padd b1975 wrote: » Dressing rooms and possibly a bar/function room. What exactly would a gang of motorcyclists in fancy dress have in theirs?
Massimo Cassagrande wrote: » There's actually a fairly large and thriving Biker gang scene in Ireland. Some of them are also hardy feckers and have a tendency to be quietly bold. I always wondered do they tax and insure their bikes? I just have a mental image of a big biker in his colours standing in the queue at the tax office and going "Yeah, I wan't three months, thanks.." It's the only bit (apart from having to do all the lessons to get a full bike licence) I have trouble picturing...."Outlaw rebel taxes bike..." I know a couple, somehow never fancied asking the question, they're not exactly chatty....interesting tho - I think all "rebels" kinda are.
Pedro K wrote: » You can only tax a bike for the full year... Not that it's particularly relevant to your post... Just saying.
barneystinson wrote: » Thank **** we got that cleared up.
Buzz Meeks wrote: » Can you claim some of that tax back if before the end of the year you sell the bike or you get shot
jimgoose wrote: » The Road Tramps have been around forever. They mind their own business and don't bother anyone, including the Gardaí. Yes, they tax and insure their bikes. Even when they were a little naughty back in the day they weren't at anything Federal. This whole business is most irregular, to put it mildly. I have no idea what's going on, and probably never will exactly. RIP Odd.
Mightydrumming wrote: » ...don't think this was the right place to post this thread...
Mightydrumming wrote: » ...Condolences to the family and...
jimgoose wrote: » They're an MC outfit, not MCC.
Mightydrumming wrote: » What's the difference?
jimgoose wrote: » I'm not hugely au fait, but I believe it could be likened to the old joke about the respective involvements of a chicken and a pig in a breakfast of eggs-and-bacon.
jmayo wrote: » I seem to remember when in college in Limerick many moons ago, there was a bust up between bikers. I think it happened one night in that bar in Foxes Bow and they ended up outside one of the other guys houses out in Rhebogue, Dublin Road. They tried to petrol bomb his house so he blew one of them off a bike with a shotgun. Maybe someone has better memory of this and can fill in the gaps.
whisky_galore wrote: » Thought the only lads with motorbikes now were Eastern European fellas who don't know what speed limits are and fellas with a mid life crisis who purchase a Harley.
Mightydrumming wrote: » It's horrendous! I never thought there was that much rivalry between biker clubs here in Ireland?
Potential-Monke wrote: » Sometimes the moderation in AH confuses me. Someone puts up an article about someone (who's not in a bike club) being killed by a shotgun blast to the head, and the mods have warnings and issue infractions. Yet when someone posts about a biker getting blasted in the head with a shotgun, it's ok for posters to crack jokes.
Potential-Monke wrote: » Sometimes the moderation in AH confuses me. Someone puts up an article about someone (who's not in a bike club) being killed by a shotgun blast to the head, and the mods have warnings and issue infractions. Yet when someone posts about a biker getting blasted in the head with a shotgun, it's ok for posters to crack jokes. Hmmm... There's been clubs in Ireland for decades. You have the MC's and MCC's. MCC's (Motor Cycle Club) can be set up by anyone, or a group of friends who are into biking. 99% of the time, it's a group of like minded people, with a huge interest in bikes and drinking. There are hundreds of MCC's in Ireland, and they wear their patches on the front. No back patch. Again, 99% of the time, MCC's are law abiding people who just like the rally scene and enjoy getting together with other MCC's and having the craic. Some of the MCC's yearly rallies attract huge crowds, and it's a day/evening/weekend of drinking, music and craic. MC's (Motorcycle Club) on the other hand are more serious. To get into an MC, you have to be invited, and it really is like on Sons of Anarchy. You have to be willing to give up everything to pander to the presidents requests. If you're at work, and the pres tells you to go get him a 6-pack, you drop everything and get it. Usually (in America and most of mainland Europe), these clubs are involved in some sort of criminality, mostly to do with guns or drugs. They can be very dangerous. They wear their patches on their backs. Unless you're in an MC, you can be attacked for wearing your clubs patch on your back. It's an unwritten rule, and one no one should break. In Ireland, the Mc's are the Vikings MC, Road Tramps MC, Freewheelers MC and Devils Disciples MC. They are a quiet bunch of lads, rarely if ever getting into bother or coming to public attention. It's not like European or American MC's. The difference between Ireland and the rest of the world is that the Irish MC's are banding together, calling themselves the 1%'ers, and are actively stopping foreign MC's from getting a foothold in Ireland. They intend on stopping the Hells Angels MC getting in here, which is a good thing. As for this shooting, the Road Tramps are relatively quiet. They usually don't bother anyone, show up to a few rallies, don't cause hassle. However, the surfacing problem in Ireland is that there is a new club. They consist of the rejects from MC's and MCC's who are too nuts to not cause trouble. As such, they are doing a lot of ground work for a foreign MC to get in here. I know the name of the club, but i'm not posting it here because it's not in the news yet. Sufficed to say, they're a dangerous bunch of people, and stone mad on top of it. RIP to Mr. O'Donoghue, and my thought are with his family, friends and the Road Tramps.
Potential-Monke wrote: » Aye, a new wannabe MC made up of the rejects from other clubs. I wasn't giving out about anyone in particular, just that it's an Irish man that was killed, and possibly known to people on here. As said above, other threads had been closed because of similar comments.
Hans Bricks wrote: » The Hells Angels have a chapter up in Mulhuddart apparently.
ThisRegard wrote: » And you'd never even know they were there. Was out running one afternoon and ran by their club house as some were leaving, pretty impressive all the same. Coincidentally enough I only read the history of them, and other clubs, over the weekend.
Reiver wrote: » Something odd alright about a bunch a lads sitting in some building alone together. You do wonder what they be doing.
