After the Dengue Fever fiasco, she’s returned to her home base to regroup. She says, “Yes, I am back in Australia. After an application for a tourist visa and very little chances for approval (due to previous visa issues); someone at the Australian embassy in Jakarta was kind enough to read my handwritten letter attached to my proposal and grant it. I am in deep gratitude to be back in a place that I have been longing for so badly. Yet my heart is aching to leave behind the Indonesian leg of The Moto Quest and with it to farewell many wonderful friends, my bike and my beloved Balinese moto family… But I am also relieved to be out of the tropical conditions in order to rest, recover and heal my body.”
After leaving her Tiger adventure bike behind, she hadn’t ridden in quite some time. So a friend helped her out by hooking up a Harley for a ride around Melbourne… her first Harley ride ever.
Find out more about Aileen at theMotoQuest.com.
Eight decades of rumbling engines, two-wheel travel, exhaust smoke, and total badassery. Gloria Tramontin Struck has been blazing trails in the world of motorcycles since 1940 as one of the original members of the Motor Maids.
Posted on January 9, 2015 in MotoLadies by Alicia Mariah Elfving