Looking around the £150 mark

My daughter has requested a heated shirt for her birthday. The only thing I can find that checks all the boxes is the Firstgear 12v. I thought I'd ask if there's something else out there I should be looking at.

Hiya~

A few months ago, there was talk of a discord server for us all to chat on. Is that still a thing??

Title :) wondering what y'all use!

My proposal to present at the Touratech-USA 2025 Rally West in Plain, Washington, June 26-29 is accepted! I'll offer advice on how to "do good" while traveling by #motorcycle: what's acceptable/worthwhile & what to avoid, in trying to help nonprofits & schools as you #travel.

I'm so excited!

It's based on this, a resource I update regularly:

https://www.coyotebroad.com/travel/go_and_do_good.html

My fingertips are taking ages to thaw after two half-hour rides this evening—wearing insulated, water-and-windproof winter gloves. Typing this hurts. It isn't even that cold, around 5°C and people are still jogging in shorts.

Anyway, I'm going to need heated gloves at this rate. Do you have any recommendations? The hotter, the better. Small hands, I live in the UK.

hey everyone, this is my first post here and im going through a really difficult time rn. One of the things on my 'reasons to live' list is to ride a bike one day. Ive ridden one before and it was the most memorable experience ever, i really wanna relive that. Im sorry for making things a little gloomy here haha, my true intention wasnt to make you upset or uncomfortable, i just want to express my love for bikes and women like me living their dreams.

I'm a new rider, just getting into motorcycles and riding for the first time at 20, and am totally lost on what to buy for gear.

Any recommendations for helmets, jackets, pants, ect? Looking for something comfortable and a little more casual since I plan on commuting to work with my bike. Any tips for gear that fits curvy petite girls is appreciated!!

Hoping sharing here might have a bit more visibility - I crashed my bike. My fault, but now I feel scared of the bike and I’m not really sure where to go from here/am feeling overwhelmed by the whole thing.

hi it’s my first time in this sub

i’ve been riding for 3 years now a 125cc. i got my M1 back in july after passing the safety course and have been wanting to upgrade to a speed twin 900 so i can use the fwy. not sure if that’s too big of a jump, but i’m able to flat foot it and it feels comfortable to sit on. i’ve been so set on it and saving money to buy one but recently injured myself with my boyfriend’s ftr1200, i dropped it going too slow in a uturn and burned my leg on his exhaust (i wasn’t wearing gear cause it was a small ride i know i know so so friggin stupid) but now i’m scared to get anything too big cause i feel like i won’t be able to handle it :( i seen girls smaller than me able to ride bigger bikes so i know i can do it but honestly i’ve dropped my own bike a couple times too and his continental gt 650 so maybe i just suck 🫠

Hello, I am a student at SUNY Plattsburgh. For my entrepreneurship class I need to conduct a survey relating to a business idea. My concept is a female own motorcycle gear company. Below I have added a link to the brief survey about gear preferences. Thank you in advance!

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfPtdz8G6tJN9U0IwHm-dofghA2PastaeDCGBNlCyTzQ5o7tA/viewform?usp=sf_link

I just completed my first season, on my Triumph Speed 400

Does anyone know of a pair of high waisted riding jeans/cargo pants that have an adjustable waist (or are built similar to “curvy” lines that some brands make for normal jeans)?

I always struggle with bottoms fitting at the hips but gaping at the waist, or fitting at the waist and being way too tight at the hips. Would really prefer AAA rated pants, but AA works too since I know options are limited. Even better if they look flattering! Thx :)

After an incredibly scary experience where Progressive Insurance left us on the side of a busy Nevada interstate for two hours, with NO roadside assistance (they said no on in their network was available), and the motorcycle with the problem blowing over when a semi blew past (refused to get over - and there was virtuall no shoulder), I'm looking for alternatives. We had to call Progressive twice before in the last 10 years for towing - one time, they sent a truck that was incapable of towing a motorcycle (long story on how we got things worked out) and every time they tell the tow driver to take us to a tire store that does NOT work on motorcycles.

Someone told me they still have Progressive insurance but don't pay for roadside, and use AAA instead - but have never needed to call.

Anyone else have advice?

Hey y'all! I know hair looking great after a ride is not really a thing lol is there a way to at least try to make it look not as flat? I have super straight, medium length hair. After I ride, my hair looks like Alfalfa/Pee Wee Herman lol... it's not cute.

Please help a girl out ❤️ or I'll just accept my fate and deal :/

It has 162 Miles on it and basically brand new, they are selling it due to having a baby. But it has been dropped at a low speed and has scratches on the clutch and sides

Good insurance for a ninja 400? I didn’t want to pay more than $35-$40 a month for full coverage but is this not possible?

Hi everyone! I am currently 25 weeks pregnant and wanted to get insight from other female riders on something. I haven’t been riding since I found out I was pregnant at only 5 weeks. I used to ride almost every day.

I am having a c-section and I was wondering, how was your experience getting back on a bike after such a long hiatus (if you didn’t ride)? Did you forget anything? Was it like being on a bike as a beginner again? Did you struggle? Or did it come back to you quickly?

This is my second child and I’ve had a C-Section before. I didn’t ride back then and can’t remember much about recovery, but I’m aware it’s not easy.

For reference, I have a 2023 HD Street Glide and it’s stupid heavy. How long did you wait before riding again? I know this isn’t a medical forum and everyone is different, but I’d really appreciate if someone could share. Riding became a big part of my life the last two years and I feel like this something no one really talks about!

Thank you :-)

Hey y’all, I’m really struggling to find some riding pants that fit me.

I’m 5’0, ~105lb, 23-24 inch waist, 37-38 hips. I’m more bottom heavy so a lot of pants would fit my legs and hips but not my waist and vice versa. I’ve tried the Oxford leggings in their smallest size, but it was way too tight on my legs and hips so I’d imagine it wouldn’t be comfortable in a riding position either (I ride a sports bike for reference).

Any recommendations would be awesome, TIA

I just finished my travelogue for a recent 2531 mile (4050 km) motorcycle trip through Eastern Oregon, Northern Nevada and South Western Idaho. It's available here:

https://www.coyotebroad.com/travel/2024_Fall/index.html

I ride a KLR, BTW. It was a WONDERFUL trip.

Below is an except from it, when we - my husband and I - were in the oh-so-remote town of Jarbidge, Nevada. We were in the only place to eat and drink and socialize in the town at this time of year.

Most motorcyclists I meet are so, so nice. But sometimes...

Before it got dark, two motorcyclists pulled up, later joined by a third guy. I was really excited - I had been disappointed to not find any motorcyclists in Jarbidge... I thought, hurrah, we can socialize! But I got to be disappointed quickly: these guys were super huge ADV Rider snobs. Two of them never spoke to us, not once. One guy did, finally, turning to us as though he was deigning to speak with us. He had something negative to say about anything I tried to talk about. He all but rolled his eyes when I mentioned some motorcycle destination we loved, like Silver City ("It's SO overrun. There's just too many riders and side by sides there now."). When I said how much I enjoyed the road coming into Jarbidge, he said, "Oh, it was SO easy. Like riding on pavement." Way to put me in my place, far superior ADV rider, I so appreciate that. Apparently, everything we had done on our motorcycles was already "overrun" with too many people, not challenging enough, not scenic enough. I ended up being so glad when they left to go camp somewhere where we weren't - but feeling, once again, like I was a pretender.

I'm no Noraly / Itchy Boots. I'm no Charlie Boorman. I don't have their riding skills and I never will. I'm usually fine with that. I'm short, I didn't grow up on dirt bikes, I started riding when I was 42, and I'm doing the best I can - and having a fantastic time most of the time. I not only can't do really difficult forest roads, I don't want to. I love a challenging road, but only if the end of that road, or along the road, there is something worthwhile to see, and I don't want to feel like I'm going to die for the entire ride. I love to challenge myself, but I don't want to have to work so hard for hours on a ride that by the time I get to the destination, my nerves are shot and I'm so tired I can't enjoy anything. I'm a year and a half away from 60, and while I absolutely have to take responsibility for being out of shape, there is nothing I can do about creaky weak knees and some of the things my body has decided to do, or stop doing, as I age. If you ride a KLR and are bummed when you see me, an old fat woman, pulling up on the same bike as you, or you are out pushing your limits on dirt roads and you get to the camp site and there's me, the chatty old fat woman, not a gorgeous thin young biker blogger, and you feel like I'm ruining your groove - RIGHT BACK AT YOU. I'm out having a great time, at my pace. It's not your pace. That doesn't make it not worth doing and doesn't mean I shouldn't be out there too. So take your brand new, barely used Klim outfit and your pristine Mosko Moto accessories, and your efforts to insult an inferior motorcyclist, and shove them up your tight, snobby butt. 

hello!! i am having a weird predicament when i go on rides with my spouse. i am the passenger, they are the rider. we have been riding together for 3 years now. our first bike was a 90 gl1500, in march we unfortunately hit a deer and totaled the bike. in september we bought a 03 gl1800. okay i think that covers the background!

onto my problem, i for the life of me cannot feel balanced when we are stopped on the 1800. i didn't have the issue on the 1500. i have tried holding on the side rails, holding onto my spouse, putting my arms on the speaker rests, squeezing my knees together, pretty much every me or my spouse have thought of i have tried. still i can't seem to maintain balance, it genuinely feels like im getting pulled off the bike. i end up getting stuck in a loop of trying to remain calm and getting worked up due the the feeling.

i do think some of it is nerves from our crash. we put around 500 to 600 miles and it didn't start happening till after a few good rides. i also was diagnosed with bppv (vertigo) in 2020, which could also be a culprit but im not usually left feeling dizzy as i usually am after a vertigo spell.

if you have any tips or suggestions please let me know, im dying to get over/work through this so we can keep riding!

As of yesterday, 15 years ago, I bought my first motorcycle. I sold it two years later and now have a KLR, but here's to that first bike! A 1983 Honda Nighthawk!

Me, about to ride from my campsite to the pay station at the front of the campground. Husband took the photo.

And....

Me last month, on the road from Jarbidge, Nevada, via my KLR.

There’s a little Halloween bike event at the cyclegear in Brookfield and the friend I was supposed to go with backed out. Give me a shout if there are any femmes going!!