So, what’s in a name you ask? Well, everything. But when the name starts taking on too many meanings (as in too many similar-sounding sites), it just gets confusing. For everyone. But the success of Sportbikechic has given me a bigger vision: a site that covers all things women...
Back-to-Back US GPs ...
posted by H.McCoy
The calendar for the 2012 MotoGP World Championship has the US races back-to-back, with races at the fabled Brickyard of Indianapolis on August 19th following a short 3-week break from the Mazda Laguna Seca race in Monterey, California, July 29th. It only makes sense; zigzagging across the...
ProItalia Presents C...
posted by H.McCoy
Ferragamo, Amaretto, The Bellagio, Michelangelo…spumoni, Ferrari, Versace, focaccia…I like Italian stuff. And it’s no secret, when it comes to moto, I have a predilezione speciale for the Italians: Ducatis, Aprilias, Moto Guzzis, MV Agustas, Benellis…ah, speak to me...
Women at YCRS: You A...
posted by H.McCoy
Thirteen women, two days, and a half-dozen pros added up to a fantastic first for the Yamaha Champions Riding School Women’s Only 2-Day course last month. According to lead instructor Nick Ienatsch, the grid included novice and expert riders alike, all of whom left the track with...
Women’s Sportb...
posted by H.McCoy
Whenever there’s something I want do but can’t, I try to talk someone else into doing it. ”Oh, you should totally do that”, or “You know what you should do?”, or “wow…I am so jealous…”. These are some of the phrases I’ve...
Would This Face Lie ...
posted by H.McCoy
Well, she may not lie to you, but odds are she’ll beat you. AMA Pro RoadRacing star Melissa Paris is one of the most consistent competitors in the most knock-down, drag-out, uber-competitive class in US motorcycle racing: AMA Pro Daytona SuperSport. Few would argue that this class,...
BETTER THAN Dancing ...
posted by H.McCoy
So, watching the questionably-famous (as in, why) try to maintain said fame by pretending to be Fred & Ginger ain’t quite your speed, huh? Yeah, me neither. But how ’bout this: riding around a world-class track on a world-class superbike with world-class...
Let the Good Times R...
posted by H.McCoy
Summer, sun, Ducatis and Hwy 1. Sounds like a good cause for celebration to me! If you’re in the Santa Monica area this week-end, spend some time with SoCal DMC at Red Bull HQ for a real good cause: a little community service. For the price of a good burger,...
It’s the most,...
posted by H.McCoy
Mark your calendars: the most exciting week-end of the year for US sportbike enthusiasts, July 22-24th, is a mere 37 days away. I’m referring of course to the US Red Bull Grand Prix, Round 7 of the AMA Pro Road Racing series, and Round 4 of the XDL Championship Series...
Tuition Reimbursemen...
posted by H.McCoy
Wow. Triumph supports giving riders a solid foundation by providing tuition reimbursement (up to $225) for any Motorcycle Safety Foundation or Canada Safety Council-approved on-road new-rider training course when you waltz in with your diploma and git yourself a brand new Triumph....
Giro de esperienza d...
posted by H.McCoy
It starts with espresso. Probably some biscotti…the factory rep tells you a bit about the high-performance Italian motorcycle you’re about to ride, and you hit the road. FOR AN HOUR!! That’s right, The Ducati Experience Tour allows riders a carefully planned, visceral...
Yamaha Sportbike Tra...
posted by H.McCoy
One of the coolest things about Femmoto was the opportunity to take bikes out on the track. Sure, you had to keep the speed down, but at least you an inkling about how any bike you were interested in felt like braking, accelerating, and maneuvering without having to worry about cars,...
The Yamaha Champions...
posted by H.McCoy
It takes a big man to admit his mistakes (or a small woman), but as I stared at my bike bleeding oil there in the gravel, I sure as hell didn’t want to admit mine. Did I really just do that?! Before my 2-days with the Yamaha Champions Riding School, I thought I could handle myself on a...
2011 XDL Championshi...
posted by H.McCoy
Every teenager knows this: do not come home with smoke in your hair. Nobody knows the mysteries of a mother’s nose, but we can smell danger (and a big, fat lie) a mile away. So there I stood in the pits at Round 2 of the 2011 XDL Games in Scottsdale last week-end being soaked in...
ALL-GIRLS TRACK SCHO...
posted by H.McCoy
Ok, I’m serious…here it comes…Yamaha Champions Riding School has just added a 2-day school for women only, August 17th & 18th at the world-famous Miller Motorsports Park in Toole, Utah. No testosterone, no fragile male egos, no kidding! We’ll get two days on an...
Renting & Ridin...
posted by H.McCoy
Sheesh…where do you have to go for a good time in this country? Well, if a ‘good time’ means renting a sportbike, looks like the answer is “go West, young man (I mean, woman)“. Since I’m one of those people who believes wholeheartedly in mixing business...
Back to school with ...
posted by H.McCoy
Oh sure, the alumni reads like some kind of US Suberbike Dream-Team, but what can two days with the Yamaha Champions Riding School do for the average Joe (er..Jane)? I’m bettin’ it’s more than you think. I’ll find out when I throw a leg over the R6 at Las Vegas...
The California Super...
posted by H.McCoy
If you rode a motorcycle around a track thirty years ago, the only way to get better at it was to keep doing it. Over and over. By good old fashioned trial and error, you’d eventually figure out how to make your motorcycle do amazing things while going really, really fast, and...
Rent-A-Ducati.com
posted by H.McCoy
Do this. There. That’s my review. There are some things in life that you just don’t need to contemplate. Riding a high-performance Italian motorcycle through sunny SoCal is one of them, so when the guys at Rent-A-Ducati invited me to come on over and see what they have to...
MotoGP/AMA Laguna Se...
posted by H.McCoy
Ah, Laguna Seca…
I look forward to this trip more than Christmas. This year’s event did not disappoint. Of course, the races themselves were fantastic; the fastest riders in the world and the California sun…how could you go wrong? But my whole fantastic experience this...
Scottsdale to ‘Vegas...
posted by H.McCoy
I don’t know why I do this. I think mainly it’s just to be able to say that I did. I mean the ride to ‘Vegas from Scottsdale isn’t a great ride on a sportbike. Awe hell, it’s not even a good ride…mind-numbing stretches of strait, flat, nothingness. ...
Renting and Riding i...
posted by H.McCoy
Colorado Sportbike Rental
A summer week-end in the Rockies, for an all-women’s motorcycle event? The minute I heard about it, I knew I was gunna go (to the AMA Women & Motorcycling Conference in Keystone last summer). I figured I’d just hit the road on my Ducati and...
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8th Annual Women's Sportbike Rally, Sept. 6-8th, 2013
