It isn't just Kansas and Georgia now, it is ALR wide. Personally, the few posts that were getting carried away trying to do things more like an MC (not as 1% MC as suggested) in Georgia were policed by us and corrected before it got out of hand. Basically, a few Posts were trying to have initiations and what not and the ALR doesn't do that and we put a stop to it.

As you know membership in the ALR consists of:
1. Membership in the American Legion
2. 350cc Motorcycle or larger.
3. YOU buy your own patches, they are not given or awarded to you and they are YOUR property.
4. Valid MC drivers license.

That's it. No probationary period, no pomp and circumstance, no initiation etc...

So, again, what I would like to know is what happened all of a sudden to change their minds?

 

My dad and uncle were Red and White in Cal. My dad always kept club business on the down low around our house. My uncle was injured in a bike wreck in Big Bear in the 80's and had some brain damage.I never really understood theirlink to 81 until I was older. I have chosen not to join as I live in an Outlaw state and desire a little peace.

 

I've enjoyed lurking here, and I've actually learned a lot. It has been relatively civil, but from a strict outsider's view point, and not meaning to step on anyone's toes, I think writing things like "MC's talk about earning the right to wear three pieces because they were the club house pizz boy for a few months or so" might tend to offend some of the patches present. If we can just think about what we're about to say, I think we'll get a lot further.

Bill

 

And what they say or do affects their MC as well!!!

 

Hello Soft Tail,Heres where you need to go to get very good information: goggle search "rc vs mc" and check that out. Should answer most of your question's. Took me a while to remember how to get to that education site,been long time sence I saw it---It's something to do with Delphi forums.[X(]

 

I believe this might be the "Motorcycle Club, Riding Club" educational site you might be talking about..

http://home.earthlink.net/~rcvsmc-edu/index.html

 

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Kind of reminds me of the old saw: "I wouldn't want to belong to any organization that would have someone like me as a member." [sm=confused06.gif]

 

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No 81 here in Georgia, Outlaw country. Nearestred and white club house in Fayetteville NC I believe.