#90 OMG! The Romance of Motorcycle Clubs Raging Romantics

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 (mailto:%20ragingromantics@nopl.org)Pics:* Reitwagon (https://medium.com/@managing2024/the-daimler-reitwagen-pioneering-the-motorcycle-revolution-d781a7e2474d)* Motorcycle ad (https://buffaloah.com/a/mich/263/17_thomas/thom.html)* Orient Motor Pacer (https://onlinebicyclemuseum.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/1898-Orient-Motor-Pacer.jpg)* Motodome (THE%20MOTORDROME%20-%20BOARD%20TRACK%20MOTORCYCLE%20RACING%20(Panhead%20Jim,%202012))* Johnnie drinking coke (https://www.insurance.harley-davidson.com/the-open-road/profiles/ray-and-johnnie-and-the-hog-legacy)* Johnnie the pig (https://indianamps.org/who-was-ray-weishaar/)* Knucklehead (Not%20Just%20a%20Knucklehead%3A%20The%201936%20Model%20EL%20(Harley%20Davidson%20Museum))* Varsity riders club (https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/roadshow/season/27/woodside-/appraisals/california-motorcycle-clubs-photographs-ca-1920--202204T47/)* Hollister Riot (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollister_riot#/media/File:Hollister_riot_life_magazine_1947.jpg)Books/authors we mention* Tillie Cole (https://www.fantasticfiction.com/c/tillie-cole/)* Joanna Wylde (https://www.ffadultsonly.com/w/joanna-wylde/)* Devil's Game by Joanna Wylde (https://www.ffadultsonly.com/w/joanna-wylde/devils-game.htm)* Reaper's Property by Joanna Wylde (https://www.ffadultsonly.com/w/joanna-wylde/reaper-s-property.htm)* Tm Frazier (https://www.fantasticfiction.com/f/t-m-frazier/)* Kristin Ashley (https://www.fantasticfiction.com/a/kristen-ashley/)* Christine Feehan (https://www.fantasticfiction.com/f/christine-feehan/)* Cate C Wells (https://www.fantasticfiction.com/w/cate-c-wells/)* Butcher & Blackbird by Brynne Weaver (https://www.fantasticfiction.com/w/brynne-weaver/butcher-and-blackbird.htm)* The Dirty Life by Kristin Kimball (https://www.amazon.com/Dirty-Life-Memoir-Farming-Food/dp/1416551611/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2IM156EBDBFIX&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.cJyjxqr9H8eFKM0bf5JF2DryLhAIdKJxnb4yMXvMUjNCE2UITxySncD0PHUFiVaBvm7mI9s3nOLz5fOjqOuxzooAR4AAiq26_BV85JL1Nit-mO4BeUpzE6cqFvne1fnXZTsJ5Qa9Go3KcSNMrxA1nA.fxc0asqbe3Gs3rXreFmyeblSwCp2X7brYk7rUOAs68o&dib_tag=se&keywords=the+dirty+life+by+kristin+kimball&qid=1717528948&sprefix=the+dirty+life%2Caps%2C132&sr=8-1)* When the Moon Hatched by Sarah Parker (https://www.fantasticfiction.com/p/sarah-a-parker/when-the-moon-hatched.htm)Sources* "Bonds of Brotherhood: The Origin and Growth of Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs" (Hamilton, 2002) (https://www.ojp.gov/ncjrs/virtual-library/abstracts/bonds-brotherhood-origin-and-growth-outlaw-motorcycle-gangs#:~:text=Outlaw%20motorcycle%20gangs%20(OMGs)%20first,Angels%20chapter%20emerged%20in%201948)* "Outlaw Motorcycle Club" (Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outlaw_motorcycle_club)*