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FIM Women's Motorcycling World Championship riders (6 P) Pages in category "Female motorcycle racers" The following 87 pages are in this category, out of 87 total.
Leslie Porterfield was previously the Guinness Book of World Records' "Fastest conventional motorcycle speed (female)" with her land speed record of 374.208 km/h (232.522 mph) set at Bonneville Speedway in 2008. [4] That record was broken in 2019 and is now held by Erin Sills [5] at 381.857 km/h (237.275 mph). [6]
The Women's International Motorcycle Association (WIMA) is a motorcycle club established by Louise Scherbyn [1] in 1950 in the United States. [2] Branches began in many countries, including Great Britain ( Theresa Wallach was the first international vice president) [ 3 ] and Australia [ 4 ] where the branch was started by Hazel Mayes. [ 5 ]
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."
Built from 1948 to 1955, the 998cc British motorcycle is known as the world's first superbike. With a top speed of 125 mph, it was billed as the fastest production bike in the world at the time ...
In 1926 or 1927 she founded the London Ladies' Motor Club which was a women's motorcycle club. [5] [6] The club president was Kathleen Pelham Burn (Countess of Drogheda), [7] and Betty Debenham acted as the press secretary. [6] Other notable members included Betty's twin sister Nancy Debenham, Marjorie Cottle, [8] Mrs Victor Bruce and Violette ...
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.
An exciting and assorted blend of sights and sounds from all over the world came to Knoxville for four powerful days of musical exploration known as the annual Big Ears Festival, held March 21-24 ...