Motorcycle Grandma
Gloria Struck is a 90-year-old great-grandmother who may be the oldest active female motorcycle enthusiast in the world.
She doesn’t just ride around the block; she rides from New Jersey to Sturgis, South Dakota; from New Jersey to Daytona Beach, Florida. And those are trips she makes annually!
And she’s not content to ride on the back. The 5-foot, 125-pound dynamite handles her own 700-pound Harley Davidson just fine.
Gloria explains why she will never, ever trailer her bike. She also talks to Growing Bolder about how her riding inspires people of all ages, including others who would never consider riding a bike. She offers words of advice for those who tend to sit around in their older years — get out there and get active!
She describes her family’s 100-year-old love affair with motorcycles and how she’s overcome discrimination against female riders over the years.
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June 8, 2022 @ 11:23 am
I admire her so much, but then have to remember the three times I should have been killed on my bike. The third time was enough for me. Have never since (1987) been on a motorcycle, much as I still think about it.
June 8, 2022 @ 10:00 am
I love it!!!! I am sending this to my “old” friends to encourage them to get off their butts.
May 29, 2018 @ 9:18 am
She is amazing! I can’t believe she has the strength to control the bike! Good fir her!!!!
April 19, 2018 @ 10:54 am
very tough lady, glad she does what she wants to do,
April 14, 2018 @ 11:40 am
I love the fact she lives her OWN life…No matter what others think.
Very inspiring !
April 12, 2018 @ 10:51 pm
Amazing woman, and she does what she wants. Great ! Keep your independence. I don’t ride, but do other things that people of my age don’t do, actually, cannot do, so I am grateful, as I am sure she is. Don’t look 90 !
May 14, 2018 @ 7:05 am
Your answer lifts the intneligelce of the debate.
April 12, 2018 @ 11:45 am
You go girl!
May 14, 2018 @ 9:24 am
At last, soemnoe who knows where to find the beef
April 12, 2018 @ 10:12 am
Amazing woman. She don’t look 90
May 15, 2018 @ 1:17 am
AFAICT you’ve covreed all the bases with this answer!