I’m so excited to announce the project that I’ve been working on for two years… a book all about badass motorcycling women! In the MotoLady’s Book of Women Who Ride you’ll meet 74 of the most influencial motorcyclists of the last century. Motorcycle heroes, trailblazers, and record-breakers like Jessi Combs, Shayna Texter, Laia Sanz, Gloria Tramontin-Struck, the Van Buren sisters, and more can be found inside the 184 pages of this hard cover book celebrating motorcycling women!
Posts Tagged ‘alicia elfving’
Why Liter Bikes Are Awesome and Also Terrible
Back on a Bike: Motorcycle Crash Cognition
Women’s Moto Exhibit: MotoLady
Dude on a digger riding past the fun house at the Ventura Fairgrounds during Chopperfest, December 2013. If anyone knows who this guy is and/or who built this bike, please contact me and I will happily update the credits. Photograph by Alicia Mariah Elfving, copyright themotolady.com 2014. [ more events ]
Apiary Road Ride
Jumpin’ on the Throwback Thursday bandwagon- photos from the first time I rode a liter (litre for your Europeans) bike, and the first time on a Ducati sport bike. Did I have fun, you wonder? Well when I brought the bike back, not realizing I scrubbed those ‘chicken strips’ down quite a bit, the owner first gave me wide eyes followed by a slight scowl. No one likes someone else riding their bike harder than they do- he told me to “go have fun and ride it fast”… so I did. My… Continue Reading »
Video: As the Sun Sets
A video about the somber feeling one gets when riding season comes to a close- when we often hold on to each last moment the sun is still kissing the asphalt and the roads are still dry. Hopping on a motorcycle after work for even the shortest jaunt can be a meditative experience. Filmed over the course of two days, I did my best to explain to Taylor what I was conveying with the footage of him riding Skyline at Sunset. Most of my explanations came out in somewhat fragmented sentences… but… Continue Reading »