HAYLEY BELL: My name's Hayley Bell.
I'm the founder of Women Riders World Relay.
We wanted to start with a bit of background
about what we're doing and why we all
look like [BEEP] right now.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
We are traveling across the world,
looking to unite women and showcase what
women can do on a motorcycle.
You know, we aren't timid.
We can ride.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
[SPEAKING SPANISH]
PORSCHE TAYLOR: I'm super excited to be a part of the US
team carrying a baton.
SPEAKER 1: And it's fun to follow you.
PORSCHE TAYLOR: Have you been following me?
SPEAKER 1: Of course, I follow you.
Have you talked to him?
PORSCHE TAYLOR: Well, I haven't done that yet,
and I need to do that.
I'm still waiting to get the final
this is what it is, you know?
SPEAKER 1: Yeah.
PORSCHE TAYLOR: So until we get that, I'm optimistic.
You know what I'm saying?
Like, nobody has an expiration date.
SPEAKER 1: Right, right, right.
PORSCHE TAYLOR: You know, I'm kind of a Huxtable kid.
I grew up in a middle class family.
I think people gave me the dream of being a lawyer,
but it was never really my dream.
You can be great at doing something;
but if it's not your passion, you're just wasting time.
I am very happy that I'm self-employed.
You know, I don't have a big house.
That's not wealth to me.
Being able to go to the beach on a Wednesday at 3 o'clock
and not have to worry about whether or not I'm taking too
long of a lunch, that's wealth.
[INTERPOSING VOICES]
OK, the best part is yet to come.
We still gotta go to Vegas.
[APPLAUSE]
HAYLEY BELL: Within this beautifully
hand-carved case is a beautifully hand-carved baton.
And we've been through some adventures with this thing;
haven't we?
[LAUGHTER]
We've been through tropical monsoons.
We've had bikes down.
We've had riders down.
We've had tears.
We've had laughter.
We've had everything in between.
Give yourselves a massive round of applause.
[APPLAUSE AND CHEERS]
SPEAKER 2: All right, everyone, let's get ready to go.
Got headgear?
Put it on.
SPEAKER 3: You good?
[SOUND OF TRAFFIC AND HORNS HONKING]
[LAUGHS]
SPEAKER 4: Grand Junction, Colorado--
102 miles.
There's a couple different ways to go.
HAYLEY BELL: We need fuel stops.
SPEAKER 4: We're on at 22 Road, Grand Junction.
HAYLEY BELL: Cool.
SPEAKER 5: Porsche, you freezing yet?
PORSCHE TAYLOR: Believe it.
SPEAKER 6: (LAUGHING) I know.
[PHONE RINGS]
PORSCHE TAYLOR: So cold, cold, cold, cold.
DAD: Hey, baby.
PORSCHE TAYLOR: Hey, Daddy, how you feeling?
DAD: Today's one of them mediocre days.
PORSCHE TAYLOR: Yeah.
I wanted to check with you 'cause, you know,
I knew that there was still some pending information.
DAD: Right.
This week, Thursday, I should be going for my operation.
PORSCHE TAYLOR: OK.
And that's for the lumps that's on your lungs.
DAD: Yeah.
PORSCHE TAYLOR: OK.
But you're not in any pain.
Are you OK?
DAD: Yeah, I'm just regular pain.
That's all.
I love y'all so much.
PORSCHE TAYLOR: I love you too, Daddy.
DAD: All right, love you too, babe.
Bye-bye.
[PORSCHE SIGHS]
PORSCHE TAYLOR: Super cool.
[LAUGHTER]
SPEAKER 7: [INAUDIBLE]
PORSCHE TAYLOR: Good morning, ladies.
SPEAKER 8: I've got an extra jacket liner
if you'd like to use it.
PORSCHE TAYLOR: [LAUGHS] You know what?
I'm just-- I'm a California girl.
So 27 degrees?
Yeah, that's tough man.
HAYLEY BELL: Portia, you're starting out lead.
Do you have the baton?
PORSCHE TAYLOR: I do.
HAYLEY BELL: Great.
So you guys ready to saddle up?
Get on the road?
[MOTORCYCLES STARTING AND MUSIC PLAYING]
PORSCHE TAYLOR: It's been touch and go--
a lot of conversations while I'm on the bike to my dad,
making sure he's OK.
I don't know when those conversations are going to end.
But if I sit and I ride, now I'm not afraid.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
[PIANO BEING PLAYED]
TRACY: Whoo!
Beautiful!
[LAUGHS]
[LAUGHTER]
[REVS ENGINE]
[MUSIC PLAYING]
PORSCHE TAYLOR: No matter how many women
you ride with, riding is a single, solitary action.
And when stop and you get off the bike,
that's when it becomes community again.
SPEAKER 9: Honest to God, you can leave me.
It's all right.
PORSCHE TAYLOR: Nah, nah, nah--
we're too close.
SPEAKER 9: It's better than me catching up
PORSCHE TAYLOR: We're too close to the end.
And we're not going to leave you by yourself on a dark road.
I got some good music going.
We're going to take our time, and we'll get there.
OK?
HAYLEY BELL: I gotta--
PORSCHE TAYLOR: Come on.
HAYLEY BELL: I gotta
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
[MUSIC PLAYING]
GITANJALI RAO: Most people thought
that I was an 11-year-old with a simple science fair idea.
But I knew that if I could get this to work,
I could help to never see another Flint water
crisis again.