, we're all female and ride bikes (and I don't mean just buckets) so there's five there. You probably see female riders everyday, we just don't all go about on our pink bikes with our matching pink jacket and helmet.

**YellowDog** · 9th May 2009, 06:18

Thats right. The "pink bikes with matching pink jacket" are now reserved for the gays

**NZsarge** · 9th May 2009, 06:36

Heaps of female rider up in the Manawatu, well in the company I keep over there anyway, it's all good too, might be a bit boring if it were all guys all the time.

**Solly** · 9th May 2009, 07:01

Originally Posted by hmurphy

Hey I was just curious as to how many women ride motorbikes because I haven't seen very many to this date.

You haven't been looking under the right rocks

**Solly** · 9th May 2009, 07:03

Originally Posted by hmurphy

Most of the girls my age that I have met don't seem to think riding is all that cool.

Then they're not the ones for you........

**hmurphy** · 9th May 2009, 08:03

When I stop at the top of the Rimutakas (quite often up there) only on the rare occasion do I see ladies up there. I have seen a lady on her SV650 and one on her Ducati but other than them all it usually is are dudes. I don't have a problem with it as such, but it would be nice to chat to ladies every now and then up there or something!

Originally Posted by Trudes

Well, you've probably met Number One, Str8jacket, Skunk Control, Nasty and I and possibly a few others at buckets, we're all female and ride bikes (and I don't mean just buckets) so there's five there. You probably see female riders everyday, we just don't all go about on our pink bikes with our matching pink jacket and helmet.

Yup and you are the ladies I meant! And I totally aggree with the pink bike thing, don't worry that isn't what I meant! I just don't seem to see female riders up the top of the rimutakas or at a red light or something on the way into town. At University I have only seen two girls who ride bikes, one of them rides a Ninja250 and the other rides a cruiser 250 thing. That is out of HEEAAAAPPPPSS of riders.

**CookMySock** · 9th May 2009, 08:15

Theres an amazing amount of chix on bikes - big bikes too! I had no idea.

Steve

**NZsarge** · 9th May 2009, 08:17

Yeah, I know of two women on KB that ride ZX14's.

**Kendog** · 9th May 2009, 08:20

Female........Kitchen

My work here is done.

**rosie631** · 9th May 2009, 08:20

There seem to be quite a few on KB. But yeah you are right. Still very much a minority. Dunno what the answer is as to why more women don't ride. Just haven't been exposed to it or something I guess??

**jrandom** · 9th May 2009, 08:25

Originally Posted by hmurphy

This is a serious question because I have no idea why not many women like to ride! Most of the girls my age that I have met don't seem to think riding is all that cool.

Forget the biker chicks. You'll be far better off getting yourself a normal woman who doesn't actually have a problem with motorcycling, and taking it from there.

Women who are already into bikes are either mannish and odd, or the leavings of some other biker dude who's trained them up and moved on.

Then again, if the idea of either of the above excites you, you're in the right place.

**rosie631** · 9th May 2009, 08:31

Originally Posted by jrandom

Forget the biker chicks. You'll be far better off getting yourself a normal woman who doesn't actually have a problem with motorcycling, and taking it from there.

Women who are already into bikes are either mannish and odd, or the leavings of some other biker dude who's trained them up and moved on.

Then again, if the idea of either of the above excites you, you're in the right place.

LMAO. How rude! I don't fit either of those categories.