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To: ansel12

You figure it out banana man


243 posted on 05/20/2015 2:07:46 PM PDT by clamper1797 (Ted Cruz for President ... all others are cheap imitations)
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To: clamper1797

Figure out what, that you are too childish to address your 1% claim?

The AMA denies ever making the statement back in the 1940s, and if they had, what do you think they would have meant by separating the outlaw gangs (the 1%) from the 99% of motorcyclists? That they were the same, except that the other 99% didn’t like beer and rarely rode motorcycles?

“”The term 1%er is ironically attributed to the American Motorcyclist Association (AMA). It was allegedly said by the group after the Hollister Riot in 1947 in which motorcycle clubs the Boozefighters and the Pissed Off Bastards engaged in a fight.

The AMA is thought to have made this reference in defense of its members, indicating that only 1 percent of its members were outlaws. This is not a set-in-stone fact, though, as there are questions as to whether the riot happened at all and the AMA denies ever making the comment.””


257 posted on 05/20/2015 3:17:21 PM PDT by ansel12
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