Motorcycle Gangs

[Lias]

I've been drinking with patched MC members before, and for the most part they are prefectly nice blokes.

Not the sort of people you'd want to piss off, but I can say the same thing for a hell of alot of NON patched people I know too. Like my mate who has "The voices in my head tell me they dont like you" tattooed on the back of his head :-P

[pete376403]

I WAS IN A GANG FOR A WHILE , WE HAD NO NAME BUT WE WENT AROUND ON STREET MAGICS TEARING UP GOLF COURSES, RUGBY FIELDS ,BOWLING GREENS AND PARKS, YEAH FUCKEN BAD ASSES. BUT SOME OF THE GUYS MUMS FOUND OUT ABOUT OUR ANTICS AND PUT A STOP TO IT

Perfect name for a gang of that nature (on Street Magics!) would be "the Shrunken Heads" Yeah!

[Timber020]

Stalin was probably a gas to drink with to. I bet Charles Manson was an interesting dude after a few pints. Pity Hitler didnt drink, Im sure when he had a skinful and you didnt bring up the Jews he would be quite the lad.

Not a fan of gang guys, have known a few and understand to well that its only good if they are on your side, if they have something against you, whether you asked for it or were completely innocent member of the public, your life is utter shit.

Some motorcycle gangs are okay, but some are organising the theft of your bike, the burg of your house, the pimping of your kid sister and the P sold to your kids.

[Pixie]

I've been drinking with patched MC members before, and for the most part they are prefectly nice blokes.

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It's a pity they are criminal scum,who can't face life without the backing of a gang behind them

[Mooch]

In Upper Hutt the local BIKE gang, Shin feign (sp), keep to themselves and even arrange some poker runs and other 'charity' events. This is a later thing as they have got older. Most 'biker gangs' will leave you alone if you leave them alone.
In the seventies, at the height of the real biker gangs, my brother and I were heading on a surfing trip to New Plymouth from the Mount. As we travelled up the Kaimais thirty bikes came up behind us, yes it was a biker gang, the real McCoy. They split into two groups one in front and one behind and stayed with us for seventeen hours til we got near the top of the Kaimais - at least it felt that long, then they headed off into the distance. We sweated like you wouldn't believe.

Shin feign is the only bike gang I've had the pleasure to meet. Few years ago one of my bikes died , These guys were coming back from a rally somewhere. They had a support ute for various reasons. I asked if they could take my bike back to Wellington on the ute (was in Turangi at that point) , reply was "no problem" . unfortunetly by the time they'd got to mangaweka one of there own bikes had stopped so had no room for my bike. They still stopped away to make sure I was ok etc. Haven't met them before this or since after but have always held them in a positive light since.

[Indoo]

I've been drinking with patched MC members before, and for the most part they are prefectly nice blokes.
:-P

Nice blokes who just happen to deal a bit of p, steal a few cars/bikes and bash a few 'bitches' on the side. You sound just like the clever people who organised the girls school afterball at the head hunters pad. Its just a shame they got a few girls hooked on drugs whom they then used to service the gang, so to speak.

Gang members are the ultimate cowards, they are just common criminals who lack the intelligence to go it alone.

[Squiggles]

You sound just like the clever people who organised the girls school afterball at the head hunters pad. Its just a shame they got a few girls hooked on drugs whom they then used to service the gang, so to speak.

s***! when/where was that?

[scumdog]

I've been drinking with patched MC members before, and for the most part they are prefectly nice blokes.

Not the sort of people you'd want to piss off, but I can say the same thing for a hell of alot of NON patched people I know too. Like my mate who has "The voices in my head tell me they dont like you" tattooed on the back of his head :-P

Nice troll dude!!

Perfectly nice when they steal/beat/smash/drug people and property too I bet.

How many do NOT have a raft of fairly serious convictions????

Probably just mis-understood, the poor mites.

[Lias]

How many do NOT have a raft of fairly serious convictions????

I never said they were saints lol, just the ones I've met arnt as bad as some people make out.

The ones I know of with convictions generally have them for violence, but that doesnt phase me in the slightest.

[scumdog]

The ones I know of with convictions generally have them for violence, but that doesnt phase me in the slightest.

Until YOU are the recipient.....

[ratusratus]

with the Mothers MC in palmy good bunch of blokes.....rather have a beer with them than the organized gang in blue

[spudchucka]

with the Mothers MC in palmy good bunch of blokes.....rather have a beer with them than the organized gang in blue

They are no different to any other organised criminal group. I'd rather you had a beer with them too.

[Pancakes]

I think the wrong idea is being put forward here. Yes there are some nasty peices of work in our society and just cos they're not in a gang doesn't make them right. Yes, there are people who have patches Ullessys (sp?) who aren't out to menace, just to show belonging to a group. The point is the proper gangs are criminal socielties that exist to act as a network to support activities such as theft, violence, extortion and drug manufacture/dealing. I knew people who are in gangs too and got on with them very well but I grew up and saw that they were feared not respected and were more than capable of doing to me what they had done to many other people. Most of these people aren't happy, the fact that some posts are by folks who (I presume) are not in their early teens like I was when those activities impressed me and the same people seem to be taken in by gang members says that they are probably not too dissimalar types of people and that the gang members might just see you as someone who is weak, lonely and looking for a group to associate with. Buying someone a beer with stolen money means sh*t next to buying them a beer with money you worked hard for, think about it. Fostering the idea that these types of gangs are ok ends quickly for most people when their gear gets burg'ed or their family assaulted etc so do yourself a favour and save yourself the trouble of gaining hindsight. As for the off topic discussion of how many cops it takes to subdue someone. Making a desicion while someone is out-of-it and has proven themself to be irrational and capable of violence is different from sitting on your pc reading the hearald front page. Most cops, military and special services I know would say that they could have done better in most situations and try to learn from their mistakes but also that they feel they made the right call given the information they had at the time. To say that X amount of force is unneccisary in the heat of the moment is a far streatch to waht some are suggesting, that cops just love getting their gun off. Killing someone is awful and stays with the killer for their whole life. I'll stop there 'cos this is long enough already. All I can say is that we influnce 1 6billionth of the world, it's not alot but it can make a difference.

[Everyday]

black power and mongrel mob are not bike gangs - they are enthnic based street gangs, only a few of there members ride bikes. most go around in big cars.
There are plenty of Biker Clubs, Hells Angels being best know but most towns have their own club, Out Casts-Hamilton, Titans-Matamata, Loners-Levin, etc. It goes on - even the smallest of towns has a patch club.

To me it is all rather silly, but not as silly as the Old folk who insist on trying to be what they never had the balls to be when they were young, but now they are old and grey they feel the need to try to recapture what they never had, the only difference is money, so they buy a HD or big cruiser, put a cartoon bignose drawing on their back and delude themselves into thinking they are "Real Bikers.

Old Farts take note MOney cant buy you a life style, or Cool. Stop being so sad and get a real life, even if it is as a banker (spelt with a silent W).

And before you all get septic on me - there are some old folk who ride, and ride well, just for the love of it, like the rest of us - but they are the minority.
So if your going to complain - imagine you are 1 of those, and it is the rest I refer to.

HOG owners are the same - most buy HD because they feel it makes people look at them, makes them different, makes them cool, attracts the 50+ wannabe biker mamas to them like flys, or hopefully a young impressionable 40 year old. NO one I know rides a HD because they are a great bike, stylish yes, a fashion statement - yes, holds its value -yes, but a great bike - no.
And Yes I have owned them.
When I get so sad I need an object to make people notice me I will cover my face in piercings or tattoos - people notice those too.

There are HOG owners who have an ornament they take out on a fine weekend and yeah
$20K+, a fine day, don't make a biker.
But don't knock the 2010 Harleys, I chose a 2010 FXD because it beat all the other cruisers for daily riding, lane splitting, windy wellington days and it sounds better, corners better than a sportsmaster(not by much), tbird, M109, vn900 etc. 2010's have side facing rear airvalve, michelins (always ready), useful choices on the display including auto last 50Ks countdown, excellent factory alarm and 5000kms later it still rocks and yeah attracts 18 to 50yo women for rides. 96 cube has the pull for 6 speed. Good quality chrome and no I dont get commission! And piercings and tattoos get the women I want

[Mom]

There are HOG owners who have an ornament they take out on a fine weekend and yeah
$20K+, a fine day, don't make a biker.
But don't knock the 2010 Harleys, I chose a 2010 FXD because it beat all the other cruisers for daily riding, lane splitting, windy wellington days and it sounds better, corners better than a sportsmaster(not by much), tbird, M109, vn900 etc. 2010's have side facing rear airvalve, michelins (always ready), useful choices on the display including auto last 50Ks countdown, excellent factory alarm and 5000kms later it still rocks and yeah attracts 18 to 50yo women for rides. 96 cube has the pull for 6 speed. Good quality chrome and no I dont get commission! And piercings and tattoos get the women I want

Dude, you have got to have taken the prize for thread dredging!