biker gangs

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vega44 · #1 Unread post by **vega44** » Sat Oct 29, 2005 5:12 pm

what do you think of biker gangs? or clubs?

Mag7C · #2 Unread post by **Mag7C** » Sat Oct 29, 2005 6:25 pm

Neither appeal to me. It would be cool to meet with people and talk about bikes, but I'd rather ride alone.

oldnslo · #3 Unread post by **oldnslo** » Sat Oct 29, 2005 6:33 pm

While many clubs are about riding, there are many that are about criminal activities. I paint them with the same broad brush, and simply stay away. If you want to talk about bikes, it's easy enough to strike up a conversation with a fellow rider at a restaurant or rest stop.

Wizzard · #4 Unread post by **Wizzard** » Sun Oct 30, 2005 1:14 am

An opposing view is that I love my club and my patch and what it stands for .
Regards, Wizzard

#5 Unread post by **9000white** » Sun Oct 30, 2005 1:23 am

Mag7C wrote:Neither appeal to me. It would be cool to meet with people and talk about bikes, but I'd rather ride alone.

absolutely!!!! that way you even get to do your own thinking.

paul246 · #6 Unread post by **paul246** » Sun Oct 30, 2005 1:43 am

Obviously a "club" is typically made up of ordinary people that share a common interest and enjoy riding together and socializing. Nothing wrong with that.

A "gang" is composed of a group of cowards riding together.

#7 Unread post by **sv-wolf** » Sun Oct 30, 2005 2:51 am

If you like the social life or the rideouts offered by a club, fine. I don't see a problem. But there are all kinds of clubs with all kinds of attitudes. The ones round here are all do different things, and ride together in different ways.

I like the club I ride with, but I'm very aware that despite the different attitudes found it it, there is a group pressure that tends to make people ride and think similarly. I guess the danger is in falling into line and doing things you don't want to do. I suspect the longer you are a member the more that will happen. It depends on how resistent you are to group pressures - and whether you consider it a problem.

Joining up doesn't mean you can never ride alone or with other people if you want to. I like to do some of each. I like that because I learn different things from each of these different kinds of riding.

old-n-slow · Sun Oct 30, 2005 8:42 am

It happens that I associate with a riding club. That's all it is too, just a riding club though many of the members seem to want to hang together beyond riding and that's just fine with me. However I like to go my own way. I often ride with them on the weekend and even during the week. It's just nice to have people with common interests to ride with.

I sold my Vulcan after I retired 'cuzz it just seemed to sit and not get used. Without having to drive it to work and since the wife was working, it just seemed that I had no need for it. Had I known that I would buy another bike a few years later and become affiliated with a club so that I would have people to ride with from time to time, I would have never sold the bike as it had only 12,000 kms on it. That's the way it goes though.

I often start out riding with the group then split off and go my own way, perhaps because I don't care to follow to their selected destination or more likely because I don't care to spend 2 hours having lunch and socializing as they seem to when I can spend the time riding and enjoying the great weather or exploring places and roads I have not seen previously.

I have met some great people in this group and can honestly say that you best not join with any preconceived notions about the other riders because you are going to find that they are truckers, doctors or lawyers, school teachers, cabbies whatever all with the same common interest. It do make for some interesting times.

Ya gotta love it.

Mag7C · #9 Unread post by **Mag7C** » Sun Oct 30, 2005 11:51 am

Just wondering, how do you go about making a club?

Do you have to do some sort of official registration or do you just get a bunch of people, decide on a name, and draw up a patch.

Wizzard · #10 Unread post by **Wizzard** » Sun Oct 30, 2005 1:35 pm

Mag7C wrote:Just wondering, how do you go about making a club?

Do you have to do some sort of official registration or do you just get a bunch of people, decide on a name, and draw up a patch.

This all depends on what your area is like . If there is a very dominant club then you may have to go talk with them first .
Make sure that your patch is a one piece patch or two at the most . If you create a 3 piece patch , my suggestion is that you sew your center patch and your rockers together in order to make it look like a one piece patch .
Just an old timers advice . In my life I have worn a 3 piece patch when I lived in the Arizona desert , a 3 piece patch sewn together some years ago around here , and the patch I wear now is a one piece patch . And I will be riding with this club until I hit the end of my hallway .
Kindest regards, Wizzard