Clara Wagner is often lauded as the first woman to race a motorcycle—or at least the first documented woman to do so, as captured by many newspapers in 1910. But is she?
Clara Wagner: The First Woman to Race Motorcycles?
Monster Project: Phase 1
Phase 1 of my Monster project completed!
There she is, in all her glory… waiting for the ignition switcheroo, part replacements and upgrades in thez foreground.
I’ve wrangled up master cylinders, replacement forks off a 748 (stock ones have no adjustment), a second caliper and two rotors to convert it to a dual front disc brake system.
After hooking up the new ignition I turned the key to my new bike for the first time. All the idiot lights came on, and I hit the ignition just to see if she would turn over. So far, so good. Tonight, draining all the fluids and trying to fire her up.
Posted on May 20, 2011 in Blog, Motorcycles by Alicia Mariah Elfving