Inspirational Books & DVDs by Women Riders

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Read the personal stories of these inspirationeering women riders, of motorcycle culture, as they chronicle their two-wheel adventures. A diverse mix of unputdownable page-turners; insightful narratives by self-effacing authors who are hilarious as much as they’re honest. As seen from female eyes, some tales are heartening, uplifting and moving. All are encouraging and impassioned. It won’t take long before you notice a common thread running through the offering: you’re left feeling ‘Yes, I could ride my own bike’. Head and heart given to the road, these women will captivate your soul, compel you to take stock and embrace life before it passes you by.

  • Achievable Dream – Motorcycle Adventure Travel Guide, Ladies on the Loose DVD
  • A Ride In The Sun – Gasoline Gypsy – Peggy Iris Thomas
  • A Short Ride in the Jungle: The Ho Chi Minh Trail by Motorcycle – Antonia Bolingbroke-Kent
  • American Borders: A solo circumnavigation of the United States on a Russian sidecar motorcycle – Carla King
  • Beads in the Headlight | A Flying Aga tale – Isabel Dyson
  • Bikerlady: Living and Riding Free! – Sasha Mullins
  • Bonneville Go or Bust: On the Roads Less Travelled – Zoë Cano
  • Breaking the Limit: One Woman’s Motorcycle Journey Through North America – Karen Larsen
  • Chaos in Harmony: A Motorcycle Journey Through Latin America – Alison Delapp
  • Circle to Circle: A Journey Through the Americas and Beyond – Shirley Hardy-Rix
  • Dream Rider: Roadmap to an Adventurous Life – Rosemary Carstens
  • Girls Don’t Ride Motorbikes – A Spiritual Adventure Into Life’s Labyrinth – Dorit Brauer
  • Growing Up Harley-Davidson: Memoirs of a Motorcycle Dynasty – Jean Davidson
  • Hear Me Roar: Women, Motorcycles and the Rapture of the Road, New Ed. – Ann Ferrar
  • How Far is North?: A Solo Motorcycle Adventure to Alaska – Alison Delapp
  • Lois on the Loose – Lois Pryce
  • Planet Earth’s Greatest Motorcycle Adventure Tours – Colette Coleman
  • Rebels With a Cause: We Ride the Harley – Gail DeMarco and R.W. “Reg” Kittrelle
  • Red Tape and White Knuckles – Lois Pryce
  • Rugged Road – Theresa Wallach (A 1930s trans-Africa trip by two British women.)
  • Savvy Guide to Motorcycles – Shirley Duglin Kennedy
  • The American Motorcycle Girls: A Photographic History Of Early Women Motorcyclists – Cristine Sommer Simmons
  • The Mom Who Took Off On Her Motorcycle: Life Lessons on the Road to Alaska – Diana Bletter
  • The Perfect Vehicle: What is it about motorcycles? – Melissa Holbrook Pierson
  • Tips for Traveling Overland in Latin America – Michelle Lamphere
  • Touching the World: A Blind Woman, Two Wheels and 25,000 Miles – Cathy Birchall, Bernard Smith
  • Two for the Road – Shirley Hardy-Rix
  • Women and Motorcycling – The Early Years – Susie Hollern
  • Women, Motorcycles and the Road to Empowerment: Fifty Inspirational Stories of Adventure and Self-Discovery – Liz Jansen