[El Lobo]

It's the Banditos here. A couple o them got busted a few days ago for distributing meth. One was higher up in the club.

 

[twyn]

They're not really a club, but they're membership is now over 100K...The PGR.

A bunch of us (85 bikes) had the honor today of escorting Lt. Dan Riordan, KIA last Saturday, and his family to his final resting place.

 

[Hog Slayr]

Sonny Barger (HA Founder) was in Auburn Ca. promoting his book at the Biker Expo...The police were expecting a large HA turnout as well as other groups. The event was very peaceful and I happened to notice Vagos and HAs hanging out having a good time together.Not the image people remember from the 60s thru 80s..
I think alot of them went underground to avoid branding themselves to Law Enforcement...JMO.
I usually wave to all bikers and noticed HAs or Vagos dont wave back and usually give you the stare down....

 

[Fred H.]

Don't you remember the shootout in a Nevada casino just a couple years ago between a couple of those "clubs"?

They are still alive and active.

 

[cosmic_chariot]

the gang "Pelicans" are kinda a rough group here in the south.. if you have to fight one of them.. you have to fight the whole pack.. and they always travel in packs...

cosmic

 

[Guest]

Re: Biker Gangs

Yep still around and still dangerous criminal scum. The Tampa Tribune recently did an article on the Outlaws and all the criminal activity they are involved in.

Anyone wearing these criminal biker gang colors should be shot on sight.

When I was in Vegas a couple of years ago for their Bike Fest, the Hell's Angels had an actual booth set up in the vendor display in the convention center taking applications. Any time someone came up with a camera they scurried away like roaches in a bright light..they are all really POS.

 

[J-mac]

we got a lot of them around here, HA, Brotherhood, Outlaws, Iron Horseman, Excalibur's, they all get along fairly well.

They like to keep a low profile, any attention brought there way makes "doing business" JUST THAT MUCH HARDER.

If you leave them alone, they will leave you alone.


The ones you really have to watch out for are "prospects" these are the ones looking to make a name for themselves and they will do almost anything to get there 'full patch"

 

[Jeff in Ferndale WA]

My son is an attorney in Seattle and has represented several of the Bandito"s and Hells Angels on federal chargers(usually plea bargins as they are guilty as H.)Remember the guys who dug the tunnel under the border in Blaine Wa.They were under orders from the bandito"s in Canada(they owed them money for drugs)
I also know a couble of really good guys that are members of the Banditos in Kent Wa.They arn't into anything bad at all but they get stopped all the time by cops to check them out.
I crossed the border in Canada behind some H Angels and they all got pulled over and searched while my wife and I on the GW got sent right through :lol: :lol:

I have a friend that is a US Marshal that recently was working courtroom security for a trial of some Hells Angels in Seattle

 

[Jeff in Ferndale WA]

You bet they are still around. Saw a gang of them a couple of weeks ago -

And they sure are an ugly bunch....... :lol:

:crew: Dang Harry,you're right. I've ridden with these guys,and they really are a tough crowd.
That guy in the front used to crash his bike every week or so just so he could add more goodies to the next one.
And that second guy in the picture,well, just watch out for him and his buddies .You just might run into them just about anywhere!:crew:

 

[IR Harry]

You just might run into them just about anywhere!

Jeff, you are absolutely right.

And I think the operative word is RUN INTO....

And with names like Quickdraw, Curvecutter, Redeye, etc. they got to be a really bad batch.

Last time I saw the one in front, he was tearing a leg off a chicken......and that bird was hot......in fact it was coming apart.....

 

[Gold Standard]

The Tampa Bay area has a lot of M/C’s. Most smaller clubs are affiliates of the Outlaws. They have an affiliate patch on their colors.

Bike Week and Biketoberfest in Daytona bring out lots of clubs flying colors.

 

[Overland1]

Where I work, there are several nurses who ride various types of motorcycles; heck three of them work in one department (Radiology). We are considering a name for them.....

Hell's Nurses

 

[xrayr]

Where I work, there are several nurses who ride various types of motorcycles; heck three of them work in one department (Radiology). We are considering a name for them.....

Hell's Nurses

Gotta be tough to work in Radiology. 15 years (off and on) for me..... 8) 8) 8) 8)

 

[Buffalo Soldier]

Ganges

I ride with the Buffalo Soldiers which is a LEO and Military club that wears colors. I'm also a LEO in VA where we had a heavy concentration of Faith Assembly, Banditos, and HA’s. I was warned about wearing my "colors" while riding in small groups, but so far no problem. I ran into some Banditos while at the Hoot while on a smoky mountain run this year and they were pretty decent guys, they look like heck, but were respectful and courteous. Last year at the national biker’s roundup (Fort Pierce FL) a club called the wheels of soul and the flaming nights had a verbal altercation that ended in a shooting. The Wheels of Soul member pulled a gun and fired several rounds into the crowd, luckily an off duty LEO was working that event and stopped the aggressive act with one shot to the offending member.

As was stated in previous posts these organizations are still active with new one’s popping up from time to time supported by the established clubs. From my experience they have been respectful and cordial to me while wearing my Buffalo Soldier colors, as long as you pay your respects to their president while if attending a rally in their area you will not have any problems. If you don't wear colors then ride like normal or walk around these rallies like normal and chances are you won't have any issues.

To make it clear there are many organizations around participating in continuing criminal enterprises, it just so happens that some are riding motorcycles.

Ride safe

 

[magnatic]

I live in a rural area and we have the local HA "clubhouse" within site of our home. Fortunately, Regional, Provincial and Federal LEO's have worked together to weed out a lot of the members. They even took over the clubhouse and confiscated their joint and personal property contained there and in their personal homes (deemed "proceeds of crime") so this chapter is relatively inactive. There have been similar blitzes on gangs across the country in the last two years. The HA's have always been quiet, good neighbours but their public relations campaign is a deceptive front for their real motives and actions. I live on the border of Niagara Falls where they are tied to the strip clubs, gambling, prostitution, drugs, etc.

 

[Hazle]

My friend is in a gang it consists of Harley riders who dress up in leather costumes and ride from one bar to the next very slowly. Sometimes they even go on the highway but not much they say it is to dangerous. I think they are nation wide.
hazle

 

[stick405]

They are still around. I ride with a few Xoutlaws. It is not a glamerous lifestyle.

 

[Top]

I have had the oportunity to meet several HA's and they are an OK bunch in my book. Got a family member on the wifes side who hangs with the Banditos on occation he's not a member just knows a bunch of em.
Top

 

[yellow one]

Definately still around . Just last week several Hell's Angels were up on Vancouver Island having some kind of get-together at a hotel in Campbell River. Two, flying colors, blew by us, in our lane-one on either side of me :evil: , and then proceeded to pass several vehicles ahead of me, on the shoulder. IDIOTS!!!

 

[John805]

Definately still around . Just last week several Hell's Angels were up on Vancouver Island having some kind of get-together at a hotel in Campbell River. Two, flying colors, blew by us, in our lane-one on either side of me :evil: , and then proceeded to pass several vehicles ahead of me, on the shoulder. IDIOTS!!!

Your right they were up in Vancouver at a funeral for another one of there croonies. A large 25 group of them flew into the airport. Like Jeff stated Banditos have a club here in Ferndale and are seen riding just like the rest of us.