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[D-N-D]

Nice Pictures !!! Lot of women waring skits on bikes back then.

[ultrarider123]

Not vintage, but this is Elspeth Beard who circumvented the globe solo in the 80's

  Ms. Beard was the first British woman to perform that feat and dang she was tall plus she's a darn good architect to boot.
Everyone knows how tall in the saddle a BMW is (especially for us mid 5 footers)....she's got bended knees and sitting TALL in the saddle and room to spare.  
Around the world on a bike is a boyhood dream of mine...lot's of interesting threads on the interweb about all types of trips from the past years pole to pole or equatorial...do a google if you are interested.

Link to the 2007 Motorcyclist article about Ms. Beard http://www.motorcyclistonline.com/features/122_0705_elspeth_beard/


.....now back to your regular scheduled thread...

[longlast]

 That was an interesting article Howard. Gotta say she had some jam. 
And ya got a point on those never ending legs.

[Skillet]

Nice. Thanks for posting.

[cold1]

X2

[lowflight]

I received this a while back in an email with other "rare photos", but I ended up deleting it and did a search to find it again. One of the most intresting photos I have ever seen, supposedly the real deal: