Word: biker
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Dates: during 1971-1971
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...expedient of accepting virtually anyone who wanted to ride with them. They are generally younger than the Angels (many of whom claim to be Viet Nam veterans) and are eager to make names for themselves. Recently they began bragging that they were tougher than the Angels. According to one biker, a local Breed member entered a sleazy Cleveland bar three months ago with a spray can and wrote: BREED-H. A. STOMPERS in 2-ft.-high letters behind the bar. At Christmas in the Golden Nugget, another Cleveland hangout, a dozen Breed members took on-and whipped-an equal number...
There is likely to be more purposeful violence between the Breed and the Angels. Said one biker: "Angels are like elephants-they never forget." Does the prospect of another round of bloodletting worry the Angels? No, says New York Angel President Sandy Alexander: "Who has fear in the fraternity of the doomed...
...Thanks for returning the biker [Feb. 8] and his bike from the fantasies of being a neurotic, erotic, psychotic and of course quixotic animal to the simple road of reality on which he usually rides...
...Hopper in that movie, there were probably ten who went with their redneck killers in the pickup truck. The chorus from press and TV remains pretty well unchanged, resembling the bleat of Orwell's sheep in Animal Farm: "Four wheels good, two wheels bad!" The image of the biker as delinquent will take a long time to eradicate. "You meet the nicest people on a Honda," proclaims the Japanese firm that has cornered nearly 50% of the bike market in the U.S.; but the general belief is that you still meet the nastiest ones on a chopper...