lotsa H/A bucks in the film industry up here. multi millions
lotsa H/A longshoremen, as well. ........ do the math on that one. :)

Kelowna is a great place to get killed by a real 1%er. i was riding my bicycle thru Kelowna - i looked up - that David Giles guy was giving me the stare. f'n scary, that guy. he dead now. went down in prison. not natural causes. maybe.

Yeah, used to be a member up there who ran a very competitive top fuel nitro Harley team for awhile. I understand he now owns a factory trawler, or some sort of salmon fishing guide business, or something like that.

I’ve ridden motorcycles most of my life. What I like best about it is the lack of usual rules. I’m reading about lots of rules. Feels very foreign.

The most dangerous guys in these clubs are the prospects. They are the ones that have something to prove, but at the same time don't fully understand the ins and outs and when the need arises to to take it back a few notches..

Had an incident at one local bike night a couple years ago. A friend was wearing an "81" support shirt. Two prospects from the local big dominant club seen it. They came over started laying into him threatening to kick his ass, etc, etc... I stepped in to try to defuse it, told them " listen he's clueless, he has no idea, he'll leave, blah blah.." I called my buddy that I had mentioned before in a previous post, to come over before I got my ass kicked too. He called them off, and very nicely explained to my friend the problem with the 81 shirt. Told him just find another to put on and come back and have a few beers. Handled it perfectly. He understood my buddy had no clue about it and there was no reason to cause a big incident over it.
I hadn't seen him before he was accosted, otherwise I would instantly have told him to ditch the shirt. We still bust his balls over it.

Going back to dressing, looking back to the old days, ever think you'd see the day where outlaw club guys are wearing shorts, white sneakers?? Lol

Guys are actually staying clean now. No more dirty greasy cuts. Only the old grey beards. Especially the MCs out in Australia. Those guys colors are so over the top, the look like they are going for a fashion shoot.

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I avoid people who think they're part of the 1%... Also anyone with a criminal record (that I know of). If they're smart/good enough to conceal it then I'll never know.

But I also don't consider myself judgmental. My attitude is whatever just don't mess in my back yard.

I actually have an HA supporter shirt given to me by the HA. We were celebrating my bachelor party and one of the bars we stopped at was hosting a Hells Angels event. They wouldnt let our group in but were super friendly, sociable etc and gave me a shirt.

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1715355470.jpg

What is an "81" support shirt?

Red and white are also used to display the number 81 on many patches, as in "Support 81", "Route 81". The 8 and 1 stand for the respective positions in the alphabet of H and A.[46] Friends and supporters of the club use these in deference to club rules, which purport to restrict the wearing of Hells Angels imagery to club members. The diamond-shaped one-percenter patch is also used, displaying "1%" in red on a white background with a red merrowed border. The term "one-percenter" is said to be a response to the American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) comment on the Hollister incident to the effect that 99% of motorcyclists were law-abiding citizens and 1% were outlaws. The AMA has no record of such a statement and calls this story apocryphal.[47

Glad you asked as I don't know about these things either.

"Support" gear, (shirts, stickers, etc..) are usually sold as fundraisers, or given out by members, to club backers or "fans".

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The prospects are the guys who go to jail. As a prospect they have to do anything a full member tells them to do and the poor bastards get assigned risky tasks. If they get arrested they sure as hell aren't going to squeal and the real HAs figure maybe they were too dumb to be a member anyway for getting caught. Perfect, use the posers.

This thread made me want to share this excellent scene from Road house:


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Hey, I didn't know this. I just googled it and copy/pasted it here. I'm no expert.

Hollywood has never come close to portraying bikers. Every scene they have shot throughout their entire history is lame. I worked in a MC shop. No, HA never came by, but the bike culture was in the air.

First mechanic hired was Russ Collins who went on to set a few records after he moved to the Valley. He had just come from back east and brought some east coast mannerisms and culture with him. Let's just say he was amused when he saw a surfboard.

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I haven't seen this one yet, but I want to. I hate to admit it, but I liked the one with Patrick Swayze and Sam Elliot. This one looks like it could be similarly entertaining.

The ones that deserve our respect...

I've played plenty of biker events in bands, and I like those gigs. Super appreciative, they are. They want to help unload and load, fix parking and staging issues, and they tell us "anything you want, just tell us. If anybody messes with you, they'll be gone."