A motorcycle club is a club of organised and dedicated motorcyclists who get together for friendship, a common interest in motorcycles, to seek strength in numbers and to gain peer acceptance from fellow bikers.
Motorcycle clubs are divided into two types and in North America are either designated as an “MC” (motorcycle club) or a “Motorcycle riding club, and in the UK as either an MC, or an “MCC”.
MC’s are “one percenters” and all the other clubs are “ninety-nine percenters”. The term one percenter is said to originate from a statement made in 1947 by the American Motorcyclist Association, who stated that only one percent of motorcyclists were ‘outlaws’ or trouble makers.
Motorcycle clubs (MC’s) will have a formal structure, with elected officers, a probationary period for new members, and its rules and regulations regarding behaviour and membership requirements are usually kept private. Most clubs require new applicants to be approved by a majority of members, and upon admittance must swear an oath of allegiance.
Badges or insignia are worn by members of clubs, and they usually adopt a similar mode of dress which is akin to a form of uniform.
The oldest motorcycle clubs date back to the early 1900’s with the Yonkers MC being founded in 1903 and the San Francisco MC in 1904. One of the oldest clubs in the UK is The Sunbeam motorcycle club which was founded in 1924.
Some The most famous MC’s in the USA include “Hells Angels”, “Bandidos”, “Mongols”, “Outlaws” “Pagans” and “Boozefighters”. Popular clubs in the UK include the Triumph owners club, The Sunbeam Motorcycle Club, the Ariel Owners Club, the Blue Knights Club and the Black Rebel Motorcycle Club.
Motorcycle clubs are divided into two types and in North America are either designated as an “MC” (motorcycle club) or a “Motorcycle riding club, and in the UK as either an MC, or an “MCC”.
MC’s are “one percenters” and all the other clubs are “ninety-nine percenters”. The term one percenter is said to originate from a statement made in 1947 by the American Motorcyclist Association, who stated that only one percent of motorcyclists were ‘outlaws’ or trouble makers.
Motorcycle clubs (MC’s) will have a formal structure, with elected officers, a probationary period for new members, and its rules and regulations regarding behaviour and membership requirements are usually kept private. Most clubs require new applicants to be approved by a majority of members, and upon admittance must swear an oath of allegiance.
Badges or insignia are worn by members of clubs, and they usually adopt a similar mode of dress which is akin to a form of uniform.
The oldest motorcycle clubs date back to the early 1900’s with the Yonkers MC being founded in 1903 and the San Francisco MC in 1904. One of the oldest clubs in the UK is The Sunbeam motorcycle club which was founded in 1924.
Some The most famous MC’s in the USA include “Hells Angels”, “Bandidos”, “Mongols”, “Outlaws” “Pagans” and “Boozefighters”. Popular clubs in the UK include the Triumph owners club, The Sunbeam Motorcycle Club, the Ariel Owners Club, the Blue Knights Club and the Black Rebel Motorcycle Club.