Women Riders Speak is an interview series with female motorcyclists. Through their stories, they illustrate the transformative role motorcycling has played in their life. Kristen started motorcycling right around the time she started graduate school. Now, with a PhD in Molecular Genetics, she researches liver cell transplantation to treat children with inherited metabolic disease, is [...]
Everyone has an adventure gene and excels in at least one area. It may buried under a few layers, or dormant for the time being, but everyone has something. And hard as it may be for those of us who ride to understand, there are reasons people give it a try when their heart isn’t [...]
With the calendar ready to flip over into a new year, many resolutions are being made. What are we going to do differently this year than we’ve done other years? What new things are we going to try? What have we always wanted to do but never gotten around to it? Maybe this is a [...]
Nine years ago, I took a couple of steps that many perceived as risky. The truth is, it would have been riskier for me emotionally, physically, professionally to stay on that trajectory. I have never looked back. It’s not that things were horrible. I enjoyed my corporate career; I had a long-term marriage; I was [...]
Women Riders Speak is an interview series with female motorcyclists which appears every Monday. Through their stories, they illustrate the transformative role motorcycling has played in their life. In this interview, Alisa Clickenger, of Idaho Falls, Idaho, reveals her fascinating entry into riding – and how it’s carried her around the western hemisphere! What prompted [...]
“Aren’t you afraid?” “Don’t you get lonely?” These common questions are often the first you hear when someone finds out you’re about to go on a solo motorcycle journey. While my travels pale in comparison to many others, I have covered much of Canada and the US alone. I intend to do a lot more. [...]
