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[1] [2] The coalition of Bandidos support clubs and the Bandidos MC are often collectively referred to as the "Red and Gold Family" as well as the "Red and Gold Nation". It is common for the logos and insignia of these groups to bear the Bandidos colors in reverse (gold on red) , which can be seen on their patches and insignia. [3]
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 ...
The additional patches worn by Sons of Silence members commonly include the "1%" emblem and Totenkopf imagery. [ 1 ] The club's motto is " donec mors non separat ", a Latin phrase meaning "until death separates us".
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.
The original version of the Rock Machine (1986–1999) in Canada changed their colors from black and platinum to red and gold in May 1999; their colors remained red and gold until they became "Full-Patch" Bandidos on 1 December 2001. In a "patch-over" ceremony at the Rock Machine's Kingston chapter clubhouse. [4]
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
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]