Motorcyclestudies.org Website Review

“impromptu fiesta” or “havoc in hollister”: a seventy-year retrospective sarah l. hoiland. hollister: a symbolically loaded three-syllable noun. for today's youth, hollister is a clothing company best known for its surfer-inspired apparel. for residents of hollister, california, and the surrounding areas, a palpable sense of place characterized by breathtaking bucolic fields nestled in the foothills and hometown pride among the generations of fa*mers and ranchers …. two industry selfies, four decades apart: uk motorcycle companies look back (1975) and us motorcycle dealers look ahead (2017) james j. ward. in 2017, as first and second quarter reports came in, it became apparent that the american motorcycle industry – manufacturers and dealers – was heading toward a second straight year of declining sales and depressed profits. even before the year ended, industry insiders and market an*lysts were acknowledging that motorcycling in america faced a clouded, if not altogether dark, future …. born to be wild: the rise of the american motorcyclistbook review by john sumser. at 3:00 on a wednesday afternoon, october 26, 1881, in tombstone, arizona there was a gunfight involving the clantons, the earps, and doc holliday. the fight – which took place in under 30 seconds according to contemporary reports – has been used to tell a variety of stories: the coming of law to the west, the imposition of bourgeois or east coast values on the frontier.. a cultural history of “the motorcycle song” by arlo guthrie misao dean. “i don’t wanna pickle. i just wanna ride on my motorsickle.” if you ask me to name a song that features motorcycles, this is the one that pops into my mind right away: arlo guthrie’s “the motorcycle song.” the lyrics may be nonsense, but they stick in your head, and the song has had enduring popularity; a radio hit in the late sixties …. mechanized cavalry: twenty years on the roadbook review by john sumser.