Women are taking to the road, the dirt and the tools as a historically male-dominated motorcycle culture makes way for a growing wave of Leatherettes, Moto Ladies and Throttle Dolls. | By Wendy Tuohy wtuohy
reports a recent rise of up to 20 per cent of female participants across age groups in its training programs and events as girls and women hit the tracks.management committee in 2022 and finance officer Donna Pearce said events are thriving.
Catherine Manning, 54, who runs girls’ self-esteem workshops, says she sees an increasing number of middle-aged women taking up motorcycling simply because they can. “I absolutely love it; I’m literally waking up every day and coming out to the garage with my cup of tea and just looking at my bike – and the weather,” she said. “It just puts a huge smile on my face and puts me in such a good headspace. ”
From Em Jensen’s ‘Sheilas’ series, titled: ‘Sarah pulling into the Retreat Hotel to meet the Leatherettes for a drink’.Seeing other women having a riot at Sheilas Shakedown hooked photographer Em Jensen on the idea of not only documenting women’s bike culture but also joining “the ultimate girl gang”. Although she had never driven a manual car, she got her bike licence and became a Leatherette, on her Suzuki GN250, called Betty.
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