This past week the internet has been buzzing about the shooting involving the Mongols M/C and the Iron Order M/C. The internet is abound with people on both sides talking about what went down so I’d figured I give my 2 cents on the Outlaw Life. I think I have a leg to stand on since I’ve been living it for over 20 years. All you internet tough guys try to listen up, you young guns take note and learn something. What happened in Colorado is a trend happening all over this country. You have cops who since Hollister have rode the asses of every hard working blue collar man who ever decided to get together with his brothers and party their asses off after working all fucking week to support a family.
This new modern age of Bikers don’t know shit about what it was like starting in the 60’s all the way through the 80’s and 90’s. The harassment that men before all you new jacks had to deal with to get this lifestyle where it is today was done with blood,sweat and tears. Men served hard time for what they believed in cause some faggot cop got a hair up their ass because they thought these men were all criminals. In those days if you wore a patch you were a criminal and faced Rico laws just because you were apart of the club. It never mattered that you worked a job with 12 hour shifts 6 days a week just to earn a living. You still were beneath the cocksuckers and they were gods with a badge.
If any of you New Jacks notice on any of the threads. You have alot of tough talk going on. It’s real easy to do that from a keyboard in the safety of your own home. Yes it might make you feel strong and tough. It also makes you without honor and integrity. Only a true man (Forget even being a biker) stands toe to toe against someone to defend their beliefs.
I’ve heard time and time again from some fuck tards “This is a free country and I can wear what I want on my back”. Oh really I say? Did you stupid motherfuckers earn that rag on your back? Or did you buy it on the internet like some Iron Order Fuck? Did you put in the time with being kicked,beaten,run around like some fucking mule to earn the respect and love of your brothers? Do you fucks even know what a brother is? Is it some fancy cool name to throw around? Yea this is a free country. But did you spill your blood to earn the respect for the name you carry on your back?
1%ers. Yea the AMA gave us a gift when it said “99% of bikers follow the law”. No what it should’ve of said 1% of bikers don’t give a shit and want to live life under their own terms. 1%ers today because of your cops and media label 1% clubs all criminal. That’s one thing we didn’t accomplish as 1% clubs was to push back on that notion. Every dam organization has something or someone fucked up that is going to screw it up for everyone. Shit the Moose,Elks and those old time fraternities probably have more white collar shit going on then any 1% club I know. There lies the difference don’t it? White collar and Blue Collar.
So why did it become cool to act like a “Outlaw Biker” or try to carry that image? You middle age cum guzzlers fell for all that Harley Davidson advertising bullshit. You all want to go buy your nice little t shirts and 300 riding boots and hit the road for the image more then a lifestyle. Cops caught onto this propaganda bullshit and now they want to work 40 hours busting us and the other times being us. I have nothing against anyone wanting to get out there and burning through the asphalt on two wheels. Shit not even cops. But how can you try to act something your not? How the hell do you look at yourself in the mirror? A cop has to ask themselves if they are a real man if they can’t choose who they want to be.
You want to know why Iron Order is hated in the Club World? It’s a real simple answer. They have no idea what that patch they are wearing stands for. They claim to not want territory. Why the hell wear state or city rockers? Solve the problem and slap a United States Rocker on and be done with it. Another question is how the hell can you be proud of something when you didnt earn the shit? Mail order patches for clubs might as well be like ordering from Harley. The worse thing about Iron Order is allowing Law Enforcement into it’s rank with blue collar guys. How in the world do you let a LEO into your club? Them bastards have been busting scooter tramps for ages. They have their own Blue Brotherhood, You can bet your ass they wouldn’t let you be apart of that without a badge.
Another big question I get is “Why do 1% or the bigger clubs try to tell everyone what to do, who can wear what?” Dumbshits this is not done for 1%er clubs to show their ass or say we have the bigger dick. It’s because when one of you fucking SOA idiots go out there causing hell in a bar or rally the shit comes back on the 1%er clubs. The public automatically assume you twats are apart of the 1% club and we are the ones who get the fucking hassle. You knobs bring the unwanted attention to where it don’t belong. It’s that dam simple. What I think is clubs that just throw a patch on are punks, pussies with no balls. You would think it would be easier to do shit the right way and get brought into the mix with other clubs. The parties and people you get to meet are well worth the tiny bit of respect that is needed to just introduce your club properly.
Well if we go ask for permission we will be under that clubs thumb? Your a stupid fuck and moron if you think that way. 1%ers have their own brotherhood and all the problems that come with it. They sure the fuck don’t want to sit there and play boss to some other club. They sure don’t want to be brought into any bullshit crap another club pulls that can level a RICO Charge on them. It’s a simple respect thing because the 1%ers are the ones in the area that paved the way for you to wear that cut.
You want to know what a 1%ers life is like? This from a very close friend who is a 1%er ” It’s busting your ass at a job providing for your family and afterwards hanging with your brothers in the garage, working on scoots and talking shit about broads. It’s about partying it hard on the weekends and putting thousands of miles on the scooter until the dam wheels fall off. It’s about you becoming apart of that scooter and riding in rain or snow because without that bike you don’t have that identity. It’s about living your life by your terms and not societies, that don’t mean we are criminals but free spirits. We love our families, our brothers and club. Thats really the only thing that has any meaning to us. The lifestyle we built was based on that and that alone. We are not a fucking TV show, we don’t run guns or play town sheriff. Thats what our life is made of and you better believe we will do anything to protect the history of those who came before us and pass it on to the next generation.”
Remember these things next time you throw a rag on. Remember these things when you think you have the right to piss on those who made this lifestyle the way it is for you. Remember it wasn’t you that had to put in the work.
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73 responses to “Outlaw Life: A 1%ers Take on motorcycle clubs claiming to be “Outlaw” Iron Order M/C isn’t one of them”
Your right on the money Love and respect to all the 1%er’s that came before me.. My bike is my Identity and I earned my patch twice.. The difference between A 1%er and everyone else our bikes arent the last to go its the thing that will never go we could be homless and I have but as long as I have my bike and my Brothers life is perfect..
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Well written…been riding since the 60’s but never met a true 1%er…I have seen the Monguls and the Iron Order at different events…not together of course…
It’s a shame people can’t find some business, and stay out of others.
Peace out…gotta go polish my $300 boots…just kidding.
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U know for one thing u don’t just become a 1% over night a true 1% is born that way u can never take a law biting citizen as u might want to call them and make them a 1% it doesn’t work that way and just because they were that Dimond doesn’t mean that they are a out law neither I know some doctors and Lawyers that were it .I am not a 1% or should I say I don’t wear a Dimond on my cut but yes I do live my life as one I always have and I always will I hang out with a 1% club and I will tell you this I wouldn’t hang around any others because when it comes to someone having ur back on anything no matter what it might be they always will and they know what the true meaning of a brother hood and loyalty is all about whenever the rest of u fuck tards don’t I was in Denver this week and they are acting like nothing ever fucking happened
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I’m not a patch holder. Never have been. Ride me bike all year round (except it pissing down here in Ireland. Has been for 4 months)
26 years military and went to the states for Daytona bike week twice. Both times I saw cops act the big I am. Real tools. One female bike twat abused an old man because he parked near some place to pick his wife up who was on crutches. Really really nasty shit including swearing etc. Everyone didn’t look at the cop. I did. To let the thug know she was wrong. Anyway. I had a run in with two of them who were going to lock me up for the night because I knocked the window of that restaurant at the end of the strip. I saw two friends of mine, knocked the window and because I was wearing a side patch, all hell broke loose. No-one was killed, but they acted like it happened. I had to apologise to some little dork for nothing.
Another friend saw a guy get clubbed on the head for tripping and bumping into a cop. The guy was sober but took this.
Really. If it happened over here, the cop would be in the cells, although they are shits here as well (Belfast)
Iron order and clubs like that are just wannabes. But wannabes with clout unfortunately. Hopefully, they get squashed.
Love the use of the word ‘Twat’ thought only Brits said that.
Keep up the good work folks.
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Interesting read.
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That was very well said,I’m tired of the buy a patch hard ass’s too,it’s a fucking trend. That “Life” magazine post is about the club and Brothers and founder that I ride with(the article about us was all propaganda bullshit). By the way,I have that July 1947 magazine. Anyway I love my Brothers we are a great club and we all earn ours. I’m tired of seeing these S.O.A watching wanna be’s too. Thanks for your post
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Write you are really stupid. I have say in on a meeting where a club asked permission to wear a patch, and was told that we were allowed but had to wear a affiliate patch and we were required to attend there functions, and if called upon had to do what they asked. So don’t say that’s not how it works. Secondly your just an idiot no 1% club got the”bad rap” because of “poser SOA wannabes.” They got it because of the stupid illegal shit they do. So in short your just a key board commando.
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Good read there TopFuel!
I definitely agree with most all of what you said. I’m going to be hitting 40 this year, so I kind of bridge the gap between the young guys and the older guys. It’s a very interesting place to be as you can kinda relate to them all in one way or another. One thing I would like to point out that the post doesn’t cover is that 1%ers used to be a broader brotherhood than just one club or the other. They used to support each other. They used to back each other when things were going to hell. We have managed to lose that all somewhere along the way. We have been attempting to reach out to some of our other area 1% clubs to send some guys out to their bar night and get the same in return. It’s funny to hear the same topic every time we reach out though… “We used to do this all the time” followed by “hopefully we can get back to doing this” and “thanks for reaching out”. It seems that after the years of territory and fighting, the one thing we all lost that made us strong, was supporting each other, especially in times of need. Now we are reaching a point where people are in a position to “save the patch” and “save the colors” due to the federal government and RICO. I wish it were easier to get back to the original founding principals of supporting each other and saying FUCK YOU to the government and anyone that looked down on us for being who we are.
Granted, I wasn’t around when most of the big clubs were founded. I didn’t really even start hanging around MC’s until the 80’s. I missed much of the wars and fights that make many of the clubs notorious in certain circles…. but I listen. I listen to those guys that paved the way. I listen to them tell the younger guys they have no idea what they are getting themselves into because there has been relative peace for so long. I listen, and I take it to heart because they are right. Infiltration of clubs isn’t working the way LEO’s had hoped, so they are now in a place where instigation is getting their attention. Fortunately for us, there is enough of a black eye being presented in the media about cops that people that wouldn’t typically be skeptical are now viewing things differently. As long as we can continue to get the word out about groups (not clubs) like IO, hopefully people will begin to understand that the 1%ers aren’t the enemy. It is now, and has always been, about respect.
Good Rides and Safe Travels TopFuel.
Mad Max 1%er
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Don’t need a club, never have, never will! But I certainly agree with the RESPECT factor and the brothethood of a true motorcycle enthusiast. Like most of you l’ve been riding since I could through my leg across a 50CC mini bike. Thanks to one of my many Uncles who was also an old badass Vietnam Veteran who just wanted to live and let live the life of a true biker. In my 51 plus years on this planet, I’ve ridden just about every kind of bike I could get my hands on or afford to buy at one point or another, being a blue collar 70 hour a week ass busting father of two, divorced three fucking times trying to make ends meet kind a guy it wasn’t easy, but you find a way. No matter what it takes, you find a way to make it all work out. Because it’s what you love, nothing more, nothing less. Now, I’m not sure if I qualify to be a 1% er, but if you ask me, pushing the limits of the Law for the sheer hopes of being accepted into a club, gang, or whatever the fuck you want to call yourself does’nt make you a 1%er. It makes you a, sheep….Now I’m not trying to piss anyone off here, but you said it, I didn’t. Why the fuck would I ever want to put myself in a position to potentially spend the rest of my life in prison or worse yet, DEAD so I could have the “privilege” of wearing a patch or a rocker to be accepted into a “club”… No thanks… Maybe I’m antisocial, but I’ve met hundreds of really great people in my lifetime and most of them have been while I was out riding. Image is everything you say, you bust the balls of a guy wearing $300.00 boots and his $500.00 leather jacket that you feel is nothing more than a poser. Who the fuck cares, is this the guy you, the true 1% er aee concerned about ruining your rep. Or making you look bad. Brother, come on man. You know what he is, he knows what he is, who fucking cares. Live and let live brother, be who you are, not because you need to feel accepted, needed or appriated. Fuck man, I’ve seen clubs with rockers and patches instill more fear and intimidation into rider wearing a pair of $300.00 boots ever would. I’m nothat guy mind you, but I would hate to think you wouldn’t return the nod/wave if we passed one another on the road because I wasn’t flying a patch or a rocker. PEACE Big Ed.
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Damn! That was well worded, and well-written. I spent some years living in the house of a biker family; man, woman and a child. I had no idea of the depths that this term, “Brother” went! Over the years, I finally began to understand the distance that word went. A Brother called one night (morning) like 3:30 in the morning… Wait, what am I saying? What time it was, is irrelevant! Had nothing to do with the fact that he needed help. So, we fired up the old Powerwagen, and threw in some boards and ropes and tools, and drove off to the rescue!
There was no question. There was no discussion nor decision-making… he needed our help, so we helped him!
If you don’t understand it, now… You probably are unable to!
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I read a couple of remarks in there that make sense. The rest of you don’t seem to see it. The day of the “1%er” is gone. It has been killed by cash-powered politicians who have taken over the clubs. Patches don’t mean what they used to. There is no “respect” or “pride” these days. Only greed. I hope these MC’s get their heads together and stop killing each other. If they don’t, they will kill themselves.
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Kinda cool you got my brothers picture going for another ride it’s what we do VFFV
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Do you kiss your mother with that mouth?
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My wind does not come from any patch, colors or foul mouthed yada yada. Don’t need nunna that hoopla to be at peace in the four winds. Get over yourselves all you macho, testesterone laidin key board poundin ( and you can fill in the rest as you please)
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the 1%ers feel they own everything and can tell people if they can have a club, if they will or will not wear a support patch, force them to pay dues, tell them what functions they will attend. they will do this in a name of a coalition of clubs. they train their support clubs to spew propaganda garbage about how they control the state and you must ask there permission and some protocol that all 1%ers believe is their right to dictate. as a free american why would you seek the permission from domestic terrorists? why would someone that has deployed in the military come home and ask a criminal for permission to do anything? now not all 1%ers are criminals but they are grouped in do to guilt by association. they know they bad shit being done so it makes them no better. my suggestion is !!!! stop given criminals your hard earned money, stop being so afraid to wear the state you are from on your bottom rocker. top going to their functions, stop going to their places of business. if you all stand up and say no more then you all have the power. if you don’t then you get to be like the rest of the people arrested and sitting in jail in Waco that was not part of the bandits or cassocks. and these soldiers involved will soon learn that it is in their military contract that they can not be affiliated with criminal organizations. the military is looking into this and will soon be dealing with those soldiers accordingly. with all that said…grab your balls and be men and stop asking for permission to be free, to ride and have brotherhood. many clubs have already made that stand. many are law abiding and do not partake in criminal activity. if you don’t have the numbers to stand your ground then look for a club that has and/or will.
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I’m no longer a patch holder an no matter how much I’ve wanted that 1% diamond my children came first so to see them I did what I thought at the time was the only choice, Now days the word brotherhood and family are just made up words that everyone uses I’ve been on the side of brotherhood an ended up alone no brotherhood no family
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Wow, what a retard. You dumb fuck. The world should roll over & kiss you stinking ass because you “earned” it? Listen to me, breaking one of my own rules. Never argue with a pig. The pig likes it, is too fucking stupid to understand the issues, and you just get dirty in the process.
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Rad piece man. These principles go for so much more than just 1%mc’s. I’m not in a mc myself but I do hangaround.
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Wrong club then
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There will always be a RUB or a YUP or a poser. Sad but true. If you don’t know what these are, chances are you could be one. Wise up, earn what you wear!
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I believe I can safely say”AMEN Brother”!
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I guess I am a twat cuz I like to ride with everyone…….I know the history and respect that people have earned there individual patches with there peers and feel personally that even tho I am never gonna a 1% be cuz I am a woman….just want to know why cant everybody just get along
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and yes you know you always have your posers….!!!love that word …thought I made it up….lol guess not/…
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Respect – Well written.
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True
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You’re a moron
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Directed at FFFH , MORON!
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100% on the spot brother. I hope the lifestyle riders read this also.
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Best thing i red in years ml&r east coast canada i will deffently share cheers
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My problem is many of these clubs deal in drugs and standover tactics as well as other criminal activities. Any one who denies this is a lier. If you are a member of this club and not trying to stop this you are condoning it. Same as people going to church each day are condoning kiddie fiddling priests. They see nothing wrong or are turning a blind eye.
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Great write up, love it.
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Love your words, but I believe you may be wasting your breath and fingertip strength on most these pukes! I am a patch holder and I am fairly certain the same colors. People on the outside don’t see what we have on the inside. I have been around this world since 74 when my mother married a 1% er with the same colors I wear. I have been on all sides. They don’t see us work like dogs, they aren’t there when we see brothers come together when a brother is down on his luck. They don’t know what it’s like to be tight on finances and a run you want to be on and knowing when you stop for gas everyone is getting a full tank. If I know my brother is tight he ain’t gonna get a chance to pay for his gas if I got money in my pocket and he does the same for me. How many of you have 20 or more close friends that you know their full name, know your way around their house, know their kids full names and every birthday, where the kids go to school, what grade they are in, behavior in school. How many of those friends do you know what their drink of choice is, brand of smokes? I could go on but my words are probably wasted as well. If you are not part of that brotherhood then you will never know. I know enough about more than 20 of my brothers that I could step in and hold things down for them if for some reason they couldn’t. I have heard a few state that they “used to be part of it” but got nothing out of it! For the rest of you believe this, it was because they put nothing into it. It’s like anything else, you get out what you put in! I will end my rant with all my love, Loyalty, and respect to all my brothers. To the rest of you, go fuck yourself!
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I couldn’t agree with u more. Trouble is, it will never be like it was 30 to 50 years ago. Too many cameras, and the new generation don’t really get the true meaning of brotherhood! Our country is in a very sad state, I wish all the 1% ers good luck, you all really need it in today’s society
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1% ARE OUTLAW CLUBS DERIVING THEIR INCOME FROM ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES, THE REST OF US ARE JUST BIKERS RIDING FOR A REPUTABLE MC, MMC OR THE LIKE, AND THAT IS WHAT IT IS ABOUT RIDING, HARD AND FAST AND ENJOYING THE COMPANY OF FELLOW BIKERS BUT IT IS ALL ABOUT RIDING, ALL THE REST IS BULLSHIT.
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I was patched in 1968. Embraced the brotherhood for years. As I got older I could see changes in the club. It wasn’t that the kid had the love for the ride and the brotherhood but what he could bring in. Prospects started getting patched without digging grease from their knucks and nails. Not doing sentry. I carried a hammer or a 16″ crescent. Now everyone is packing. I still see and hang with some of the old bulls but couldn’t stand or change the way our club was going. It’s all about territory numbers and money. I’m a lone wolf with my 100 $ wolverines and 14 year old leather. Patch less.
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Great read! Best line, ‘Its a simple respect thing…….’. And it is just that simple. I’m not in the life style, just not my thing, but I have high respect for those who are. I don’t pretend to know all about it either. I do know enough that I’ll stand with bikers I don’t know before I’ll stand with the leos. Ride hard. Respect!
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Very well stated. I reiterate these same thoughts to many. I’ve been riding since ’82, and in a club since ’87. We’re an old school MC, but don’t consider ourselves 1%ers ( Kinda like Boozefighters). Most clubs these days are a joke, and IO is the biggest joke of all.
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I believe that if all the true clubs banded together and put some hard work in I believe we could be an unstoppable force and all the posers and wannabes of the MC world they are going to fall by the wayside that SOA bullshit is going to do some real damage to the MC world you got to kinda have to look over that because that should not be part of the MC world there are going to be a few bad apples in a bunch and now a days there are so many MCs popping out of the woodwork that it’s not funny most of the are civys thinking they are bad ass because of the sons civys are getting all tatted up now growing their hair and their beards and trying to act like a group of bikers most of them are riding jap scrap and trying to be something whatever happened to the panhead the flat head knuckle head shovel heads whatever happened to good ol fashioned muscle and the worst part about it is these little fucking AMA and civys all want to be tough guys everybody wants to be a Billy bad ass until they meet one it’s a real shame these mother fuckers don’t take time to try to learn from the old school bikers instead of some bullshit TV show and it’s a damn shame that the MC world can’t come together and stop the wars if all of us worked on getting along we might have time to educate these Neanderthals idiots that watch 7 seasons of a TV show and thought it was real I’m not putting anyone down I just think if all the serious 1%ers got together that we could make the MC world a better place I thought it was our jobs to do what we do to get by I thought it was the pigs job to catch us doing what we do to get by everyone is getting patchitis instead of making the patch and bettering their club they are getting to cocky for their own goods because they got a patch on I love the life I love the freedom of the two wheels I don’t love all the attitudes and the garbage prospect time is a time for figuring out prospect time is for telling what a man is made of pretty soon there will be nothing left our iron horses are going to be illegal before long our patches are being patented and taken away our rights as Americans are falling away so it’s time to take heed of the warnings now before they take everything away from us because of some little cock sucker in an SOA patch
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Thank you ….great read and explanation….as a non 1%er and not wanting to be one of the 99%ers it leaves me a little confused ……yes I wear leather and boots and love my ride but I am not posing or becoming a wannabe . I am actually emulating a lifestyle that I ADMIRE .I think there is a part of everyone who rides that would love the thought of being an outlaw 1%er .It is that testosterone fueled thought in all our heads that make us want to emulate that lifestyle . lol…wildhogs
I don’t need anything except a road ……….
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I get what your saying…. Joining a 1% biker gang had rules and consequences. Death, murder, drugs, prostitution, and a little good here and there. Hells angels have been raising hell in the streets since they first started. Gun trades, drugs, prostitution, shit even hitmen. It is what it is. There are consequences to this shit. You getting involved in it know what could possibly happen.
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I put my 25 years in kicking down doors and busting the balls of jack offs that don’t give a shit about law and order or real brotherhood and loyalty other than to what can be gotten from a meth deal or gun running deal! I don’t have to have any pussy ass cocksuckers permission to wear my colors anytime and anyplace of my choosing! The iron order are punks and no LE MC club is gonna associate with criminal elements! So I say to all that bust on LE MC or Military MC clubs can go fuck themselves!
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Thanks for the education I ride people call me biker but I don’t think of myself that way I’m just a guy who rides a motorcycle brand doesn’t matter and I wear a patch that says give respect get respect I ride as often as I can but kind of a puss about rain and cold weather again thanks
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!@#$%^&*()_++_)(*&^%$#@!@#$%^&*()_++)(&%$%^$#$$%&)_)(*&^%$#@!@#$%^*()__)(*)()_______)(*&^%#!!@#$%^&*(*&^%$#@#$%^&*(_+_)((((*^$@@#$%^&*(*&^%^&*_*&^%#@!@#$%^@!!@#$%^&*()_(&^%$@#$%^&**^%$#!@#$%^&**^%&*((&%^&*(&^&*()#@#@##@#$%#@()_)*)(*&^%^*()(*&^%&((&&1@#$%^&*&%$##$%&^%$%^&*()__)_+__)*()(_))(*&^&*&^&*)_+_%#@!@#@!@#$%^(+_)++_)( THATS WHAT I THINK ABOUT THE WHOLE SUBJECT…BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAH………
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Little school boys arguing about who’s club is better then who’s..Who’s a biker and who isn’t.-Bahahahhaahah “I quit” your not playing fair.– Na Na Na Na Na Na. –MY clubs bigger then yours… can you hear yourselves.– I’m a 1%er we started this game not you! I’m a real biker, your not.—-Bahahahah…
Here,– I have read the voices of some big men.— NOT—- By the why most here have shown their IQ by the language they use
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That was a great read man……..I do have a problem with the fact that people have the tendency to group all cops, who ride in LEMC’s as the same. I am retired LE and have been out for the better part of 10 years or so. First and foremost I have to say I have never pulled over “Any” Motorcycle Clubs or harassed any MC for that matter. We had a clubhouse of one of the top 5 clubs here where I lived and I personally only had to respond there one time and it was because one of the neighbors in the area complained about loud music. I got to the gate a prospect came out and I asked him respectively who I needed to speak to, and he responded respectively he would go get someone. The President came out and I told him why I was there he said I guess old so and so called huh? I said yeah you know how it is to be old and cranky he laughed and said yeah I will take care of it man. I shook his hand told him I appreciated it and told him you guys have a good time and left. A couple of weeks later I’m in the grocery store and bumped into this same president and we recognized each other right away and he came over and shook my hand thanking me for handling that situation like I did, of course I told him no problem I totally understand you guys were having one hell of a party so why be a dick? We stood around and bullshitted for a few and we parted ways again. All 1%ers are not the same just like all cops are not the same, it was a job and it paid the bills. Me and this president bumped into one another one night in a bar and he wouldn’t let me pay for my beers. We sat and drank enough to kill a mule and then some, we have been friends now for about 13 or 14 years and he knows I would take a bullet for him and I know he would for me. Unfortunately, I would have loved to join a 1% club but because of my background I only have one choice and its a LEMC. The dominate here won’t except ex-cops so what other choice do I have? So before people automatically assume they know both sides they need to be aware that sometimes life doesn’t always workout the way you may want it to. In all reality I should have been a 1%er a long time ago instead I took a little different path. The iron order don’t deserve the right to exist and they are not a cop club period…..
LH&R
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Very well said.
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I agree with you I’m not a 1% but I run a small club named Blackheart I’m 52 so I wasn’t around in the real hard days but I did learn from them old school brothers that did so much for us my opinion everyone trying to live this life needs to understand what thes guys did for us.
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Well said brother! OFFO
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We will see what God has to say about all of this
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So you think that killing and running drugs is brotherhood then you are off your rocker! Why lie about 1% biker clubs you know what they represent all of you lie to your members just as much as you lie to the public all 1% clubs are just as bad as the terrorist rag heads that terrorise our country today anyone that will kill or beat someone to the point that they cannot move just because they do not show respect to your despicable ways makes you a terrorist and you should be delt with the same way that they are delt with!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Well said i have been 1%er for over 20yrs and learned the 1% life from a man who has been one from the 60s so yes it is a true brotherhood ..TURTLE 1%er
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Well said…Ive been a 1%er for over 20 yrs learned the the life style from a true brother who has been a 1%er from the 60s .. And we are a real brotherhood..
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Spoken like a flip floipin cop! I guess the illegal stuff like murder is ok for them , that blanket statement is just like the rest of you’re comment, obviously you don’t have all the knowledge you think you do.
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Very good article eveeyone should read this. We should respect those that paved the way for us to all ride without prejudice and the 1%ers sacrificed more than anyone
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What a narrow minded comment.truly spoken by someone who doesn’t understand a flipping thing about the 1%er!!!
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You do realize the Cossacks are hated by the bandidos because they refuse to pay them dues and won’t be told what patch they can wear…the COC is just a way of getting money from these clubs by the bandits in texas and the Cossacks won’t pay…the Cossacks aren’t 1% and don’t need to be, they have earned respect and have stood on their own since 1969, don’t lump the Cossacks in with the bandidos because the Cossacks were targeted by the bandits for refusing to pay them to be a club and would not be dictated to…stay informed
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sorry but i been to a 1%er club house and even been to a iron order club house when i was first getting started and just so everyone knows the show soa does have actual hells angels in the cast so i dont think the show is that far of from what the life style can be like what is that you might ask well there can be guns involved and there can be also drugs and prostitution on high scales even when dealing with 1%er clubs all guys are individuals so one might not be as hard core as his brother in the criminal world but every chapter out there that is a 1%er club has these things going on in there organizations or it has happened at some point funny how there said they did’nt want other clubs to give them a bad name but yet they at the same time have members with in there clubs that steadily give the biker club world a bad name and them being about family but i call bs most 1%ers family comes well after the club on most situations again not all always but it does happen alot even in the non 1%er clubs that say there a mom pop type family club and there is no reason these days to be really fighting each other that wear a patch as were a dying breed to be allowed on a motorcycle with rags period or even on two wheels they are tring band motorcycles now smdh 1%ers operate much like a mafia on wheels for the most part though with commanding officers and foot soldiers and if one there own even screws up can be very bad for that member let alone some other clubs that they see in there areas they might not approve off for what ever reason that is i am also not sure why they play patch police its like high school we all get harrassed by cops when we wear a patch fammily club or 1%er to cops were the same thing they dont they really changed anything for the better by doing what ever it is they did so we can wear patches today given how cops are when they see ya with rags period so much they are trying to band colors period these days so i think were all fighting the cause against police as for iron order they do have a prospect period but they do have cops with in there organization and they also have it wear u can start your own chapets from the internet if they are not in your area something no club should ever do same with alowing full fledged cops
but if u dont think ever dam under cover cop in the 1%er clubs area is trying to infortrate or already has in that club your crazy but 1 %ers really hate snitches and cops as do i and im not a 1%er i do wear a patch and have deep respect for what the 1%er stands for originally just wish it wouldnt have become like the dam soa show as it sure can become that real quick biker wars law trouble i mean if u ever watched how them frst clubs were it was all about who was the biggest and baddest and still kinda is for the 1%er now im just in a mom and pop type local club but we do give homage to the 1%er club in are area as they were the ones that fought other clubs to keep there state theres and is no easy task esp these days and everyone stepping on everyones toes and territory so in a nut shell are 1%er clubs bad ppl no they are just a lil more ready to fight for what they believe in also ready to do alot things most dont have the balls to do good or bad there is a certian mystique to being around that life style but the same time u can easly let that life style suck u right under the bus i figured this be a fair assesment of what clubs are and can be
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Bigun- I hear you loud and clear, brother. So many want everything to be black and white (figuratively speaking), but there is a lot of gray in this world. I’m nearly retired after almost 23 years, and the ONLY MC patch holder I ever stopped was an IO/UO idiot! If I saw the Pagans (our local dominate) getting gas, I’d say hello and chat about their bikes or the weather, and move on. I always conducted my business by treating people like I wanted to be treated. I don’t expect everyone to love cops (especially if they’ve been hassled by some asshole, etc), but I do ask that they just follow the “give respect/get respect” credo. I’ve always drilled that into the rookies heads. That mantra will do us all well in life. I now ride with a long established military/LE MC where colors are EARNED and not bought, because I love riding.
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UnknownMC- Holy shit that gave me a headache trying to read. PUNCTUATION, man. PUNCTUATION!
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Give respect, Get respect is the only thing I know man. I just get tired of everyone grouping all LE into one damn group because of that piss ant club or because a man may be a member of a LEMC. Bottom line if the dominant clubs would except ex-LE with no arrest powers, than there would actually be other shit for people to talk about rather than cop club this or cop club that. The club I’m in has been around for a hot minute and gained a lot of respect from multiple 1% clubs in my area because we have done shit right and we run it like a traditional mc and you have to earn the right to wear our patch, it’s not just bought. I guess you could say we handle our shit and we don’t cause any problems.
LH&R
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Not sure what you mean…..lol
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Check your history…..AMA did name the “outlaw clubs” of yesteryear “1%’ers”. However, with the exception of one or two clubs, no clubs that currently wear the 1% patch was ever given that name, which mean the current 1% clubs are riding on the coat tails of the real “outlaw” 1% clubs of yesteryear. Today’s 1% clubs were started long after Hollister 1947 and stole the real 1% clubs history.
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Not club affiliated, not a 1%er. I just ride. Dont do charity runs, poker runs, i just ride. Don’t wear a cut or colors just ride. I dont give a shit about clubs, 1%ers or turf. I just ride. I could care less about Wild Hogs, SOA vest or once a year riders. I just ride. Do give a damn about You’re self riotous ” I earned my bad ass attitude. I just ride. I respect your turf, you ride and your colors. You earned yours your way I got mine my way. I wear one patch, broken wings because I Earned it. Severely fucked up but I got back on. I don’t know why it’s in my blood , it’s all I think about and ever chance, I mean every chance I ride.
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we all need to get along because all we have is our freedom and god knows the government would love to take that away,…
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What a joke
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I’m not a 1%er but I’m tired of the media and dumbass people only showing the bad things that the clubs do. Their use to be a group of Angels in our neighborhood and they did a lot for our community. They were the nicest guys I had ever met. They treated everyone in the neighborhood like family. We didn’t have to worry about all the dope boys and punks coming around like we do now. They would have block parties that were always fun. I’ll always be a 81 supporter. To all you fucks that talk shit. Stop believing everything you read or see on tv.
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I will agree with you on that they keep it in lock down that’s for sure….I’ve met guys from different sides, and the 81’s have always been the ones I have gravitated towards because they really know what’s up!!!! They are real, and they don’t beat the shit out of their prospects because they know that those same guys they treat like shit could eventually become states witness against them. And who will turn against you first? A prospect who has had his ass kicked and treated like shit because he may not agree with everything you say or do. Those guys do it right just saying.. Of course that is the reason they are the biggest and baddest mc around!!!! 81 Supporter Forever……..
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Exactly, you can’t polish a turd. Do you honestly think that certain 1% are doing things with out the presidents approval? Bull shit.
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That is where I find myself, somewhere in the middle. I enjoy the wind in my face on a nice hilly road in the country. My first Harley was stolen in the eighties by a piece of shit, good thing I did’not catch them on it because they would have been pushing up daisies. I am not a RUB it has taken me thirty years to buy another one. Just enjoy stress free riding.
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Good post, closer to the mark than any I have seen in years.
The comments, proof that no one has clue but everyone has a mouth. Anonymous, Adam, anonomous, cop, cop and cop….., STFU
More propoganda garbage spewing tiny men. Anonymity is awesome, huh faggots? On the street I see the piss run down your leg.
If everyone minded their own business there would be no need for an explanation. Just like if politicians kept their hands in their own pockets the country would be solvent.
I am who I am. Don’t need to explain it to those who will not understand. Don’t give a fuck to bother.
Brotherhood runs deep, you are born the way you are born. Either capable of being a man or not.
FTP. FTF. FTUO/IO. Fuck the Internet.
Respect to those who deserve it.
Dago
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See? That’s respect!
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@Anonymous …WOW… could you possibly spew any more mental masturbation and diarrhea? By your own logic… every law enforcement officer is guilty of being a crooked mfer because they don’t stop the crimes their buddes hiding behind the thin blue line commit EVERYDAY… why don’t they just arrest the bad cops? cause they’re all bad cops…ACAB…. roll that up with your confiscated dope and smoke it with your IO/IL buddes at the stationhouse, goof.
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Thank you George.. I needed to read that
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