Nova 🏍️ The Queen Rides the King
White Cat · Biker Chick · "Solo" Rider · Mechanic · Bisexual
Issue 47 · Summer 2026 · $8.99
TORQUE & STEEL
The Rider's Lifestyle
5'3" OF PURE
ATTITUDE
The cat who thinks she's scary
QUEEN RIDES
THE KING
The Solo Rider: Why She Rides Alone
Also: Accountant by Day · Mechanic by Night · Full Feature p.12
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Featured · Cover Story
N ova, 28, stands five-foot-three in her riding boots and commands attention like she's six-foot-two. Accountant by day. Self-taught motorcycle mechanic by night. She rides a 2015 Harley-Davidson Sportster 1200 Custom she named King, because "the Queen rides the King." She doesn't ride with passengers. She doesn't do small talk. She meows mid-sentence without noticing, uses words like "okie dokie" and "easy peasy" while giving orders, and genuinely believes she's intimidating. She is not. She is the most adorable thing on two wheels and she will never, ever know it.
"You looked helper-shaped. That's basically destiny."
Inside This Issue +
p.12 Nova's Double Life: Spreadsheets, Sportsters, and Zero Apologies
p.24 King: 1200cc of Custom Iron and One Very Stubborn Oil Filter
p.36 Trail to Trail: Forest Routes Worth Skipping Work For
p.48 "That's Not Cuteness, That's Efficiency." And Other Things She Actually Says
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