![]() ![]() There’s no such thing as having age stopping you from doing things. “I’m still trying to live mine, you know. Struck’s advice to people is to live their dream. “I never realized the life I led until I sat down to write about it, and I thought ‘Oh, my goodness, quite a life,’ so I’m very happy I did it,” she said. She talks about her adventures on the road and even her life outside of riding in her new book, “Gloria – A Lifetime Motorcyclist: 75 Years on Two Wheels and Still Riding.” Struck developed lasting friendships with women who also enjoy riding through the women’s motorcycle group – Motor Maids, Inc. “Their opinion didn’t bother me,” she said. Struck says that she was even refused a place to stay at times, but that didn’t stop her. ![]() The motorcyclist first learned how to ride back in 1941 after some persuading from her brother.įrom there, she would develop her own love of riding.ĭuring the early years, being a woman riding a motorcycle did come with some backlash. ![]() Struck is from New Jersey, but recently visited the Triad to speak to women motorcyclists in the Piedmont. “I’ll be 94 in July, still riding,” she said. ![]() Gloria Tramontin Struck, 93, is a longtime motorcycle rider who is showing no signs of slowing down. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. ![]()
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