Patches/Gangs/1% MCs

[The Lone Rider]

and what the hell is a 'rocker'?

Rocker - the curved patches above and below the main clubs emlem. For some clubs it will consist of the club name above and the place they are from or their particular club house is.


I have started wearing my clubs patch on my back, no rockers though. I've had some drunk homie ask me what I thought of him "buying out my gang and putting my patch on the dirt" so I just added better lettering to the patch and really other than that it's only been the uninformed saying it's "Black Powers" patch but most say looks nothing like anything BP or anyone else wheres (might also have to do with it being a hand painted piece of cloth).

Planning of getting small rockers for our shoulder patches, as to what they say I haven't come up with anything other than Ride Hard Ride Free, maybe Canterbury, and for guys that have some sort of position might have V. President or something.

I'm proud to say who my friends are, and glad we can share similar values. I'm my local area of town people in the pubs all recognize the patch and know us as good guys. Even had a drunk dude come up and hug me last Saturday lol

One reason I miss the states... sorta a warped patch culture here. Bike rallies there you will see rockered up scruffy patched guys who belong to clubs such as "God's Helpers" or "NY Fire Service MC"

[mstriumph]

The ones that were fighting with the 'mods' in the 60's??

don't look now, but your AGE is showing


............... oops, MINE is too!!!

[The Lone Rider]

Out of interest for people - International motorcycle clubs, "outlaw" or "social" a lot are listed here.

http://www.arn1e.co.uk/clubtext.htm
http://www.arn1e.co.uk/colours1_files/colours.htm

[MIXONE]

We thought of making up a rocker using HOC with the same layout as the HOG emblem, as there seems to be a leniancy with what they get away with out there ! But being the Horrific Old Cunts we are, no-one has got around to doing it as yet !

If you do I'll join as long as I can be known as the LOC(Little Old Cunt) or the DOM(Dirty Old Man)!!!

[awayatc]

One reason I miss the states... sorta a warped patch culture there. "

States warped?....no kidding

[The Lone Rider]

States warped?....no kidding

No you mis quoted me

Wasn't a typo this time.

Bad to wear a patch in NZ.

[sinfull]

If you do I'll join as long as I can be known as the LOC(Little Old Cunt) or the DOM(Dirty Old Man)!!!

Be Ye of Scottish descent ? You could be MIXONE DOMLOCHOC

[mstriumph]

True.

Sad that the very ones who want to 'ride free' and 'do their own thing' yadda, yadda are the ones that want to inflict their 'rules' on others.....even if the 'breaking' of their rules is doing them no harm.....................

yeah .... just another bunch of religious zealots ....

[awayatc]

Bad to wear a patch in NZ.

If you got a nice jacket, and somebody shoots you dead.......
well then your mate can put a patch on that jacket and still wear it.

So people that pach jackets are just quite frugal
realy.....

[Storm]

BTW: I have no particular intention of putting a rocker on my jacket - but I'd like to think I COULD do it without a bunch of dicks giving me a beating for doing so.

Surely no-one would try it on with the world famous in NZ naked-moustachioed-copper-who chases-thieves-in-the-night?(I hear thats your tribal name )

[jrandom]

a bunch of dicks giving me a beating

I believe the term for that is 'turkey slap'.

[Dooly]

and what the hell is a 'rocker'?

Shawn Michaels & Marty Janetty.

[chubby]

Putting a bottom rocker with the name of an area ie canterbury is akin to saying, 'this area is mine, i rule this'. Its an open invite.

jrandom: was that turkey slap or bitch slap?

[The Lone Rider]

Putting a bottom rocker with the name of an area ie canterbury is akin to saying, 'this area is mine, i rule this'. Its an open invite.

Yeah that's just the thing though - it originally was suppose to be a way to just tell what area people in the same club came from.

Then it became a territory thing over income. Who gets a piece of the pie?

[chubby]

Yep and i am old enough to remember that having a flinstones 'gay old time' was non sexual. Unfortunately times change and not every change is for the good.

Your right and now its not so innocent. As events esculate (mmm hasn't invercargill been out of the spotlight recently) any possible patch showing may invite unwanted attention and this certainly includes the HOG and 'live free ride free' type insignia.

Is it wrong? yep, sure is, but then you wouldn't wear red to a bull fight now would you, I mean just to prove you could (ok, ok we all know red doesn't insight bulls but you get the message).