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Originally Posted by Gas Man
It's not that they are limiting colors in town, it's that you have to have approval. beyond that, if they are extorting the new clubs, IDK.
Actually, Confederate of Clubs. I hate to do this, but remember Biker Boyz when kid wanted to make his own club. Yeah kinda like that.
As far as the patches it has to do with the 3 piece patch and when you have name on the top, logo in the middle, location on bottom. That is a "MC" setup and must be recognized by the CoC. You can get by doing an RC in similar pattern as long as it's a one piece patch. However, you should still get the CoC consent.
Further, many times, a new club must be taken under a more dominant club and can be absorbed into the larger club if the CoC or that club feel the need. Again, sorry to do, but remember SOA doing that to a club on the show.
There are tons of rules in that society. rules about talking, joining conversations, riding, passing, everything. I have even seen an online friend go OFFLINE for a long time because his club had an allieance with another smaller club. Well the other smaller club got into a beef with the dominant club and because they had allieance with that smaller club they also inherited the beef. They all had to ditch their colors, remove the logos from their bikes, change the online screen names, remove their website, the works. They litterally had to hide.
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Weird, I never heard of the CoC.
Then again, the club I was part of (The High Rollers) was a t-shirt club, not 1%er's. We had people on everything from Pan-heads, to MV Brutales. Still, the "Prez" was an old school guy. He had a meet with the local MC (The Free Souls) and got their "blessing", as long as we didn't run full colors. No big deal, we weren't interested in being outlaws anyway. We hung out at the same bars and parties, and there was never any trouble between us. We were a party club, and the Souls were welcome to hang at our clubhouse, as long as they didn't start any shit. We all got along.
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Originally Posted by Homeslice
How about people just ride, and fuck hanging out w/others?
Or, if you're gonna ride with others, do it to GO somewhere (like the twisties)......not just to be SEEN or hang out at a bar or jam up a highway just to show your colors. 
I guess if I was still in my 20's, there might be some social benefits I could get from being in a club......key word MIGHT.......but even that's a stretch. Why are people willing to put up with all that rules & regulations? Just so they can feel some esprit de corps? Join the military, then. Or get on a sports team. |
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Originally Posted by Apoc
Money...
Drug money... Lots of it...
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It's more than just money and regulations. There is a sense of community and friendship that's appealing, even though I've never been much of a "joiner". If you're in a MC, even if it's just a shirt club, you have people that will back you up, and help out when shit goes bad. And I'm not talking about fights, (although...) mostly I'm talking about a place to crash when your wife throws you out, pot lucks if you have no cash, and shit like that.
As much as I eschew most MC's, I get where their coming from.
JC