Gloria Tramontin Struck | |
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| Born | (1925-07-07)July 7, 1925 (age 100)[1] Clifton, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Known for | Motorcycling |
Gloria Tramontin Struck (born July 7, 1925) is anAmericanmotorcyclist who was one of the early members of theMotor Maids women'smotorcycle club, which she joined in 1946, at age 21.[2] She is both aSturgis Hall of Fame andMotorcycle 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 severallong-distance motorcycling journeys through all 48 of thecontiguous U.S. states. Her first solo motorcycle tour, inCanada in 1950, was the subject of a feature story in a 1952 issue ofHarley-Davidson Enthusiast.[5] She has frequently ridden to distantrallies for Motor Maids and the nationalSturgis Motorcycle Rally into her late 80s, for which she spurnstrailering.[6] She estimates a lifetime 650,000 miles (1,050,000 km) riding on elevenHarley-Davidsons and threeIndian Motorcycles she has owned,[5][3] and went onmotorcycle tours inEurope 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 inNew 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]
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.'