Pink Ribbon Ride

I've been asked to post this on behalf of the Pink Ribbon Ride organisers.


Sharon


PLEASE DISTRIBUTE THIS MESSAGE AS WIDELY AS POSSIBLE

THE THIRD ANNUAL PINK RIBBON MOTORCYCLE RIDE
BEATING BREAST CANCER
For all motorcyclists!

MORE DETAILS & REGISTRATION FORMS
www.pinkribbonride.com

0413 299 254

WHEN
9 AM SUNDAY 26 OCTOBER 2003
(check your clocks - it's the first day of daylight saving)

WHERE
The Mean Fiddler Hotel,
corner of Commercial and Windsor Rds., Rouse Hill.

RIDE REGISTRATION
Ride registration is now open and you can download registration forms from
our website www.pinkribbonride.com
There are prizes to be won by some lucky people who register early so get
your forms in as soon as possible.

GREAT NEW TSHIRTS FOR 2003
The new 2003 tshirts are also ready - order forms also on the website. We
have 3 new designs this year and some are available in women's sizes or
polo shirts. Don't wait too long to order in case we run out of your size.


The Pink Ribbon Motorcycle Ride
PO Box 121,
St Peters NSW 2044
All proceeds of the 2003 Pink Ribbon Motorcycle Ride will be donated to The
Cancer Council NSW for their breast cancer research projects and support
services.

 

A good thing - I'll be tagging along behind the wife.

- Manning

 

I will be on a black '98 R1100GS in yellow and black RJays leathers.

Lucy (wife) will be on her '02 blue SV650S wearing grey and white Dainese
leathers.

You seriously have a pink bike? Can't wait to see it

Cheers Manning

 

In aus.motorcycles on Tue, 30 Sep 2003 17:30:08 +1000

Oh he has a seriously pink bike alright.

Pink bike, yellow leathers, if you can miss him then your sunglasses are
clearly peril-sensitive and protecting you.

Zebee

 

blue boots

Can't remember the helmet colour

 

We'll also be there
Me on the GS500 & Bren on Bluey ( Crazycams Z50(ish))

Bren is also looking for sponsors!!!!

Daron

 

Now that's the Theo we all know.

Boxer

 

Riding a bike beats breast cancer any day.

However......
My wife got through breast cancer more than ten years ago. The impact of
the diagnosis was hard enough considering that the doc told us to toss a
coin to get her chances of survival, but then came surgery, chemotherapy,
radiation therapy, and a radioactive implant. Almost a year in treatment.
She's still very involved in breast cancer support groups and recently
managed to get some pretty nice govt funding (almost a $million) for
post-surgery programs for women who've had breast cancer but live west of
the mountains and too far from the Sydney support programs. She doesn't
let too much stuff stand in her way, especially male politicians.

But after all that do you reckon I can get her on the back of the bike? No
way. I've had my eye on the pink ribbon ride as a bit of a softener for
ages, but still no dice.

Kim
Maybe if I was to buy the T-shirt.....

 

You've probably already tried this, but have you considered engineering her
into a situation where there are lots of female riders around? I managed to
drag my (not-then-but-is-now) wife to a Girls Ride Out event, and after an
hour or two being surrounded by "Grrrl-power" she became a convert.

Now she rides better than I do (grumble, so what if that's not so hard,
grumble).

Cheers Manning

 

They do. Been keeping your eyes on your speedo, Theo?

"25% of the motorcycles now registered in the United States are
registered to women"

http://www.tennessean.com/sii/99/07/15/motor15.shtml


Gary

 

"Gary Woodman" wrote

Puzzled look. Where does it say they ride?

Theo

 

Smack replied to:
The radiation hazard stickers are being organised for the pink bike.

I also have black boots....for funerals etc.

Depends, either white (open face) or red (BMW sys4).

After warnings from the fashion police, I try and avoid wearing the
yellow leathers when riding the pink bike, but sometimes....<shrug> I
just can't help myself. ;-)

regards,
CrazyCam

 

....snip

Warnings ? I'm amazed they didn't incarcerate you !!

Yellow leathers, red helmet, blue boots and a pink bike ? You've proven your
nickname is well earned !!

JL

 

Err... you're right. Maybe there's some very happy blokes out there. Or...

"In her recent book about motorcycling, Melissa Holbrook Pierson (1997,
p.168) reports that the proportion of female participants among
motorcyclists has remained between seven and twelve percent since the early
part of the century."

"The subjects of interest here are women who operate motorcycles, not women
who ride as passengers or women who associate with male motorcyclists or
motorcycle gangs (see Hopper and Moore, 1990)."

"Taken as a group the respondents are serious about their motorcycling.
Almost half use their bikes to commute to work, and more than half have
access to two or more motorcycles. Over half report taking trips in excess
of three hundred miles on a regular basis. In addition to commuting, about a
third of the women ride alone frequently. Three of the respondents ride off
road, and three race or have raced. About three fourths are capable of
handling routine maintenance, and nearly one third have advanced mechanical
skills."

"It appears that the status of motorcyclist takes precedence over the gender
of the rider."

"Taken as a group the women in this study are educated, occupationally
successful, technologically and mechanically adept, outdoor oriented, and
confident. They are comfortable moving about in what used to be considered a
man's world. As a greater and greater proportion of women fit this
description, the number of women in motorcycling should increase. This has
already occurred in the occupational world. Recreational pursuits should be
next."

http://www.usm.edu/antsoc/socio/women-bikers.html

Gary

 

<snippage of very interesting material>

FYI - Girls Ride Out (www.girlsrideout.com) now have 300 members in Sydney
alone (doubled in the past 12 months), and have just opened two new chapters
in the ACT and the Central Coast.

Manning

 

Hmmm, a female speaking with authority, and she rides a Guzzi.... I
believe her. And yes, I do have her book.

Theo

 

"Manning" wrote

OK, so, assuming they all ride, that's 300.

Anecdotally, my guess would be well under ten percent.

Theo

 

Perhaps but with no disrepect intended there's an age group thing - most of the
women I know who ride are under 30, in fact most are under 25. The X and Y
generation are increasingly likely to be wimmin who can't see any reason why the
boys should have all the fun. Of course it doesn't hurt if they have a boyfriend
who rides or a close male friend who rides removes the "unknown" out of it.

JL
(I've introduced the last 4 g/f's to riding as pillion and they now all have
bike licences, the current intends to....)

 

.... but she knows she'll dump you too, once she's faster than you?

(sorry, cruel, pretend I said it about Clem or something ...)

-----sharks

 

<grin> To the best of my knowledge none of them are faster than me yet -
although Ally always had the potential to be damn quick, if she didn't kill
herself, haven't seen her in about 2 years so it's hard to say.... Bigiain is
more likely to know than me.

They all got taught the right way to corner though, it's amusing for Calista to
have been held up through the Old Rd by a (male) friend when she's on Vespa and
he's on an SV650....

JL