When Barb Zeigler of Reno began riding motorcycles on the streets of Los Angeles 33 years ago, few women held the handlebars. The female's job was to sit behind the male who drove.
"Back in those days, when a woman rode a motorcycle, it was looked down upon," Zeigler said. "I was called a lesbian. I was called all kinds of stuff."
What does Zeigler call herself today? "Motorcycle grandmama," the 55-year-old Zeigler said.
Women now account for 10 percent of motorcycle sales nationally, an increase of 36 percent since 1998 and are the fastest growing segment of the motorcycle buying population, according to a June 23 article in the Dallas Morning News.
Debbie Groves, 51, of Gridley, Calif., drove her 1989 Harley-Davidson Heritage Soft Tail to this year's Street Vibrations and thinks there are more women riders this year than last year. Same thing at the big motorcycle rally in Sturgis, S.D., earlier this year.
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