A new study says women motorcyclists are happier than women who don't ride.

Yay! Bitches can ride motorcycles in Saudi Arabia now, because the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has lifted the ban on women driving motorcycles and bikes. The new religious laws allow for women to ride these two-wheelers in parks and "recreational areas," but still requires them to wear a full, head-to-toe abaya while…

What did you do this weekend? I went out one night, I stayed in one night, I watched all of Season 2 of Portlandia, made some peach cobbler, and even had an impromptu dance party at a colleague's house. But the highlight of a pretty stellar weekend was staring at this picture of Joe Biden nuzzling a biker woman's ear…

A group of self-described ladybloggers recently attended a soiree on Manhattan's Central Park South to sip cocktails and feel empowered by Harley-Davidson motorcycles. Or so the company hoped.

In this era of inside voices, Netflix Instant, and the infinite staying-in-excuses the Internet offers, some women are choosing instead to seek freedom and adventure outside, on the seat of a motorcycle. Yes, women are climbing onto hogs from coast to coast in record numbers, and not from the vantage point of sitting…

We were told that Lady Gaga's new video, "Judas," would be premiering on E! tonight. But wily one that she is, this afternoon she put five minutes of the 10-minute clip up on YouTube. What you'll see: Choppers. Leather jackets. Bandanas. Cornrows. A crown of thorns. Foot-washing. Norman Reedus from Boondock Saints.…

[Hollywood, December 13. Image via Pacific Coast News Online.]

Life.com just put up a never-seen before, unpublished Hells Angels gallery. And while the images (from 1965) of the guys are interesting, it's the women who will really catch your eye.

The number of female motorcycle riders is growing. "This is a female population that doesn't want to ride on the back of the bike. These women have the financial resources to buy bikes of their own," says one seller. [Philly.com]

"I decided on making cozies for empowering objects which happened to be very hard, masculine, recognizable objects. The covers kind of softened them up and changed their determined roles," explains extreme knitter Teresa Honeywell. She was, of course, inspired by a toilet-paper cozy at a flea market. "It kind of made…

[Los Angeles, April 29. Image via Bauer-Griffin]

Susan Carpenter, the "Throttle Jockey" at the LA Times, finds that riding motorcycles is a great way to get attention from guys, but up to a point. She says that when a woman rides a large bike (above 1,600 cc) men no longer perceive the female rider as being "sexy". While testing a Suzuki C109R (which weighs 787…