Every quarter I post links to the most recent research into motorcycle culture, subcultures, clothing and identity, along with the biggest events in the motorcycling calendar. Here’s what caught my eye this quarter.
Motorcycle Road Racing and the Development of Two-Wheel Culture in Contemporary Italy
Wendy Pojmann in IJMS Vol 20, October 2024. The article that grew into Pojmann’s 2025 Parigi Press book Connected by the Street. Argues that MotoGP and Italian motorcycle culture have a feedback loop with national identity that doesn’t have a clean US parallel. Reads as a strong piece in its own right, separate from the book.
https://motorcyclestudies.org/volume-20-2024/motorcycle-road-racing-and-the-development-of-two-wheel-culture-in-contemporary-italy-wendy-pojmann/
Save the Date — 12th IJMS Conference, Iceland 2025
Posted October 2024 in IJMS Vol 20. Confirms the 2025 conference will be held at the Motorhjolasafn (Motorcycle Museum of Iceland) in Akureyri, 24-27 July 2025 — first time IJMS has gone to Iceland. Worth flagging because the venue choice signals where IJMS is positioning itself geographically and culturally.
https://motorcyclestudies.org/volume-20-2024/save-the-date-12th-ijms-conference/
EICMA 2024
Fiera Milano Rho, 5-10 November. The 81st edition. EICMA’s pre-record-breaking year (2025 would top this with 600,000 visitors), but still the largest motorcycle trade exhibition in the world. Worth a single line because it’s part of the steady annual rhythm of the industry.
https://www.eicma.it/en/
See also The Vintagent on Pojmann’s book in March 2026 and EICMA 82nd in November 2025.
That’s it for this quarter — and for 2024. If you’ve come across research I’ve missed, feel free to email me.