Category Archives: Rick Sieman

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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American Journalism, Dirt Bike Magazine, Motorcycle Culture, Rick Sieman

Friends Talking: DIRT BIKE Magazine and Conversational Journalism in the 1970s

Posted on by David Russell
DIRT BIKE Magazine, 1972
04
Nov

    Abstract: In the very early 1970s, at the height of the worldwide motorcycle boom, an ad salesman named Rick Sieman envisioned a journal which would enable honest information to be exchanged between enthusiasts. He imagined this journal as the equivalent of “friends . . . talking,” and leveraged his modest resources to found […]

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