The Women's Guide to Motorcycling: Everything a Woman Needs to Know About Bikes, Equipment, Riding, and Safety

by Lynda Lahman

Recent statistics show that approximately 12 percent of motorcycle owners are women and that close to 25 percent of motorcycle riders are women. While it's still a male-dominated field, the number of female bikers has increased by more than 25 percent in just five years, showing that women have a strong presence on two wheels. In The Women's Guide to Motorcycling, author Lynda Lahman, herself a motorcycle owner and rider, provides a comprehensive look at motorcycling techniques, street smarts, and safety concerns while addressing female-specific challenges as well as issues that all bikers face from a female point of view.

INSIDE The Women's Guide to Motorcycling

Anecdotes from female motorcycle enthusiasts, riders, and owners, including the author's own story

Women as a growing presence among riders, including notable names of the past and present

Motorcycle skills from basic to advanced, appropriate for bikers of all levels of experience and expertise

The physical and mental aspects of riding

Considerations for choosing a bike, such as seat height and weight distribution, and female-appropriate gear

A primer on proper maintenance and dealing with mechanical problems

Different types of riding, such as sport, racing, touring, long distance, and off road

Getting more out of the sport through involvement in clubs, forums, charity events, and mentoring new riders

Genres: Nonfiction

240 pages, Kindle Edition

First published July 5, 2016

Reviews

[Melindannk · Rating 5 out of 5]

Perfect!

[Katrine Austin · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was a good read, but it would have been a better and even fantastic read in my first year of riding or even before I started riding and wanted to learn more about the culture and pros/cons. Good book overall, but at this time for me the majority of info was been there/done that (this was the only thing preventing it from being 5 star). Debating riding or early into it and female? Highly recommended.

[Ashley · Rating 4 out of 5]

I took my beginner safety course last September and hope to get my own bike this spring. This was a beneficial (if repetitive) intro to motorcycling. I loved the section on the history of women riding motorcycles. It goes over the different types of bikes, different gear, different styles, solo vs group rides, etc. I do think the author's participation in long distance rally riding made that a big focus in a few sections of the book that I found tedious (I think you would need to pay me significant amounts of money to do an Iron Butt or time-sensitive rallies, I do not see the appeal). Not much of the book was really new to me but an excellent refresher, especially in terms of the maintenance, safety, and insurance considerations.