does it really matter??? i believe the more bikes there are on the road the better it is for the rest of us. keeps them old people aware of the fact that bikes are out there. i used to run with some pretty hard core bikers some wore colors(and so did i) and some did not. the ones that didnt were truley more biker then those that did. guy,s with names like trucker, and bun, and crabs(he always had em), and preacher ect. ect. we could get falling down drunk, beat the crap outa each other git up and drink some more. rideing rat bikes and shooting guns(when drunk) and citizens knew to git outa the way. I AM GLAD TO SAY I LIVED THROUGH IT AND I DONT LIVE THAT WAY NO MO!!!!!!!!!! it was really a good expirence and i learned alot about brotherhood. but today i am just a guy who likes rideing by himself and will never again belong to anything more than this web page when it comes to bikeing. my best friend was stabbed in the lung at a gang fight and he died. he was at his girlfriends relaxing when it started and (it started with 2 guy's) we made arrangements to meet the other club at a location and i was told to "go find chunky" i knew where his girlfriend lived so i went and got him. we all met at the location and the fight was on. after it was all over their warlord hollered "HEY FATMAN" and when chunky turned around the guy stabbed him. when we put him in the ground i (and some others) buried our colors with him and i swore i would never belong to anything ever again. sooooooo am i a biker??? NO!!! i am just a guy who likes to ride my bike!!! some if not most of us started out as teens with a 50,90 or 125cc bike some of us kept with it and have never been without a bike, some sold theirs when they got married and had their families, and then there are those that have always wanted a bike but for whatever reason they never have(parents, money or wife) and now they have one. are they bikers??? or bike riders?? i dont think it matters. what matters is that more bikes are on the road makeing bikeing better and better for the rest of us. i dont need a group telling me what to do, i dont need a group to make me feel secure, i dont need a group to make me feel like a biker. i know my heart and dont care what others think. am i a biker or a bike rider????
