2020 Flying Piston Strider Builder: Cris Simmons builds Cris’s mini “Effie One Legendary Woman’s Tiny Strider Custom Cris Sommer-Simmons is a female powerhouse in the motorcycle world, from her beginnings as a moto-journalist and her own publication, Harley Women Magazine, to her time spent riding vintage motorcycles cross country in Read more…
Lena Fairless Builds a Custom Strider Called The Fairless Flyer, Riding runs in the family Fairless. A legendary name in motorcycles, to say the least. Lena Fairless is the daughter of Rick Fairless, who is best known for his psychedelic tie-dyed custom choppers from his shop in Dallas, Strokers Dallas. Read more…
Ashmore’s Lil’ Ripper – Staking a Claim in biking’s future Flying Piston Strider Builder: Ashmore Ellis is the co-founder of the largest women’s motorcycle event, Babes Ride Out. Since I met Ashmore in 2013, she has been all about introducing women to riding. And lately, she has even more reason Read more…
Flying Piston Strider Builder: JoAnn Bortles Builds A Mini-me Chopper with a Grown-up Paint job When JoAnn Bortles was asked to customize a Strider bike, she immediately connected dots to make the most of the opportunity. As the owner of Crazyhorse Custom Paint, JoAnn is an award-winning painter, welder and Read more…
WRN Build Team Honoring the past, preparing the future No question about it, this Tiny Strider Custom, spearheaded by racer Erin Sills and enabled by other women at WomenRidersNow, has a pointed message: women have been providing inspiration in motorsports for decades, encouraging by example and leading by action. To Read more…
Ron Finch’s Strider Custom Rolling mini art in classic Finch style It was Wednesday of Sturgis Rally week, 2019 and people were gathering at the Lodge at Deadwood for the annual Sturgis Museum Hall of Fame induction breakfast. It was a stellar class, too, including Frank Fritz, Ron Paugh and Read more…