Club Related Slang
*P: Short for president. Most patch holders refer to him this way, prospects will likely receive a tongue lashing if they try and use this.
*Church: Weekly meetings for club business. This terminology was originally coined as a sarcastic comment to throw off cops. 'Officer: Where are you coming from tonight? Patch Holder: Church, officer…'
*Chapter: A chapter is a group of club members hailing from a particular city. This is consists of a President, a VP, all other officers, patch holders, and prospects. New chapters can be started with the permission of the founder or president of the Mother Chapter.
Mother Chapter: There can be chapters of the club all over the world, but the Mother Chapter is wherever the founder started the club.
Pack: This refers to when the club rides together in formation.
*Run: An event that the club rides to together as a pack. This is often a camp out with 'biker games', BBQ, and live entertainment.
Civilians: Anyone that is not in the club. 'Take him out, but wait till there aren't any civilians around to see it happen.'
Colors: The patches or colors of patches representing the club. Flying colors is when you ride with them on. 'I'm going to the event tonight, you'll be able to find me, I'll be flying my colors.'
*Cut: A cut is the vest or jacket a club member wears with their designated patches representing the club that are laid out in a specific order. 'Hey! Why aren't you wearing your cut, prospect?!'
Rolled up: When someone gets their cut taken away and is kicked out of the club. 'He fucked around and got rolled up'.
Chase Vehicle: Car that rides in the back of the pack. Often a job given to prospects to carry the gear to events too large to pack on bikes.
One Percenters: Outlaw bikers. It is commonly said that 99 percent of all bikers are upright citizens and that it's the other one percent, or the "One Percenters," who cause all the trouble.
FWWF/FVVF: Forever Warriors, Warriors Forever. This is also worn as a patch or sticker to represent pride for the club.
Basic Motorcycle Riding Slang
*Kickstands up: The road captain will often say something like 'Kickstands up at noon' This is slang for 'we will be leaving no later than noon, be on your bike and ready to go'.
*Go/went down: Crashing your bike. 'You better ride careful or you might go down.' 'We were rolling down the five and he went down.'
Weekend warrior: Someone who rides occasionally but not as their primary form of transportation or someone who only rides their bike in fair weather conditions.
Cagers: People driving in cars. This is referring to the fact that they have a 'metal cage' around them. 'Damn it, there are a lot of cagers on the freeway today.'
*Split/Splitting lane: Also less commonly known as 'riding the line'. Riding in between lanes to avoid sitting behind cars. 'Man traffic was heavy on the freeway today, I had to split lane all the way here!'
Sissy Bar: Bar placed on the back for a passenger to lean on.
Skid Lid: Helmet, typically the smallest helmet available. Most outlaw bikers wear this type of helmet as a 'fuck you' to helmet laws. They'd really rather not wear one at all.
Ride/Riding Bitch: Riding as a passenger.
White Line Fever: When you've been riding for hours and you start zoning out. This term is used more often than not in conjunction with 'going down'. 'I rode five hours yesterday, I swear I had white line fever for the last hour.'
FTW: This has many meanings but in the biker world it has a double meaning. 'Fuck the World' and 'Forever Two Wheels'. This is often worn on patches and helmet stickers representing rebellion, and also love and loyalty to riding motorcycles.
Motorcycle Suggestions
Harley Street Bob FXDB: The golden standard. A lot of younger guys ride this bike. It's highly customizable and fast as all get out. Packs a punch so people will know you're comin'.
Softail slim: Handles well, low center of gravity so it's good for guy with balance issues. It's a nimble bike so it'll make getaways a hell of a lot easier.
Fat Boy This bike is a great cruiser, it's got an aggressive look and it's got a fat back wheel which gives it it's name. This one is a good bike for the really big dudes.
Road King: This bike is classic af. If you want to be a show off, this is the bike for you.
Road Glide: This is affectionately coined the 'geezer glide'. All the old men who don't want their ass to go numb get this one.
