In 2010, Sommer Simmons rode Effie from Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, to Santa Monica, California, from Atlantic City, New Jersey, to Carlsbad, California, in 2016, and again in 2018 from Portland, Maine, to Portland, Oregon. #EarlyAmericanMotorcycles#womenwhorideThis tweet was posted on August 24, 2021.
Sommer Simmons’ motorcycle is nicknamed “Effie” in honor of Effie and Avis Hotchkiss, who, in 1915, became the first women to ride across the United States on a motorcycle. #EarlyAmericanMotorcycles#womenwhorideThis tweet was posted on August 24, 2021.
Author, antique motorcycle collector, and American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) Hall of Fame member Cristine “Cris” Sommer Simmons has ridden cross country on her 1915 Harley-Davidson 11-F three times. #EarlyAmericanMotorcycles#womenwhorideThis tweet was posted on August 24, 2021.