Recent research into motorcycle culture — December 2025
A quiet December: PetaPixel’s photographic-criticism pickup of Jack Lueders-Booth’s American Motorcycling Culture is the standout.
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Recent research into motorcycle culture — November 2025
Two for November 2025: EICMA broke attendance records in Milan, and D’Orazio & Mambelli’s ethnography of Thailand’s “Vanz Boys” landed.
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Recent research into motorcycle culture — October 2025
Quiet October: only Daytona Biketoberfest worth flagging this month, with academic publishing in pre-EICMA holding pattern.
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Recent research into motorcycle culture — September 2025
A thinner September: European Bike Week at Faaker See and the Myrtle Beach Fall Bike Rally on the Atlantic seaboard. Light on academic publishing.
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Recent research into motorcycle culture — August 2025
Three for August 2025: the 85th Sturgis Rally, the Isle of Man Classic TT, and Helen Owton’s autoethnography on motorcycle maintenance.
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Recent research into motorcycle culture — July 2025
Three for July 2025: the Malle Mile in Lincolnshire, the 43rd Faro Rally in Portugal, and the 12th IJMS conference at Akureyri, Iceland.
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Recent research into motorcycle culture — June 2025
Three for June 2025: Wheels and Waves in Biarritz, Born Free 16 in Silverado, and a tourism study on rural motorcycling in Portugal.
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Recent research into motorcycle culture — May 2025
Four for May 2025: women, Harley apparel and identity; Bike Shed Moto Show; the Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride; and IJMS heading to Iceland.
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Recent research into motorcycle culture — Q4 2024
Three for Q4 2024: Wendy Pojmann on motorcycle road racing in Italy, the IJMS Iceland conference announcement, and EICMA’s 81st edition in Milan.
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Recent research into motorcycle culture — Q3 2024
Three for Q3 2024: the 11th IJMS conference in Nottingham, The Vintagent’s Desert Island Motorcycle Books, and the Sturgis 84th anniversary rally.