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When some people think of bikers they most often think of the stereotypical of dirty, leather clad men with shaggy beards covered in road dust riding around the country wreaking havoc and getting into barroom brawls. The truth is that most bikers are not rowdy trouble-makers and are in fact honest, law-abiding, hard working people.
However, there are small numbers of bikers who refer to themselves as “1%ers”. “One percenter” motorcycle gangs have been given this label because it is purported within motorcycle club circles that 99% of all bikers live within the boundaries of the law. Then there is the other 1% who rejects main-stream norms and live outside of the law, often engaging in highly criminal activity. This list takes a look at 10 American “1%er” biker gangs and highlights some of each gang’s alleged criminal activity.
It is important to note that although some of the members of these motorcycle clubs/gangs have been arrested, tried and convicted of various crimes not every member of the following clubs engage in criminal acts.
The Vagos Motorcycle Club was started in San Bernardino, CA in the 1960’s. Members of the club often wear green and bear a patch of the Norse god Loki riding a motorcycle. The club has approximately 24 chapters spread across the western United States in states such as Arizona and Nevada and also 3 in Mexico.
The Vagos have been the subject of several investigations by the FBI and the ATF for illegal activity such as the production and distribution of methamphetamine, murder, money laundering and weapons violations. A highly coordinated investigation in March of 2006 led to the arrests of 25 Vagos members and their associates in what has been labeled as the largest investigation in Southern California’s history.
This particular motorcycle gang was started in the state of Oregon in the late 1960’s. Their patch consists of an ankh, an ancient Egyptian symbol in the shape of a cross, in the center of a motorcycle rim and tire. All of their chapters, with the exception of one in Vancouver, Canada, are located within the state of Oregon.
On May 2, 2007, three members of The Free Souls Motorcycle Club were arrested and charged with various crimes. Amongst the evidence were illegal drugs, weapons and stolen motorcycles all of which were seized as part of the investigation and arrests.
Founded in San Antonio, TX in 1966 The Bandidos are among the more notorious of American Motorcycle Clubs. The gang’s patch bears a cartoon-ishly obese Mexican wearing a large sombrero and carrying a machete in one hand and a pistol in the other. The colors of gold and red were adopted as the club’s colors due to the fact that their founder was a former Vietnam Marine veteran. The Bandidos have around 90 chapters spread across the U.S. alone, but they have also branched out as far as Asia, Germany and Australia.
The Bandidos gang has a long and brutal history of illegal activity. A member of The Bandidos was arrested, tried and convicted of the 2006 murder of a well known flyweight boxer and a member of the rival Hell’s Angels Motorcycle Club was sniped while leaving a restaurant in March of that same year during The Bandidos 40th Anniversary of the clubs annual birthday celebration. Police suspect that members of The Bandidos are responsible for the murder. Other members have been arrested from anything from murder to drugs and illegal weapons possession as well as assault and racketeering charges.
The Highwaymen were formed in Detroit, MI in 1954. Their chapters have spread across the state of Michigan as well as other U.S. states and have reached as far as Norway and England. Their club colors are black and silver and their insignia is a winged skeleton wearing a motorcycle cap and a leather jacket. The Highwaymen also have their own mottos which are: “Highwaymen Forever, Forever Highwaymen” and “Yea, though we ride the highways in the shadows of death, we fear no evil, for we are the most evil mother fuckers on the highway.”
Despite being the largest motorcycle club in the city of Detroit, they are not acknowledged in the Detroit Federation of Motorcycle Clubs due to their violent and criminal reputation. In May 2007, after a two year investigation into the gang’s activities, the FBI raided homes and chapter clubhouses resulting in the arrests of 40 Highwaymen and associates. The charges included insurance and mortgage frauds, murder for hire, cocaine trafficking, police corruption and racketeering.
The Warlocks were founded in 1967 in Philadelphia, PA and gained a large number of members after the end of the Vietnam War. Consisting only of white males, The Warlocks have spread through the state of Pennsylvania and a good portion of the northeastern United States and also have chapters in the southeast United States as well as overseas in Germany and England. Their club colors are red and white and they use the Greek mythological figure of a winged Harpy as their insignia. Members often adorn themselves and their vests with white supremacy insignia as well.
In 2008, Tommy Zaroff, a former President of the Bucks County, PA chapter was arrested on suspicion of possessing 10 pounds of methamphetamine. In October of the same year four members of The Warlocks were arrested and charged with producing, transporting and distributing methamphetamine throughout Berks and Montgomery Counties in Pennsylvania. It is alleged that they sold over 500 lbs. of methamphetamine worth approximately $9 million.
The Sons of Silence are another “1%er” motorcycle gang that was founded in Niwot, Colorado in 1966 and featured in a 2009 episode of Gangland on The History Channel. Since 1966 The Sons of Silence have spread across the United States, with concentrations in the eastern U.S. They also have several chapters spread throughout Germany.
The Sons of Silence have adopted the motto “Donec Mors Non Seperat”, which is Latin for “Until Death Separates Us”. The club patch has been adopted from the American Eagle logo used by the Budweiser beer company and bears an eagle superimposed over the letter A with their motto underneath.
In October of 1999, 37 members of the Sons of Silence were arrested on drug trafficking and illegal weapons charges during one of Denver’s largest federal undercover operations. During the raids, The ATF seized 20 lbs. of methamphetamine, 35 firearms, four hand grenades, 2 silencers as well as cash and motorcycles.
The Outlaw Motorcycle Club is one of the more notorious and oldest clubs on this list. The gang started in Matilda’s Bar on old Route 66 in McCook, IL in 1935. Using the insignia on Marlon Brando’s leather jacket in The Wild One as inspiration, the club adopted the skull with cross pistons as their official club patch. Since the club began over 70 years ago their chapters have spread widely across the United States and have been well established in Australia, Asia, Europe and North and South America.
Harry Joseph Bowman, The World Leader of The American Outlaw Association (A.O.A.), was the international president of The Outlaws Motorcycle Club and presided over 30 chapters in the U.S. and 20 chapters in 4 other countries until he was sent to prison for 3 murders in 1999 after being on the F.B.I’s Top 10 Most Wanted Fugitive list in 1998. Across the globe members of The Outlaws have been suspected, arrested, tried and convicted of countless crimes from prostitution, trafficking in narcotics and stolen goods, arms dealing, extortion and murder.
The Pagans formed in Maryland in 1959 and by 1965 had expanded rapidly. Their patch depicts the Norse fire giant Surtr sitting on the sun wielding a sword with the word Pagans in red, white and blue. Members are known to wear their patches on cut-off denim jackets with accompanying white supremacist and Nazi insignia patches. The club’s members have also been seen with tattoos of ARGO (Ar Go Fuck Yourself) and NUNYA (Nun’Ya Fuckin’ Business). Their territory seems to be confined strictly to the eastern coast in the United States.
Aside from their history of violent rivalry with the notorious Hell’s Angels Motorcycle Club, The Pagans have been associated with numerous crimes including murder, arson, drug smuggling and have been linked to organized crime in the upper northeastern United States. In February of 2002, seventy-three members of The Pagans Motorcycle Club were arrested in Long Island, NY after violence erupted at a motorcycle and tattoo ball. The Pagans allegedly went to the ball specifically to confront members of The Hell’s Angels MC resulting in 10 wounded bikers and one murdered Pagan member. Then in 2005, members of The Pagans allegedly shot and killed the Vice-President of the Philadelphia Chapter of The Hell’s Angels.
The Mongols, also known as Mongol Nation or Mongol Brotherhood, were formed in 1969 in Montebello, California from Hispanic bikers who were refused entry into The Hell’s Angels MC due to their race. Their colors are black and white and their insignia bears the name Mongols in large black letters above a pony-tail sporting man riding a motorcycle wearing a leather vest and sunglasses while carrying a scimitar or cutlass. Mongol chapters are concentrated in the western United States, but have also opened in Canada, Mexico and Italy.
In 2008, the ATF coordinated a sting against The Mongols MC where 4 agents went undercover to become fully patched members while gaining intelligence about the gang’s activities. This operation resulted in 38 arrests including the arrest of the club’s president, Ruben “Doc” Cavazos. As part of the operation 160 search warrants were served and 110 arrest warrants were carried out. As part of the operation, members of The Mongols MC are now prohibited by law from the use of the Mongol MC logo and insignia including wearing the patches on vests or any other garb.
Probably the most well known American biker gang, The Hell’s Angels have a long and thorough history on American highways. Much information concerning their origins is hazy due to their long-standing code of secrecy. Sometime within the 1940’s or 1950’s in California Hell’s Angels MC was formed. Their insignia is the “death’s head” logo which is copied from the insignia of the 85th Fighter Squadron and the 552nd Medium Bomber Squadron. Red lettering over white backgrounds stands for the club’s colors. With so much popularity, Hell’s Angels chapters have sprung up across the Untied States as well as Russia and New Zealand and the continents of North America, South America, Europe and Australia.
The Hell’s Angels MC have gained mass notoriety in the U.S. due to their involvement in many highly publicized run-ins with the law and rival biker gangs. The most note-worthy of publicized events happened during the Altamont Free Concert at Altamont Speedway in December of 1969 where it is alleged that The Rolling Stones hired members of The Hell’s Angels to stand-in as bodyguards for the band. Violence erupted in the crowd and also onto the performance stage and as a result one male was stabbed to death after brandishing a pistol.
Another publicized incident occurred in Laughlin, Nevada in Harrah’s Casino and Hotel. A violent confrontation in the casino between rival Mongols MC resulted in one fatally stabbed Mongol gang member and two fatally shot Hell’s Angels members.
August 18th, 2009 at 1:38 am
Interesting list, never knew much about biker gangs until now
August 18th, 2009 at 1:39 am
I had only heard of the Hells Angels, but then I’m from Britain which probably explains it.
Love their bikes though, Can’t beat a good Harley xD
August 18th, 2009 at 1:41 am
No Schwin??
August 18th, 2009 at 1:55 am
I must say, number 1 was no surprise.
August 18th, 2009 at 1:58 am
Got me thinking if there are notorious bike gangs here in the Philippines … oh wait, there’s the MMDA…
August 18th, 2009 at 1:59 am
@Darren (2): I’m with you there…only knew about # 1… bred Londoner lol!
August 18th, 2009 at 2:02 am
The only thing i know about hells angels is that i dont ill ever get red wings but i would like to get some day black ones:)))
August 18th, 2009 at 2:03 am
I am from Bucks County (#6) and have def heard of them and remember this story.
August 18th, 2009 at 2:15 am
You know what, bikers brotherhood, should be on that list. and also trio boys, the most notorious bike gang in the world.
August 18th, 2009 at 2:48 am
Cool list, Only ever heard of Hell’s Angels.
August 18th, 2009 at 2:53 am
What?! No Sons of Anarchy? They’re pretty well known!
August 18th, 2009 at 3:09 am
nice list! i had never heard of #’s 7, 9, or 10 before. but the rest have all been featured on the history channel.
August 18th, 2009 at 3:18 am
Hmmm makes me want to start watching Sons of Anarchy
August 18th, 2009 at 3:29 am
Cool list! Bikers are the gods of the roads
August 18th, 2009 at 3:38 am
What? No Gypsy Jokers?
August 18th, 2009 at 4:08 am
Not being from the US I’d only heard of 1 and 2. I don’t usually bother pointing out spelling/grammar mistakes but I had to laugh when I read ‘Untied States’ in number 1. Hehehe.
August 18th, 2009 at 4:09 am
Really interesting list, it’s this kind of thing that keeps me coming back to Listverse.
(BTW, no Black Widows, or did Philo Beddoe and Clive finish them off?)
August 18th, 2009 at 4:16 am
I would have thought the Comancheros might have been on the list, but maybe they’re not American. Back in March there was a fight between Comancheros and Hells Angels at Sydney Airport in full view of the public. One man died after being attacked with bollards.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7957863.stm
August 18th, 2009 at 4:18 am
Im from London, ive heard of the outlaws, mongols and hells angels. Thats it , interesting list.
Would of liked to of know what kind of numbers these gangs have.
August 18th, 2009 at 4:24 am
At the Altamont concert, several of the Hell’s Angel’s beat up Marty Balin from Jefferson Starship! Bastards!
August 18th, 2009 at 4:38 am
reminds me of sopngebob’s “The Wild Ones” who turn out to be “The Mild Ones”
August 18th, 2009 at 4:40 am
Wow… bikie gangs are so interesting!
August 18th, 2009 at 4:45 am
its really funny seeing what some people say should have been on this list. it really shows how ridiculous biker gang names are. (black widows, comancheros, Trio Boys, sons of anarchy…etc.)WANT TO JOIN MY BIKER GANG, THE RUSTY PIPES? NO? HOW ABOUT THE FLYING GUN DUDES? THE SILVER LOCKPICKS? THE PLASTERED MAIDENS? LOS CAMPESINOS? DENIAL CROCODILES? yeah…sorry anout that rant.
August 18th, 2009 at 5:15 am
spongebob. sorry for the typo
August 18th, 2009 at 5:16 am
@heheh (24): well, they have no time to think of creative names, but have all the time in their hands to wreak terror.
August 18th, 2009 at 5:18 am
@nuriko (12): Aren’t Tagalog comments supposed to be deleted?
(comment translation: Correct!!! How about those animals of MMDA?)
August 18th, 2009 at 5:21 am
I thought for sure that Hell’s Satans would have made the list.
August 18th, 2009 at 5:22 am
Gee, someone didn’t comment on it’s being “TOO AMERICAN”
August 18th, 2009 at 5:32 am
The Outlaws were in the news a few months ago for stirring up trouble here in Luzerne County, PA.
I have a gang called The Pedestrians. We don’t need no sissy motorcycles. We’re so tough we WALK everywhere. (And none of our members are obese!) Our colors feature a pair of Dr. Scholl’s walking shoes (with metal spikes) and the motto “If you can read this, you’re not a biker!”
August 18th, 2009 at 5:36 am
Robert Quiroga is the fly weight boxer mentioned at number 8. He had an amazing fight with a man called ‘Kid’ Akem in the 90s. The match went twelve rounds with Quiroga winning a unanimous decision. But after the fight Akem collapsed from exhaustion and was found to have suffered a blood clot and he never fought again
August 18th, 2009 at 5:37 am
Bikie gangs have been in the news in Australia over the last year or so. In some of the more notorious cases, explicit criminals are moving into the gangs, or being recruited, to the exclusion of the bikie criminals or law-abiding bikies.
I get a reaction when I mention that my nephew is a member of a bikie gang. Sort of true – he’s an associate member of a Christian motorcycle club. I claim partial responsibility for this; when he was two, he discovered that uncles are good for pretending to be motorcycles. I’d lie on my back with my knees up and hands up, he’d sit on my knees and hold my hands and we’d make “vroom-vroom” noises and pretend to go round corners.
August 18th, 2009 at 5:38 am
PS the orang-utan is Clyde, not Clive.
August 18th, 2009 at 5:39 am
Awesome list, Brotherman! I only knew of 4 of these, but not the history behind those four. This list was nicely done.
@DenzeLL (22): That episode was hilarious!
@JUNQUEMAN (29): I was thinking the same thing. mmmmm…wonder why we don’t have at least 20 comments already saying that. *shrugs*
August 18th, 2009 at 6:01 am
I have heard of a few of these… Hells Angels, Bandido’s and Outlaws… one gang that is definately missing is The Rock Machine although because I think they were based out of Quebec that may be why. None of the crimes mentioned here by these gangs compare to the biker wars between Hells Angels and The Rock Machine in Quebec, specifically Montreal. Look it up!
Outlaws controlled the organized crime in my city (St.Catharines, Ontario) for a long long time but were shut down a few years back in a raid I witnessed on my way to work. Their club house is still in possesion of Niagara Regional Police. Since then Hells Angels set up a chapter here but has also been raided and seized.
August 18th, 2009 at 6:05 am
havent u clowns heard of FINKS australia
August 18th, 2009 at 6:10 am
It’s like the mob….on hogs.
August 18th, 2009 at 6:24 am
What about Wild Hogs?!
August 18th, 2009 at 6:44 am
Left off of the list is the Devils Deciples…..Not the nicest group of people……
August 18th, 2009 at 6:45 am
Read Hunter S. Thompson’s amazing book: “Hell’s Angels”. He spent over a year hanging with the notorious outlaws and the stories he documented would chill your blood. If you were stupid enough to mess with one Angel, you were pretty much screwed: get ready to be chain-whipped, clubbed, and stomped by the entire crew that was present.
“Every Angel recruit comes to his initiation wearing a new pair of Levis with a matching jacket with the sleeves cut off and a spotless emblem on the back. The ceremony varies from one chapter to another but the main feature is always the defiling of the initiate’s new uniform. A bucket of dung and urine will be collected during the meeting, then poured on the newcomer’s head in a solemn baptismal. Or he will take off his clothes and stand naked while the bucket of slop is poured over them and the others stomp in it.
These are his “originals”, to be be worn every day until they rot. The Levis are dipped in oil, then hung out to dry in the sun – or left under the motorcycle at night to absorb the crankcase drippings. When they become too ragged to be functional, they are worn over other, newer Levi’s. Many of the jackets are so dirty that the colors are barely visible, but they aren’t discarded until they literally fall apart.”
August 18th, 2009 at 6:45 am
I hate the way people rant on here ” what about this? what about that?”.
What about you say something like ” the so and so biker gang are another notorious biker gang” and maybe tell us why instead of littering the comments section with what you believe to be your vastly superior knowledge of everything ever put in a list.
I liked the list, I learned something new. Can only say that I heard of 3 of these gangs (being the top 3)!!!
August 18th, 2009 at 6:46 am
Yeah Brotherman! Glad to see you’re still hanging about. Great job on the list too.
You missed the Rock Machine. One of, if not the most violent biker gangs ever to have a presence in Canada. Their turf war with the Hells Angels in Quebec caused many civilian casualties not to mention the deaths among the bikers themselves. I’ve been reading up on them; a couple of Australian members were arrested trying to enter Canada last month. For nefarious purposes no doubt.
We also had a mass murder here in Ontario year before last. “farmer and his wife were the first to notice three cars and a tow truck abandoned in an isolated field outside the village. After they reported it, officers arrived to find the bodies of eight men stuffed inside the vehicles in what police would later dub one of Canada’s worst mass killings.” All either Bandidos members or wannabes. Makes corporate headhunting seem rather tame in comparison.
I’m with brotherman though – I do personally know quite a few bikers and they all have jobs, children, pay taxes and otherwise are contributing members of society. Not that I’d lie, cheat or otherwise cross ‘em – Just to be on the safe side.
August 18th, 2009 at 6:48 am
@Hovito (35): See now that was a useful comment! Nice details!
August 18th, 2009 at 7:08 am
Apparently the “Pagan’s” are all grocers.
August 18th, 2009 at 7:22 am
wonder if any of them are reading this
exactly how serious are biker gangs in america?
August 18th, 2009 at 7:24 am
Yay! Bayani Fernando for president!
August 18th, 2009 at 7:50 am
@ rufus(45)- Biker gangs are extremely serious in the united states. growing up we’re taught about gangs/drugs as a sort of legendary taboo, that usually exists outside of our daily life. but america is rife with gang activity. there used to be an Outlaw outpost two doors down from my house. can’t say much about it. they played “Sweet Home Alabama” rather loud at absurd times in the early morning, but the bar there was shortly dismantled by the police. basically, biker gangs are typically caucasian forms of Bloods and Crips. but anomalies do exist with black/hispanic/asian chapters being in existance.
they also whip people with chains.
August 18th, 2009 at 7:55 am
This was a cool list. My parents are members of “The Gypsies” MC. I never agreed with their biker ways, even though I think The Gypsies are not notorious and are probably of the 99% of decent bikers. I chalk it up to them having a mid-life crisis. The main thing that bothers me about bikers is the fact that most of them do not wear helmets! I’m sorry, but a bandana is not going to keep your head from exploding onto the road, and it would be even more traumatic for the bikers riding behind them, who have to watch it happen. Ok, coming down off the soap box now…
August 18th, 2009 at 8:13 am
Interesting to see this today. Just last week it took a ton of cops to pull over a bunch of bikersfrom the Gypsy Jokers. They issued 46 citations for blocking traffic and running red lights as they were coming through town on their way back from Sturgis.
August 18th, 2009 at 8:30 am
good list, i’ve always had an interest in biker gangs. As a motorcyclist its pretty cool when you see them or they pull up next to you, apart from all the murders and all.
August 18th, 2009 at 8:43 am
I love the incorrect apostrophe in the patch for the Pagans. haha.
August 18th, 2009 at 8:53 am
My thought exactly, Justin! I imagine the founders of the Pagans didn’t pass the grammar unit in English class.
August 18th, 2009 at 9:10 am
How bout the Hell’s Satan’s from The Simpsons????
August 18th, 2009 at 9:18 am
@astraya (31): Why do you keep calling them BIKIE gangs?
August 18th, 2009 at 9:24 am
Great list Brotherman. You a biker?
@Chineapplepunk (40): I hate the way people rant on here ” what about this? what about that?”.
Lol: “Comment Monkeys”…
August 18th, 2009 at 9:25 am
Great list, Brotherman. Very informative. However, in talking about the bandidos, you use an incorrect phrase. You said “former Vietnam Marine veteran”. There is no former to it. A Veteran is a veteran for life, not a former.
Thanks
August 18th, 2009 at 9:30 am
No matter where I read about this stuff, no one ever mentions the massive biker war in and around Montreal, Quebec. The Hells Angels and Rock Machine were blowing each other up with car bombs. More than 150 people died!! They just arrested 156 bikers this year! But since Americans don’t care about anything that happens outside of their invisible lines, I guess the most notorious Hells Angels story is about ONE murder in Nevada… ooooo American Badass!
August 18th, 2009 at 9:39 am
@sof (53): In Australia outlaw bikers are termed bikies (pronounced BIKE EEEZ)
August 18th, 2009 at 9:43 am
I’m from Detroit but have never heard of the Highwaymen (#7).
August 18th, 2009 at 9:48 am
Bike Eeez. It sounds so……cute lol
August 18th, 2009 at 9:50 am
The Canadian bikers seem so much more violent than their American and European counterparts. Maybe because they have much less competition from other organized crime gangs up here. Whatever. They’re not lovely lads, they’re absolute scum. I don’t care if they have jobs and pay taxes and have children. They pimp women and traffic in meth, so they can all rot in hell.
August 18th, 2009 at 9:50 am
so we are all clear on the gang name? we are hell’s satans.
August 18th, 2009 at 9:59 am
#56 Nocluestu, before you jump into blaming a no evidence based argument about mindless American stereotypes, let me make it clear that the hells angles were formed and originated in the united states….
August 18th, 2009 at 10:03 am
I was able to get out of that lifestyle (bikergangs). I did love it ,but it was a mid life crisis thing.
August 18th, 2009 at 10:03 am
What about Satans Helpers?? They’re pretty bad ass but from what I hear they’ll go easy on you if u can do a rousing rendition of “Tequila” on a bar while wearing platform shoes. Oh Pee Wee, you never fail us.
August 18th, 2009 at 10:07 am
Great list – Brotherman, where I live there are a lot of motorcycle ” clubs ” in the country, and they are mainly made up of decent guys and women.
Once a year there is a big gathering of bikers in our town, last year we had approx. 1000 + some stay in hotels some just pitch a tent, but the vibes are so cool, sitting over an open fire at night listening to some of their stories is unforgettable.
Then on the Sunday they have a mass ride pass through town – this is goosepimple stuff, they are escorted by 4 police cars at the front, and they all follow at 20 kms/hr, with thousands of spectators lineing the streets man o man the sounds of the Harlies, and so many bikes riding 6 abreast it takes about 45 min for all of them to pass by.
What a site to see.
August 18th, 2009 at 10:13 am
@55 redcaboose: Very well said, and I would like to add there is also no former Marine. Once a Marine, always a Marine.
August 18th, 2009 at 10:13 am
I was in a club that originated out of Detroit and was able to get out. Highwaymen are alive and well in Florida too
August 18th, 2009 at 10:33 am
@redcaboose (55):
@Syfte (66):
Sounds like you are both vets? If so, I thank you (and any other veterans who may be reading) for your service.
August 18th, 2009 at 10:37 am
I would of put the Outlaws number 2 but not a bad list.
August 18th, 2009 at 10:42 am
@68 Maggot: Thanks mate, that means a lot.
August 18th, 2009 at 10:49 am
@Maggot (68):
You’re welcome.
August 18th, 2009 at 10:56 am
#60 and #62.. I’m not saying that Canadians are tougher or whatever, people are the same everywhere. I hate %1 bikers, they’re scum. They’re rats living on the fringes of society, preying on the weak. I just don’t understand why this bloody war (it was a war, not just a random shooting in Vegas) is never discussed when talking about the Hells Angels and the terrible things they’ve been responsible for.
August 18th, 2009 at 11:05 am
I’ve drank with a Free Soul member at a bar here in Oregon. Funniest dude i’ve ever met. Good list!
August 18th, 2009 at 11:13 am
I have heard stories of people trying to point out that “Hells Angels” should have an apostrophe and being laughed at by the very members of the gang.
August 18th, 2009 at 11:14 am
Hunter Thompson’s book was sh*t. Read Sonny Barger’s instead. Much better.
I’ve had the pleasure of being in the presence of many Hell’s Angels members, including having broken down on the side of the highway with my beat up truck. Being a young female, with two children in the vehicle, I was doing my best to work magic (and succeeding) when a herd of bikes roared past me. FIVE members stopped, came back and tweaked the engine right out of it’s misery. Accepted no payment, and waved off my thanks. Absolutely the scariest men I’d ever laid eyes upon, but hands down pure gentlemen.
I’ll support the Big Red Machine til I die. 81 forever. Those colours don’t run.
August 18th, 2009 at 11:14 am
How about the Breed? They’re small, but easily the most brutal biker gang in the country. Their leader, John “Junior” Napoli, was sentenced to 36 years in prison for various offenses. They mainly traffic crystal meth, and according to Wikipedia, police raids of Breed properties turned up 10 ieds, a machine gun, 44 firearms, and 142 popunds of crystal meth in two raids worth a total of 11.75 million dollars. Also, one time a recruit refused to deliver some crystal meth to a customer, so the gang beat him violently until he passed out, then when he woke up drilled drywall screws into his arm, and were going to set him on fire with flaming gasoline expect that they were in the house of the gang leader and didn’t want to burn it down.
August 18th, 2009 at 11:17 am
Good list.
August 18th, 2009 at 11:30 am
These guys really like meth, eh?
August 18th, 2009 at 11:30 am
Otter – Satan’s Helpers is the the first thing I think of when the words “Motorcycle Gang” are said. I love the scene when they give Pee Wee a bike then he drives through a billboard.
August 18th, 2009 at 12:26 pm
@Maggot (68):
Maggot, do me a favor and send me a message here will you? I have something I’d like to discuss.
August 18th, 2009 at 12:28 pm
Are there any motorcycle gangs that don’t involve drug trafficking and breaking the law? Seriously, I know many a rough looking Harley rider who doesn’t engage in thant kind of stuff. I would think that it could be possible to have a bike gang that is merely about camaraderie and riding the open road without subjecting themselves to drugs and violence.
August 18th, 2009 at 12:37 pm
#81: Kage, did you read the disclaimer at the beginning of this list? This is about the 1%. As in the one percent of bikers who are on the other side of the law.
August 18th, 2009 at 12:42 pm
Oh.. Nope. My bad. I’m at work so I skimmed the list this time. I usually don’t do that, and it won’t happen again.
August 18th, 2009 at 12:46 pm
I once heard Mickey Rourke was supposed to play Sonny Barger in a movie based on the Barger auto-bio.
I know its a far cry from the real thing but I love biker movies from the 60’s and the Oakland Hells Angels definitely became famous for appearing in them.
Roger Corman beginning them with “The Wild Angels”.
-”Hells Angels on Wheels” with Mr. cool, Jack Nicholson and that tv batman-like fight scene in the bar .
-”The Hell’s Angels 69″ Barger’s favorite(probably because he appears predominately in it with speaking lines (perhaps giving his best John Wayne impression)) The others like Satan’s Sadists and Psychorama
even the cornball ” The Wild One” and the gay short “Scorpio Rising”
August 18th, 2009 at 12:51 pm
@Clockwork (79):
The classics never die.
August 18th, 2009 at 12:57 pm
Rolling Thunder. Not a motorcycle gang in the strictest sense, but they are most notable for their motorcycle rally that they have every year in DC around Memorial Day. Their main goal is to raise awareness of MIA/POW issues. They do wear leather jackets with their logo on them, so they look a little gang-ish.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolling_Thunder_(organization)
August 18th, 2009 at 12:58 pm
just got back from Sturgis MC rally in South Dakota (US). Thousands of bikers descend on a small town for a week of partying, drinking, tattooing, etc.
they block off the main streets and only MCs can park – in four rows (both curbs and two rows down the middle).
it was hilarious and crazy and amazing.
August 18th, 2009 at 1:04 pm
@nocluestu (72): I discussed it. It was horrible. and by the sounds of the article I read, maybe not over.
August 18th, 2009 at 1:13 pm
LOST MC
August 18th, 2009 at 1:41 pm
It appears that most people are confused about the difference between a motorcycle ‘gang’ and a club.
August 18th, 2009 at 2:11 pm
Far out! My list finally got published! Thanks a lot JFrater!
I was starting to wonder whether or not I would see this list of mine posted on the front page. I guess maybe The List Universe submissions are backed up and flowing in like crazy…which is a good thing. Thanks again, Jamie!
And thanks to everyone who enjoyed reading this list.
August 18th, 2009 at 2:50 pm
“”Great list, Brotherman. Very informative. However, in talking about the bandidos, you use an incorrect phrase. You said “former Vietnam Marine veteran”. There is no former to it. A Veteran is a veteran for life, not a former.
@55 redcaboose: Very well said, and I would like to add there is also no former Marine. Once a Marine, always a Marine.”"
You both are correct. There is one more important thing to note. Marine Corps colors are Crimson and Gold. Not red and gold.
August 18th, 2009 at 3:03 pm
Hard
August 18th, 2009 at 3:26 pm
@sof (53): As digz123 has answered on my behalf, that’s what they’re called here (see eg http://www.smh.com.au/national/the-rise-and-rise-of-new-gangs-20090328-9eri.html – an article about the hard corecriminal element infiltrating gangs). It allows the distinction to be made between a biker (generally law-abiding) and a bikie (not).
August 18th, 2009 at 3:36 pm
the best list so far and that is saying something considering the quality of the lists on this site ! sh*t i cant believe it 2 lists about america that i like ! mmmmmmmmmm Classic American Muscle Cars and now Top 10 Notorious American Biker Gangs i must be going soft in my old age how can i slag off USofA if you keep putting great lists like this up ? lol
August 18th, 2009 at 3:59 pm
I live in kansas now but two years ago i lived in sturgis south dakota and every year theyll gather and fill rapid city and sturgis and other areas with drugs and chicks and violence…my favorite! Gotta love America. My father in law rolls in a club. I love these guys. 1 percenters remind all the hard working sheeple what its like to truly live free. (unless they go to jail) Quit your job, light a joint, grab a broad hop on a scoot and come take a journey thru the Black Hills!
August 18th, 2009 at 4:03 pm
@Maggot (68): Thanks from me too.
August 18th, 2009 at 4:38 pm
My stepfather was a member of a club made up of Vietnam vetrens. I spent a good deal of my childhood on the back of motorcycles going to family events sponsered by the club. Most of these men worked hard and paid taxes, but still had some fun. A few of these men were big into drugs(meth, around here it’s usually meth)and got into some fights.
But Vietnam Veterens are getting older. My stepfather died 3 years ago. Many of them are in thier 60’s. Makes me wonder if any Iraqi vets are forming thier own MC’s….
Anyways growing up around these guys has spoiled me about bikes.I only accept rides on Harleys, Indians, and to a much lesser extent some Honda roadsters. No “crotch rockets” for me.
August 18th, 2009 at 4:52 pm
no wild hogs??!?
dissapointing list…
August 18th, 2009 at 4:52 pm
no wild hogs??!?
disappointing list…
August 18th, 2009 at 4:55 pm
The Banditos lost 7 of thier members 2 y ago after a mass murder in Ontario Canada
August 18th, 2009 at 5:04 pm
what about the Tweety Birds? I read somewhere that they are a fag biker gang located in San Francisco.
August 18th, 2009 at 5:32 pm
You forgot Hells’ Grannies.
August 18th, 2009 at 6:08 pm
O.F.F.O. 1%er $4Life!
August 18th, 2009 at 6:41 pm
The Hells Angels actually sell merchandise. Instead of Saying Hells Angels the shirts and such that they sell say The Big Red Machine and have the death’s head. My brother wore his BRM shirt to a concert one time, a roadie saw it and gave him a back stage pass.
August 18th, 2009 at 8:15 pm
I live in San Berdo and Vagos are around in big numbers often go at it with the Mongols. Which is why I never wear green when I ride!
August 18th, 2009 at 8:27 pm
Things that make you go hmmmmmm?
Ever notice that the single common element of all these alleged “bad-ass” biker associations — other than their quasi-homoerotic need to mount a Harey-Davidson, that is — is their association with narcotics/methamphetamine? These men are pathetic — and their skanks moreso. Tough? Not really, just numerous — in the same way that the Sherman tank was numerous back in WWII: got the job done only when encountered in numbers, but worthless one-on-one. That’s these guys: Fat, white, loser, brainless redneck drug dealers on bikes. Period. End of list. Tough? Yes, but 100 shrieking queens are also “tough” when they pile up on top of you. I think I’d have more respect for the queens at this point; at least they have style, education and understand personal hygiene. Having spent 14 years in the military, I can go weeks without a shower — when I have to. Being a fat, obese, disgusting, fat fat fat fat lazy unemployed fatty with a beard BY CHOICE isn’t tough, it’s pathetic, as in L-O-S-E-R.
Do you hear me, fat white redneck male bikers? I’m laughing at the idea that you’re anything more than a bitch to be slapped.
August 18th, 2009 at 8:33 pm
@T M (107): Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaayum
August 18th, 2009 at 8:36 pm
P.S.:
The ultimate proof that this article is nothing more than “Trolling for L-O-S-E-R-S” is the Captain Chris’s Close Combat Training advertisment at the top of the page. You know how they say in advertising, place your ads where they are aimed at your target demographic? Well, the brainless gullible wannabees who believe Captain Chris’s line of B.S. are the kind of wannabee “outlaw biker, 1%, freedom-loving HEROES” who join “outlaw” motorcycle gangs and think that this list constitutes the next chapter in their “education.”
August 18th, 2009 at 8:39 pm
P.P.S.: I’m a motorcyclist myself since 1995. Nothing but respect for RIDERS. Sorry if anyone fitting that description out there thinks that I’m aiming at you; I’m not. “Outlaw bikers” and the wannabee variants thereof, on the other hand, I’m talking to you.
Seriously, guys, if you’re a “true” outlaw, you’re not spending time on the internet.
August 18th, 2009 at 8:39 pm
105. The angels have trademarked the 81, BRM and Death’s head logos. The death’s head doesn’t appear on merchandise, to my recollection… It’s reserved only for members patches.
August 18th, 2009 at 9:01 pm
Nice list. I’m surprised that nobody has mentioned that the Pagans were the motorcycle gang used in the first “Dawn of the Dead” movie.
August 18th, 2009 at 9:37 pm
@Chineapplepunk: thanks for noticing. that was myh first comment on this site and I wanted to try and add something for people instead of just criticize since I have loved this site for a while.
to the people who remember the murdered Bandidos in Ontario 2 years ago, they must have killed the right 7 members cause Bandidos have disappeared here since.
My dad used to be a 1% actualy who ran with Satan’s Choice. He never killed anyone or sold narcotics but partyed with the gang. He now runs the Lincoln County Bikers Club which he told me is mostly rich old guys having a mid life crisis.
August 18th, 2009 at 9:44 pm
Just wanted to add one more thing Skinny Ward who is the leader of Hells Angels (Welland, Ontario) chapter is a long time family friend though no longer in contact. When my my mom and her siblings were younger he was good friends with my uncle John. My grandparents being from Hungary had a wine cellar in the basement and used to let the boys gamble and drink wine in the basement. Him and my uncle were actualy banned from the U.S.A. for 20 years for a bar fight in Buffalo. Now don’t get me wrong, Skinny Ward is a terrible person, he’s escaped murder charges twice for lack of proof, but he’s always been there for the family when needed because of how well he was treated back then.
And just so you know, not all biker gang members are bikers. Skinny Ward was never a biker but was involved in organized crime hiw whole life and because he kept escaping the law, he was recruited to head the Welland Chapter of Hells Angells. Very few Hells Angels, Ontario anyways, are bikers.
August 18th, 2009 at 10:15 pm
TM it sure must be nice to hide behind the anonymity of the internet. Because Im sure you would talk your talk right to their face. Go ahead Ill wait.
But seriously thats a great stereotype. You were in the military for 14 years? I call BS because any military man knows you dont provoke people for the sake of provocation. Unless you can hide behind your keyboard. A real military man knows the difference between the cover(the fat white guys slinging meth) and the real deal behind the scenes shit. All these guys are into alot more than Meth. Including but not limited to illegal arms smuggling, prostitution and pimping as well as basic larsony and theft. They have moved up to cyber crimes as well. But I guess you have to believe you can beat up that one single fat white guy. Best of luck with that. I recommend that to get their attention by flipping them he bird next time you ride by. You REALLY want to see what these guys are up to? Go read some books about it. These guys are real deal criminal familys. Its not about the meth money. Its so not. Meth is for day to day cash flow.
August 18th, 2009 at 10:20 pm
I know a Hell’s Angel. He’s a sweetheart, but he almost beat a prospect to death for not delivering a load of meth in the time allowed. It’s really sad to know that most “biker gangs” ride “Hardly Davidson’s “. They’re the most overrated motorcycle of all time. Come see the Solvang Vintage Motorcycle Museum in California, which I manage. An immaculate, privately owned collection of many of the most influential bikes in the history of motorcycling. Ask for Michael.
August 18th, 2009 at 10:28 pm
just noticed, most of these bike gang members are old bald men. nothing bad about it i guess, it just jumped at me looking at the pics.
/carry on.
August 18th, 2009 at 10:54 pm
i just don’t understand why they ride hardly movingsons/2 wheeled tractors
August 18th, 2009 at 11:01 pm
The “anonymity of the internet” works both ways, hero.
And you can call BS all you want. Challenge me to disassemble, reassemble and function check an M249 SAW in less than two minutes. We’ll see who wins. I’ll bet you have plenty of hands-on experience. Or you could just “read some books about it”, and I’m sure that will actually substitute for the real thing. And the “any military man, yadda yadda yadda” line sure is great, too. Not sure what it means, but it certainly sounds to me like your ass was on the line. In any event, you sound TOUGH, Dave.
You do sound like a man with some experience, though. Meth and cash flow and larsony and pimping. Whatever. Classy.
I would never cross you, though, because you who recommend that I read some books are entirely too badass. I am frightened just by exchanging comments with you.
I am about to piss myself with . . . well . . . fear. I quiver. I quake.
I will refrain from commenting on the badass qualities of the outlaw biker in the future, everyone, because DAVE has me so frightened that I have to run to the toilet to vomit with . . . fear.
(P.S. BTW, hero, the “SAW” stands for “Squad Automatic Weapon”, which is a 5.56mm belt-fed, gas-operated . . . oh hell, you can just Wiki it, Dave, a guy who is as familiar with the World Wide Web as you should have no trouble getting some of that book-learnin’ you were talking about earlier. But I’ll bet you don’t need it because you are THE REAL DEAL.)
(P.P.S. Oh crap, I just crossed him again . . . must run to the bathroom to vomit . . . with fear)
August 18th, 2009 at 11:41 pm
@Dave (115): Sorry, Dave, but you bought and paid for that one. Of course, I probably bought and paid for your comment, but I’d like to call a stop, and in a “let’s be friends, and I’d buy you a drink someday” spirit, I’ll give you the last word. Make it good and harsh, people are reading.
So, now that I’ve come off the scotch:
You’re right, I WOULDN’T say that shit right to an outlaw biker’s face. I WOULDN’T flip the bird to one as he rode by, or as I rode by.
Because it would be suicidal. There’s no such thing as ONE “outlaw biker”; they travel in packs and have no problem with a ten- or even twenty-on-one fight. They take pride in it. Even if you find one alone, if you fight him, you better kill the SOB because if he identifies you to his “brothers”, your AND your family are likely to get firebombed inside your house.
This is nothing to admire. I mean, would you admire the Mafia?
But that kind of common sense is not what this thread is about. It’s about the details of the most-badass biker gangs. Which is why I feel completely comfortable talking about how disgusting they are, and how they are no tougher one-on-one than I am, or you are. They know it too, which is why they can’t fight a man one-on-one.
75th Ranger Regiment worked like that. We had a code: “You fuck with one Ranger, you fuck with us all.” So when a small bunch of douchebag teenybopper gang of white, suburban gang-banger wannabees called “The West Side Posse” rolled a drunk Ranger during Riverfest in ‘92, the entire battalion descended on River Street. We were armed — heavily. We had nearly as much personal & private ordnance on us as the military-issue weapons stored in the arms room. The suburban douchebags were lucky that we didn’t find them hanging out in force. As it was, three of them smarted off to a couple of Rangers and found themselves on the ground, zip-tied, missing teeth and with two swollen eyes each. Completing the story, half the Savannah PD was composed of retired Rangers, so guess who got arrested.
This is the kind of “code” that ignores any kind of right or wrong, or any kind of one-on-one challenge. All that takes to win in this scenario is to have more guys on your side. Dave, would you put up with that kind of shit from the government? Your neighbor wants to take half your backyard, and he gets to do it, because he knows the local Sheriff and they have more guys than you?
Which is why I didn’t like it; still don’t, never have, and won’t tolerate those who do. I’ll go one-on-one with any man — and if he’s so big that I don’t stand a chance, then I’ll “bring a gun to the knife fight,” if the stakes are that high and that’s what it takes. I’m in my ’40’s; I don’t get into schoolyard fights anymore. Fuck with me these days, and I’ll give you bullets. At high speed, and aimed well. If it’s fair for ten scruffy unwashed “1%” assholes to gang up on me, then it’s fair for me to bring Glock. They’ll know they’ve been in a fight.
Anyway, I really DON’T want to know more about the illegal activities of the outlaw gangs. What reading — yes, I confess I DO read, as you suggested — I have done tells me that while the organization continues, the guys in the crosshairs of the law have a way of ending up behind bars. This is fine for the everlasting brotherhood, but not so great for the guy who takes the 10-20 for trafficking and pimping. On the whole, I’d rather not live looking over my shoulder.
These guys provide criminal enterprises that society pays for; I just live and let live.
But don’t expect me to glorify these guys or revel in the experience, my friend.
Bottom line: As a veteran, I might join ROLLING THUNDER, and wear those colors.
But I wouldn’t be caught dead anywhere near a Hell’s Angels patch, let alone with it across my back.
My respect to you. Be sure and beat me up well on the post; I don’t want you to lose face.
August 18th, 2009 at 11:51 pm
119. Wow, that sure sounds like a ‘my penis is bigger than your’s’ wankfest.
August 19th, 2009 at 12:13 am
Why can’t we all be friends? XD
And as a few people have noted, Biker gang members ride Harley’s because they’re cool. They don’t go as fast, they can’t get up to that reduced speed as fast, they require a little more maintenance, but you can’t beat the sound of a Harley roaring down the street. Even if they roar at thirty miles per hour. It’s still exciting. It creates a presence.
August 19th, 2009 at 1:26 am
Great site, I now have you bookmarked to come back again.
August 19th, 2009 at 1:35 am
This is no joke, I know a one man biker gang. The person in question has a split personality, schitofereia, (Excuse the spelling).
Crashed into a petrol station when blind drunk, big boom,somehow no one seriously hurt bar himself.
Has something like 9 drunk driving convictions, several lifetime bans, but still goes out at times. Massive bald, intimadating, man who is as nice a person you could meet, (both of him).
His other passions in life apart from bikes are knitting getting drunk and fighting everything in sight. The creature is an ex soldier now in his late 60’s from Scotland and has never changed, just a madman.
August 19th, 2009 at 3:06 am
Some very interesting points have been made here, it is refreshing to see that your site gets quality visitors.
August 19th, 2009 at 3:24 am
Don’t take everything you read – here or elsewhere – as the absolute truth.
August 19th, 2009 at 5:11 am
Here in Delaware we keep the Pagans in check. They don’t get away w/ all that crazy stuff here, the regular citizens will go after them. Nothing is badass about a bunch of old dirty punks who can’t fight on their own.
August 19th, 2009 at 7:08 am
Though it’s obvious on the picture, the article doesn’t seem to mention the fact that #4 Outlaws are quite neo-nazi. You can see the SS insignia, a swastika and the words “Blood & Honor”, the name of an infamous neo-nazi gang.
August 19th, 2009 at 8:42 am
wtf, No Gypsy Jokers?
August 19th, 2009 at 10:13 am
@Blake Bishop (126):
Good luck getting people to belive that. It’s turtles all the way down.
August 19th, 2009 at 11:10 am
it’s Hells Angels not Hell’s Angels
August 19th, 2009 at 11:31 am
Donec Mors Non Seperat
means more like,
So long as Death Does not Separate.
or
When death it does not separate.
Sort of garbled really.
August 19th, 2009 at 11:59 am
My former brother in law was a member of a motorcycle gang. His initiation consisted of eating roadkill, doing a variety of drugs, robbing a liquor store and who knows what else. Contrary to what the intro says, closer to 1% of the members were the “nice guys.” These guys were bad ass MFers and don’t fool yourself into thinking that bikers are nice guys.
August 19th, 2009 at 3:36 pm
I live right next door to a Son of Silence home.. 4 members live there in a rented home. Really nice people all & all.. you can’t always believe everything you see on TV or read in the Papers.
August 19th, 2009 at 3:52 pm
Sonny Barger is whiny, retarded bitch.
August 19th, 2009 at 4:10 pm
I want a motorcycle, anyone want to sponsor me? take me under their wing? show me the ropes?
August 19th, 2009 at 4:23 pm
Did you see all those sweet bikes? No? Me neither. No big deal. Just thought there might be some bike pictures to go along with the list of biker gangs…..
August 19th, 2009 at 6:34 pm
This is all so interesting. I live outside of London, Ontario here in Canada and there are a few Hell’s Angels members in court after a massacre of eight bandidos members. They were all found in a popped trunk spread out surrounding a farmhouse. It was the craziest thing I’ve ever heard of and one of the most brutal mass killings Canada has ever had. These gangs are to be taken seriously and not messed with.
August 19th, 2009 at 7:43 pm
li@lightningclash (138):
They were all Bandidos, six men are charged with the murder of 8 fellow Bandidos.
The London Free Press has had incredible coverage of the entire trial so far, here is a link to one of many well written articles.
http://lfpress.ca/newsstand/News/Local/2009/08/19/10514186.html
August 19th, 2009 at 8:20 pm
Seen the tattoo…”GOD forgives…PAGANS don’t”…
August 19th, 2009 at 8:52 pm
39 damien_karras
I have a book called “The Mammoth Book of Biker Gangs” that has some excerpts from Thompson’s book. I bought it because my own book-in-progress has a biker gang in it. Also, there’s a guy at my work who knows people who are involved or have been with this lifestyle. He’s answered several of my questions.
Also, this one other coworker of mine said there was a guy in his church that used to be a 1%er and he had left the gang and they made him burn off his gang logo tattoos with hot spoons. On this website, I read that they also sometimes make them take them off with a cheese grater. OUCH!
Great list!
August 19th, 2009 at 9:00 pm
98 Samzilla
Ooh, I saw a beautiful Indian years ago when I lived in California. Some friends and I drove up to Alice’s Restaurant and there was a rally up there. The bike was red and it was absolutely PRISTINE. I could not stop drooling over it (and I don’t even ride). The owner was justifiably proud.
August 19th, 2009 at 10:41 pm
@T M (120): sheeeeeeeeeeeit
August 19th, 2009 at 10:59 pm
As someone who went to high school in Niwot, Colorado, I am UTTERLY BLOWN AWAY by the fact that the Sons of Silence were formed there. Only 4,000 people live in that town! It’s crazy!!
August 19th, 2009 at 11:24 pm
What happened to my post? It ran away. T.T
August 19th, 2009 at 11:51 pm
if your talking Montreal there’s another Hells angels mass murder which not many speak of.
the termination of a south shore chapter by one of the head chapters for failing to cough up 11 million dollars due from cocaine traffic the entire chapters membership was eliminated and only found by the police because one of the bodies floated up from the bottom of the lake they were deposited in and obviously not weighed down correctly.
11 members of the angels were implicated with the murders.
with the rock machine’s war the killing of an entire chapter and several other incidents the bikers in Quebec have killed well over 250 people in the last 2.5 decades. that doesn’t even include any of the smaller gangs activities or the deaths attributed to drug trafficking and not some turf war.
August 20th, 2009 at 12:03 am
Ive gotta say that intro is pretty generous to the MC gangs. maybe in the US they are under control but here in Oz there are constant gang wars and shootings. recently there was a huge brawl in the middle of the day in the arrivals lounge of sydney airport between Hells Angels and Rebels bikers. A man was bashed to death with one of those short posts that hold up queuing ropes. another hells angel shot dead a businessman in the middle of Sydney who tried to stop him beating up his woman. In Perth they planted a car bomb under the former police commissioner’s car and blew him and his mate to bits. Not because he was police but because they blamed him for the shooting death of a member (the truth has never emerged). Anyway, lets not sugar-coat the truth. these are criminal organisations.why else would they have fortified club houses with electronic surveillance. I can only guess that the tougher laws and enforcement practices in the US means keeops them from blatantly acting like criminals as they do here in Oz.
August 20th, 2009 at 12:13 am
let us not forget the ‘fathers day massacre’ gun battle in Sydney in the 80s between Comancheros and Bandidos that killed at least six bikies and one young girl who was hit with a stray bullet.
also heres a few dishonourable mentions not in the list.
Comancheros
Mongrel Mob (NZ based, members of maori descent)
Rebels
God’s Garbage
Coffin Cheaters
August 21st, 2009 at 3:15 pm
A few weeks ago I read a book about the Mongols called “Under and Alone”. Pretty interesting stuff. The book was written by an ATF agent who went undercover and became a full-patch member of the club. The book wasn’t full of much hype, and most of the crimes had to do with assault, occasional murders, meth, and gun charges. A lot of these guys went to prison as a result of the operation. Based on what most of the 1%ers in Oregon/Washington are busted for, they seem to be pill-poppers and tweakers who specialize in car theft and meth production. They’re always carrying guns too. After a sting here in the Northwest the Mongols all disappeared from one local bar. Or at least they don’t wear their colors anymore.
August 21st, 2009 at 5:39 pm
just gotta point out that bandidos should be way higher on that list
August 21st, 2009 at 8:43 pm
bandidos are the second largest outlaw motorcycle gang in the world and the fastest growing too, apparently
August 22nd, 2009 at 2:09 pm
I hate bike gangs they’re a bunch pricks that give all bikers a bad name. I live in Ireland and I sometimes get tarred with the same brush as these c***s.
If your going to ride a bike then ride a bike and look out for all other bikers. It doesn’t mater if they’re Scooter Youths, crotch Rocket Racers, Boring Tourer’s or Harley Pricks they’re all bikers.
August 22nd, 2009 at 7:19 pm
Hey you morons- even you Ranger boy you cop loving punk-Rolling Thunder is the name of the Annual Memorial Day Run in Washington D.C. There is no specific set of “colors” for it. Get your facts straight before you start spouting off. Didn’t they teach you that at Ranger School?
August 23rd, 2009 at 8:00 am
#7 Highwaymen: Most epic motto ever. I’m gonna have to write that one down, it’s just too good.
August 23rd, 2009 at 11:26 am
…Why the hell was there a Norwegian flag from the nazi occupation(Norwegian flag with swastika) in picture 4?
God I find it pathetic how some germans or americans (or whatever) use the norwegian flag to represent some idiotic superior race or something. Had they actually lived in Norway I’m sure they’d hate it. Ah well, if their ignorance keeps them happy.
August 23rd, 2009 at 7:33 pm
There are many more MCs than those listed on this list, but 99% of all Motorcycle Clubs are law abiding. This is a list of 1% clubs. Not everything seen or shown on SOA (Sons of Anarchy ) is a true reflection of the biker community, but is one of the closest versions of it I have seen
August 24th, 2009 at 5:00 am
Fodland they probably don’t realise it’s a Norwegian flag. I’m guessing they think it’s a version of the Nazi flag with a black cross on it. Your typical racist bigot isn’t normally that smart.
August 25th, 2009 at 12:51 pm
Its called a Reichskriegsflagge and was in use from 1935 to 1945. Not defending, just clarifying.
And before some of you go passing judgment on bikers and 1% clubs, do some research on the history of Motorcycle Clubs. Club and bike culture is based in a tradition and if you don’t know the roots, then how can you judge the culture.
While the outlaw or 1% clubs have grown into whats obvious, there are 100’s of motorcycle clubs that aren’t. “The other 99%”
So don’t be sucked in by hype media and lump them all together.
And to TM….
Some of us fat, bald, over forty, long chin hair wearing, tattoo’d and pierced scum as you call us, were combat vets before there was a SAW, so you might want to check your attitude at the door when it comes to folk like me and mine. We’ve earned the right to live as we like. Ever hear of the Patriot Guard Riders? Or how about BACA. Why don’t you google how much money bike clubs raise for charity every year. And not least of all Rolling Thunder, which isn’t just the run to the wall, it’s a vets rights group.
Next, your theory on a 1%’r not willing to fight one on one is dead wrong. If he won’t, he’s not a 1%’r.
But don’t take my word for it, do some field research.
14 years huh, I would have expected more.
And just for the record. I did 8, my father did 30, his father did 6.
I’m not a 1%’r. I’m a 3%’r. I run with the Original Wild Ones, but I’m not a patch holder. First and foremost, I’m a “biker” because I love to build and ride motorcycles. I ride 24/7, 365 and I live in southern Ohio. I don’t own a 4 wheeled vehicle.
I never used to call myself that, “biker”, everyone else did so I just gave in. Actually I prefer Freak.
It’s not just Harley, It’s American V-Twins.
The motorcycle version of American muscle cars.
It’s tradition. The first Bike clubs were mostly vets returning home from WWII and rode American Bikes. Why the hell would a guy who just came back from fighting in the pacific want to ride next to a “Jap” bike. That’s why no “rice burners” or “Euro Trash” in traditional MC’s.
OWOF
August 25th, 2009 at 1:03 pm
@BlaqueLyst (160):
Right on! Ride free, man. My utmost respect to you.
August 25th, 2009 at 1:51 pm
You forgot to mention the largest gang in the U.S.A. Most of the members wear blue, drive black & white cars, wear a badge & carry a gun. They are The Police. Commonly refered on the streets as cops, 5-0 & Johnny Law to name a few….
August 26th, 2009 at 7:30 pm
i think if you make this list your just asking for trouble!!!!!!!! or just plain stupid!!!!!
August 27th, 2009 at 10:17 am
I ran with #6 in the early 1970’s and wonder if any of the members I knew are still alive? I live in the Southwest now. Brings back alot of memories, good and bad.
August 27th, 2009 at 1:12 pm
No mention of the Warlocks MC in Florida? They’re a completely different entity than the Warlocks of the Northeast (with a Phoenix instead of a Harpy as the club’s logo).
August 28th, 2009 at 11:49 am
Sorry to burst your bubble. The Free Souls are a group of PUSSIES. Yep, I said it. I faced of with them when I was a cop. We won, they went to jail. Bleeding and crying.
August 29th, 2009 at 10:05 am
Wtf no Satans Balls Mc
August 29th, 2009 at 4:59 pm
I think most of the comments are the laughable, uneducated views of the outsiders.
MC’s are scape goats. The hard life and hard men that join them sometimes come with legal baggage and the occasional bad apple gets caught. Same with the “boys in blue” how many bad cops or bad precincts have you read about. How many of those precincts been confiscated, or how many have had all members been indicted under RICCO?
Or how about how many “unsavory characters” join the military. This isn’t a slag towards our military men, I’m serving still. But we get all sorts here, some aren’t so stable. Funny they haven’t confiscated recruit school yet.
No the government is loosing control of the populace, spending more than it should, policing our lives into obscurity and it uses articles like this to take the focus off their misdeeds.
August 30th, 2009 at 12:51 pm
What happened to the BOOZE FIGHTERS MC ???????
August 31st, 2009 at 7:12 am
Most Bikers need a good wash
The Leather Fag MC from Alabama are easily the toughest
August 31st, 2009 at 12:58 pm
Why do the Pagans have an apostrophe on their patch: “Pagan’s” ???
August 31st, 2009 at 2:33 pm
All the scum detailed in this list should be behind bars for ever.
They’re just a bunch of scumbags who need imprisoning for life or the death sentence, along with any prospective members who want to take their place(s)…
Then, there might be a peaceful society…
August 31st, 2009 at 7:10 pm
@T M (107): @T M (120):
So much for being the “silent professional”, huh TM?
September 1st, 2009 at 9:45 am
Interesting list. I never knew about the Free Souls until a couple months ago when we found an article naming my husband’s father, whom he never knew, as a member and person of interest regarding a 1999 murder. This led us to find the rest of his family but it looks like we’ll never find his dad since he’s apparently on the run. It sure would be nice to let him know he’s a grandfather and all his children have reunited. He sounds like he is/was a nice man that made some bad decisions.
September 4th, 2009 at 2:23 am
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September 4th, 2009 at 6:34 am
Bmx Bandits were tough
September 4th, 2009 at 6:39 am
Mrs Ambrose – Your husbands father sounds like a great guy (not) A person of intrest in a murder just the kinda man you would want around your kids you must be very proud
IDIOT
September 4th, 2009 at 6:43 am
mrs ambrose he sounds like a great guy wanted for murder / on the run – i’m sure your kids will be so proud off grandad
you must be a moron
September 4th, 2009 at 9:58 am
All 06/15 10:19:46
the HA’s had Colorado rockers, but there was about 20 other guys wear’n diff colors, Destroyers toprocker, bottom rocker Denver, check the shoes, even some of the HA’s had on tenny’s, what’s the world coming too?
ALL 6/16 7:00am
The Destroyers MC are a support club in Denver for the Colorado HAMC. If you don’t know what your talking about its best you keep your C***k S**ker shut. Anyone more interested in the footwear of an MC member than who or what they are is pretty ignorant if not just plain stupid. Next time you see an HA or Destroyer why don’t you go up to them and give them your opinion of the choice of footwear. Then write back when you get the “Tenny’s” surgically removed from your ass!
September 6th, 2009 at 2:03 pm
I agree with most of you.Motorbikes are Death Traps.
But at least my peeps a going to heaven yeah nice one.Dirtiest regards.
September 7th, 2009 at 11:52 pm
hmm i’m kinda suprised at the sons of silence being posted on here there were quite a few members around here a few months ago because a death of one of their members the ones i ran into seemed to be pretty nice < i supose pulling into the gas station on a bike didn't hurt that at all
September 8th, 2009 at 2:08 pm
Only one real MC in the USA brothers. The little-known “Discovery Channel MC” is the only real 1% club in existence!
DISCOVERY CHANNEL FOREVER, FOREVER DISCOVERY CHANNEL (DCFFDC)
September 8th, 2009 at 3:41 pm
The Brown Rivet MC from Philli are pretty tough
September 8th, 2009 at 3:42 pm
Free Nelson Mandela MC kick ass
September 12th, 2009 at 3:17 pm
The Rusty Sheriffs Badge MC from Boston are the Dogs Bollox
September 13th, 2009 at 12:58 am
BlaqueLyst is the only person in this thread even worth reading..to him I salute, honor, and respect!!
September 13th, 2009 at 12:31 pm
Hell’s Angels were just visiting by my home in cloquet Minnesota. Despite what ppl say about them they are very pleasant kind ppl. from what i have heard most of them are doctors and lawyers and highly respected people. as for the other biker gangs i havent heard of any of them
September 14th, 2009 at 10:53 am
Starting my own MC looking for prospects to do my washing and a rob a few banks for funds and bikes / jackets etc
September 14th, 2009 at 4:05 pm
Willie Wonka’s Chocolate Factory MC is the only true 1%er club out there.
September 14th, 2009 at 4:12 pm
Yeah but heard they melt under pressure
September 14th, 2009 at 7:40 pm
I saw a bunch of bikers flying colors the other day they were wearing denim vests with BLUE IRON top rocker two cubes with LE on the left and MC on the right of center patch which was crossed pistols over a blue skull any idea who these guys are. Bottom rocker was Pennsylvania.
September 14th, 2009 at 11:00 pm
Grizzle LE stands for (Law Enforcement).
It is amazing how clueless some people are. I am a combat vet., a retired in the line of duty Law Enforcement Officer (Vice/Narcotics) and a “biker”. I am not a patch member of any club, but I have ridden with many clubs. Some 1% clubs and some not. The list is an accurate list of 1%er clubs and informative. The stereotyping of MC club members listed by many of you (drug using, dirty, violent, etc.) tells me that many of you don’t understand the meaning of a free country. What gives you the right to judge anyone?
As for notorious criminal gangs try looking into the criminal history of members of the U.S. Congress or Senate. (Democrat or Republican) I personally feel safer at a biker bar then at a cocktail party with suits.
Patch holders don’t pretend to be something that they are not. They give what they get. Show respect and you will get respect. Now, is that really any different than what any of us really want? They run within their own element and mostly do not involve civilians. There are truly bad people in all walks of life. It is funny (not really) how certain groups get all of the negative press and others are spared. As for my experience with 1% clubs they pretty well police themselves.
Now I am sure that some of you english majors will find some grammatical errors in my post, well if that is your thing feel free.
September 15th, 2009 at 8:28 am
I went to Wildwood NJ this past weekend and I stood at a hotel that some of the Pagans also stayed… I had no problem with them at all.. As a matter if fact i winded up hanging abd drinking with them all night long. I thought they were Fun people to hang with
September 15th, 2009 at 10:56 am
i have heard of all considering my dad is a warlock.. i grew up know about all of this
September 15th, 2009 at 12:32 pm
post #135 – (Melanie):
What do you think about Hunter S. Thompson?
September 15th, 2009 at 4:37 pm
fellas….please do you homework/the bandidos were formed in south houston near galveston
September 15th, 2009 at 4:40 pm
I formed them
September 15th, 2009 at 5:12 pm
The Vagos MC are not a 1% club, never was.
September 15th, 2009 at 5:53 pm
@Dirty E (196): Thank-you!!!
September 20th, 2009 at 10:33 pm
Dude. Do your research. I suppose it might depend on what you mean by “1%”. The HA’s dropped their 1% patch a long time ago, but I think they can be categorized as a 1%er club, ya think? Here’s what the Dept of Justice recently wrote (2008) about the Vagos:
“The Vagos Motorcycle Club (Vagos) has hundreds of members in the U.S. and Mexico and poses a serious criminal threat to those areas in which its chapters are located. U.S. law enforcement authorities report that the Vagos have approximately 300 members among 24 chapters located in the states of California, Hawaii, Nevada, Oregon and three chapters located in Mexico. The Vagos produce, transport and distribute methamphetamine and are also involved in the distribution of marijuana. The Vagos have also been implicated in other criminal activities including assault, extortion, insurance fraud, money laundering, murder, vehicle theft, witness intimidation and weapons violations. In the U.S., the Vagos are mainly active in the Southwest and Pacific regions.”
Not 1%ers? Hmmmmmmmmm.
September 20th, 2009 at 10:39 pm
And, yes. The Bandidos (respect given where due) should be in the top 4 (HA, Bandidos, Outlaws and Pagans) and probably #2, for sure. And I agree with the posters who were wondering about the Gypsy Jokers. While not big, they’re a significant club in the biker club world, and have a much longer history than the Highwaymen.
September 21st, 2009 at 9:52 pm
newest gang in Aus notorious, they a bikie gang without the bikes..
heck this out
http://www.smh.com.au/interactive/bikie-wars/bikiesatwar.html
lot of shit goin on atm..
worldwide
September 21st, 2009 at 10:32 pm
116 Mike with an engine the size of a fist man can travel at over 100 miles per hour..
My old man has a picture of a 1920 sumthin Norton it clocked 180mph in 1936, onsuspenion it had was springs under the seat..
Bangin!!
September 21st, 2009 at 10:34 pm
sorry for typo..
only suspension
September 22nd, 2009 at 9:26 am
I want to start a club called the “Heck’s Angels” but I’m afraid the Hells Angels will balk at my suggestion.
Hmmm… Maybe I could form one called the “In-Laws” instead…
September 24th, 2009 at 12:22 pm
Im with you BlaqueLyst, well put. Its people like TM why we have these 1%er biker gangs. They cant stand the sh*t talkin sterotyping that people give them. They just like making their presence known. I started a small biker gang of my own, we love to ride and can get a little rowdy and cause havoc but that doesnt make us bad people. We live for the freedom that riding can give you. We like to live on the edge.
We call ourselves the “SMALL TOWN MAFIA” aka STM. We ride for those above!!
September 24th, 2009 at 7:21 pm
I think if you use the excuse all clubs have bad people
You are a fool that does not understand the meaning of the word PERCENT. 1 out of 100 is 1 percent understand? THE Hells angels in the USA seem to have a very large percent of members harming molesting and murdering women and children.
I cannot think of any club gang etc priest Etc that has a higher PERCENT of members then USA hells angels that molest harm and murder women and children UNDERSTand?
http://www.topix.com/forum/city/bridgewater-nj/TEE9A849K3QUG7KR8
A Hells Angel left from work one Friday afternoon. But, being payday, instead of going home, he stayed out the entire weekend partying with the boys and spending his entire paycheck.
When He finally appeared at home, Sunday Night, he was confronted by a very angry boyfriend and was barraged for nearly two hours with a tirade befitting his actions.
Finally his man stopped the nagging and simply said to him, “How would you like it if you didn’t see me for two or three days?”
To which he replied. “That would be fine with me.”
Monday went by and he didn’t see his man. Tuesday and Wednesday came and went with the same results.
Come Thursday, the swelling went down just enough where he could see him a little out of the corner of his left eye.
Archie what would you do with out your gang jacket in jail? I bet you will steal the labels off the frozen chickens in jail and stick them on your backside for advertisement. Good luck Angel LOL
Archie scaffer the Cowardly Chicken head hells angels said LOL do you know who I am. That SOUNDS JUst like A Coward Punk Hells angel always trying to use the gang name to scare people because without the gang name the hells angel members are just out of shape punk cowards that know one would be scared of.
Make believe jail conversation with Archie Scaffer hells angel chicken head and Bubba LOL . See this LOL do you know who I am WHAAA LOL . I am a frozen chicken but you can take me back to your cell Bubba and thaw me out and then stuff me LOL LOL. You Hells angels are funny as hell LOL LOL
Hells angels are chicken heads Gone wild.
September 26th, 2009 at 3:13 am
your all a bunch of punks,,, none of you would have the balls to say what your saying face to face w/ me or any other 1%er Joker 1%er va.
September 28th, 2009 at 7:31 am
I agree wit JOKER 1%ER.
Being a prezident of my club wit 15yrs ridin kno that anyone stupid enough to talk shit will get delt with accordingly. especially talkn shit to/about a 1% club. yall are fools. you hide behind your cpu screens but if yall were face to face with a 1%ER i highly doubt you’ll talk shit. You wouldnt walk into the hood and talk shit would ya. Same situation here.
@ JOKER 1%ER: im telln u yo these people. Dont wry they’ll learn wen someone F%%ks them up for saying the wrong thing to the wrong person.
September 28th, 2009 at 2:00 pm
How about the “Vietnam Vets” and “Legacy Vets” Motorcycle club. They are the largest and most dominant veterans club in the world.
September 28th, 2009 at 2:20 pm
Seriously, people… Clubs and ‘gangs’ are not the same. That’s why half of what you’re whining about hasn’t been included!
September 28th, 2009 at 3:21 pm
2Tall: I think this post is about “notorious” OMG’s. Sorry, but VNV & Legacy Vets don’t quite qualify. Being the “largest and most dominant veterans club in the world” doesn’t make it “notorious.” Yeah, some of them (and, as a Viet Nam vet I’ve met more than a few — even got into a scuffle once with some) are “bad”; others are simply wannabes. But in any case, they’ve got a long way to go before they’re in the same class as the ten clubs Brotherman mentions here — plus a few others.
September 28th, 2009 at 5:44 pm
FaCe your right,, just a matter of time, Respects to ya
September 28th, 2009 at 5:55 pm
A little something else that should be said,,,,,,,
1%’er Outlaw Motorcycle Clubs and Outlaw Bike Riders are a community of people who have banned together and have designated ourselves as those who have chosen to live our ALTERNATIVE LIFESTYLE outside of the realm of the AMA and society at large.
“OUTLAW DOES NOT MEAN CRIMINAL”
In the 1940’s Outlaw Motorcycle Clubs banded together as this 1% that chooses to live our alternative lifestyle, together, on the road, ROAD WARRIORS, outside of the mainstream.
SOME THINGS THAT NEED TO BE SAID,
AS A 1%ER COMMUNITY
* We do NOT manufacture drugs
* We do NOT do contract killing
* We do NOT steal motorcycles nor do we run chop shops
* We are NOT extortionists
* We are NOT rapists
* We are NOT gun runners
* We are NOT racists organizations
* We are NOT involved in human trafficking nor do we condone it
WE DO NOT TOLERATE ANY SORT OF CHILD ABUSE/MOLESTATION
1%’ers Are NOT Criminals/GANGSTERS and our CLUBS are not gangs!!!
We in the 1%’er OUTLAW Motorcycle Club Community are fighting to protect our own events, homes, families and CLUB MEMBERS from the gangs and criminals that are trying to infiltrate and dominate our Communities as well.
“BUT, WE DON’T CALL THE POLICE”
WE DON’T BELIEVE IN THE SYSTEM OF LAW ENFORCEMENT, THEIR SYSTEM DOES NOT WORK.
We take care of our own problems!
September 29th, 2009 at 8:37 pm
The call is going out for Vietnam Vets and other patriots to think about marching on DC to save our government from Communism. It’s getting serious and I know that many bikers are vets and would like to come home from that war via DC. These are the same people that spit on us and called us names coming home from there in San Fran. Payback Time!!
September 30th, 2009 at 1:30 pm
If you look at the most notorious “gangs” they have membership numbers in the tens of thousands, and many times, subsets of these larger gangs will go after each other.
Even the biggest OMCs don’t even come close in terms of numbers of members. They are exclusive. This certainly supports the idea that OMCs are just that — Outlaw Motorcycle CLUBS.
October 2nd, 2009 at 6:06 pm
just stopped in a bar for takeout in south phila was full of pagans was pushed to the side of the bar by a big burly guy and said private conversation there move to the middle of the bar…i said np got my takeout and split
October 2nd, 2009 at 8:45 pm
Here’s my first time commenting here, but I thought this should be mentioned… (though I didn’t read all the comments, so It might have been mentioned already)
According to my mom, and some old family photos, the current Hell’s Angels was NOT the original… The original was started sometime back in the ’20’s, and my grandpa was a part of it. Their name was taken from the area where they were formed at, which, at the time, was called ‘Hell’s Kitchen’. The gang took part in such small illegal things as street races and such, but it never escalated beyond that. In fact, they were more likely to help people who were living in the poor parts of town than they were to get into drug trafficking.
I dunno when the first motorcycle was made, it could very well have been sometime after the ’20’s. But I do know that’s when the first Hell’s Angels got together. My mom even has a photo somewhere of my grandpa on his bike.
The Hell’s Angels got a bad name from the current gang, which my family has never considered the ‘real’ Hell’s Angels. In fact, the one we consider ‘real’ still runs today, but are more quiet about their existance (I’ve met one of the members, so I know this for a fact.)
October 4th, 2009 at 9:02 pm
Dont be deceived here by what someone wrote, alot of bikers are hard working people , welders, contractors, roofers, etc… happly married. law abiding people, the real basterds are in washington, DC. senators ect, there the ones who are ruining our country, why not exspose them!!
October 5th, 2009 at 1:03 pm
The motorized bicycle gangs are filled with angry people who have red hair and thin eyelashes. They will not make with the peace to the other motorized bicycle gangs and instead choose to have the antagonistic relationships with each other. The enforcement officers in the states of North America laugh because the motorized bicyclers will dispute with each other and make it easy for the enforcement people to stand off to the side and make the arrests at their leisure. It’s just like when the white american republicans laugh at the crips and bloods for killing each other and keeping the status quo. The enforcement people giggle when mongols and bandidos and outlaws and sons of silence don’t team up but instead make the war on each other because it makes the jobs of the fascists even easier.
The motorized bicyclers should all think of the racketeering laws that the enforcers can use to throw them all in the prison together.
October 6th, 2009 at 1:21 pm
THE BREED MC IN NORTHEASTERN AMERICA
October 6th, 2009 at 3:26 pm
By Gloucester County Times (NJ)
October 06, 2009, 12:10PM
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Fifty-five members and associates of the Pagans Motorcycle Club have been indicted on federal charges that include kidnapping and racketeering.
The defendants include national Pagans President David Keith Barbeito of Myersville, Md., and national Vice President Floyd B. Moore of St. Albans. Also named are members and associates in West Virginia, Kentucky, Virginia, Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Delaware and Florida.
October 6th, 2009 at 4:57 pm
You see how the North American enforcers once again round up many of the motorized bicyclers and call it racketeering so they can make being in a motorized bicycler club as illegal? I said in the past that they laugh because Warlocks and Hells Angels would rather fight against Outlaws and Pagans and inform on each other even though it breaks the unprinted rules of not cooperating with the enforcers.
The enforcement men use the greed of the motorized bicyclers to keep them apart and informing on each other with promises that collaboraters will take over territory of those seized, then the enforcers turn around and backstab them and take them away to prisons too.
Until united all the motorized 1% bicyclers are, the enforcers will continue to do this…
October 7th, 2009 at 11:35 am
What country are you from, dude?
October 7th, 2009 at 1:54 pm
You have so many relationships in this life
Only one or two will last
You’re going through all this pain and strife
Then you turn your back and they’re gone so fast
And they’re gone so fast
So hold on the ones who really care
In the end they’ll be the only ones there
When you get old and start losing your hair
Can you tell me who will still care
Can you tell me who will still care
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In an mmm bop, they’re gone
Plant a seed, plant a flower, plant a rose
You can plant any one of those
Keep planting to find out which one grows
It’s a secret no one knows
It’s a secret no one knows
No one knows
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In an mmm bop they’re not there.
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In an mmm bop they’re not there.
Until you lose your hair. But you don’t care.
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Can you tell me? Night came but you don’t know.
Can you tell me? You say you can but you don’t know.
Can you tell me which flower’s going to grow?
Can you tell me if it’s going to be a daisy or a rose?
Can you tell me which flower’s going to grow?
Can you tell me? You say you can but you don’t know.
You say you can but you don’t know.
You don’t know
You don’t know
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October 7th, 2009 at 8:16 pm
Seems like this website is here to give a black eye to MC and 1%ers everywhere
October 7th, 2009 at 8:17 pm
Make a biker your friend, it could save your life
October 8th, 2009 at 8:56 am
The guy who plays “Face” on the A-Team is the same dude who played Starbuck in “Battlestar Galactica.”
October 8th, 2009 at 4:44 pm
October 9th, 2009 at 8:56 am
Nomad doesn’t have too much to say, it seems.
October 14th, 2009 at 4:24 pm
im live in orlando, and i’ve never seen a Warlock anywhere…..?
October 17th, 2009 at 9:36 pm
anyone ever heard of Urban Assault?
October 18th, 2009 at 12:35 am
Depends on where in Orlando you are. There are Warlocks and Outlaws all over here
October 20th, 2009 at 7:18 am
I ish from teh hells angels. Fear meh D:<!!!!
October 20th, 2009 at 7:19 am
o ya are no ya douche bag
October 20th, 2009 at 7:20 am
and i farted on your mothers pilow last night and now she smells like tunrnips
October 20th, 2009 at 11:33 am
I fly colors, I have a blood family, I also have an extended Family in the colors I fly. I have a job. I have a country (USA). If you try to harm any,(colors,family or country}and I am alone I will fight you till my last breath, and like any army,if we are numbered the task will be more decisive.
Walk up to a seal team and disrespect them. They will stomp your guts out.
Walk up to a bunch of cops and disrespect them. They will beat the shit out of you and then jail you.
Walk up to a group of true 1% ers and disrespect them. They will kill you.(slowly)
This is evident in the big picture as well. The Taliban disrespects the US. We bomb the shit out of them.
The strong do eventually survive. The week will perish.
Let it be written. Let it be said.
Deciples
October 21st, 2009 at 2:41 pm
The only real 1% club out there is so secretive, it would never be discussed on this or any other internet site. The ones on this list are the clumsy ones that everybody knows about.
October 21st, 2009 at 8:27 pm
I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT NOT ALL BIKERS OR THEIR CLUBS ARE BAD…I HAVE MET GOOD PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THE OUTLAW MC WHEN I LIVED UP NORTH…DONT JUDGE UNTIL YOU BEEN THERE & HAVE MET THEM 1ST HAND !!!
October 26th, 2009 at 7:20 pm
What about the “Wild Hogs”
October 27th, 2009 at 11:58 am
@Beef (yeah i know a few of the green, berdoo is red and white, always will be. I lived in fontana and bloomington for years
October 27th, 2009 at 12:44 pm
I’m forming a Moped Club to challenge the big 1% clubs out there.
The hum of our Mopeds will bring a thousand times more fear than any dumb old Harley.
October 28th, 2009 at 7:02 am
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October 28th, 2009 at 7:05 am
FUCK THE ANGELS
October 28th, 2009 at 9:09 am
Bring back da Rock Machine!!!
October 28th, 2009 at 11:11 am
Never heard of Vagos or Free-Souls.. interesting.. woulda thought the Bandidos would have been in top 5
October 28th, 2009 at 11:12 am
Mostly Outlaws and Black Piston here in OK
October 28th, 2009 at 11:13 am
*Black Pistons
October 29th, 2009 at 6:39 pm
BEING A PATCH HOLDER IS A HONOR THAT I WORKED VERY HARD TO GET AND KEEP. THIS LIFE STYLE IS NO JOKE VERY SERIOUS, WHEN YOU PUT THAT PATCH ON THEIR ARE PEOPLE WHO WANT TO KILL YOU. I BELONG TO A MOTORCYCLE CLUB NOT GANGS I REPEAT NOT GANGS WHAT DO YOU THINK THE MC STANDS FOR MOTORCYCLE CLUB. WE JUST WANT TO BE LEFT THE HELL ALONE
October 29th, 2009 at 7:46 pm
Sam,
I am not a biker of any sort. Would love to ride a bike however, lol. I do however know MANY 1%ers. Old and New schoolers. Im sure u know the difference. I know/knew mainly the Old School stereotypical, types. I have witnessed some crazy stuff. For the smallest things too! lol. It seems alot of clubs these days are trying to get away from the “old” image. Atleast, from what ive been told and seen. Is this the case? and why? School me Brother. t/y
November 3rd, 2009 at 5:26 pm
I’ll beat up any bikers that mess with me. I drive a TRUCK, not some silly bike.
November 3rd, 2009 at 6:14 pm
@Gonzoid (249): I know, those bicyclists are so friggin’ lame! I mean, you’re in your truck, and suddenly some guys with helmets on riding bikes are coming after you? Oh, please! What are they trying to do, mug you in your truck? Assassinate you for witnessing them pull off a “horrible crime”(i.e., stealing an old lady’s Jitterbug while she isn’t looking at the local mall’s food court)? All you have to do to escape them is press your foot down on a pedal, and whoosh!, they’re miles behind you. I personally like to insult them while driving off. Insults such as “Who do you think you are?! Lance Armstrong? HA! You wish your arm was strong enough to even pick up a lance!!! Now eat my dust, cockfondler!” and the like. But don’t confuse them with motorcyclist gangs. If you mess with them, those whackos’ll beat the crap of you untill you forget that you were born! Or untill you’re dead.
November 4th, 2009 at 11:14 am
If any one percenter wants a good butt whoopin just let him bring his dog to poop on MY lawn!
November 5th, 2009 at 10:05 pm
You people dont know shit!
November 5th, 2009 at 10:08 pm
Oh and bman…..say it in DAGO anytime pussy!!!
November 5th, 2009 at 10:15 pm
NO shit
November 6th, 2009 at 5:47 pm
ive read alot of posts and everything, and i must say most of my knowledge of clubs comes from tv and docomentaries like gangland. ive talked to one woman whos old man is part of a club, and she said that those programs are there just to make them look bad. she said the women are not forced to be there, are not forced to be prostitutes, and are not beaten and tortured. i also heard other women say the clubs dont do that. but everytime i see those documentaries, i keep thinking who the hell am i suppose to believe, the women who are in the clubs or the t.v. shows. one of them had a vagos member who said that the women in the club are nothing, that they can be bought and sold like hookers. id like to think the women are there because they want to be. but who do you believe
November 6th, 2009 at 5:59 pm
@crystal moon (255): I’d personally go with the show. I mean, if those women are being beaten and sold, are they really going to trash-talk those who are beating and selling? On the other hand, they’ll say they are there willingly if they actually are there willingly. It’s a tough call, but most of these 1%ers are pretty violent, so I’d assume the worst about them and figure it out later.
November 8th, 2009 at 10:04 pm
Sheesh…. There are a lot of people on here that seem to open there mouth and insert their foot. Like anything else in life, knowledge is important BEFORE you comment on something you only “heard” stories about. Let me help some of you…(255 & 256)…I am the woman with a 1% man. Yes, read between the lines, WITH a 1%.. I do not BELONG to him. He does NOT Pimp me out. He is the love of my life. He is the 1st man in my life to be completely loyal, faithful and respectful of me. I cannot even tell you the last time a man opened my car door for me before I started dating him 2 years ago….and just a few weeks ago he actually got on 1 knee and asked me to marry him! We are a couple…not each others property. I walk BESIDE him, NOT BEHIND him. I have been around bikers my whole life as my father has always had a chopper of some sort. He is now 75..still rides and loves the crap out of my Boyfriend. I have been married twice to Non biker, straight as an arrow, church every Sunday type of men.. and guess what??? I have seen both of them do some really evil shit! One smacked me around on a regular basis and the other screwed with my head to abuse me…AND they BOTH
slept around over and over again…until I finally had enough and split! As for this wonderful guy…well, as for the bikers I know in my life…yes, many of them 1% clubs…these guys have huge hearts and would give you the shirt off their back. They love their Mothers, children, wives, etc. Where I see problems is when we are on runs together and all of a sudden a “wannabee” pulls up along side on his bike and starts reving his engine and plays games riding into the group, etc. Then, yep…there will be an ass whippin’ ’cause he was just a dumb ass with a few too many cocktails playing with the wrong people..that simple…cut and dry! Only 1 fella took a jab at him and all the other looked on. Their colors, (patch on their vest), cannot be soiled, therefore, if it looked as though he may hit the ground…that is when the others will step in….NOT to beat the F*** out of the dude…but just to keep their buddies patch from being soiled! Get it? As for getting together to be “bad asses” in groups….well I hate to burst anyones bubble on that as well. But, the fact is, I go on about 8 – 10 runs from Nov. 8th, (which was today), until December 23rd….With 100’s of the 1% clubs and 100’s of the 99% clubs…we all co-mingle! Do you know why? The runs are for Toys, money and food to help the less fortunate! Have you ever seen a biker going down the highway with a Toy or a Teddy Bear on their bike? Yep…that is what the “bad ass pimpin’ druggies” are doing. Today was a Toy run, 100’s of really awesome BRAND new toys were donated for the children that society keeps leaving behind! Next weekend is a TURKEY run…YOU MUST BRING A TURKEY to gain access to one of the greatest parties you will ever go to in your life! I am a Christian yet theses 1% clubs are the ones I choose to be around….why? Because they are honest…they tell you the way it is…period! If hearing the way it is scares the crap out you…the speak your peace behind the anonimity of a site like this and pretend you know what you are talking about…fact of the matter is, most readers know exactly who YOU are and where you can be found. Sadly you will never know about an experience like this because you hide behind your computer talking smack about something you know nothing about.
P.S. Oh, by the way…Even the “Big boys” can use a computer..duh! They can read and write and even hold real jobs…my Boyfriend is a DISTRICT MANAGER for one of the largest companies in the U.S. My Father..a biker my whole life….was then Executive Chef at the world famous Ambassador Hotel and Coconut Grove! When the closed it’s doors he taught Culinary Arts which included ice sculpting, Pastry Arts, Garnishe’, etc.,etc.I wonder what TM does for a living besides mouth off on web sights…Hmmmmm?
November 8th, 2009 at 11:07 pm
Luv2ride (aka 257) Said it best. I am a 1% “ol lady” altho I am not old. 27. Not to sound ego strung but I am a hottie….sorry I am what I am. My old man worships the ground I walk on!!!! And I him. He has never passed me around or ask me to fuck his bros!!! Never pimped me out!!!! Of all the woman I have ever seen in my now over a decade in this life style I have never seen any woman being treated like slave. Now I have seen some groupies get down, get nasty and party porno style….but thats why they were there and thats what they wanted. Hell we all do. More like some spring breakers out for some kicks. All good fun. But never some slave life style shit! I attend all the runs and have every year. You people watch too much T.V. Your Goverment will do whatever it can to sell you on what it wants. By pumping fear or anger in you…you will buy its bill of rights. WAKE UP AMERICA!!!! If you dout it, if you fear it, no matter what it is, go see it upfront and personal. Talk to those you dont understand. In this case go to a harley store. Its not the dirty smelly place you may think it is. Most are cleaner, more fashionable than a Benz or BMW dealership. Those clothes we wear arent cheap! Educate yo dam self so that no one can ever mis-lead you into their thinking. Free will….free mind….if not….now who is the slave?
November 9th, 2009 at 8:10 am
we are many no mercy
November 9th, 2009 at 8:11 am
keep the shinny side up an to all tha ladies hate to see you leave but love to watch ya go
November 9th, 2009 at 8:14 am
yeah just heard ya aint no shit its a shitty world but im a happy guy nice to see ya
November 9th, 2009 at 1:49 pm
I have always wondered why if gangs especially the true cowards like the Crips, The Bloods and some of the Biker Gangs are such bad asses then why do they cover their faces like true cowards. I believe the white bikers are truly bad asses, but the homie gangs and the Mexicans are true cowards.. Would love to see the true 1 %ers kick the dog meat out of them non-american and homie gangs..
November 9th, 2009 at 1:58 pm
1% Ol Lady
It is the gangs themselves that say they use their so-called ole ladies as hookers and meat at parties. Hey as long as the women dont mind being exploited, used, kicked around, and passed around then i say live and let live. I however have a lot more respect for women, especially the one I share my life with. Now my next comment is not directed at any one biker club, but my lord, you would think showers and hygene would be a club rule. I have been around some stanky, greased up matted hair bikers that call themselves bad asses. They may be bad but they sure stank like a rotten ass. Regardless, I would stand side by side with any biker if they were taking caRE of buisness against any illegal Mexican or smart ass homie..Anytime….. Anywhere!!!!
November 9th, 2009 at 4:25 pm
The Pagan’s would totally OWN the Angels in a game of candlepin bowling.
November 11th, 2009 at 4:26 pm
Seriously, gangs are super lame and obviously lack both moral and hygiene values. If you are a real “gang” member you wouldn’t be reading dumb ass posts on the internet. What you are considered is commonly referred to as a “poser”. This term supersedes the previous term of “wannabe”. What I’m trying to say is that you are basically all fags. Thank you.
November 12th, 2009 at 7:16 am
For those of you who are using this information to understand what a “Biker Group” really is, you came the the wrong place! This is all a one sided story about what one person read on the internet or hear on TV.
Seriously, bikers are NOT mean people! Have any ove you ever went up and talked to one? You would find they are all just normal guys that are all together for the same reason….Broterhood.
They all get a bad reputation because some things in the past have happened or on chapter messed things up and then BAMM…the whole organization is known for that.
The episode on the History Channel Gang Land made me laugh for an hour straight. Half of the things they said were so far from the truth. It was like watching a bad “Based on a True Story” movie…when only about 2% is actually true! (Remember Titanic…you get the point!)
Anyway, I will stop my rant now…but know they are not that bad. They respect each other, and will do anything to protect each other…family/brotherhood. Why do I know all of this you may ask, because I grew up in it.
November 12th, 2009 at 3:12 pm
From the horses mouth, this is the make-up of most of your so called “BAD ASSES and or BIKER GANG MEMBERS”…Most are working stiffs!!! FACT!!! Just make sure you read it twice!!! The first part more so…..
“Treat me good i’ll treat you better, treat me bad i’ll treat you worse!”
Sonny Barger
Hells Angels
November 14th, 2009 at 10:31 am
Gangs these are not they are MC with a perpose,Sure theres a few bad apples in every bunch,there off the radar until something bad happens then there all tossed in to one bunch,That doesnt seem to happen with the law enforcement when one of them gets busted.Live and let Live
November 14th, 2009 at 9:00 pm
Only one comment here on the biggest baddest most criminal gang of all – the LEOs.
Best of luck guys – most don’t know, nor should they.
November 16th, 2009 at 2:05 pm
I found out that the reason they’re called “1%ers” is that they ALL drink the 1% lowfat milk, and basically don’t drink nothing else.
Good thing they don’t go any lower, or all these biker clubs would have diamond-shaped patches that say “SKIM”.
November 18th, 2009 at 10:17 pm
The song goes there was nothing said about—”Grim Reapers” what have they been forgotten or WHAT? I partyed with them and Hells Angels,the whole weekend, there was ONLY ONE FIGHT that broke out–20 to 30 minutes it was over and nothing else. It was a good experience, one that wont be forgotten. Party in KENTUCKY!!!