Moonshiners Motorcycle Club
Moonshiners Motorcycle Club
Moonshiners Motorcycle Club
History
The Moonshiners Motorcycle Club was one of the many Founded 1934
motorcycle clubs that started as a motorcycle racing club and later Location Compton, CA
changed into a motorcycle club which does both street riding and
Founder Compton Moonshiners M.C.
dirt racing. In 1939 the Moonshiners M.C. was awarded the
S.C.O.F. "Diamond 13 Award" which was awarded to the "Top 13" Type Riding Club & Racing Club
racing clubs of that year. The Moonshiners M.C. wear the S.C.O.F. Region United States
(Southern California Outlaw Federation) Diamond 13 patch today. Activities Hollister 1947
The S.C.O.F. was an anti-American Motorcyclist Association
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(A.M.A.) movement for the purpose of opposing the A.M.A. rules.
During the 1930s and 1940s the term "Outlaw" referred to the Abbreviation MSMC
motorcycle rider or a motorcycle club not being a member of
A.M.A., it did not mean they were criminals or involved in criminal activity. Due to the Moonshiners Motorcycle Club taking part in
the Hollister Riot and being a non-A.M.A. motorcycle club they are partly responsible for being referred to as the 1% from the
A.M.A. Officials for not belonging to A.M.A. Without the lawless behavior of these early motorcycle clubs at both Hollister Riot in
1947 and Riverside Riot in 1948, the “1% Outlaw Rebel Biker” term wouldn’t exist today.
References
1. Burning Paradise; Adventures of a High Times Journalist by; Chris Simunek
2. Hippie Dictionary; Encyclopedia of the 60's and 70's by; John Bassett McCleary
3. The Original Wild Ones: Tales of the Boozefighters Motorcycle Club by; Bill Hayes and Jim Quattlebaum
External links
Moonshiners M.C. official website