Another shooting

[alan0269]

The only time I've ever even seen a real life club member (in costume anyway) was one time when he came flying down a residential street, parked his bike out front, ran into a house, screamed at a lady for like 5 minutes, then slammed the door and hopped on the bike and took off so fast down the street that he got both wheels off the ground over the speed bump at the end of the block. What is your experience with hipsters and lawyers riding Harley's having "something to prove?" Don't get your panties in a bunch over my comment about preferring hipsters to club members. I generally try to stay out of this conversation because I don't understand this culture, at all. Not even one little bit.

I can't speak for Bert, but from talking to the people I've known and talked to the issue isn't necessarily with people riding as much as with how they act. The problem arises when someone that doesn't live within the lifestyle of an MC, but on weekends they decide they need to play "dress-up" as if they were part of the lifestyle. Most of the time an MC member will completely ignore someone riding down the road (I ride and have on many occasions been passed by a group of MC members without any issues), but when the person decides they need to have a jacket/vest with patches on the back they are opening themselves up for trouble. Some patches don't really get their attention, but when someone has anything resembling a three piece patch that the MC's have they take it seriously. Those patches are very significant (who you are, what area you claim as your club's, etc) in the MC world and have to be earned - how depends on the specific club, but they are not taken lightly or given out to anyone that hasn't proven their worth and loyalty to the club. Members are truly offended by someone thinking they can just throw a patch on the back of their jacket and act like they are a part of their world. I personally could not live their lifestyle, but when I ride I don't try to look like I belong in it either.

Here is a link that explains a little about the meaning and significance of patches:
http://www.brotherhoodmotorcycleclub...s/Page2038.htm