Rebels Bikies

[Dog Loaf]

hey

i saw on the force tonight when the rebels clubhouse got raided they had these flags and stuff saying
rebels 1%


what does the 1% mean?

[strawman]

they claim to be the 1% of society who are living by their own rules, free to run amok or just "special"
although i could be mistaken

[Jonchilds]

they claim to be the 1% of society who are living by their own rules, free to run amok or just "special"
although i could be mistaken
[/b]

Almost - this is a little closer, but not quite the way I remember it being explained to me previously.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_percenter

[Billywhizz]

A One Percenter or 1%'er is a biker with a deep commitment to biking and brotherhood. A 1%er is a member of a 1%'er club.

The term comes from a famous statement made by the American Motorcyclist Association. The group stated that 99% of the people at their events were God-fearing and family-oriented, and that only 1% were not. Those others were hard-riding, hard-partying people who did not identify with mainstream society. [verification needed] Thus the term "One Percenter" was born and embraced by some early bikers.

Those who claim to be 1%'ers are proud to be a part of that group. The "One Percenter" term and accompanying patch are worn as a badge of honor by so-called outlaw bikers. They are also meant to instill respect and fear from both regular motorcyclists and the general community.

Members of motorcycle gangs such as the Mongols, the Hells Angels, the Outlaws, the Pagans, the Warlocks and the Bandidos etc have members that wear the rhombus-shaped patch with "1%" or "1%'er" inside, usually in their gang's colors, on their vests or motorcycle leathers.

(Look at that for a double wammy)

[Dog Loaf]

ah that explains it a bit better
so its 1% of all ppl are crazy non god fearing ppl
not 1% of all pll are bikies
got ya

i was thinking if aust has 20mill ppl
thered be 200000 bikies .... sounds alot

ha cheers

[Goofy]

ah that explains it a bit better
so its 1% of all ppl are crazy non god fearing ppl
not 1% of all pll are bikies
got ya

i was thinking if aust has 20mill ppl
thered be 200000 bikies .... sounds alot

ha cheers
[/b]

Ahhh... actually...

99% of Bikers are a relatively nice well behaved bunch
1% of bikers are not.

what's funny is when the Bikie taskforce wear a patch saying "99%". Really shows that they miss the point

[terrible]

Off the point a little, i pulled behind a 1% at the lights comming down on reid and he looked in his rear mirror and moved up to let me up next to him so we could both get up front.

wasnt expecting that.

[Fat Pat]

Saw something about this on TV one night. A "club" (Hell's Angels?) turned up at an American bike show in the 50/60's (??) and decided that they wanted to party a bit. It all got out of hand and someone may have been shot. The AMA fella made the statement as indicated above and the 1% Biker legend was born.

That's the way I heard it anyway.

[aaargh1]

[DRKSIDE]

I nod at most bikies just for a laugh cos i know they arent going to nod back. But: i actually got a nod back the other day. Nearly fell of my bike in shock!

[Dubs]

AFAIK

the gang task force has patches for themselves "99%"


Dubs

[volotre]

....or is that 'Task Force Gang'

[Nero Diablo]

hey

i saw on the force tonight [/b]

Stop watching that kind of crap and eventally they'll take it off the air.