Introduction : does the man make the motorcycle or the motorcycle the man? -- From pioneers to global dominance : the first forty years of the German motorcycle industry -- Engineering and advertising a motorized future -- Motorcycles and the "everyman" : exploring the motorcycling milieu -- "Is motorcycling even sport?" : strength and the national body during the Weimar Republic -- Deviant behaviors : inclusion, exclusion, and community -- Motoring Amazons? : women and motorcycling during the Weimar Republic -- Sex and the sidecar : sexuality, courtship, marriage and motorization -- Epilogue : the will to motor