The Content I Was Looking For Didn't Exist.
So I’m Making It.
On a day in August 2025, I was procrastinating work so hardcore that I opened ChatGPT and asked: Could I be a biker girl?
When I started getting curious about riding, I did what any reasonable woman does — I went looking for someone who'd already figured it out.
I wanted stories from women like me. Moms with young kids at home. Women in the thick of it, not necessarily looking back on it from the other side. Someone who understood that choosing to learn to ride motorcycles as a mother of small children feels, from the outside, like the most selfish and reckless thing you could possibly do.
I couldn't find her.
What I found instead were abandoned blogs, generic beginner guides written by people trying to sell me something, and a whole lot of content that assumed I was either fearless or childless. Neither applied.
So I decided to start writing the content I was looking for.
She Shifts exists because women (especially moms) are severely underserved in this space. And yet we're the fastest-growing segment in motorcycling. We're showing up every single day, quietly getting licensed, quietly gearing up, quietly riding out of the driveway while the kids are with dad and the guilt is riding shotgun.
We deserve a place that takes that seriously.
This isn't a highlight reel. I'm not writing from the other side of some triumphant journey. I got my license in fall 2025. I ride a Yamaha R3. I'm a stay-at-home-mom to 3 young kids. I'm figuring this out in real time — the gear, the skills, the mental gymnastics of choosing yourself without apologizing for it.
I genuinely believe that someone telling the truth from this stage of the journey is more valuable than waiting until I have it all figured out. You don't have to wait to be somebody. You already are somebody.
That's what She Shifts is about.
The blog is where you can find real questions, honest answers, and no pretending this is simpler than it is.
Whether you're curious, just licensed, or a mom trying to figure out if you're allowed to want this: you're in the right place.
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