California Women Embrace Motorcycle Racing Trend
In Buena Park and beyond, women surge into motorcycle racing once a male preserve. Profiles of Debie Evang, Dianne Cox, Judy Mitchell, Penny Miller, and Kasey Rogers illustrate changing attitudes as women ride for transportation, business, and sport, with 200000 registered female riders nationwide.
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California
Debbie Evang
Dianne Cox
San Jose
Andy
Judy
Penny Miller
Yamaha
Turn of the Century Two Wheel Romance Brings Skewed Fashion
At the turn of the century a bicycle built for two symbolizes shared travel. In the 1920s and 1930s bold trends and madcap styles emerged as motorcycles and linked rides gained appeal, reflecting a social shift toward novelty and thrill.
I Just Feel So Free Freedom on two wheels for Miss Widmer
Jacque Widmer, raised in a motorcycling family, overcomes early fear to ride at 16. She owns a Yamaha 100, uses motorcycles for work at Perfex Manufacturing, and enjoys fuel efficiency and open highway cruising. She relishes the breeze and the sense of unlimited freedom riding.
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Sheilah Klapp
Jacque Widmer
Miss Widmer
Darwin Widmer
Widmer
Family rides shared by Mrs. Jerry Fisher on motorcycles
Jan Fisher learned to ride after borrowing a neighbor's bike and now shares three motorcycles with her husband Jerry and their son Monty. They ride for family togetherness around Locum Ridge and Grace Hill, enjoying timber trails and cooling rides on hot evenings.
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Sheilah Klapp
Jerry
Jan) Fisher
Fishers
Monty
Jan Monty
Locum Ridge
Grace Hill
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Buena Park
Calif
Kevan Dignam
UCLA
UC San Diego
Mannix
Los Angeles
Judy Mitchell
Mrs. Mitchell
Pasadena
Kasey Rogers
Kasey
Penny
Louise Tate
Julie Anderson
Peyton Place
Frontier
Mrs. Fisher
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