By Motorcycle Rider News Staff
In every riding community, there are a few names that come up over and over when you talk about heart, miles, and commitment. In the Southwest—and far beyond—one of those names is Shannon “Dazzlin” Venturo.
Las Vegas–based rider, advocate, and all-around road warrior, Dazzlin has spent years pouring herself into the biker community here at home. In 2025, she took that passion halfway around the world on a motorcycle adventure through Vietnam—building on an already legendary résumé that includes riding 48 states in just 11 days.
This is her story.
Built for Big Miles: 48 States in 11 Days
Before Vietnam ever showed up on her radar, Shannon “Dazzlin” Venturo was already living the kind of riding life most of us only talk about over beers at bike night.
She didn’t just daydream about big miles—she went out and rode them.
Her 48-states-in-11-days ride is the kind of feat that sits right on the edge of impossible. It takes brutal discipline, relentless focus, and the kind of stubborn heart that refuses to tap out when the clock, the weather, and the weariness all say you should. See her adventure by clicking here
That ride was more than a notch on a belt. It was proof.
Proof that she could get up sore and still swing a leg over.
Proof that she could ride through loneliness, fatigue, and doubt.
Proof that she could set a wild goal and see it all the way through.
So when she later decided to take on Vietnam, she didn’t go as a tourist chasing pretty photos. She went as a proven long-distance rider ready for a different kind of challenge.
Why Vietnam?
Vietnam is a dreamscape for riders: tight mountain switchbacks, misty highlands, humid coastal roads, and cities that feel like they’re made of motion and noise.
For Dazzlin, this wasn’t about collecting passport stamps. It was about perspective.
Back home, she’s deeply involved in the riding community—working with BikerDown, supporting injured riders and their families; serving as Marketing Director for Full Throttle Law; and educating the community as an Accident Scene Management instructor. She’s the one who shows up when things go wrong, helping riders prepare for the worst long before it happens.
And that’s not all—Shannon is also the President and Co-Founder of the Bling Devas MC, an all-women’s motorcycle club based in Las Vegas. The Bling Devas ride hard every weekend, giving back to their community through charity events, mentorship, and sisterhood. They’re known for their sparkle, their grit, and their deep love for the riding family that surrounds them.
Vietnam gave her a rare chance to flip the script—to step back from being the organizer, the helper, the leader—and just be a rider again. To be the outsider. To land in a country where she didn’t speak the language but instantly understood the universal code of two wheels: the nod at the gas station, the grin at a scenic overlook, the shared coffee between strangers who both smell like fuel and rain.
Chaos, Scooters, and a Whole New Rhythm of the Road
If you follow her on Instagram at @hddazzlin, you already know she doesn’t shy away from crowds, rallies, or crazy traffic. But Vietnam still hits different.
There, the streets are alive with scooters. Not a few—swarms.
Families of four on one seat. Crates stacked higher than the rider’s head. Flowers, pigs, tools, groceries, entire lives balanced on two wheels.
To a Western rider, it can look like pure chaos: no familiar lane discipline, horns everywhere, gaps that seem too small for a bicycle, let alone a motorcycle. But once you’re in it, you start to feel the rhythm.
Everyone is moving.
Everyone is watching.
Everyone assumes you’ll move with them, not against them.
That’s where Dazzlin’s miles really show. After surviving America’s interstates, weather swings, and the mental grind of 48 states in 11 days, she knows how to read traffic, how to stay loose but alert, and how to respect the flow. In its own way, Ho Chi Minh City at rush hour isn’t so different from rolling into a major rally—just with more scooters and a whole lot more noodles.
When the Road Strips You Down
Dazzlin’s online presence has always been honest. On her feed, you see the sparkles and lashes, but you also see the helmet hair, the rain-soaked gear, and the tears that come when the miles hit something deeper inside.
Vietnam took her right back to that place.
Some days on a trip like this are pure magic. Perfect pavement, breathtaking scenery, the feeling that the road is rolling out just for you.
Other days… not so much.
There are days when the humidity is suffocating, when the rain hits sideways, when the language barrier makes the simplest task feel impossible. Days when you’re thousands of miles from home, the only woman rider in sight, dead tired and still not done.
That’s where the woman behind the “Dazzlin” nickname really shows up.
The grit she built on that 48-state ride—those early mornings, late nights, sore muscles, and mental battles—wasn’t left back in the States. It came with her to Vietnam and carried her through the moments Instagram doesn’t always capture. The ride through Vietnam became a different backdrop for the same core truth:
Freedom isn’t free. But it’s worth the price.
A Woman Rider in a World That’s Watching
One of the most powerful parts of this story is what it means for other women riders.
Shannon “Dazzlin” Venturo is unapologetically herself on and off the bike. She’ll rock high heels at an event and then knock out serious miles the next morning. She’ll show up in full makeup and still be the first to wrench, work, or problem-solve when something goes sideways.
For women riders following her Vietnam journey online, there’s a quiet message behind every reel and photo:
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You don’t have to dim your shine to be taken seriously.
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You can be feminine and still fierce.
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Big rides, foreign countries, and “crazy ideas” are not off-limits to you.
In every Vietnamese village where she parked, every café where she pulled off her helmet, every gas station where locals did a double-take at the tall blonde American woman on a motorcycle, she was quietly changing the picture of what a biker looks like.
Maybe they’ll never know her name or see her Instagram. But somewhere, a young girl or a woman behind a market stall saw her and thought, If she can ride, maybe I can too.
The Advocate Who Never Stops Caring
Back in the States, Dazzlin is much more than a long-distance rider. Under her leadership, the Bling Devas MC gives back year-round—but one of their most meaningful traditions is their Annual Peanut Butter Drive, which provides protein-rich, nutritious food to the local food bank in Las Vegas. Each year, the Devas rally the riding community to donate jars upon jars of peanut butter, helping ensure that struggling families—especially children—have access to simple, healthy meals. It’s one more example of how Dazzlin and her sisters turn horsepower into heartpower.
She’s a steady force in the safety and support side of our community—helping injured riders through BikerDown, promoting proper coverage and preparation, and teaching riders what to do at the scene of a crash so that more of us make it home.
That heart doesn’t switch off just because she’s in another country.
In Vietnam, it showed up in smaller ways: eye contact with fellow riders, kindness at every stop, generosity with tips, and gratitude, and a deep respect for being a guest on someone else’s roads.
She doesn’t just collect miles or countries—she collects connections.
Bringing Vietnam Home
Trips like this don’t end when the key comes out of the ignition.
Vietnam will keep showing up in Dazzlin’s life—in the stories she tells at bike nights and charity runs, in the way she encourages other riders to think beyond their usual routes, and in the quiet confidence that comes from knowing she’s ridden both the length of her own country in record time and the wild, wonderful roads of a land halfway across the world.
She’s the friend who will look you in the eye and say:
“If you’re waiting for the perfect time to live your life, you’re going to miss it.”
And when those words are coming from someone who’s done 48 states in 11 days and then chased curves through Vietnam, they carry serious weight.
For Every Rider Still Saying “Someday”
If you’re reading Motorcycle Rider News and finding yourself daydreaming about your own “someday ride,” let Shannon “Dazzlin” Venturo’s story be a nudge.
Your version might not be Vietnam.
It might be a cross-country run, your first big solo trip, or that legendary pass you’ve always been a little scared to tackle.
You don’t have to be fearless—you just have to be willing.
You don’t have to know every step—you just have to take the first one.
Shannon didn’t start as a world-traveling, safety-teaching, community-leading rider. She started like the rest of us: one bike, one ride, one decision to keep going.
Her 48-state-in-11-days run proved she could conquer distance.
Her Vietnam ride proves she can cross boundaries—geographic, personal, and cultural.
And together, those chapters send a clear message to every rider flipping through these pages:
The world is wide open. All you have to do is roll on the throttle and go find it.
