February 11, 2014 9:02 AM PST
I would first like to say this site is a good read. I usually read here after watching the D.R., and it is cool to here a "biker's" perspective of this comedy/reality show. I am from San Diego, and lived there during the biker wars of the 1970's, between two famous rival biker clubs. During one of these battles, members were actually throwing dynamite at each other. I was never in a club, my dad was a cop, well known cop. As a kid, being home alone one day, a member from a club came to pay my pops a visit. It was a dude my dad testified against. In court, he told my dad he would pay him a visit some day. He did, about 5 years later. That was my first meeting with a 1%er, and I almost pissed my pants, staring at our front door, watching it get beaten on, by a very upset biker. He did not break the door, but said he would be back, I was about 6 years old, frozen in fear. I did tell my dad, and the guy did find my dad, and they did have a little bit of a scuffle, and it was over. The only other time I met a "real" biker club member, was as a bartender in a very small town. I will not name the club, of course, but as a dumb, wet behind the ear guy, I asked this biker to many questions, and he let me know it. After serving him for about a year, he opened up a little more about being a biker, and never talked about his club's business, but did explain what the different things on his "cut" meant. He told me to NEVER get involved with anyone's business that had similar patches(he had a 1% patch), and that if I had cops in my family, it would never work out to try to join. My dad was a detective then, and still well known to clubs. One day, my new friend was complaining about tailgaters. I never knew this was a problem with bikers. It is dangerous to tailgate someone on a motorcycle, and I do not like people that are foolish enough to do it. Well my friend showed me how some biker's solve that. A pocketful of nuts and bolts. I laughed, and the dude told me it works everytime, just a throw over the shoulder, end of tailgating. Well, I rambled enough, and even though I stopped riding, I still respect bikers on and off the road. I think the general public needs to share the roads better, and just because your in a giant s.u.v., it does not mean you own the road, or that you can turn left in front of a biker who has the right of way. Keep the reviews coming Lucky and others. Good stuff.
