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Sweet Tooth wrote:I think Femmoto is pretty freaken cool. It gives us (women riders) a chance to experience the track with out having to invest a whole lot of money into bikes. If I lived closer to it I would take advantage of it.. Thanks for posting that Verm...

you should go!

some of the female riders i rode w/ are going.

too bad... i don't think there will be male equilavalent to this type of event.

i mean there's no shortage of guys wanting to go the tracks around here.

CNF2002 wrote: $100 is a great deal. They say its a 'Demo', though, so I don't know what that really means.

That means it's not a full out track day with racing. It's more controlled since you're riding someone elses bike. The way I've seen it done is they get a lead rider and a trail rider, and everyone must stay between them.

We always used to exploit this by hanging back with the trail rider and slowing him down for the first lap, then sprinting to catch the lead rider, who by then was a good half lap ahead.

flynrider wrote: We always used to exploit this by hanging back with the trail rider and slowing him down for the first lap, then sprinting to catch the lead rider, who by then was a good half lap ahead.

sounds like what i do when im following a slower rider in group rides that it will seem very impolite to pass.

The Crimson Rider® wrote:

Sweet Tooth wrote:I think Femmoto is pretty freaken cool. It gives us (women riders) a chance to experience the track with out having to invest a whole lot of money into bikes. If I lived closer to it I would take advantage of it.. Thanks for posting that Verm...

you should go!

some of the female riders i rode w/ are going.

too bad... i don't think there will be male equilavalent to this type of event.

i mean there's no shortage of guys wanting to go the tracks around here.

Well, its like going to the gym to workout. Girls, particularly the shy or newbs don't want to be so self concious or bombarded by testosterone while they're trying to learn a new thing, especially when it is a male dominated activity. This this takes 'the threat' away.

femmoto makes it easier for ladies to be comfortable around motorcycles, ride them and ask any seemingly 'dumb' questions without feeling ostracized or looked down on by men. So, you get the ladies started, get the comfortable in the motorcycle environment, teach them a bit, build their confidence and more than likely there is one more person who's decided to make bikes a hobby.

I'm not saying all men are not helpful, but when you make it a "girls thing", it levels the playing field for ladies, especially the new ones. The experienced ladies make a good example for the newbs.

Kaiser Soze wrote:

OMG awsome

here's some pics i took w/ my new gear taken from my blog.

maybe you can make a funnier one w/ this...

omg if only this site wasn't PG-13...

It's PG-13?

News to me.

Shiv wrote:It's PG-13?

News to me.

from what i've seen, yes.