“Outlaw” Means Living by OUR Traditions, Protocols and Laws above “Civilian” Laws

The other day a Brother and I were meeting up with a biker who was expressing interest in our club.  Our conversation eventually came around to the topic what an “outlaw” club is.  Well there are a lot of reasons why clubs that fly their colors on a three piece patch with the MC cube are called “outlaw” clubs.  One popular reason dates way back to the early days of outlaw biker culture and how some nonconformist bikers went against the American Motorcycle Association (AMA) and since them labeled as “outlaws”.  I cover all that in depth in my book, Get Patched.  But it goes further than that…

It so happens that the man that we were talking to was a military veteran, Marine, and I am a veteran as well.  So I explained to him that in the MC world we have our own way of doing things.  We have our own traditions, protocols and laws.  We hold up those traditions, protocols and laws as being higher and more dear than those of “normal” society.

I went on to explain to him that it is like back when he was an active duty Marine.  (more…)

The Truth About the Motorcycle Club World & How to Get Patched

Back Cover of Get Patched BookWhat is Bikerstrong.com all about?  It is about the truth about motorcycle clubs and the biker world.  We are not a bunch of worthless scumbags like the media and law enforcement would have the public think.

That is why I wrote and published Get Patched.  It seems that every book out there about our MC world was either written by a cop, a snitch, someone out bad, or some ego centric MC member who just wants to self-aggrandize himself or his club.

Don’t get me wrong having pride in yourself and your club are very good things, they are essential.  But when cops, snitches and guys are out bad from an MC write about the club they are all negatively biased about the MC and biker world in general. (more…)