Birds on bikes

[Maha]

Or to be more pc about it....Women who rides Motorcycles.
An observation while reading Bike Mags is that, all articles about new bikes are written from a male point of view. Are women not considered able enough to get a mention when it comes summing up a bikes performance?

For example, the ZX14 is looked upon as being suited for a 'bigger bloke'.
Why not a bigger female?
It seems a rather sexist view to me.
Alot of female bikers ride high performance bikes, its not an exclusive male thing by any means.

So come on Bike Mag people, even out the gender gap a tad please.

[Suntoucher]

Marketers appeal to the largest target market. Nothing sexist about it, just less money.

[Gremlin]

nonsense, haven't we all seen the threads and pictures of how they park? best be running now

[jellywrestler]

Or to more pc about it....Women who rides Motorcycles.
An observation while reading Bike Mags is that, all articles about new bikes are written from a male point of view. Are women not considered able enough to get a mention when it comes summing up a bikes performance?

For example, the ZX14 is looked upon as being suited for a 'bigger bloke'.
Why not a bigger female?
It seems a rather sexist view to me.
Alot of female bikers ride high performance bikes, its not an exclusive male thing by any means.

So come on Bike Mag people, even out the gender gap a tad please.

yeah they don't consider racing sidecar passengers to be human either, they only list the riders in piccies and results. Wonder if any of their staff have the nads to even sit on one let alone compete?

[MsKABC]

We shall continue to ride our high performance bikes, enjoying the attitudes of forward-thinking blokes like you, and the positive attentions of the men riding behind us as we re-adjust our positions on our seats We'll just ignore the plonkers who write the magazines and buy their bikes anyway, enjoying the fact that our "made-for-smaller-blokes" sprotsbikes fit us like a glove, whilst laughing at those poor buggers taller than 6' hunch down on their go-fast machines

[2wheeldrifter]

Doesn't Lula test bikes for Motorcycle trader?

[Little Miss Trouble]

Women who ride motorbikes tend to be strong/self assured enough to not need to be pandered to every step of the way in what is naturally a male dominted past time.
Personally I couldn't give a rats arse whether an article about a new bike was written from a male or female perspective - as long as the female perspective doesn't have any gag-in-my-helmet type comments such as "has just enough under seat storage for your lippy"

[2wheeldrifter]

Women who ride motorbikes tend to be strong/self assured enough to not need to be pandered to every step of the way in what is naturally a male dominted past time.
Personally I couldn't give a rats arse whether an article about a new bike was written from a male or female perspective - as long as the female perspective doesn't have any gag-in-my-helmet type comments such as "has just enough under seat storage for your lippy"

Which lips are you talking about here? seen some shockers that wouldn't fit under any seat!

[AllanB]

I've seen plenty of pictures of women on bikes in the magazines.

For example the lady below - I can tell that she is a real lady as she is sitting side saddle.

[Gone Burger]

From personal experience, there does seem to be plenty of recognition and support for us girl on bikes out there. I have been very surprised to find this along the way, as it just wasn't an expectation of mine, and I was O.K with that. Whilst our numbers don't quite match up to male riders, an ever increasing number of girls get going in the biking world and are doing bloody well - it's simply awesome to see.

I have attended some women only training days too, that cater for women who would like to gain some skills in a slightly different environment from what they may or may not be used to. Great days indeed, lead by Karel Parvich who has had a lot of first hand experience being in the minority on many occasions.

The magazines take on things may just be a little behind - it seems to be a fast evolving scene for the girls, and I'm sure they will catch up soon enough with a change of tone. Actually, I believe it was last month or the month before that Kiwi Rider had a 3 pages spread on Karels training for women, and it was great to see! Even got a glimpse of the Keeway on the track which made me laugh!

[2wheeldrifter]

I've seen plenty of pictures of women on bikes in the magazines.

For example the lady below - I can tell that she is a real lady as she is sitting side saddle.

Good point Allan... I like your research into this topic

[Grubber]

Women who ride motorbikes tend to be strong/self assured enough to not need to be pandered to every step of the way in what is naturally a male dominted past time.
Personally I couldn't give a rats arse whether an article about a new bike was written from a male or female perspective - as long as the female perspective doesn't have any gag-in-my-helmet type comments such as "has just enough under seat storage for your lippy"

Well done! Great attitude!
Ya don't see any mention of men in the local sewing circles or the need for a mention whats more.
There will always be a small amount of male, female dominance in some parts of our lives.
If your a girl and ride a bike, just go out and enjoy the thing and lets not get all PC about it. Nobody really gives a shite on the male side of things to be fair.

[Banditbandit]

as long as the female perspective doesn't have any gag-in-my-helmet type comments such as "has just enough under seat storage for your lippy"

Hmm .. that describes the storage space on my Bandit exactly ...

[Crazy Steve]

Or to more pc about it....Women who rides Motorcycles.
An observation while reading Bike Mags is that, all articles about new bikes are written from a male point of view. Are women not considered able enough to get a mention when it comes summing up a bikes performance?

For example, the ZX14 is looked upon as being suited for a 'bigger bloke'.
Why not a bigger female?
It seems a rather sexist view to me.
Alot of female bikers ride high performance bikes, its not an exclusive male thing by any means.

So come on Bike Mag people, even out the gender gap a tad please.

Women should be home making babies ! Preferbly Man child !

Crazy Steve.

[Mom]

Preferbly Man child ! Crazy Steve.

Sugar and spice and all things nice - that's what little girls are made of.
Slugs and snails and puppy dog tails - that's what little boys are made of.