Category Archives: motorcycle oral history

Dirt Bike Magazine, motorcycle oral history, Rick Sieman

“Wow, I’m in the lead! Hope I don’t f…”

Posted on by David Russell
02
Sep

The story behind an iconic motorcycle photo Do you remember this magazine, this monthly feature, and this particular photo? If you were riding dirt bikes in the 1970s (or desperately wanting one), of course you do! The magazine was DIRT BIKE, the feature was the last-page monthly “Crash and Burn” tidbit, and the photo was…well, […]

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Motorcycle Culture, motorcycle oral history

Definitions, and the Maico as Material Culture 1.1

Posted on by David Russell
1981 Maico 490 t shirt
02
Jan

A Social History of Motorcycle Technology This post and many to follow is a social history of a technology.  By this I mean that it examines an item of technology—in this case the German-made Maico motorcycle—and explores the links between the object and that segment of humankind who interacted with it.

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