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While sitting at Baskin Robbins the evening of May 5th, we were approached by a young lady rider that is trying to get a Bed and Breakfast business going in Rapid City, SD.  As she drooled over the V Rod (her dream to have bike),  we agreed to try and fit a stay in at her place.
If you are going to be in the Rapid City Area, please check out la Ke's Lodge.
www.la-kelodge.com




Bad Boys Cycles Big Sky Lady Riders
 		Ladies PAS Rally Motor Maids - Montana
 North Dakota Ladies Run
Hi, my name is Cindy Black. You have found your way to my personal web pages.
I am a member of several different women's motorcycle organizations.
The Women on Wheels® Group, the Big Sky Lady Riders, in Billings, Montana,
   a Women in the Wind group from Medicine Hat, Alberta, The Desert Dolls,  
And the MotorMaids, Inc.® , the Co/WY/MT District.

For the last two winter seasons I have worked for the Montana Dept of Transportation (the snowplow division) as a road reporter.    The links a the top of this page are some of the other sites that I maintain.


On March 8, I left Fort Worth, TX on my new Yellow Bike.  I made it home on March 11, 1647 miles and four days later.
I have written about my adventures.

The New Bike Story
T Shirts 4 Sale

For several years now, I have been selling T Shirts.  I have added a few new ones since some of you have last seen me.  I pack as many as I can on my motorcycle when I travel to the Women's Events. 
If you are interested in a T Shirt, you can email me.  Send me money, I send you shirt.
 
Calendar
The 2008 Schedule is coming together and posted below. 



Road Dogs, IRO
Show and Shine
Bad Boys Cycles
Billings, MT
May 3rd, 2008

  Glendive ABATE
Show and Shine
May 10, 2008

Helena ABATE Spring Opener
Townsend, MT
June, 2008
June 20, 21, 2008
Chicks' Run
Casper, WY

June, 2008
Women in the Wind
Summer Nationals
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

MotorMaids, Inc WY-MT District
Field Events and
Over the Top Poker Run
June 26 - 28, 2008
Cheyenne, WY

 July 8, 9, 10, 2008
Women on Wheels® Ride In Event
Boyne Mountain, MI
There will be 3

Women Only

Rallies
 
in 2008.

June -- Chicks Run, Wyoming

July -- North Dakota Ladies Run
Park River, ND

August -- The Alberta Rally
Grand Prarie, Alberta
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 July 8, 9, 10, 11, 2008
The Motor Maids Convention
Columbia, IN

July  2008
Ladies PAS Rally
not planned as yet
July 18, 19, 20, 2008
North Dakota Ladies Run
Park River,  ND

August 1 & 2
AMA Grand National Finals
Flat Track Races
Billings, MT


August  5th thru 12th
Sturgis Bike Week

August 9, 2008
TSLR 1st Annual Virgina City
Follies and Ghost Ride

August 15, 16, 2008
The Alberta Rally
Grand Prarie, Alberta

Aug 28, thru Sept  2,  2008
The Black Hills Couples Weekend
 Hill City, SD

Sept 8, 9, 10, 2007
Big Sky TourMaster's
Honor the Vets Rally
 Lewistown, Montana
in congunction with the
Choke Cherry Festaval and the
What the Hay Ride

Check out the Travel Page for information and pictures of the 2005 events.


C
What I Ride
For the first 10 years, I rode a 1995 HD FatBoy.  I tweeked and adjusted and got it just about as comfortable as a Harley could possibly be for long travels, excluding saddlebags or a windshield. 
In 2006, I rode that bike over 15,000 miles and receive the highest mileage award for the Desert Dolls group in Medicine Hat. 
In August 2007, I gave my FatBoy to my daughter Ester, with 57,000 miles on it, of that, 54,000, I had put on.  
After giving away my bike, I started riding the V Rod.  I did two road trips on it, the Black Hills - 1200 miles, and Medicine Hat - 900 miles.  I rode very little through the winter. 
In March, 2008, I bought the Gold Wing.
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My husband finally changed his residence from Idaho to Montana.  In the fall of 2007, I had to forfeit the Idaho Plate.  And wouldn't you know it, MSBHVN was not available in MT.  After much contemplation and mind racking, I choose the following plate.
Most everyone that I know thinks that this is a great plate and fits me well, but, shortly after I got it, I gave the FatBoy to my daugther Ester.
I was going to ride the bike that Ester has ridden since she was 17, the Honda Shadow, 1100 for the rest of the year.  After one trip up and over the Beartooth Highway, I  decided it really needed tires and it was not as comfortable as I needed to put the rest of the 2007 miles on it. 
So I finished 2007 on the V Rod.  It will be my bike of choice until I can afford my Gold Wing. Although it does not look like a good traveler, I did ride it to the Black Hill and to Medicine Hat before retiring for the winter.
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On March 7, 2008, I took possession of a 2001 Honda Gold Wing.  Brenda and I had been threatening to buy Gold Wings for over three years.  For those that have worried their silly little heads off, "I now have a windshield."



A Typical Day Trip
This picture was taken in Bozeman, Montana, in front of Ester's House. My good friend and riding partner, Brenda and I rode to Bozeman (140 miles) for the day.  We stopped in Livingston and had lunch with Kate (another Lady Rider-friend) before riding over to Belgrade for a craft show in the park.  It was a cool day, but great riding! Ester is my third daughter, the college graduate and the receiver of my FatBoy.
Please note the matching Helmets.

This day gave us a bit over 300 miles. Brenda was pushing to get over 10,000 miles for the year.  Which she did.


Road Trips
2008
First Trip of the year
On March 8, I started out in Fort Worth, TX and rode to Billings, MT. Arriving on March 11, 1647 miles later.
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What is Next:
May 9, 2008

I will be riding to Glendive, MT for the Lower Yellowstone ABATE Chapter's show and Shine.  I will get to see Linda and Randy Baldwin.  

2007
First Trip of the year.
Girl Night Out
White Suplher Springs, MT
March 10, 11
310 miles total
March 10, 11. Brenda  and I rode to White Sulpher Springs, MT.  It was early in the year, but the rodes were dry and the sun was shinning.  As we got closer to WSS, being higher in the mountains, there was snow off in the meadows and fields.  And we did get cold before we arrived at 3:30pm.		 Last trip of the year.
 Medicine Hat, Alberta
October 11, 12, 13, 14, 2007

Oct 11, I rode to Great Falls, 220 miles. Janice Allstad joined me and we rode to Medicine Hat, Alberta on Oct 12. We then rode with the Desert Dolls on the 13th. A group photo was taken on Saturday(reason for the trip) We  rode home (home fore me was 378 miles) on the Sunday the 14th.
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In 2005, I put together a travel page that generalize the years travels
2005 Travel Page



This page was last revised on 5-21-08