Sally Haber of Berlin has ridden motorcycles since she was 6 and has taught motorcycle-riding courses for nearly a decade. She's a skilled motorcyclist and the owner of a 2002 Harley-Davidson Sportster 883 Custom, yet even she sometimes hears the sexist question that has been asked of female riders probably for as long as motorcycles have been on the road.
In 1990, women represented only 4 percent of new Harley buyers. That figure rose to 9 percent by 1998, 10.3 percent by 2003 and hit nearly 12 percent last year when women purchased 32,000 new Harleys. This year, the company projects that women will spend $300 million on its bikes.
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