I Made It Into Alltop!

Biker Chickz Blog was recently added to the Alltop website in their new category, Motorcycles. (Thanks Mike Werner for suggesting it) It is quite an honor as not too many motorcycle themed blogs have been added yet.

The Alltop site collects feeds from blogs of any particular interest or topic and displays them all together with the 5 most recent headlines showing for each website. It is meant to help you find new sites that you may not have known about.

Go check them out, you may find other subjects that will peak your interests while you're there.

Excellent Blog Award

I've been honored by Linda over at Raven's Roads with the Excellent Blog Award. This means alot to me. Thank you very much.

Now I am to pass it on to 10 other excellent bloggers. These are some of my favorites: Biker Ted Diaries, written by a bear touring on a motorcycle in U.K., Europe, and Scandinavia; Dante's Dame which is a fascinating pictoral blog of a Northwest female motorcyclist; Glider Rider a fairly new blog by a female rider with great articles; The Great Motorcyle Pizza Tour. Who couldn't love a blog about riding, pizza, and beer! Moto Adrenaline is about a couple in Texas who ride together; Musings of an Intepid Commuter is written by a fellow Northwestern rider who also causes you to think; Slablog written by a teacher in North Georgia who talks about motorcycles and various other things; Riders on Adventure is a great travelogue of riding trips; Rides Roads and Ronman an interesting blog with ride reports; and last but not least, Vicki's Blog written by Vicki Gray the motorcyclist and promoter of International Female Ride Day.

I hope I've given you some food for thought or mentioned a blog you may not have seen. I think they are all EXCELLENT!

Book Review – A Little Twist of Texas by Linda R. Moore

Shortly after I began my Biker Chickz Blog, I started looking for other female motorcycle related websites. There weren’t many, but one that I found right away was Raven’s Roads. The website is authored by Linda R. Moore, a British lady who writes books, articles, and who now has several blogs. She also uses her motorcycle as her main transportation.

As I became familiar with the Raven’s Roads website, I kept coming back to see what was new. I soon noticed that Linda had written a book about traveling from the Silicon Valley in California to a writers convention in Texas, on a motorcycle and by herself. It was called, “A Little Twist of Texas”. I ordered the book through Raven’s Roads right away, and received a personally autographed copy from Linda.

I began to read the book last fall, when I had only been riding my little Suzuki Boulevard S-40 for a couple of years. The concept of riding alone through the desert and facing the challenges of mechanical problems, weather, and other hazards was something that had never occurred to me. I began reading the book and was glued to it from the beginning. Linda described herself as an introvert, who is not really mechanically inclined. How could she put herself in such a scary and uncomfortable situation? The unknown lay ahead. She writes the book in a way that it seems you are right there with her. I felt that our personalities were similar as she describes her thoughts along the way.

Through many trials and detours from the original plans, Linda makes her way to the convention and back to the Silicon Valley. The book, ‘A Little Twist of Texas’ is an adventure waiting to happen, and opened my eyes to what I might be capable of doing. I developed a new attitude after reading Linda’s book, and have learned about other women who’ve traveled far away on motorcycles. I soon went out and bought a larger motorcycle, so that I wouldn’t be limited for any ride I planned. Now I believe anything I can dream of is possible, and I don’t have to analyze it and plan it to death. On my next trip I will go with the flow, see what comes along, and enjoy every day! Thanks Linda.

You can purchase Linda’s book through any of the Raven’s websites. It is also available from other book purchasing resources. The book is an inspiring read.