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Beyond The Pillion
E16: Riding in the city and built-up urban areas
In this episode, we talk about tips for riding in the city and urban areas with traffic, including things you can practice to build up your confidence and techniques and things to keep in mind while you’re riding.
Beyond The Pillion is hosted by Kahiwa Sebire and Mark Drechsler. This is a podcast for women and non-binary people looking to get into motorcycling or who started recently, or maybe you don’t have a group of experienced riders in your orbit. We’ll be those friends for you with tips, advice, stories from our time riding and stories from other people in and around motorcycling.
Beyond the Pillion is supported by Woman Moto, the online magazine for women motorcyclists. Visit womanmoto.com or @womanmotoaunz on Instagram
Find @BeyondThePillion on Instagram www.instagram.com/beyondthepillion and YouTube www.YouTube.com/@beyondthepillion. Drop a comment or a DM and let us know what you want to hear more about!
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