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But why last night was good!
Jun. 22nd, 2005 10:59 amMy friend Jodi is a member of the Ladies of Harley, and happens to know Debbie Evans (http://debbieevans.com ) and convinced her to come and talk to the LoH meeting. So... I.. Um. tagged along. I mean, y'all have seen the Matrix with the bike stunts, right? I knew she'd played Trinity riding the bike in that stunt with the cars and I really wanted to meet a 40-something mother of three who has done so much amazing stuff in her life
So I got to spend dinner with her, I got to sit next to her, and amazingly enough, she RECOGNIZED me from Ducati Revs America (30 lbs and much longer hair ago!)
The thing I noticed is 1. not many of the women asked her questions 2. the harley guys wanted to ask more about her injuries (which she has a few, but not many given her 28 years of doing this!) and I kept picking up on this weird thing. She's TINY -- maybe 5'3 or 5'4, and slender, blond and yet she carried herself so strongly, I think some of the guys were trying to ask questions to intimidate her, or put her down. She was too classy to let it get to her, but I wonder if it must get tiring.
She and I talked about racing, about trials riding, about getting her kids into the sport, her duc 996, and her husband's r1, all sorts of things. I wanted to hear more about how they do these stunts safely, and the lessons she learned growing up in the sport, and got to talk to her a bit about it during the dinner.
I gotta say, she was so laid back and very approachable, I invited her to FemMoto and told her about the LoLaBikers who were going. :) I hope she goes!
So I got to spend dinner with her, I got to sit next to her, and amazingly enough, she RECOGNIZED me from Ducati Revs America (30 lbs and much longer hair ago!)
The thing I noticed is 1. not many of the women asked her questions 2. the harley guys wanted to ask more about her injuries (which she has a few, but not many given her 28 years of doing this!) and I kept picking up on this weird thing. She's TINY -- maybe 5'3 or 5'4, and slender, blond and yet she carried herself so strongly, I think some of the guys were trying to ask questions to intimidate her, or put her down. She was too classy to let it get to her, but I wonder if it must get tiring.
She and I talked about racing, about trials riding, about getting her kids into the sport, her duc 996, and her husband's r1, all sorts of things. I wanted to hear more about how they do these stunts safely, and the lessons she learned growing up in the sport, and got to talk to her a bit about it during the dinner.
I gotta say, she was so laid back and very approachable, I invited her to FemMoto and told her about the LoLaBikers who were going. :) I hope she goes!
