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Old Mar 30, 2008 | 11:07 PM
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Default What Do You Consider "Colors"

Me and a couple of buddies went for a ride last week and we walked into a small out of the way bar for a cold beer. They told us we couldn't stay because they didn't allow "Colors".

I have an old brown leather vest with the typical patches from different events that have special meaning to me. The back of the vest just has a typical patch with the top and bottom rockers that say "Live to Ride", "Ride to Live".

We didn't make a big deal out of it and yes I could have taken the vest off and put it in the saddlebag but we just left and went some place else.

I am not a member of any club so I don't consider my vest as "Colors". Is that discrimination or ignorrance?
 
Old Mar 30, 2008 | 11:16 PM
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Default RE: What Do You Consider "Colors"

To me that is not colors that is just a patch on a jacket but to uneducated folks all they see is a center patch with a top and bottom rocker thus colors.

Colors in most bars are just that a true MC center patch and rockers and that can be any MC weather it is HOG, Christian bikers or Hells angles they are all colors..........
 
Old Mar 30, 2008 | 11:22 PM
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Ignorance...

Flying colors is having MC patch and rockers on jacket, etc
 
Old Mar 30, 2008 | 11:22 PM
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Yep...Just the publics perception of colors. Not real knowing what there even looking at.
 
Old Mar 30, 2008 | 11:28 PM
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ORIGINAL: Rbohno

Is that discrimination or ignorrance?
Both
 
Old Mar 30, 2008 | 11:30 PM
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I only regard the traditional 3 patches as "Colors".
 
Old Mar 30, 2008 | 11:46 PM
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You weren't wearing colors.
 
Old Mar 31, 2008 | 12:59 AM
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they are not colors.
these are N.Z. colors



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Old Mar 31, 2008 | 05:52 AM
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Sounds to me like you did not belong in there anyway,wrong crowd.
 
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Most non riding (and probablya lot ofriding) people don't know the difference.
 



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