STURGIS – In the 1998 Walt Disney film “Mulan,” the main character Fa disguises herself as a male so her chances are better to fight in the fictional Imperial Army and to prevent ruthless bad guy Shan Yu from invading China.

Alas, it was the reveal of her true female self that helped Mulan save her country. Lesson learned.

But the Biker Belles would never waste their time hiding at the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally like that.

Their braids hang long behind their helmets, their pink bikes sparkle and they themselves roar in unison.

“Sturgis is such a misogynistic place,” says 26-year-old Hannah Stout-Ortega, who just received her motorcycle license. “And this is our response to that. There is so much more to women than being objects to look at.”

The Biker Belles is an informal group of women

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