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The Bandidos Motorcycle Club, also known as the Bandido Nation, [1] is an outlaw motorcycle club with a worldwide membership. [6] [7] [8] Formed in San Leon, Texas, in 1966, the Bandidos MC is estimated to have between 2,000 and 2,500 members [5] and 303 chapters located in 22 countries, [4] making it the second-largest motorcycle club in the world behind the Hells Angels.
Colors identify the rank of members within clubs from new members, to "prospects" to full members known as "patch-holders", and usually consist of a top and bottom circumferential badge called a rocker, due to the curved shape, [7] with the top rocker stating the club name, the bottom rocker stating the location or territory, and a central logo of the club's insignia, with a fourth, smaller ...
This can include providing them with protection, financing or carrying out violent acts at the discretion of the larger club. Logos and insignias of support clubs displayed as patches on biker vests may bear a similar color scheme reminiscent of the logo belonging to the principal club as a way of signifying their allegiance. [1] [2] [3]
An independent three-piece patch outlaw motorcycle club. The group's members exclusively ride Harley-Davidson motorbikes. [63] [64] [65] Gypsy Joker: 1956 San Francisco, US Located in Australia, Germany, Norway, South Africa and the United States of America. [66] Hardliners MC 2019 Haarlem, Netherlands
The A.O.A. emblem was adopted as a parody of the A.M.A. logo. [39] A patch listing a member's rank within the organization is also worn by club officers. [40] An "S.S." patch featuring twin lightning bolts is allegedly awarded to members who have committed murder, attempted murder or a bombing on behalf of the club.
The Mongols' back patches, or "rockers", are awarded to the club's members in three steps; firstly the bottom "rocker" which indicates the location of the chapter, followed by the club logo, and finally the top "rocker", reading the name of the club and indicating full membership. [19] According to law enforcement, a skull and crossbones patch ...
The middle patch "depicts a muscle-bound caricature of the Norse god of mischief, Loki, set against a green field". [14] Loki is colored red on top of a bike with his hands holding up their club name. [15] Other patches the club wears are the number 22 (the 22nd letter of the alphabet, V, for Vagos), and a Loki head.
Motorcycle club members meet at a run in Australia in 2009. An outlaw motorcycle club, known colloquially as a biker club or bikie club (in Australia), is a motorcycle subculture generally centered on the use of cruiser motorcycles, particularly Harley-Davidsons and choppers, and a set of ideals that purport to celebrate freedom, nonconformity to mainstream culture, and loyalty to the biker group.