My Heart Doesn't Beat, It REVS!

That's on the t-shirt I got today from BMW after the 2 demo rides I did today.  One of the F650GS lowered.  Pretty cool but a little top heavy.  (right pic)

Then the dream bike.  The R1200R. (left pic) Azure blue, sparkling like the mountain lakes reflecting the rhinestones on my riding jacket.  yum, yum, yum.  You can feel the torque of that big boxer twin engine twisting that bike to the right.  Perfection.  Just needs a little taller windscreen.  It eats up the twisties and almost makes you believe you are in Bavaria.  

They don't waste any time on those demo rides.....they get right down to business...down to the red light, left onto the mountain roads.  For two hours today I got to ride BMW bikes.  What a pleasure,  and got the t-shirt!!!

As I was signing up for the Ducati Monster ride tomorrow, Genevieve Schmidt came along to interview the Ducati dealer who was talking to me about the bike.  I was sitting on the Monster, Genevieve, who is the Editor of Women Rider Now, the Harley Magazine for Women, interviewed me for her magazine piece about the Ducati.  WOW!  Look on the website for mention of my name soon.  How exciting!  No picture though, thank goodness, my hair was a fright!

The Barn Dance was tonight at Keystone Stables.  Much line dancing, horseshoe throwing, and a pitiful exhibition of women trying to rope a hay bale.   Dollar Store cowboy hats and green Kawasaki bandanas were the favored attire.   It was very chic.  

I saw a most inspirational sight today.  A woman in a wheelchair rolling in the parking lot towards a trike.  She rolled herself up to the trike.  Put herself onto the trike, disassembled her wheelchair, loaded it onto the trike, fired up that baby up and zoomed off down the road.   How's that for not letting your disabilities keep you from enjoying motorcycling?  We all gave her 2 thumbs up.

Song for Today......The Impossible Dream by Mitch Leigh from the Man of LaMancha

Opening Night

It's the first night of the AMA Women's Motorcycling Conference in Keystone, CO. A more beautiful site they could not have found. I'm very tired today having ridden up from Gunnison through Leadville, maybe it's the altitude, maybe it's the excitement seeing so many women riders together. They are on every kind of bike from Harleys to KTMs complete with Happy Trail packs, Spyders, trikes, sidecars, FJRs, ST1300s, BMWs, you name it, it's here and has a woman rider with bling, fringe, tassels, and custom paint.

Leslie Porterfield was the first speaker, holder of a Land Speed Record at 209 MPH, and recorded at a speed of 232 MPH at Bonneville. She gave a great speech and is gorgeous as well.

Karen Davidson spoke about her family and the history of Harley Davidson, completely decked

out in leather.  

Ashley Filek, 18 year old National Motocross points leader for 2009 and inductee into the AMA for 2009. She is truly an inspiration having been deaf from birth. She is a groundbreaker for women in MX sports having led the way for women to turn pro after competing and graduating the amateur circuit.
The rest of the week is full to overflowing with demo rides, seminars, vendors, and parties. 

I'm off to the demo bikes tomorrow to ride the Ducatis and BMWs....the Harley riders are hugely over-represented here.  Hopefully there won't be a rush to sign up over at the exotics!!!

MotorcycleBelle

Song for the moment......Goodnight, Irene by Lead Belly Ledbetter