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  • Опубліковано 18 лис 2015
  • HAMC del 65 trabajo hecho por el fotógrafo Bill Ray de LIFE Magazine.
    HAMC of 65 work done by photographer Bill Ray of LIFE Magazine.
    Audio: Lynyrd Skynyrd - Call Me The Breeze
    Photos: Bill Ray
    Edición: Tomás Picchio
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  • @brianlevine5213
    @brianlevine5213 Рік тому +87

    My Mom,my brother and me lived across the street from the San Jose chapter from late 1966 to early 1967. We went trick or treating to their house. No one else did. They escorted us home with a huge container of candy. They were really fascinated by our Volkswagen Beetle. They became very respectful of Mom when she told them my father wasn't around because he had volunteered for Vietnam. Great group of guys.

    • @richiemarshall2755
      @richiemarshall2755 Рік тому

      Con. Three used to play biker gigs best dame time of a musicians life R.I.P. Harry Marety you were dane good with the sticks

    • @markwinchester3005
      @markwinchester3005 Рік тому +4

      Just like a dog, leave them alone they'll you leave alone. F w/ them thinking your tough & they'll go great lengths to prove you wrong. I LOVE riding my XL but have no desire to go back to jail for anything done to prove a point...they feel differently.

    • @DaveMelby
      @DaveMelby Рік тому +5

      I've chatted with Hells Angels members on a number of occasions. Treat them with respect and they're cool.

    • @melissanelson2849
      @melissanelson2849 7 місяців тому

      ❤❤❤

    • @melissanelson2849
      @melissanelson2849 7 місяців тому

      @@richiemarshall2755❤

  • @franklucas5365
    @franklucas5365 Рік тому +88

    As a former 1%er who ran with a club for 15 years I can tell you that I had some of the best times of my life back then. We were free and we made sure everyone knew it. I had friends in the Hell's Angels in California and some in the Banditos out in Texas. Every time I ran through I was sure to make a call and see what was happening. I was always invited and always showed up. Some kick ass times with some kick ass people. Oh, and I will never forget that girl I met at a Banditos party in El Paso, Texas about 40 years ago who jumped on my bike and ran with me for the next 4 months while we rode around from State to State. Towards the end she asked me if I could ride her up to see her aunt in Tacoma, WA. I took here there and then a few days later I woke up early, packed up my roll and saddle bags and left without saying goodbye. I knew that is where she belonged and I spoke to her on the phone once many years later in 2010 and she had gotten married, had children and grandchildren and thanked me for being a good human being and getting her back to her family. She was a beauty for sure, but I was just unable to settle down at the time and I knew she needed family and to be away from the life. Took me many years before I left the life and got married, had kids and now grand-kids. I still have an old Shovelhead I ride out to classic motorcycle events but that is about the extent of it anymore.

    • @markwinchester3005
      @markwinchester3005 Рік тому +11

      ENVY is not a strong enough word. Reminds me of EASY RIDER. To live free in a then free country must've been like walking in the clouds compared to the Big Brother total crap iberal fantasy world electric HDs we are subjugated to live in now.

    • @MrRidleyDog
      @MrRidleyDog Рік тому

      You weren't "FREE", you have more rules to live by in a 1% M.C. than anywhere else in life and if you break those rules, your so-called brothers will turn on you in an instant with no mercy and even if you don't break the rules, one of your so-called brothers will rat you and everyone else out to save themselves.

    • @skyking4501
      @skyking4501 Рік тому +2

      That’s a great account of your younger life… No regrets man!!

    • @johngilmore697
      @johngilmore697 Рік тому

      Well, that never happened.

    • @johnnyx9892
      @johnnyx9892 11 місяців тому +2

      Sweet memories are the things nobody can ever take from you. Cruise on brother.

  • @bowallace7093
    @bowallace7093 3 роки тому +42

    Wow...Back when life was free and simple. Let’s go back to 65 ! Best bikes ever !

    • @MrRidleyDog
      @MrRidleyDog Рік тому

      free? LOL, did you look at the photos?

  • @rodneybrewer2327
    @rodneybrewer2327 4 роки тому +54

    I met the group of the Angels in 1965 in Roosevelt CA I was 6 years old We had a place where we road our bicycles And the angles showed up One of the members came over to me and took me by the hand and showed me all the bikes It was so cool then he said they where going to be there a couple of days and to tell all my friends not to come up there so I did But I will never forget him showing me the bikes As soon as I was big enough I have had a HD ever since

    • @willsummers1245
      @willsummers1245 3 роки тому +1

      Thats cool but when I was a kid evil knievel said they were a bunch of punks !

    • @rodneybrewer2327
      @rodneybrewer2327 3 роки тому +2

      @@willsummers1245 Well I was 8 years old then And they looked like a bunch of big dudes then

    • @willsummers1245
      @willsummers1245 3 роки тому +3

      @@rodneybrewer2327 I hope so they would look funny if they were Midgets lol !!!

    • @classicrock986
      @classicrock986 3 роки тому +4

      It shows you what that publicity seeker Knievel knew I'll give him credit he could jump a bike but that's about all

    • @junglie
      @junglie 2 роки тому +5

      @@willsummers1245 he wasn't exacly a model of decency himself.....

  • @strizzy239
    @strizzy239 2 роки тому +55

    I don’t listen to skynyrd often; but when i do so do the neighbors🤘🏼

    • @luisloya1120
      @luisloya1120 Рік тому +1

      Yes, Jesus Christ is Lord and Saviour. 🤙🤙👈

  • @rubiconwhiskey7135
    @rubiconwhiskey7135 4 роки тому +50

    Some of the nicest people I have ever had the pleasure to meet have been bikers. Back in the early 70’s a friend of mine had been hit by a car and a group of bikers chased the car down that hit him and brought him back to face the police and his parents. My friend had multiple broken bones and cuts and bruises. The bikers who were passing through stayed around our town for a few days and became town friends for what they had done to help.
    Some of us will never forget.

    • @kevinruddy448
      @kevinruddy448 Рік тому +3

      Yeah, they can be very loyal 🏍️😁👍

  • @monmixer
    @monmixer 3 роки тому +93

    The 60's and 70's were still like the wild west. The 80's weren't bad but we were slowly starting to lose rights. I miss the old days and the old ways.

    • @gordorr9259
      @gordorr9259 3 роки тому +3

      The government and the police called all gatherings a riot in the 1980's, I know I was there.

    • @chadpittman3025
      @chadpittman3025 2 роки тому +3

      @SuperVHSchannel I think they were talking about how we lost freedom

    • @lbowsk
      @lbowsk 2 роки тому

      @@chadpittman3025 What freedom, exactly, did we lose?

    • @carmineredd1198
      @carmineredd1198 2 роки тому +2

      @@lbowsk in 1979 you could drink alcohol in public for one

    • @nigelwolfe6150
      @nigelwolfe6150 2 роки тому +1

      @@lbowsk What is ALWAYS at risk is the freedom to THINK individually! People IN MASSE forfeit that freedom simply to fit in....Voluntary enslavement to the status quo? F*CK THAT!! SERIOUSLY F*ck that!

  • @RicTic66
    @RicTic66 4 роки тому +33

    I noticed on the back of one rider he had a 'Vincent' patch. HD may have been the chosen ride of the Hells Angels, but a Vincent HRD Black Shadow was the holy grail for all bikers in the 50s and 60s. When England produced some of the greatest motorcycles the world has ever known. Norton, Triumph, BSA, Velocette, Airel, Matchless, AJS, Francis Barnet, Panther, etc and the Rolls Royce of all machines the Brough Superior.

    • @madcyril4135
      @madcyril4135 Рік тому +6

      Hello from the u.k.
      I’m 66 now, and my brother in law had all of those bikes back in the day.
      Him and my sister both passed away 5 yrs ago within 18 months of each other
      Ages 69 and 72.
      My mum and dad were terrified, of my sister going on the back of the bike.
      They had a gap of about 30 yrs then bought a bike each, he bought
      a triumph Bonneville , and bought her a Suzuki 250, I have to say
      I prefer the older Brit and u.s. bikes but, it looked neat, light tan
      Seat, light silver metallic tank, e.t.c.
      Their passing wasn’t bike orientated.
      Take care, in these stupid times!

    • @boataxe4605
      @boataxe4605 Рік тому +5

      Yeah,I had a BSA Lighting,it was a blast! (When it ran)

    • @timothydavis2599
      @timothydavis2599 Рік тому +3

      I would truly love to have a Brough.

    • @jurgfreiherrvonhartmann
      @jurgfreiherrvonhartmann Рік тому +2

      Yes! SS100

    • @GiantMeteor2024
      @GiantMeteor2024 Рік тому

      ​@carmine redd Where was your sports car made? 😂

  • @darkknight1340
    @darkknight1340 4 роки тому +58

    The days when a picture did indeed tell a thousand stories.

  • @Dawgs241
    @Dawgs241 5 років тому +305

    I loved how bikes looked back then. They were simple and not these massive things you see today having everything but the kitchen sink.

    • @JR1300r
      @JR1300r 4 роки тому +4

      Totally agree cheers

    • @Dawgs241
      @Dawgs241 4 роки тому +11

      @Vox Quod I already have one. I transformed a 98 Sportster 1200 Custom into a cafe. Love it!!

    • @markusbarth1
      @markusbarth1 4 роки тому +5

      If you pay for it you will eventually find one with an integrated kitchen sink

    • @stevenbaker8184
      @stevenbaker8184 4 роки тому +15

      I agree man, nothing like an old chopped and bobbed, with a pan head. I don't really like modern bikes. Even Harley Davidson's offerings dont really impress me much. Sadly the closest thing to what I like (that I can afford) is a damn Honda rebel. A retro custom chopper or bobber, will set you back some serious cash. If I could find an old basket case from that era I would be happy. Put it back together and get it running. Except for the fact that everyone in that group seems to like ape hangers which I cannot stand. Drag bars are more my style. You see I do not like baggers nor crotch rockets. Retro old school hard tail harleys. That's my thing, they were a simple work of art.

    • @michaelszczys8316
      @michaelszczys8316 4 роки тому +4

      Steven Baker now I guess you have to paint your rims red and have wide white walls.
      Back in 60s my older brother sent away to Ed ‘ Big Daddy ‘ Roth for some huge posters of real Hell’s Angels and other bikers. We had them all over our room. A lot of freaky long front ends and crazy handlebars back when that stuff was ‘ in ‘. My favorite was some guy from the Jokers in Michigan ( how’d he get in there ?) with his low riding bobber type hog with a high sissy bar that had Maltese cross shape in the top. Back in ‘69 my brother thought I was weird.

  • @kennethmcdonald5278
    @kennethmcdonald5278 3 роки тому +14

    60's , had a different air of freedom , in cali. A great time to grow up in , sure do miss it.

  • @toke7560
    @toke7560 4 роки тому +413

    1960s, best years in the history of the planet. Never again will people have the same freedoms.

    • @nanonevol
      @nanonevol 4 роки тому +43

      Freedoms? All I see here are cops arresting people.

    • @willembiesbroek759
      @willembiesbroek759 4 роки тому +4

      john tokarz Soooooo true John. Gone with the wind, one moment it was there, second later gone forever.

    • @mikeysmith3755
      @mikeysmith3755 4 роки тому +2

      Bkes

    • @mikeysmith3755
      @mikeysmith3755 4 роки тому

      Kd

    • @michaelsmith1094
      @michaelsmith1094 4 роки тому +10

      Only the wise??? two black guys built the two most famous choppers for the Easy Rider Movie. The name Sugar bear ring a bell?

  • @dabprod
    @dabprod 6 років тому +314

    1965, the year I got out of the Army. Started riding in 1958 but never rode with an outlaw club. 74 now and still ride. 04 Harley Low Rider and a 68 BSA chopper.

    • @scottbrandt-nielsen3167
      @scottbrandt-nielsen3167 5 років тому +2

      🤟🏻

    • @backyardbraaapn1017
      @backyardbraaapn1017 5 років тому +5

      dadprod thank you for your service Sir. That is awesome you still ride. 👍

    • @tedhibbard6320
      @tedhibbard6320 5 років тому +2

      Always show our elders respect at all cost.Becuase they can always spot a know it all sucker.

    • @wbabojo2779
      @wbabojo2779 5 років тому +3

      '68 BSA Chopper.....bet that is sweet

    • @virgiljjacas1229
      @virgiljjacas1229 5 років тому +2

      A BSA chopper just like my brother did built. Did also own a " Push " (Austrian made " and the large monster of " Triumph ".

  • @wildcycles1
    @wildcycles1 3 роки тому +13

    My father has some great stories from this early to mid 60's era as a biker in SoCal. He hung out with these guys and knew Sonny, but never joined the Angels.

  • @nova136565
    @nova136565 5 років тому +18

    Was born in 65. I live in Texas so it’s Bandito country here but have respect for all the 1% clubs. Riding as an independent for over 30 years. Loved seeing all the old bikes. I like getting out my restored 49 Panhead every once and awhile and turning a few heads. It’s like riding a time machine.

  • @jamesrarus3106
    @jamesrarus3106 8 місяців тому +3

    Beautiful photos! Well done! Gotta say...the pure style of those dudes and dudettes was righteous. Sure, road grime, grease, rips and tears, etc., but the hair, the glasses, the layering of the leather and denim and the boots and the gloves...combined with the bikes, the surroundings, the patches and rockers...what a visual overload of high style...bravo!

  • @venomtjk6199
    @venomtjk6199 5 років тому +8

    Those are the good ol days,when it was about bikes,parties,girls and brotherhood.Im 43 years on Harleys and times have changed a lot....not to the better!

  • @davehowes5162
    @davehowes5162 3 роки тому +6

    Ah the 60's. I was a teenager Respect to all looking for their version of freedom. You feel it in these photos. The last great decade to live in California.

  • @lavaman1258
    @lavaman1258 4 роки тому +12

    Thanks so much for these great pictures. A time when we were young and free.

  • @alansmlth7989
    @alansmlth7989 4 роки тому +68

    This was back when Bikers were Real Bikers and Harleys were real Harleys.

    • @nigeh5326
      @nigeh5326 4 роки тому +6

      There’s also a few Triumphs and others in there too

    • @monmixer
      @monmixer 3 роки тому +4

      @@nigeh5326 and BSA, and what ever the hell you wanted to make. you can still do that but have to jump through hoops sometimes to get a title and a registration.

    • @billgonzales2339
      @billgonzales2339 3 роки тому

      @C Hoc your lucky these people are not here they would be trump supporters and would KICK yo ASS

    • @billgonzales2339
      @billgonzales2339 3 роки тому

      @C Hoc you lucky Im not there I kick yo ass bad

    • @harleyhawk7959
      @harleyhawk7959 3 роки тому

      @@monmixer as long as you have a registered serial # and title on the frame, building the bike is easier. not having that makes it difficult

  • @kevinblake7078
    @kevinblake7078 4 роки тому +12

    back when riding and having a party was all it was about. I miss the sixties. another time, god I hate getting old.

    • @rick928
      @rick928 4 роки тому +1

      The 'getting old' part seems to speed up the older you get! :(

    • @neville3151
      @neville3151 4 роки тому +1

      Well at least you remember the 60"s. A substantial part of that decade is just a foggy blur for some of us.

    • @kevinblake7078
      @kevinblake7078 4 роки тому +1

      @@neville3151 don't remember everything have some blank spots ;)

    • @stibstabler4689
      @stibstabler4689 2 роки тому +1

      Drug taking has never been compulsory or the smart thing to do ! Booze birds and backy were ok though were ,take care all and may your God go with you!

  • @stevenferraro3957
    @stevenferraro3957 3 роки тому +4

    Guys like these are why I been riding since 72' and I aint stopping any time soon...God willing.

  • @dandearborn727
    @dandearborn727 2 роки тому +10

    These guys and gals were way ahead of their time setting the trend for style, fashion, attitude..culture...

  • @timcarter7616
    @timcarter7616 Рік тому +6

    I had a girlfriend with me out riding one weekend and stopped off at a local biker watering hole. She freaked worried they were going to get us (or something.) I laughed at her and we went on inside. I almost had to drag her out when it was time to leave cuz of the fun she was having. Bikers are just like everyone else except they know how to have fun about anywhere.
    If you're out riding and have a breakdown some brothers pulling up means you ain't walking home.

  • @SCOTTSTALLARDBERMUDA
    @SCOTTSTALLARDBERMUDA 5 років тому +99

    They LOOK like the Hells Angels you were told about, the legends, the myth! What happened? and the bikes today? straight outta the showroom??
    Time to revisit the glory days guys.

    • @serberious
      @serberious 5 років тому +12

      Back in the day I was told that a garbage wagon was a bike with everything on it that a bike didn`t need and now I see " Angels " riding around on garbage wagons......what happened, man ?

    • @twiceisneverenough
      @twiceisneverenough 5 років тому +10

      The easy life has softened many up. Makes the goal of One World, One People easier for the global elitists to accomplish. From the TV, cell phones and everywhere will come the message, your government is your friend. Could the Hunger Games be coming? 💀🔥👁

    • @mikeysmith3755
      @mikeysmith3755 4 роки тому

      Hom

    • @johngillon6969
      @johngillon6969 4 роки тому

      Robbie Sun: glory days my ass along came the bikers and they ruined everything!!

    • @suskaklapp6641
      @suskaklapp6641 4 роки тому +2

      @@twiceisneverenough your right there mate, and the Hunger pains are coming.

  • @sgtboz9730
    @sgtboz9730 5 років тому +68

    This was the time to be an Angel.

    • @RS-Amsterdam
      @RS-Amsterdam 4 роки тому +7

      Those days you spend your money on a bike for freedom , nowadays on a lawyer to keep your piece of freedom !!

    • @therecanbeonlyonechris5019
      @therecanbeonlyonechris5019 4 роки тому +1

      @@RS-Amsterdam well said

    • @johngrepo9976
      @johngrepo9976 3 роки тому +1

      I say that all the time

  • @nunyabizness2433
    @nunyabizness2433 6 років тому +209

    Dammit! Why did we have to get old?

    • @kenb7145
      @kenb7145 5 років тому +8

      Shit happens

    • @donsang5976
      @donsang5976 5 років тому +12

      Shit happens, lucky your old enough to have lived in these times 😎😎😎😎

    • @benjaminluther542
      @benjaminluther542 5 років тому +3

      My idea of old use to change every few years. Now days I'm thinking old ? Just a number and it's better then the alternative

    • @sisaketmike
      @sisaketmike 5 років тому +3

      Why did so many of us not get old?

    • @60panhead1
      @60panhead1 5 років тому +4

      @Danny Walker danny this beer and shot , wild turkey, r fore u

  • @brianmurphy7372
    @brianmurphy7372 3 роки тому +6

    64 to 74 was a BLAST!!! NEVER TO REPEATED AGAIN!!! ADIOS AMIGOS!

  • @bigthunder2860
    @bigthunder2860 5 років тому +51

    When i was in California i was going down the freeway in my Volkswagen and all of sudden a loud rumble sound came behind me i looked in the mirror hear comes the hells angles two rows doing about 90mph i pulled over to the breakdown lane it took a while for them to go by they were on the way to the sturgis bike week i thought it was cool at the end of the bikes was about 10 hiway patrol cars with there lights going but what was even cooler was nobody was stopping and when they were done i had witnessed a once in the lifetime sight hells angles forever!

    • @johngillon6969
      @johngillon6969 4 роки тому +2

      And what you were witnessing was the end of the good times and the love. thanks to them everything is ruined. i feel sorry for the kids of today, the bikers ruined EVERYTHING.

    • @danflory6340
      @danflory6340 4 роки тому +1

      Sounds like an amazing memory. I wasn't born till 69. Love choppers...

    • @dickwelts8817
      @dickwelts8817 4 роки тому +4

      We used to see HA runs all the time back in the early 1970's going through San Bernardino on the 10 freeway, My brother was 14 in 1971 and I was 10 years old and we were riding in the back of my dad's Chrysler Newport driving from Pasadena to Palm Desert. Everyone waved and smiled, My dad used to look just like Jim Backus from Gilligan's Island

    • @joeybagadonuts7332
      @joeybagadonuts7332 4 роки тому +1

      AngELS NOT ANGLES SMH

    • @PhilAVega
      @PhilAVega 4 роки тому +2

      Much RESPECT for the Hell Angels. Then n now😎

  • @jasonspeth1865
    @jasonspeth1865 3 роки тому +83

    When bikers were bikers. The women were naturally beautiful too.

    • @Nonconformistwilderbeastman
      @Nonconformistwilderbeastman 3 роки тому +1

      The woman today choose a dog for a companion then a male treat the dog better too wonder what the hell they do with them god-damned dogs behind closed doors late at night when there's no one else around 🤣🤣🤣 I knew someone who had a dog for a dad I had to beat it over a fence with a stick when his mom was outside sunbathing 🤣🤣🤣🤗

    • @ShiratoriIsOffline
      @ShiratoriIsOffline 3 роки тому +5

      @@Nonconformistwilderbeastman yo, could I ask you to add periods and commas? I had a hard time trying to understand 😅

    • @Nonconformistwilderbeastman
      @Nonconformistwilderbeastman 3 роки тому +1

      @@ShiratoriIsOffline I know lol but I did graduate high school in 1981.but grammar wasn't my favorite subject obviously maybe I should maybe take a refresher course somewheres write oh I meant right ha ha ✌️❤️🖖🤞oh I was just kidding on my comment I should have put that in no offense intended I have a warped sense of humor at times sorry bout that ✌️❤️🖖🤞😎

    • @Bream243
      @Bream243 3 роки тому

      I noticed that too.

    • @frankpolo2088
      @frankpolo2088 3 роки тому

      ....wild people,my crowd!

  • @kenchavez7063
    @kenchavez7063 5 років тому +85

    Long long time ago in a galaxy far far away.

    • @mickjones8757
      @mickjones8757 5 років тому

      It was a very different time now they stop you give you legal advice or medical care

    • @fromhell87ASR
      @fromhell87ASR 5 років тому

      Yep

    • @serenehorizons3305
      @serenehorizons3305 3 роки тому

      Not far enough...next galaxy please...hugh wtf!!

    • @monmixer
      @monmixer 3 роки тому

      Life was good and jobs had good pay.

  • @borismoof6282
    @borismoof6282 7 років тому +118

    Great photos. Really capture a long lost time. Thanks for posting.

    • @Smooky76
      @Smooky76  7 років тому +4

      Enjoy !

    • @michaelsmith1094
      @michaelsmith1094 5 років тому +7

      I was only 12 yrs. old and riding my mini bike or enduro in the Las Vegas desert. It was fun. I remember back then kids, teens and adults liked motor cycles. Now every one is starring at IPads.

  • @sambrooks7862
    @sambrooks7862 4 роки тому +142

    The girls were so naturally beautiful then.

    • @roscoe4092
      @roscoe4092 4 роки тому +14

      Sam Brooks back when meth wasn’t a part of biker culture

    • @ericagilvin1859
      @ericagilvin1859 4 роки тому

      @@roscoe4092 💔

    • @wieski5754
      @wieski5754 3 роки тому

      @Outlaw xd DESTRUCTION 100 epic REDIT moment xDDd whooooooosh

    • @goutvols103
      @goutvols103 3 роки тому +3

      Tristan Swain true but there was speed; perhaps not as addictive.

    • @mikeysmith3755
      @mikeysmith3755 3 роки тому

      Love 69re

  • @whiplash8277
    @whiplash8277 5 років тому +5

    Grew up on these cats in the 60's and by mid 70's I knew I was gonna be a Biker or die tryin...bout my first HD in 1978 and by God, I have had 40 years of fun ridin and partin with some of the coolest folks ever.

  • @bradspatz7690
    @bradspatz7690 5 років тому +332

    Aaaaah, before computers, breathalyzers, drug dogs, helmet laws, exhaust noise laws, emision laws, radar guns, picture drivers licences, smoke in public,...and best of all, regular gas was about 100 octane,....110 at Sunoco.

    • @robertlee7412
      @robertlee7412 5 років тому +9

      What ever happened to those special pumps off to the side ?
      Sunoco had the best stuff

    • @m.b.82
      @m.b.82 5 років тому +15

      As long as you were white, good time to be alive.

    • @twiceisneverenough
      @twiceisneverenough 5 років тому +27

      @@m.b.82 I guess you may not have known about the East Bay Dragons, Fresco Rattlers, Outlaw Vagabonds, Defiant Ones; down South in LA were the Choppers, Soul Brothers & of course, the Chosen Few that shared the FTW sentiment of white mc's back in the 50's and 60's. The Mongols are predominantly Latino-ruled so race was well represented as it was more about living outside the boundaries of the masses and by your own code...FREEDOM. 🔫♠💀

    • @trickydick991
      @trickydick991 5 років тому +10

      But the man still hassled us Scooter Trash. It was better without all the technology though.FTW

    • @twiceisneverenough
      @twiceisneverenough 5 років тому +27

      It's sad how the younger generations don't get our biker culture and lifestyle. I had a 'disagreement' with a punk who claimed I wanted too much freedom. I just looked at him and told him he had no idea how free we were riding back in the 60's. So much has been taken away. Ride on brothers. FTW! 💀👊

  • @shellyjackson3887
    @shellyjackson3887 5 років тому +3

    This is from the year I was born!! Badasses!! My husband and I both ride! Love seeing the cool bikes!!

  • @euromodeller
    @euromodeller 5 років тому +8

    Great pics, the best years of my life hanging out with guys like that

  • @ls.4895
    @ls.4895 5 місяців тому +1

    Some of the greatest bikers there are in these pics ,Buzzard ,Hambone, Dougie Poo,Slave Louie...what a time to be alive!

  • @Hamigal
    @Hamigal 4 роки тому +37

    When freedom meant something. My oh my how times have changed.

    • @potatosalad9519
      @potatosalad9519 4 роки тому

      dont look to free. being harassed by the cops

    • @twiceisneverenough
      @twiceisneverenough 4 роки тому +5

      @@potatosalad9519 I think you're kind of missing the point. Cops only harass people who live outside the boundary of obedience. They got harassed because they chose the FTW lifestyle. Look at how the man is locking people up in their own homes. Those who easily give up freedom for safety will end up with neither. Never put your life in the hands of the most falable species on earth. Man! 💀

    • @quantumleap4023
      @quantumleap4023 3 роки тому

      The times haven't taken a turn for the worse. The people have. There's no reason you can't be out there doing what they did. I'm 18 and and I'm a life long biker! Why don't you quit complaining about how life ain't the same and come join us!

    • @Hamigal
      @Hamigal 3 роки тому

      @@quantumleap4023 Wow 18 huh. I'm 63 and have lived along time. Army vet and medical career, now retired. Yes times have changed much. My husband and I rode for years he's gone now I'm a widow, sold our bikes. Health not well enough to ride now. You got a lot of living to do pal. I've already lived along time.

    • @highwatercircutrider
      @highwatercircutrider 2 роки тому

      @@Hamigal 71 and still riding The big bikes ( a privilege not afforded to many ).

  • @kimchambers6685
    @kimchambers6685 5 років тому +265

    Men and women looked good and fit. It was before the age of fast food and a prescription drug epidemic

    • @Steyreon
      @Steyreon 5 років тому +15

      Sure, they all ate fresh cooked food they grew themselves in their gardens. And fir their drugs they just didn't need a perscription.

    • @willywombat2087
      @willywombat2087 4 роки тому +6

      No McDonald's

    • @rickallen6378
      @rickallen6378 4 роки тому +15

      Back when bikers ate organic and counted calories.

    • @jordangordan8980
      @jordangordan8980 4 роки тому +10

      Less processed shit foods too

    • @christopherdean1326
      @christopherdean1326 4 роки тому +2

      Yeah, that guy at 2:11 looks a picture of health!

  • @desmonddwyer
    @desmonddwyer 4 роки тому +67

    1965 and not a fat one among them things have changed, ;-)

    • @michaelsmith1094
      @michaelsmith1094 4 роки тому +1

      Desmond, They got old.

    • @Ninjaraf626
      @Ninjaraf626 4 роки тому

      Desmond Dwyer ya. A lot of swaz’s back than

    • @tgwazu
      @tgwazu 4 роки тому +3

      Yea, and look how small those bikes look compared to all the baggers they/we ride today!

    • @stevemaslow703
      @stevemaslow703 3 роки тому

      one fat-ass chick

    • @ElLoco182
      @ElLoco182 3 роки тому

      way too much fat people is an US problem only....

  • @robertcaffrey6097
    @robertcaffrey6097 5 років тому +29

    Great set of vintage pics I always loved the look of those old choppers. I hope all the folks in those pics got to make it to the present and are still living it up. Ride on.

    • @twiceisneverenough
      @twiceisneverenough 5 років тому +6

      True, but maybe their experiences were worth two lives in todays over legislated, over drama'd world we've got now?

    • @BootsMacD
      @BootsMacD 4 роки тому

      @usmc 03retired Do you know the name of the guy on the bike waving at 0.09? Seen him in a lot of photos and read Sonny Barger's book but don't recall his name. Thanks

    • @BootsMacD
      @BootsMacD 4 роки тому

      @usmc 03retired Yea that's the buck.. I'm the same, don't recall his name coming up in the book but a lot of others did. Just curious.

    • @BootsMacD
      @BootsMacD 4 роки тому

      After a bit more time looking into it, I think that guy could possibly be Terry the Tramp.

    • @PhilAVega
      @PhilAVega 4 роки тому

      Your words are Cool 😎 n respectful Robert.
      Thanks

  • @dielauwen
    @dielauwen 5 років тому +60

    BACK when we had no fences, security guards, cops with riot gear , and a man was a man and woman a woman. Built your own custom parts for your bike and you kicked ass if someone messed with what was yours.
    And Patriotic to the bone.

    • @noairplanewaseverfoundatth4336
      @noairplanewaseverfoundatth4336 5 років тому +3

      Patriotism is fascism in disguise.

    • @twiceisneverenough
      @twiceisneverenough 5 років тому +8

      The country was a lot stronger then. Globalism is tearing countries and people's spirits to live free apart. One World, One People = One Government. Sounds like the Hunger Games. 💀

    • @noairplanewaseverfoundatth4336
      @noairplanewaseverfoundatth4336 5 років тому

      @@twiceisneverenough- In reading the 34 PDF's found at

    • @noairplanewaseverfoundatth4336
      @noairplanewaseverfoundatth4336 5 років тому

      In reading the 34 PDF's found at this website a person will learn that the Old World Order is now the New World Order, nothings changed in the Matrix of lies they started building a long time ago. A word of caution, a cell phone is too small, you will need a larger monitor when viewing the evidence -
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      miles w mathis .com/ matrix .pdf
      miles w mathis .com/ unabomber .pdf

    • @jimmartin7881
      @jimmartin7881 3 роки тому

      Uhm, no cops in riot gear? Remember a little to do at Kent state?

  • @KowboyUSA
    @KowboyUSA 4 роки тому +21

    What I'd give to just be 65 again!

  • @VisualAssault2011
    @VisualAssault2011 4 роки тому +7

    Hell's Angels 1965, but the song is Lynyrd Skynyrd's version of "Call Me the Breeze" from their album Second Helping released in 1974...

  • @bluewendigo672
    @bluewendigo672 4 роки тому +29

    The times when woman's fall in love just with Flowers.✌

  • @wendyleathermysteryalmquis3838
    @wendyleathermysteryalmquis3838 5 років тому +3

    Really Awesome post thank you ..this is one year before I was born and my first ride was at 7yrs. Old with a outlaw, I loved it and my first big crush was born!!😻

  • @pumpkinface8151
    @pumpkinface8151 3 роки тому +3

    Holy shit the contrast between these riders and todays is night and day. Everyone had a full head of hair and none of them had 300 pound love handles scraping the pavement while riding.

  • @ritamaymaness6097
    @ritamaymaness6097 5 років тому +8

    nothing but love and respect from me

  • @keithfaulk1354
    @keithfaulk1354 5 місяців тому +1

    One of the best songs ever recorded!!❤❤

  • @donaldharrison9344
    @donaldharrison9344 4 роки тому +2

    Grew up in those days in Montreal, QC. Canada...... The Satans Choice were our MC..... Watched them ride, party..... They patched over eventually to HAs....... My first bike in 1968 was 1963 Pan and still riding today on my 1995 Sporty...... MC's today are a different bread..... Only a few of us old and greys left that ride..... Ahh the memories..... Ride on people, ride on......

    • @davidallen3050
      @davidallen3050 Рік тому

      STILL ON A 90,,,1200 / 4 SPEED HERE IN NEW ZEALAND ,,,SHINY SIDE UP FELLOW GREYBEARD !

  • @theunknowns44
    @theunknowns44 3 роки тому +10

    I wasn't wild seeing that guy wearing a swastika on his t-shirt; that made me think how he would look on the wrong end of a 1911 - however, seeing the video made me homesick for America; I loved living there. Now I'm a stranger in a strange land - I'm talking about America, son; I still live here but it sure ain't 1965 anymore; or '75 or '85 or even '95. What an effing drag - I'm glad my parents aren't around to see this.

    • @alanbstard4
      @alanbstard4 3 роки тому +2

      what's wrong with the swastika?

    • @alanbstard4
      @alanbstard4 3 роки тому +2

      @XGamerZoca really

    • @pbyrnetz
      @pbyrnetz 3 роки тому +3

      The SoCal Angels would often sport swastikas and other Nazi emblems on their colors back in the day. It wasn’t a show of support or sympathy for Nazi Germany, but rather an antisocial statement because these emblems were so controversial. They wore them to “shake up the squares.”

    • @theunknowns44
      @theunknowns44 3 роки тому

      @@pbyrnetz Too bad they didn't put out a disclaimer on that - the optics are bad.

  • @billypilgrim7838
    @billypilgrim7838 5 років тому +27

    sportsters were quick for a long time,had to love em to kickstart that beast

    • @twiceisneverenough
      @twiceisneverenough 5 років тому +2

      And they all packed the red gas jugs cause they only got 100 miles in those small tanks back in the day. 👍

    • @twiceisneverenough
      @twiceisneverenough 5 років тому +1

      @john thonig Smart custom fix John. Keep on rollin man, shiny side up. 👍💀

    • @nelsong4719
      @nelsong4719 5 років тому +2

      The early magneto equipped XLCH Sportsters were bad ass machines but were hard to start. My 71 CH had no mag but had a finicky Tillotston carb with an accelerator pump that flooded easily for a rookie. This bike could easily overtake a Hog or Bonneville but not a well tuned Commando or smoky Widowmaker unless you were passing at highway speeds.

    • @vernwallen4246
      @vernwallen4246 3 роки тому

      The faster the magnetos turned the more fire/speed.

    • @indiandennisamerican9311
      @indiandennisamerican9311 3 роки тому +2

      True that . In 69 I had an XLCH that I sometimes had to kick a hundred times . Had a big hole in the street in front of my house from the kickstand.I knew Frisco Bob and Gypsy Jim back then . Still riding at 73 on a Valkyrie an Indian and a Royal Enfield.

  • @timothydoyle4122
    @timothydoyle4122 4 місяці тому +1

    these photos can and will take u back in time.

  • @jamesellis5549
    @jamesellis5549 6 років тому +5

    I sure enjoy looking at these old chops,so many pans and now they are getting rare.

  • @Liberalcali
    @Liberalcali 4 роки тому +5

    Bike life! Being a biker is the most amazing thing to experience

  • @1941392
    @1941392 5 років тому +62

    The last days of the Wild West. Get me outta’ here, I wanna’ go back....

    • @PhilAVega
      @PhilAVega 4 роки тому

      😎cool

    • @madhatter9569
      @madhatter9569 4 роки тому

      I wish i was born earlier to be able to ride a bike in the 60s out west.

    • @quantumleap4023
      @quantumleap4023 3 роки тому

      Hey now, the movement ain't over! Grab yourself a mean bike, and a mean leather jacket and let's ride! No time like the present!

    • @monmixer
      @monmixer 3 роки тому

      Right, the old days and the old ways were best. When men were men and women were women and if you weren't either you just left every one else alone and didn't try to push your agenda on anyone.

  • @royfelton6969
    @royfelton6969 3 роки тому +2

    I had a 1967 Triumph Trophy 650 TR6 in the 1970's I was to young for the 60's . Where have them good days gone. Great version of the Breeze. FREEDOM BROTHERS

  • @PanM8
    @PanM8 5 років тому +116

    When California was still free.

    • @johngillon6969
      @johngillon6969 4 роки тому +1

      remember the song dogs run free. that ended when reagan was in office. BTW first dog i ever knew of that his balls cut off was about 1978. wtf? cut the balls off your dog. not my dog.It all really started about 1965. we used to dance and sing and love was in the air. then the bikers ruined it all!!!!!

    • @FredBTs
      @FredBTs 4 роки тому

      Still is.

    • @lonesometinman3147
      @lonesometinman3147 4 роки тому +7

      Before it became the land of.nuts.fruits.and flakes

    • @madhatter9569
      @madhatter9569 4 роки тому

      What state in the union is free today? Even Texas isn't as free as it use to be.

    • @quantumleap4023
      @quantumleap4023 3 роки тому

      @@lonesometinman3147 California Cream puffs!

  • @brucebailey9194
    @brucebailey9194 3 роки тому +3

    Great pics with a top ten road song for just running down the highway. 80 mph and this song is damn near flying like an eagle.

  • @NoWayOut55
    @NoWayOut55 5 років тому +4

    My mom was selling to Animal, Terry,(the Tramp,) and Tiny..lthe same guys in the HUNTER S. THOMPSON PIC back in the 60's, we lived in Sepulveda at Orion....My Mom partied too hard.
    RIP 07/03/2003.
    We knew a lot of the Red and White back in the day.

    • @donaldsmith7824
      @donaldsmith7824 5 років тому

      Big Smoke Guitar dirty dennis on a 3 wheeler ring a bell.

  • @jackjohnson7396
    @jackjohnson7396 5 років тому +6

    65 was a great pivotal year. Things were changing fast!

  • @chevyblue10
    @chevyblue10 3 роки тому +6

    Great editing skills. Love all the pics. Love how the song timing matches appropriate pics.

    • @Smooky76
      @Smooky76  3 роки тому

      thanks ... but i'm a newbie in video editing ...

  • @stag.3526
    @stag.3526 3 роки тому +5

    Those chopper sissy bars at 03:00... holy crap, AWESOME! And every body looked so fit. Like... EVERYbody!

  • @dardofernandez7605
    @dardofernandez7605 8 років тому +5

    Increíble compilación de fotos y música!...

  • @vitomicheal7201
    @vitomicheal7201 Рік тому +2

    Thank you for uploading this footage, my old man is very pleased.

  • @ulrichfriehe3459
    @ulrichfriehe3459 Рік тому +1

    Both bikes and riders look better back in the day than they do today.

  • @GottliebGoltz
    @GottliebGoltz 4 роки тому +2

    Remember, remember. Love it, I'm sure glad I was able to share every bit of it.

  • @kelmeister709
    @kelmeister709 5 років тому +14

    Sissy bars and exhaust pipes way up high. heck yeah!

  • @gregoryfortenberry741
    @gregoryfortenberry741 4 роки тому +8

    Wrist full cocked, with hand full of throttle hair in the wind, days gone by

  • @phyllispatterson312
    @phyllispatterson312 Рік тому

    I was a valley girl SFV. Born in the mid 50's and on the back of a Harley by 13. Painter Joe first a Slave and later an HA lived on Roscoe at the time and would often pick me up while I was walking home from middle school which I rarely went to. I've been a biker chick my whole life and will be till I get to join them in whatever happens when I die. I've had a great life. I was always protected and never had anything but the best from any 1% or social biker club that I've been around. The only regret I ever had was I wish I would have been born a few years earlier. So many wonderful men are gone including mine. I also regret a few parties I missed but none I went to. Straight up thanks for posting. I saved a screenshot of Dougie Poo and I of my husband that was taken when I was 10 years old. He was 20 yrs older than me. Please post as many as you can. Our pipes broke and flooded the closet where I had all my pics so this is so much appreciated.

  • @willymiranda5537
    @willymiranda5537 4 роки тому +2

    In 1965 I was 13 years old. Saw my 1st group of 81 going through the streets of SAN FRANCISCO. Decided that day I would get a motorcycle the day I turned 18 , & I did!! Went home & asked the folks if they wanted me gone, they said no. $500.00 didn’t get me much / a tired 650 TRIUMPH TT. Didn’t make any difference anyway as the 2nd day I owned it I tore it down & proceded to turn it into a CHOPPER. TOOK me a year or so as I had to buy everything ( only thing left was the motor & frame. I was making less than $2.00 an hour at the time so sold a little weed to supplement my income & expedite the build. 6 over new front end / hard tail / 21 front / 16 rear / all new / & the motor redone by Monroe motors in the lower mission district / a couple blocks from 81’s chopper shop. All said & done / came out great / got stopped a lot by LEO just to check out the build. Was a great time to be young / a great place to grow up. The BIKES / MUSIC / the freedom we felt we had / if only in our minds was great. Northern CALIFORNIA WAS THE PLACE TO BE!!!!!🦅🏍⚒☠️⚡️🌎🇺🇸🏥🦠💣😎 Drove that for a few years than graduated to my 1st HARLEY. A 1959 PANHEAD CHOPPER. 12 over wide glide / ape hangers / forward controls ( made ) nothing on that bike that wasn’t necessary ⁉️⁉️😎

  • @apachebob8840
    @apachebob8840 8 років тому +19

    Very amazing. I got this up as I'm in the middle of Hunter Thompson's Hells Angels - this is all from right around that time

    • @raymondkolbus3186
      @raymondkolbus3186 7 років тому +7

      amen to that, i had a 66 ch in 83, 63 pan in a 48 frame from then till now.
      currently,my pitys name is,thecbreeze.
      i am biker ray from buzzards bay.

    • @simonpanter3627
      @simonpanter3627 Рік тому

      I saw one of the guys jacket said Satan's Slaves. Do you remember the part in the book about them?

  • @exjazzer
    @exjazzer 6 років тому +5

    thank you for posting

  •  4 роки тому +1

    Not one guy holding a cell phone or wearing skinny jeans with purple hair.Times have softened the man.
    Imagine having to “kick start” your bike!!
    Oh the humanity!!!

  • @timbarnes3581
    @timbarnes3581 3 роки тому +2

    As someone who grew up in this era, the most shocking part of these pictures? There is not one single fat person.

  • @j6865
    @j6865 5 років тому +269

    Back when California was still part of the United States.

    • @afterburner2869
      @afterburner2869 4 роки тому +24

      J Unfortunately it has succumbed to liberalism.

    • @dirkdiggler2430
      @dirkdiggler2430 4 роки тому +13

      Yeah sure. With 90% of cities in California named after Mexican names or Mexican places.

    • @bangkitmaulana7641
      @bangkitmaulana7641 4 роки тому +13

      @Fay Ryuujin excusme what you problem you go fuck with antifa .

    • @V8Deuce
      @V8Deuce 4 роки тому +6

      That's the truth !

    • @bangkitmaulana7641
      @bangkitmaulana7641 4 роки тому

      @@V8Deuce the truth about my comen ..?

  • @mukhumor
    @mukhumor 4 роки тому +53

    Before Hell's Angels went corporate.

    • @robertcubinelli4961
      @robertcubinelli4961 4 роки тому +1

      Corporate Angels are C.I.A. infiltrators.

    • @mukhumor
      @mukhumor 4 роки тому +1

      @@robertcubinelli4961 The rest are Navy seals. They are so bogus. Child snatchers for the VIP's and Pimps.

    • @robertcubinelli4961
      @robertcubinelli4961 4 роки тому +2

      @@mukhumor
      Yeah, I heard about that...but you find good people and bad people in the best of places.

    • @mukhumor
      @mukhumor 4 роки тому +2

      @@robertcubinelli4961 Yeah, to a lot of people that patch means Child snatcher. I mean what were they fighting about in Las Vegas? A patch? Honor? Cookies? Las Vegas is where the big auctions go on, with Sheikhs from all over paying good money for the right victim.

    • @victorlopez3284
      @victorlopez3284 3 роки тому +3

      BEFORE HELLS ANGELS WENT RAT YOU SAY!!!

  • @johns.87
    @johns.87 4 роки тому +2

    DAMN!! These HAD to be some KickAss, Wonderful Times, SIR!!

  • @frodeify
    @frodeify 7 років тому +42

    Love the style on the bikes :-)

  • @lowellirish
    @lowellirish 3 роки тому +7

    No $50,000 custom rides here folks... no orange and black coffee cups and fancy leather boots, tshirts with "Sturgis" on them... These were the REAL deals!

    • @TIMEtoRIDE900
      @TIMEtoRIDE900 3 роки тому

      This was BEFORE Sturgis . . . . Before deodorant too.

  • @gaoxiaen1
    @gaoxiaen1 8 місяців тому

    When I was stationed in Long Beach, I hung around and partied with the Vagos MC in Torrance. I never had a problem with any of them. They were all 100% chill and friendly.

  • @user-cc4pr8wc4w
    @user-cc4pr8wc4w 4 місяці тому +2

    That’s when they rode killer bikes, not two wheeled cars . 💪

  • @specialse
    @specialse 6 років тому +44

    many many cool iron sportsters and no fat birds ....

    • @americanman4746
      @americanman4746 5 років тому +5

      specialse Long live the Ironheads!

    • @mattivirta
      @mattivirta 4 роки тому

      but has wery ugly all girls what video has. newer not touch any this girls ,uglys,many fat, and lot horrible ugly. monsters.

  • @stevetemple8826
    @stevetemple8826 4 роки тому +2

    I was just a baby in 1965 & we lived in L.A. then. I remember as a kid I would always see folks just like them on the road with my parents. Those were more simplified times back then.

  • @vincewhirlwind574
    @vincewhirlwind574 6 років тому +40

    Just boys out having fun with motorcycles

    • @sammyscotch9945
      @sammyscotch9945 5 років тому +1

      Thats right... boys, not men

    • @1941392
      @1941392 5 років тому +5

      Oh yeah sammy? Tuff guy?

    • @vitz5656
      @vitz5656 4 роки тому +2

      just nazis

  • @jamiegodwin3070
    @jamiegodwin3070 5 років тому +10

    That's pretty awesome, have fun guys and girls. And why the down comments to it, jeez, just everyone having fun and sone cool photography for the time

  • @az0970449
    @az0970449 7 років тому +3

    Awesome vid thanks for sharing !! Love the old days simple life !!

  • @linnepinzel
    @linnepinzel 3 роки тому +2

    Hell yea the old school 🔥
    ❤️❤️❤️ MLLH&R from Amsterdam

  • @soultaff
    @soultaff 3 роки тому +2

    The future is bright , the future will always be “ red and white “ awesome pictorial history 💪 . Proper chops . As a 2nd generation “ UK Mod 🛵🛵🛵” I will always have most respect for the ‘ HA ‘ live to ride , ride to live ❤️🖤💪

  • @thelastrebelshow1627
    @thelastrebelshow1627 7 років тому +82

    I was a little kid but we had HAs living right across the street from us In Hayward Ca. In those days it was common to see between 100 & 300 of them out on the road at any one time. These folks were my influences growing up and I was listening to Steppenwolf and Creedence Clear Water Revival when I was in the third grade. Ah the good ol days 😆🤘

    • @RobertJones-ew8fz
      @RobertJones-ew8fz 5 років тому +3

      What neighborhood was that in? I remember the Question Marks MC before they were patched over by the HA.

    • @agent19kentuckypotbaron15
      @agent19kentuckypotbaron15 5 років тому +2

      Anyone remember the brown hatters?

    • @joshuajames1698
      @joshuajames1698 5 років тому +2

      Margaret@ highland just up the hill from 7-11 on the right, few houses down on the right side. Sound about right tlrs?

    • @carlupthegrove262
      @carlupthegrove262 5 років тому +1

      Doggie Diner in Hayward in the 60s.... I remember it well

    • @alanwhiteside410
      @alanwhiteside410 5 років тому +4

      Yeah Steppenwolf & Creedence Clear Water Rivival.
      and some Hendrix and
      John Lee Hooker! 😎👍🍺

  • @robertbairt928
    @robertbairt928 4 роки тому +15

    Need a high credit score even for a used Harley these days, "Live free and Ride" days are gone like my youth😎

  • @lonesometinman3147
    @lonesometinman3147 2 роки тому +1

    Chingon .
    Thanks for putting this up.

  • @michaelford549
    @michaelford549 4 роки тому +2

    Awesome UA-cam video support 81 Hells Angels Forever

  • @thejackel1844
    @thejackel1844 4 роки тому +14

    The end of an era, last year of the Panhead...

  • @michelringlet4902
    @michelringlet4902 7 років тому +19

    Long long time , crazy 1965 i'm old boy =================== crazy in my mind for longtime

  • @vincefigone3043
    @vincefigone3043 4 роки тому +1

    I grew up in Pacifica California and my father with friends with an Oakland chapter member of the hells Angels. When I was 6 years old my dad used to make me go up to him and pull on his pants, finally he would look down at me and say what. My father made me tell him go piss up a rope!he would pick me up and hold me up in the air I must have been 10 ft off the ground crying like crazy! I'll never forget him!

  • @mikefrancis9707
    @mikefrancis9707 3 роки тому

    Brought back a lot of good memories. Thx

  • @planetgroucho
    @planetgroucho 4 роки тому +7

    “I need your clothes, your boots, and your motorcycle.”

  • @12345vjd
    @12345vjd 5 років тому +10

    I lived in the SF Bay Area and remember when the Hells Angels, Gypsy Jokers and Rattlers would ride from SF down to San Jose in their full colors cruising El Camino Real. They would pull into Kibby's Drive-in in San Mateo and all the straight family type people would clear out in cold fear...the rest of us would watch them do wheelies in the parking lot...It's really too bad the younger generation missed out on so much fun.