Women On Motorcycles!

[Mittzy]

Mom on her Indian Warrior about 1949.

Your Mom/Mum Rocks - That's cool.

 

[1olbull]

Love it , very lady like with the scarf, is that a railway beanie in the background

Don't know about that, but the London Fog is Jimmy Durante!

 

[1olbull]

Your Mom/Mum Rocks - That's cool.

Still with us at 88 years!
After some thought I think the year was more like 45 as she didn't ride much after I was hatched.

 

[Mittzy]

Still with us at 88 years!
After some thought I think the year was more like 45 as she didn't ride much after I was hatched.

Lucky man... I lost mine 16 years ago at 56 years old.

 

[cusso ken]

Still with us at 88 years!
After some thought I think the year was more like 45 as she didn't ride much after I was hatched.

The cars are a bit of a guide one looks a bit early 50s but hard to tell ,great photo anyhow

 

[1olbull]

Lucky man... I lost mine 16 years ago at 56 years old.

You be 72 years old???
OH I see, you mean she was 56.
WOW that be WAAAY to young.
My condolences, M8!

 

[LAS VEGAS DAVE]

wow!!twin shocks all on same side ,
cannot see but I believe this ride has drum brakes?

wow!!twin shocks all on same side ,
cannot see but I believe this ride has drum brakes?

The twin shocks are because most bikes that BIG! are used to haul a sidecar so thats the way they come. I bought it new for about 1400 dollars. There are thousands of them fitted with sidecars and a roof, it rains a lot. They park in a line maybe a block long, you just get in the one thats at the front of the line and the driver takes you wherever you are going, usually about 50 cents or a dollar. The driver and two passengers ride on the saddle seat, the passengers sit sideways and two more go in the sidecar. 5 people total on a 90cc up to a 175cc bike. If a tire goes flat they stop at a vulcanizing shop which there are many and they patch it, also will glue new tread in the outside if needed. Many motorcycle shops for the little bikes, they work off the dirt floor on a piece of cardboard, they can fix or rebuild anything, they don't just replace things unless they have to. As I remember it does have drum brakes. The traffic is unreal and you have to be a good rider or driver. Many large buses and big trucks and Jitneys to share the road with, mostly little motorbikes, scooters, bicycles, and pedestrians. Not many rules or order, if you are shy you will not get anywhere.

 

[1olbull]

Here is another of the girls out for a ride.
Mom is in the middle front.
Right out of the scrap book, so I know the year for sure!

 

[CanberraR3]

This is the first time Amanda sat on what was to become her America, which sadly she crashed a year later almost ending her riding not to mention her beloved running. After much healing and soul searching she decided on a Street Triple last year; light weight and ABS being non-negotiable. The look says it all; she must ride.

 

[Boog]

First wife has no desire to even ride on the back. Second wife didn't like the back seat but was warm to riding so I bought her an EX500 (little Ninja) which all three youngest boys learned to ride on.
Now-a-days, my Pretty Pillion likes to ride as long as it is not more than 2 hours between stops and only two tanks of gas on one trip. Can't be upset about that... (I may not ever get a cross country trip out of her, but even a quick ride to ice cream with her on the back is always welcome in my book).