Inday Rider

When I sat next to Arlyne Diaz at a motorcycle event, she told me she rode big bikes and worked in real estate.

Big-bike riding is still largely a man’s world in the Philippines, and she wants more women to discover the enjoyment she gets from it.

She has found a practical way to combine her interests, sometimes taking her motorcycle to inspect a property instead of driving a car.

She had been in construction and real estate for more than a decade before becoming known as IndayRider, and is now giving more time again to that business through Your Property Solutions Group. As a licensed broker, she handles property transactions and title transfers.

She calls herself a “geek” when it comes to documentation and enjoys solving problems involving property records. Helping owners understand why they should look after their titles is an advocacy for her, she says, because the properties represent money they worked hard to earn.

An unexpected career

Her projects stopped during the pandemic, so she began vlogging to give herself something to do. She had not expected it to develop into a career in the motorcycle industry, built around a passion she had taken up at 40.

Her interest in big bikes went back to friends who rode in the late 1990s. In 2019, she got her first big bike, a Bristol Classic 400i, followed by a Honda Rebel 500 the next year.

Arlyne enjoys the involvement of riding a manual motorcycle, working the clutch and throttle and applying the brakes as the road climbs or curves. “I feel I have more control with the manual bikes,” she said.

Long rides also give her relief from stress and a sense of freedom, an experience she wants other women to enjoy, too.

Women on two wheels

The Rebel became especially memorable as the bike she rode when she became known as IndayRider and founded The Rebelles PH in 2020.

About eight women on Honda Rebel 500s made up the early group, which later welcomed other brands and grew to about 50 members, according to Arlyne.

Through the group, she says she noticed how learning to handle a motorcycle helped some women become more sure of their own abilities. “My advocacy is women empowerment,” she said.

She went on to bring together women from different riding groups through United Women Who Ride Philippines, extending her advocacy to riders in the Visayas and Mindanao.

That community welcomes women on small motorcycles as well as big bikes. Its activities have included a 2025 event at SMX Convention Center and Motoblitz gatherings in Manila and Davao in 2026, work Arlyne describes as a calling.

Her encouragement to ride comes with advice to study and train, particularly for women who need to earn their families’ trust about motorcycling.

She advises them to demonstrate through their preparation that safety comes first, and has taken courses at Honda Safety Driving Center and trained with the Highway Patrol Group herself.

Her BMW F750 GS has covered about 82,000 kilometers, she says, on journeys that have taken her around the Philippines and across islands by ferry.

She deliberately reminds herself to be cautious, especially when she starts feeling too sure of herself, because she wants to be able to keep doing what she enjoys. “One of my fears is not being able to ride,” she said.

Faith and purpose

Away from work and riding, Arlyne is a single mother of two daughters who values time with family and friends. She describes herself as a simple person trying to follow where God leads her, and sees her work as IndayRider as an opportunity to encourage others, particularly women.

She wants to share her belief that everything happens for a reason and that faith helps people through their difficulties.

“I’m very deep in my faith and in my relationship with the Lord,” she said, although she is still finding the courage and time to speak about it more openly online.

When she speaks about why she became IndayRider, she attributes the opportunity to God. “I have a purpose to empower and motivate people around me and spread His word,” she said.

She had begun thinking of The Rebelles as her legacy after about three years at its head, and wanted her fellow members to learn how to lead. The group began holding elections and she stepped down, continuing as founder and consultant.

The women she had seen grow more sure of themselves on a motorcycle would now have a chance to make decisions for their own group, with its founder available for advice.

She had helped bring them together, and wanted them to discover how much they could do for one another.