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A group of bōsōzoku in 2013. Bōsōzoku (暴走族, lit. ' reckless driving group ') is a Japanese youth subculture associated with customized motorcycles.The first appearance of these types of biker gangs was in the 1950s.
Biker subculture may refer to: Motorcycling subculture, chiefly British English; Outlaw motorcycle clubs in US English; Bicycle culture; See also. Biker (disambiguation)
Motorcycling subculture in the United States (2 C, 10 P) Pages in category "Motorcycling subculture" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total.
Itasha car meet, Moesha-ofu, in Iga, Mie. The subculture started in Japan in the 1980s with character plushies and stickers, [6] but only became a phenomenon in the twenty-first century, when anime culture became relatively well known via the Internet.
Other subcultures that have had an influence on Kustom Kulture are the Skinheads, mods and rockers of the 1960s, the punk rockers of the 1970s, the metal and rockabilly music, along with the scooterboys of the 1980s, and psychobilly of the 1990s. Each separate culture has added their own customizations to the cars, their own fashions ...
This subculture had some parallels with the rocker and greaser subcultures being promoted by Hollywood films such as Rebel without a Cause. Traditional Japanese considered the post-war taiyo zoku violent and promiscuous. Some Japanese youths admired American music, and Japanese Bill Haley clones were known as rokabiri zoku (the rockabilly tribe).
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Many builders eschewed Harley "pattern" motors and frames and started building choppers out of neglected bikes like Yamaha XS-650 twins, old Harley Sportsters, and various 1980's so called UJM bikes (four cylinder air-cooled Japanese bikes - Universal Japanese Motorcycle). Another aspect of the backlash was a return to more traditional styling.