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Zenith Irfan resting on her motorbike. Zenith Irfan (زینت عرفان) is the first Pakistani female motorcyclist to ride across Pakistan. [1] Her father dreamt of traveling around the world on his motorbike, but when he died young at age 34, Zenith decided to fulfill his dream. [2] "
Bessie Stringfield (born Betsy Beatrice White; 1911 or 1912 – February 16, 1993), also known as the "Motorcycle Queen of Miami", was an American motorcyclist who was the first African-American woman to ride across the United States solo, and was one of the few civilian motorcycle dispatch riders for the US Army during World War II.
Gloria Tramontin Struck (born July 7, 1925) is an American motorcyclist who was one of the early members of the Motor Maids women's motorcycle club, which she joined in 1946, at age 21. [2] She is both a Sturgis Hall of Fame and Motorcycle Hall of Fame inductee. Struck was born in a room behind her parents' Clifton, New Jersey motorcycle shop ...
She was the first woman to compete in motorcycle road racing and motocross events in the United States, and was the first person -- male or female -- to complete the Baja 500 off-road race in ...
Marjorie Cottle (5 September 1900 – 17 July 1987) was an English works supported motorcycle trials rider. She was one of Britain's best-known motorcyclists in the 1920s and 1930s. She competed regularly in reliability trials and was considered to be one of the best riders in the country, male or female.
In 2002, the sisters were inducted into the AMA's Motorcycle Hall of Fame and into the Sturgis Motorcycle Museum & Hall of Fame during 2003. [ citation needed ] In 2006 Bob Van Buren, great-nephew of the sisters, and his wife, Rhonda Van Buren, retraced the route taken by Gussie and Addie on a Harley-Davidson Low Rider from New York City to San ...
She also drove a tricar in the twenty-four-hour London to Edinburgh Trial, again with a female passenger, making good time in torrential rain. [8] Roc at Right and Rex on the left with Muriel Hind in about 1907. In 1907, AW Wall of Roc created a V-twin engined motorcycle to her specifications of a dropped (lady's) frame. [4]
Poster celebrating Crockett's Iron Butt Rally win. Wendy Crockett is an American long-distance motorcycle rider.In 2019, Crockett achieved a historic milestone by becoming the first woman to win the Iron Butt Rally, an 11-day, 11,000-mile motorcycle endurance event often referred to as "The World's Toughest Motorcycle Competition."