A collection of 1953 motorcycle messengers (many women included).  A photo of 1953 messengers at Hockley Post Office. Note that they had five B.S.A. 250cc C10 models with JLE registrations ranging from 181-188, maybe not all of their fleet of bikes is on show here. A later 1958 photo shows BSA Bantams which replaced all of these C10 250cc bikes well before 1958.See a photo of Grays G.P.O.in 1954, with myself, Colin, Norman & Charlie with a much smaller fleet of B.S.A. motorcycles than Hockley. They must have had a vast area to… Continue Reading »

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Ladies wrench nights are always a lot of fun- here’s a shot of Corinna Mantlo (left), Kristen Johnson (middle), and Valerie Figarella who owns Motor Grrl Garage in NYC (right). Engine rebuild has begun on their 1971 Yamaha AT1125. [ links: Motor Grrl Garage website | more tagged MotorGrrl ]

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Ladies wrench nights are always a lot of fun- here’s a shot of Corinna Mantlo (left), Kristen Johnson (middle), and Valerie Figarella who owns Motor Grrl Garage in NYC (right). Engine rebuild has begun on their 1971 Yamaha AT1125. [ links: Motor Grrl Garage website | more tagged MotorGrrl ]

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Women motorcycle messengers pictured outside the W.M. Garland building in Los Angeles, CA- Chief Messenger Phyllis Domich, Dora “Babe” Duncan, and Janet Spangenberg (ca. 1940s).

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Motorcycle messengers pictured outside the W.M. Garland building in Los Angeles, CA- Chief Messenger Phyllis Domich, Dora “Babe” Duncan, and Janet Spangenberg (ca. 1940s). [ more motorcycle history ]

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Annette Carrion with her Ninja and Valerie Gopiao with her 848. [ more photos of Annette | motorcycling women ] 

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Annette Carrion with her Ninja and Valerie Gopiao with her 848. [ more photos of Annette | motorcycling women ] 

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Well done, boys. Well done. An amazing parody photo of the Babes in Borrego shot of Jenny and Nina. All in good fun! I want to personally thank JP of the Selvedge Yard for posting this because it made my week. Original photo by Lanakila MacNaughton for the Women’s Moto Exhibit (website), parody photo by Scott G. Toepfer (website).

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Tamara Raye (dressed as a caped crusader) stares down Caroline Patterson (the Kawasaki Bandito).

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Babes in Borrego is an awesome motorcycle event thrown by Babes Ride Out. A ton of awesome motorcycling women letting it all loose in the desert!

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