Research: Motorcycles

Alt, John.

(1982)  “Popular Culture and Mass Consumption: The Motorcycle as Cultural Commodity,” in Journal of Popular Culture 1982 15(4): 129-141.

Arnold, Frank Rickabaugh.

(1997) Ordinary Motorcycle Thrills: The Circulation of Motorcycle Meanings in American Film and Popular Culture. (Dissertation) Publication: U. of Southern California 1997. 382 pp. DAI 1997 58(5): 1481-A. DA9733021

Barker, Paul and Little Alan

(1964) “The Margate Offenders: A survey,” in New Society, vol. 4, no. 96, July, pp. 6‑10.

Biberman, Sidney

"Vincents with Big Sid," Available from: bigsid@webtv.net or Sidney Biberman, 4247 Middlebrook Rd . , Louisville , KY. , 40207, USA

Bonilla, Carlton L.

(1998) “A South Dakota Rendezvous: The Sturgis Motorcycle Rally and Races,” in South Dakota History. 28(3): 123-143.

Brooks, Sammy Kent.

(1975) "The Motorcycle in American Culture: From Conception to 1935." George Washington University. 315 pp. DAI 1976 36(7): 4667-A.

Chesham, D. J., Rutter,D.R., and Quine, L

(1993) “Motorcycling Safety Research : A Review of the Social and Behavioural Literature,” in Social Science and Medicine, 37 (3) pp. 419-429.

Cohen, Stanley

(1980) Folk Devils and Moral Panics : The Creation of the Mods and Rockers. 2nd ed, Oxford : Martin Robertson.

Drutt, Matthew ed.

1998 The Art of the Motorcycle (Catalog). The Art of the Motorcycle Exhibit, Guggenheim Museum: New York.

Farren, Mick

(1985) The Black Leather Jacket. London: Plexus Publishing.

Ferrar, Ann

(1996) Hear Me Roar: Women, Motorcycles, and the Rapture of the Road. New York, USA: Crown Publishers.

Girdler, Allan

1997. The Harley-Davidson and Indian Wars. Motorbikes International Publishers and Wholesalers: Osceola.

Harris, Ian Richard (Also known as Maz see below)

(1986) Myth and Reality in the  Motorcycle Subculture. Unpublished Ph.d Thesis, Warwick University, Department of Sociology.

Harris, Maz

(1985) Bikers : Birth of a Modern Day Outlaw. London: Faber and Faber.

Hobbs, Catherine., Galer, Ian,. and Stroud, Peter

(1986) 'The Characteristics and Attitudes of Motorcyclists : A National Survey', Research Report 51 for the Transport and Road Research Laboratory, Department of Transport.

Hopper, Columbus B. and Moore, Johnny "Big John".

(1983) “Hell on Wheels: The Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs,” in Journal of American Culture. 1983 6(2): 58-64.

Hopper, Columbus B. and Moore, Johnny "Big John".

(1990) “Women in Motorcycle Gangs,” in Journal of contemporary Ethnography. Vol 18 (4).

Jackson, Chris and Wilson, Glen, D

(1992) “Mad, bad or sad? The personality of bikers,” in Journal of Personality and Individual Differences.14,  pp. 241-242.

Jackson, Jeremy and Blackman, Roger

(1994) “A Driving Simulator Test of Wilde's Risk Homeostasis Theory,” in Journal of Applied Psychology. 79 (6) pp. 950-958.

Joans, Barbara

(2001) Bike Lust: Harleys, Women, & American Society. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press.

McDonald‑Walker, Suzanne

(2000) Bikers: Culture, Politics, and Power. Oxford: Berg.

Michalowski, Raymond and Jill Dubisch

(2001) Run for the Wall: Remembering Viet Nam on a Motorcycle Pilgrimage. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press.

Pearson, Geoffrey

(1988) “Hooligans and Youthful Crime : 'Permissiveness' and Tradition,” in Social Studies Review. March, pp. 160-164.

Phipps, Albert

(1998) Born to be Wild ? The Social Construction of the 'Deviant Biker'. Unpublished Independent Study Report, Psychology Department, Bolton Institute.

Reynolds, Tom

(2000) Wild Ride: How Outlaw Motorcycle Myth Conquered America. New York: TV Books.

Rubin, Martin.

(1994) “Make Love Make War: Cultural Confusion and The Biker Film Cycle,” in Film History [Great Britain] 1994 6(3): 355-381.

Sato, Ikuya.

(1991) Kamikaze Biker: Parody and Anomy in Affluent Japan.  Chicago: the University of Chicago Press.

Smith, Annette R.

(1987)   "The Lady on the Iron Horse: Women Motorcycle Riders and Issues of Sexual Stratification."  American Sociological Association Paper.  Department of Sociology, University of California, San Diego.

Stuart, Johnny

(1987) Rockers! London : Plexus Publishing.

Sucher, Harry V.

1992   Harley‑Davidson: The Milwaukee Marvel.  Sparkford: Haynes Publishing Group Ltd.

Susman, Warren.

(1986) “The Great Blue Motorcycle: If Necessity is The Mother of Inventions, What Are Inventions The Mother Of?” in Prospects 1986 11: 39-58.

Quinn, James F.

(1987)    “Sex Roles and Hedonism Among Members of Outlaw Motorcycle Clubs,” in Deviant Behavior.  8(1):47‑63.

Ulmer, Jeffrey T.

(1994)    “Revisiting Stebbins: Labeling and Commitment to Deviance,” in  Sociological Quarterly.  35(1):135‑157.

Webb, Richard Jefferson.

(1994)   Identification and Commitment: the Harley‑Davidson Motorcycle as a Contested Symbolic Resource.  San Jose University: MA Thesis.

Wolf, Daniel R.

(1991)    The Rebels: A Brotherhood of Outlaw Bikers.  Toronto: University of Toronto press.