They make the news mostly for being unruly and raucous groups of throttle twisting hooligans—at least that’s what media have always shown. Although there are some truth to these descriptions of some of the motorcycle clubs in the United States, there are those who actually were formed to address and ease some issues happening in their communities.
Clubs considered by Feds as highly structured criminal enterprises
From the LA Times, on May 18, 2015, they included the following motorcycle clubs as seven of what they deemed as criminal enterprise
The Mongols
The Bandidos
The Outlaws
Hells Angels
The Pagans
Sons of Silence
Vagos
The Cossacks
Hells Angels, though, have been having annual toy drives.
List of motorcycle clubs that are working on improving issues in their communities:
Not all news about motorcycle clubs are about crimes or violence. There are actually some organizations that aim to do some repair on the issues that causes problems in their communities or simply to help encourage and empower children, women, and people who are down on their luck.
The list below by Arun Singh Pundir, published on March 27, 2020.
Red Knights Motorcycle Club
Iron Legacy Motorcycle Club
Ruffian’s Motorcycle Club
Rainbow Motorcycle Club
Bikers Against Child Abuse (BACA)
The Christian Motorcyclist Association
Buffalo Soldiers Motorcycle Club
Bikerni Association of Women Motorcyclists
The Iron Order Motorcycle Club
Motor Maids Motorcycle Club
The Punishers Motorcycle Club
Furies Motorcycle Club
Freewheelers Emergency Voluntary Service
Hard Heads Motorcycl Club
The US Veterans Motorcycle Club
These motorcycle clubs are standing up for their communities, and their aim is to make the world (or at least their side of it) a little bit better and hope to pass on to the next generation that doing good things even while looking a little tough is not bad at all.
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