WOMEN UP FRONT
Kimberly
Morris
My name is Kimmy or some call me Harley PDX on
Facebook. My passion of riding is a whole world that I
created for myself. I took to riding dirt bikes at age 15 and
eventually graduated to street bikes. I come from a family
of motorcycle builders: From my father who taught me
some tricks of the trade to building custom Harley’s, to my
uncle who built some of the most Bad Ass trikes I’ve seen
to this day. My passion for riding grew quickly to wanting to
rebuild my sporty into a bobber, which was a 3-year project.
It was well worth the time and effort because “she is a
beauty.” I do own 3 bikes, Custom Harley, Honda CBR 600 &
Honda CRF 250.
Eventually I turned my interest into riding more off road
sports, such as Motocross and Flat Track and these motor
sports stole my heart away from the world and gave me
nothing but peace, just me and the track at that very
moment.
As far as racing, I started on dirt bikes at 15 years old
and my first bike was a Yamaha 500. I’m sure you can
imagine what kind of power that had to a 15-year-old. I was
definitely doing my fair share of crashing, but all that did
was make me want to ride more. It wasn’t until just recently
that I started getting into racing, a late bloomer, I guess,
but better late than never. In all actuality, it is a spendy
sport and my parents couldn’t afford it as I was growing
up. I started practicing with some awesome local MX riders
and took on a few practices at the local tracks and just
got a feeling of utter disbelief of freedom. That led me to
practicing as much as possible until I participated in my first
race last year and absolutely loved it. I’m definitely looking
forward to this season and participate in some races at
Portland International Raceway, Mt. View, in Sandy Oregon,
a few other local tracks and eventually hit up the California
circuit. I have also been dabbling in flat track. That is also a
blast. This year I’m looking forward to doing some races,
which are mainly held at Salem Fairgrounds.
With all of my passion of two wheels, I felt I needed to
turn it into a lifestyle, career and build my own empire
and start a Women’s Motor Clothing Line. Badassery is a
Retro, Punky-with-a-Pin-up twist, inspired line that is fitting
to all body types. We specialize in Jean & Leather. All of
our gear is custom Jeans, Jackets to full piece suits. The
gear provides protection and style all at the same time. We
will be launching the line in early June 2016 and will have
our website BadasseryMotorClothing.com up and ready
to rock for purchasing. We also are looking forward to
holding a lot of events and fashion shows to show off our
new gear, so please go like our Facebook page and keep
updated with our events page. https://www.facebook.com/
badasserymotorclothing
I also carry another line of Moto Gear, which is called Bad
Ass Bettyz MotoGear and that line is for off-roading women,
doesn’t matter if its 2 wheels or 4, we have a large selection
of custom tee-shirt, tank tops, sweat shirt and pants, even
hats. If you’re into Motorsports you’re going to love this line.
I’m really looking forward to meeting all you lady riders,
seasoned and new. We are going to have a lot of events this
Summer and hope all of you wonderful women can join us
in the celebration of riding free. Cheers!
My name is Kimmy / Harley and I’m here to inspire all
women to get out there and do what they love and fulfill
their dreams and passions.
“The world does not benefit from hiding your Badassery!”
Each month Thunder Roads of Oregon wants to share how women are embracing the world of motorcycling. Send us your story and
pictures to [email protected] with Women Up Front in the subject line! You may just be our next “Women Up Front” feature!
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