This still influences the serious custom shops today. Back in the 50s, when the chopper was getting established in the US, the UK's preferred owner-opted bike of choice was the Cafe Racer, which was a British bike stripped for weight and tweaked to take a corner. We don't have hundreds of miles of interstate to cruise on and about 90% of UK roads are narrow twistery. The tone was still anti-establishment (I do not trust anyone who is pro-establishment) but a bit less outlaw than the US mag.Įven the bikes were different because, and it still pains me to see anyone in the UK riding a chopper, our roads are so different to the US. At the time I read the occasional Easyriders but the UK equivalent back in the 80s was (and is) Back Street Heroes.Īt the time it was figure-headed by eloquent genius Maz Harris, PhD and Hells Angel. My exploits on a motorbike lasted about five minutes until I nearly beheaded myself with a tree, but I just love the look of the things.
(NSFW)īest headline of them all: How To Tell Your Girl You've Got Herpes Screw helmet laws! More of this Ol' Lady here. For added enjoyment, be sure to take note of some of the headlines. Here's a cover gallery from issues from the seventies and early eighties. Well, this is a Foxy Ladies post, so enough about the pot-bellied grizzled bikers - let's take a look at the Ol' Ladies of Easyriders.
The magazine is full of attractive women clawing all over ugly, hairy, fat and sweaty bikers. Notice the disparity in attractiveness? If you're reading old Easyriders, you better get used to it. Fans of 1980's B-movies are well familiar with this Scream Queen - I was a bit surprised to run into her in this magazine. Paging through some old Easyriders, I came across this featured Ol' Lady - Linnea Quigley. No, these women will beat your ass Fight Club style and not even break a sweat. For instance, an article on tightening a brake rod would be illustrated by a topless Ol' Lady performing the task.īut don't be mistaken, these aren't delicate beauties to be flirted with like a Playboy Bunny. Even articles on technical information would find an opportunity to feature a scantily clad biker babe. these girls were the definition of "rode hard and put up wet".Īnd Easyriders had no reservations about plastering their mags with the bodies of their "Ol' Ladies".
The women who graced the pages of the magazine are the exact opposite of the airbrushed ladies of Maxim. There's plenty of tan silicone enhanced skank, but that "Born to be Wild" mojo of Easyriders is long gone. I've paged through current issues, and, frankly, it's just not the same. and in the seventies that meant heavy drug use, deviant sex, and killing people. Technically, the gals of Easyriders magazine were called "Ol' Ladies", but I figured most people would think this was a post about elderly biker women, so I opted for "Biker Babes".Īnyway, Easyriders is a motorcycle magazine that's devoted as much to the machines as it is the biker lifestyle. (c) Paisano Publications, LLC, 28210 Dorothy Drive, Agoura Hills, CA 91301