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The Beginning of the Biker CultureThe end of the Second World War also represents a birthmark of bikes which people used to get back the adrenaline of the war. Veterans of the War were missing their former relationships with their brothers-in-arms and started to create brotherhoods which were now not connected by the weapon but by the bike. However, events of the years after the War also contributed to the negative image of the bikers. The most famous is The Hollister Riot of 1947, a small scandal at the Fourth of July, Gypsy event in California. The media aggrandized the event and created an image of savage bikers who didn´t stop for anyone or anything.Bikers are Bad
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There were also motorcycle groups which accepted the image and played by the rules e.g. Hells Angels or The Outlaws Motorcycle Club. Hells Angels are probably the best-known motorcycle club founded in 1948 in Fontana, California and the club sooner started rather resemble an army than an association with hierarchy and strict code being applied. The second famous club called The Outlaws Motorcycle Club started its journey in 1935 in Illinois but became an official member of the Brotherhood of Clubs in 1963. The two clubs were rivals to death, and they weren’t afraid to fight each other to death over their territories.