Carla King

A travel writers writings, readings, gear, wheels, and recommendations.

New TV Ad Encourages Young Women to Ride Motorcycles

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There’s a new TV commercial promoting motorcycling to women by the Bonnier Motorcycle Group. “It’s Your Turn” features Becka Adams, a motorcyclist, athlete and actress, with Motorcyclist Magazine Associate Editor Zack Courts. It also features my friend Jessica Prokup’s second-hand motorcycle gear shop in Long Beach, Yellow Devil Gear Exchange. Tim Collins, Marketing Director for […]

Aren’t You Scared?

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From my travel memoir, American Borders In 1995 I traveled around the United States on a Russian Ural sidecar motorcycle that was designed in 1938 and built in 1994. While I could have chosen a more conventional and reliable motorcycle, the Ural enticed me with unique qualities from a previous era—the graceful lines, the sidecar, […]

Celebrating International Women’s Day

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Happy International Women’s Day to all the women I know and the men who love and support us! I often reflect on what it means to be a woman in this time and this place. Traveling outside of western culture I am often welcomed as an “honorary man,” a desexualized status that allows me to […]

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