Motorcycle club

Motorcycle Club, or MC Motorcycle Club is the umbrella term for a grouping of motorcyclists and usually referred to clubs or associations. In most cases, give motorcycle club to the outside to detect by a common badge, known as Colour or Back Patch.

History

At the end of the 19th century had formed from the motorbike riders in German-speaking local interest groups and 1903 was founded in Stuttgart later ADAC German Motorcyclist Association. Once this has focused since 1911 on the group of motorists, it came on 24 February 1923 in Halle / Saale establishing the German motorcyclist association, the establishment in 29 motorcycle clubs belonged with about 4000 members. As the oldest motorcycle club in the United States applies the Gypsy MC, which was founded in 1932 in Maryland. 1924, the umbrella organization of American Motorcyclist Association was founded in the United States, which now comprises more than 1,200 motorcycle clubs. The members of the club initially only joined the common interest in motorcycles, but it came at a 1947 motorcycle rally in Hollister riots in the wake of the so-called " outlaw " bikers. In contrast from the vast mass of the peaceful members of motorcycle clubs since these also Onepercenter call in allusion to the fact that the proportion of motorcyclists should be a total of only 1 percent. In Germany, later established the Scheinanglizismus "Rocker", which in the English-speaking world has different meanings.

Types of Clubs

There are clubs whose drivers come together after the driven brands, such as Harley Davidson, BMW and Triumph. There are also special motorcycle clubs in which to organize, for example, women. Outlaw Motorcycle gangs such as the Hells Angels and Bandidos the that are connected with organized crime and of which various clubs and " charter " in Germany are forbidden, were founded in the United States and expanded later to Europe.