If a woman goes to Daytona wearing chaps with her ass hanging out, and a barely-there leather halter top, folks will be very friendly to a female.

Seriously, I think that women can and do have a great time at any motorcycle rally, but I believe that there is a far more woman-friendly atmosphere, say, at the Honda Hoot as compared to Daytona or Sturgis.

I've seen a lot of pictures and heard a lot of stories from Daytona, but I haven't been to it myself. What I've seen and heard indicates that there is a fair number of sexist men on cruisers, with "stripper-fied" women perched on the back of their bikes. Some of them still believe that a woman's place is on the passenger seat of a man's bike, and never riding her own. (Grr)

That said, the only way to change the biker culture is to show up on our OWN bikes, dressed the way WE want to dress, and claim the right to be treated with respect as women who ride. It's not all like that at Daytona. Families and women attend, and it's getting less rowdy as time goes on -- from what I hear, at least. I have no hard evidence, and I could be wrong.