Gloria Struck
Gloria Tramontin Struck | |
|---|---|
| Born | July 7, 1925[1] Clifton, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Known for | Motorcycling |
Gloria Tramontin Struck (born July 7, 1925) is an American motorcyclist who was one of the early members of the Motor Maids women's motorcycle club, which she joined in 1946, at age 21.[2] She is both a Sturgis Hall of Fame and Motorcycle Hall of Fame inductee.
Struck was born in a room behind her parents' Clifton, New Jersey motorcycle shop in 1925.[3] She has ridden motorcycles since age 16,[4] and has engaged in several long-distance motorcycling journeys through all 48 of the contiguous U.S. states. Her first solo motorcycle tour, in Canada in 1950, was the subject of a feature story in a 1952 issue of Harley-Davidson Enthusiast.[5] She has frequently ridden to distant rallies for Motor Maids and the national Sturgis Motorcycle Rally into her late 80s, for which she spurns trailering.[6] She estimates a lifetime 650,000 miles (1,050,000 km) riding on eleven Harley-Davidsons and three Indian Motorcycles she has owned,[5][3] and went on motorcycle tours in Europe starting in her 70s.[7] For her 90th birthday in 2015, she rode over 1,700 miles (2,700 km) from New Jersey to a Motor Maids rally in New Brunswick and back.[8][9]
Struck was named to the Sturgis Hall of Fame in 2011,[5] and to the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame in 2016.[10][7]
Bibliography[edit]
- Struck, Gloria (2017). Gloria - A Lifetime Motorcyclist: 75 Years on Two Wheels and Still Riding. Wolfgang Publications. ISBN 978-1941064023.
References[edit]
- ^ "There's no stopping 91-year-old Gloria Tramontin-Struck", Motor Cycle News, 17 January 2017
- ^ Lynn DeRocco (April 20, 2010), Gloria Tramontin Struck: Still ridin' after all these years, Thunder Press
- ^ a b Julie Jacobs (March 16, 2015), Harley birthday! 89-year-old N.J. woman still easy riding, NJ.com
- ^ Thad Wolff (March 8, 2013), "Motor Maids Matriarch: Gloria Struck", Rider
- ^ a b c GLORIA STRUCK 2011 Hall of Fame Inductee, Sturgis Motorcycle Museum & Hall of Fame
- ^
Christopher Maag (July 24, 2014), "Queen of the road: Gloria Struck, 89, matriarch of female motorcyclists", Hackensack Record – via The Spokesman-Review (Spokane, Washington),
When the annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally is over, Struck will point her Harley toward New Jersey and ride 1,700 miles home. 'We do not trailer bikes. We ride.'
- ^ a b "Gloria Tramontin-Struck", Motorcycle Hall of Fame biography, American Motorcyclist Association, 2016
- ^ Shelley Steeves (July 8, 2015), 90-year-old Motor Maid member says she still has 'plenty of miles left', Canada: Global News
- ^ Iron Trader News, October 15, 2015
- ^ "Gloria Struck, Ronnie Jones Join AMA Hall Of Fame", Cycle News, July 14, 2016
Sources[edit]
- Siegal, Margie (2006). "Riding pretty: the Motor Maids". In Michael Dregni (ed.). The Harley-Davidson Reader. MotorBooks International. ISBN 978-1-61060-041-5.