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Club rules dictate that the Outlaws' patches must be worn on leather or black denim (blue denim is banned) and that club regalia is not allowed to be worn by members' wives or girlfriends. [47] Women affiliated with the club, known as "old ladies", are, however, allowed to wear vests with patches reading: "Property of the Outlaws".
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.
Membership benefits include free admission to the Harley-Davidson Museum, favorable insurance rates, motorcycle shipping, mileage and member year recognition, rallies and events, and camaraderie. [7] Once a motorcycle owner is a member at the national level, he or she is then eligible to join one or as many local chapters as he or she wishes.
The patches may contain a club logo, the name of the club and other chapter identification. In most motorcycle clubs, the patch representing membership in the organization is often referred to as "the club colors" or simply "the colors". [18] Each club has rules on how the colors are treated and when it is proper to wear them.
After the racist policy was abolished, AMA-sanctioned motorcycle clubs thrived in the era after World War II when motorcycle sales soared and club membership appealed to "better-adjusted" American veterans who enjoyed group participation and operated under strict bylaws that held club meetings and riding events. [3]
A Cannonball MC member in Helsinki, Finland in 2009. The abbreviations MC and MCC are both used to mean "motorcycle club" but have a special social meaning from the point of view of the outlaw or one percenter motorcycling subculture. MC is generally reserved for those clubs that are mutually recognized by other MC or outlaw motorcycle clubs. [9]
The club is governed by strict hierarchies and rules, with mandatory requirements for membership including a motorcycle license. [1] The Satans Slaves have approximately 200 members in the United Kingdom.
A nomad is a member of a motorcycle club (which may or may not be an outlaw motorcycle club) or similar club who is not a member of a specific charter of the group. Some nomads live in geographical areas that have fewer than the required numbers to form a charter. [1] They may even have been sent to the area with a mandate to establish a chapter.