Our Story:
Dangerous Curves Hawaii is an all-female motorcycle group, but we are not officially a motorcycle club. This is our story...
In March 2001 two friends, Shannon A. and Shannon W. were surfing the internet looking for women's riding jackets and stumbled across Michelle's Personal Homepage dedicated to sportbikes and riding. After corresponding via email, we met and started riding together. Soon after that Laura and Jeanette were referred to the group by a salesman at a local motorcycle shop. Several months later Brenda had heard about this group of female riders and introduced herself at the 2001Toy Run. Michelle, Shannon A, Shannon W, Laura, Jeanette and Brenda are the original riders of Dangerous Curves Hawaii.
At this point Dangerous Curves Hawaii did not have an official name, we were just known as the "all female group". Several friends that ride passed the word along to other female riders how to get in contact with us. We also asked the friendly salespeople, parts, and service departments at the local bike shops to pass the word along we welcome female riders to join us on our rides.
Sometime in the beginning of 2002 Michelle asked a creative co-worker to help think of a cool name for our group. He quickly came up with 'Dangerous Curves' (we wish we could take credit for being that creative!) Thank you, Koko!
As of summer 2002 we were up to 27 female riders that had come out riding with Dangerous Curves Hawaii. In late 2002 we met with a reporter from the local newspaper. The article started as a small idea, we are thinking maybe just a short column in the paper. Our story ended up on the cover of the local section. It was also published again a few weeks later in a free residential publication. Dangerous Curves Hawaii received a lot of exposure through the publications and as a result had many, many inquires from other female riders. Our contact list of 50 female riders in the area went up to 80 in a matter of weeks.
We are more than just fellow riders, true friendships have grown, we get together for movies, dinners, horseback riding, beach days, etc. We have had riders that range from their early 20's to over 50 years old. The average age span of our group is about 30 - 45. We have single gals, married, some with children. Our careers vary from homemakers, active military, office workers, business owners and much more.
When we ride, we have rules we expect everyone to follow for everyone's safety. We have sweepers in the back of the pack to make sure the group stays together. We are learning as we go and have experienced some growing pains. Thankfully women are understanding, even when we make mistakes we can learn from our mistakes and move on.
We are pleasantly surprised how many women motorcyclists there are in Hawaii. Over the years, we have had 100+ women ride with DCH. We hope that number continues to grow.
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