New Rider Fears Archives - This Lady Rides

I bought A Harley 5 Years Ago Today!

June 16, 2018 by Margaret Filed Under: Around Town, Learning to Ride, New Rider Fears Leave a Comment

My First Harley I bought A Harley 5 Years Ago Today! My Softail Deluxe and I have seen 14 states, traveled 38,334 miles together and have had an amazing time doing it. I’m so thankful that once I showed an interest in riding Scott taught me to ride! I’m looking forward to many more adventures. […]

First On The Scene Of A Motorcycle Accident

April 9, 2017 by Margaret Filed Under: Day Rides, New Rider Fears, Safety Leave a Comment

First On The Scene Of A Motorcycle Accident: How To Help Two weeks ago today while out riding Scott and I found out first hand how very important the Accident Scene Management class took was. We attended the 2-day class several years ago and learned a lot. You never want to think that you may have to use […]

How To Pick Up a Fallen Motorcycle

February 17, 2015 by Margaret Filed Under: Learning to Ride, New Rider Fears, Safety, Videos 8 Comments

Most of us have witnessed this scenario at least once since getting involved with motorcycles: someone drops his or her motorcycle, and three or four people scramble over to help muscle it upright. In fact I witnessed it just this past weekend. Whenever I see that happen I wonder what the person plans to do […]

My First Solo Ride

November 23, 2014 by Margaret Filed Under: Around Town, Learning to Ride, New Rider Fears, Texas 2 Comments

When I bought my bike I had no real desire to ride by myself. Then I came across a blog post where a lady rider was talking about a situation that came up where her husband where they had to pull over and she had to go for help. She described the panic she felt […]

Festival of the Arts and I road lead

November 2, 2014 by Margaret Filed Under: Around Town, New Rider Fears, Texas 4 Comments

It’s fall in Texas and unlike many places in the US you never really know what you are going to get. October 19th proved to be another great day to be out on the bikes! We started off with a stop at the Porch for breakfast. On the way there while stopped at a red light and Scott […]

Lewisville Western Days 2014

October 2, 2014 by Margaret Filed Under: Around Town, motorcycle fellowship, New Rider Fears, Road Trips, Texas Leave a Comment

This weekend was fantastic! You know the ones that you look forward to for days; well this was one of those. Scott called me from work midweek and asked if I wanted to take a ride with some friends on Saturday. He said they had invited us to ride out to the Lewisville Western Days […]

The Bikers Wave

July 26, 2014 by Margaret Filed Under: Learning to Ride, New Rider Fears, Safety 4 Comments

The wave, I’ll admit it, until I had been riding my Harley for several months I thought it was silly and I didn’t really get it. Go back to before I rode a motorcycle and I made fun of it, sad but true! I use to laugh and tell my husband you don’t see me […]

Skills Day July 2014

July 20, 2014 by Margaret Filed Under: Learning to Ride, New Rider Fears, Safety 2 Comments

Our HOG chapter holds a monthly skills day almost every month of the year weather permitting. We always try to make it but we have missed the last three or four because of other commitments. After the Blue Ridge parkway trip I knew I wanted to work on my leaning, u-turns and circles. During that trip I […]

Blue Ridge Bound, Baby!

July 15, 2014 by Margaret Filed Under: Arkansas, New Rider Fears, Road Trips, Tennessee 6 Comments

11 days and 3149 miles through Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, North Carolina, Virginia, Arkansas, and Oklahoma before getting back to Fort Worth, TX. We rode along 3 scenic parkways/byways: the Cherohala Skyway that extends across both Tennessee and North Carolina, the Blue Ridge Parkway that extends across North Carolina and Virginia, and the Talimena Scenic Byway that extends between Arkansas and Oklahoma. While […]

Motorcycle Awareness Month

May 3, 2014 by Margaret Filed Under: Learning to Ride, New Rider Fears, Safety Leave a Comment

May is motorcycle awareness month. Hopefully you have noticed the signs urging you to “share the road” and “look twice for motorcycles”. As the weather warms up and people begin taking vacations the number of motorcycle riders on the road increase. Many serious and fatal crashes occur when motorists turn in front of motorcyclists. Make […]