Navy instructor will be first Black woman to open a motorcycle academy in Virginia

Shekelia Bussey will be the first Black woman to operate a motorcycle academy in Virginia when Moto Mob Riding Academy opens this weekend in Franklin.

“What that means to my community is when we see someone else who looks like us, doing something that we feel that has been unattainable to us. It makes it possible,” Bussey said. “It makes a difference in our community. That’s why Black-owned matters to me. I’m proud of that distinction.”

Bussey started riding in 2007 after taking a class at the Harley Davidson Portsmouth location.
Since then, she’s gone across the country two times.