Posts tagged 40s

Double motolady action- 1940’s throwback.

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This amazing photo was submit today… I am so in love with it. Look at that bad ass woman! I wouldn’t mess with her. 

El, 27 y/o motolady from Bandung, west-java Indonesia. Rides a Harley Davidson WLC 1948 chopper. (Submission from Daniel)

Who is that? The princess Elizabeth (yes, now Queen) riding a motorcycle in a 1941 issue of The Motor Cycle magazine. The Queen is a motolady!

This summer, The Harley-Davidson Museum will open an exhibit dedicated to an iconic piece of motorcycle culture: the black leather jacket. 

The “Worn to be Wild: The Black Leather Jacket“ exhibit will showcase over 100 artifacts including jackets designed by fashion houses such as Jean Paul Gaultier and Gianni Versace, as well as jackets worn by celebrities such as Elvis Presley.

The picture shows a motorcycle woman with leather jacket, circa year 1949.

A lady motorcycle messenger bringing a letter to a Government office in London. April, 1940. From the Yorkshire film archives.

Messenger girls probably sometime in the 1940’s.

June Evans on a BSA motorcycle on Mary Street in Coburg Victoria 1945

Hail to the chief!

1946 Indian Chief

Female dispatch rider getting ready to mount her moto. (United Kingdom, 1941)

MotoLady in 1947.

Woman riding motorcycle and wearing decorated leather belt.

Betty Carstairs riding her motorcycle in Nassau, the Bahamas (1941).

Betty (1900–1993) was a wealthy British power boat racer known for her speed and her eccentric lifestyle.

1940’s stunt rider Dot Smith poses on her 1939 EL Knucklehead. Dot was a member of the Motor Maids and the San Francisco Motorcycle Club.