Raging Romantics
#90 OMG! The Romance of Motorcycle Clubs
CONTENT WARNING: drugs and drug trafficking, violence, violence against women, gang and outlaw culture, and murder.
Now paging Charlie Hunnam...Charlie are you there? We need someone to take us on a motorcycle ride! On this episode we explore the history of motorcycles, motorcycle riders, and the original outlaw motorcycle gang (aka, the OMG!). Questions/comments/concerns/recommendations? Email us at: ragingromantics@nopl.org
Pics:
- Reitwagon
- Motorcycle ad
- Orient Motor Pacer
- Motodome
- Johnnie drinking coke
- Johnnie the pig
- Knucklehead
- Varsity riders club
- Hollister Riot
Books/authors we mention
- Tillie Cole
- Joanna Wylde
- Devil's Game by Joanna Wylde
- Reaper's Property by Joanna Wylde
- Tm Frazier
- Kristin Ashley
- Christine Feehan
- Cate C Wells
- Butcher & Blackbird by Brynne Weaver
- The Dirty Life by Kristin Kimball
- When the Moon Hatched by Sarah Parker
Sources
- "Bonds of Brotherhood: The Origin and Growth of Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs" (Hamilton, 2002)
- "Outlaw Motorcycle Club" (Wikipedia)
- "The Rough History of Biker Cuts" (Muzquiz, 2020)
- "Cut-off" (wikipedia)
- "Hollister Riot" (wikipedia)
- "American Masculinity After World War II" (national ww2 museum, 2021)
- "Counterculture as a Gendered Post-War Legacy: The Latent Case of Outlaw Motorcycle Clubs" (Hatta, 2020)
- "Motorcycle Club Culture: Embracing the Brotherhood & Exploring the Rich History" (Leather Face Gear, 2023)
- Commodification and Popular Imagery of the Biker in American Culture (Austin, 2010)
- A Brief History of the Motorcycle (Bellis, 2019)
- A Brief History of Motorcycles" (Windy City Motorcycle Company, 2023)
- "Motorcycle" (wikipedia)
- "History of Motorcycles in the United States" (Indian Motorcycle of Austin, 2022)
- THE MOTORDROME - BOARD TRACK MOTORCYCLE RACING (Panhead Jim, 2012)
- "Not Just a Knucklehead: The 1936 Model EL" (Harley Davidson Museum)
- "A Century of Motorcycling | The 1930s (Motorcyclist Staff, 2012)"
- "Davidson: There’s a Reason It’s Called a Hog "(Wells, 2024) - note that this website might not work correctly.
- "THE MOST RECOGNIZED PHOTO IN HARLEY-DAVIDSON® HISTORY: RAY, JOHNNIE AND THE HOG LEGACY" (Harley-Davidson, 2020)
- HARLEY-DAVIDSON MOTORCYCLES (Online Museum.net, 2020)
- "Choppers" (wikipedia)
- What is it about choppers? (quora)
- What are some criticisms of Sons of Anarchy regarding its portrayal of biker culture? (quora)
- Longing and Belonging: Toward a Cultural History of Gay Motorcycle Clubs in the US (gurman, 2019)