A quiet month for new peer-reviewed motorcycle safety research. One study this time: a survey of 2,910 active riders in Thailand testing how risky riding and protective habits each relate to crash involvement, and which of the two weighs more heavily.
From the rein to the blind person’s cane to the tactile vests worn by military pilots: a history of trusting the world through an object, and what it means for the electric motorcycle.
An August 2026 survey of motorcycle safety legislation across New South Wales, Hawaii, Northern Ireland and Quebec — and an argument that the reforms which pass unopposed are precisely the ones that cost manufacturers nothing.
July 2026 roundup: the 13th IJMS conference, a history of Leathertogs motorcycle leathers, Malle Mile’s rider demographics and the Faro rally.
A quiet month for new peer-reviewed work. Two pieces worth reading, both on the human-factors and data side: MOTOR, a large multimodal dataset built around powered two-wheelers in dense traffic, and a laboratory study of situation awareness among Indonesian riders.
Monthly links to motorcycle culture research and events for June 2026: Wheels and Waves, the DGR’s 15th year, and a Greek collector’s museum.
Monthly links to motorcycle culture research and events for June 2026: Wheels and Waves, the DGR’s 15th year, and a Greek collector’s museum.
Four pieces for June 2026, two of them on AI-based rider assistance — a vision-language hazard-scoring system and an interpretable pipeline aimed at newly licensed riders — plus machine-learning work on injury severity on rural undivided roads and the passenger effect in single-vehicle crashes.
Three recent items in motorcycle culture: a Tokyo bōsōzoku exhibition, the 2026 Bike Shed Moto Show, and the Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride.
Three for May 2026: the 15th Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride on 17 May, Bike Shed Moto Show’s 15th edition at Tobacco Dock, and Paul d’Orleans named IJMS 2026 keynote.
