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[@MachinegunJ]

The cameraman was really professional , when the girls came he knew what was more important. Attention to details. Great job.

[@alandsofairandbright]

hahahahahah

[@JohnJohn-zn8ib]

The girls all look the same, wouldn’t touch them, you wonder what std they could be carrying, later on in life they will probably claim the NDIS after many years of hard partying, a lot of bikie chicks from previous decades are just doing that now.

[@Cyphlix]

3:08 "We're gonna stay focused on our intense questioning" > Cameraman zooms in on the bazoongas

[@nakibsayyed4999]

The cameraman is a man of culture.

[@Fighting_Fatigue_117]

And I'm for it.

[@footiefanz]

Cameraman knows a good distraction when he sees one ;)

[@RokkitAk]

True.....true...😂

[@clemmie4]

Wink wonk

[@tjr9457]

Can't blame him to be fair

[@warthog91]

man is a legend!

[@Relax-ge2uf]

More like the bikers know what a good distraction is lmao

[@daniellaiona7566]

I can hardly think anyone in Australia is intimidated by bikies. The most they are is just a bunch of guys who like motorcycles, they don't hurt anyone. When my grandmother was still alive, she would walk (with her arthritis) to the corner shop every morning and buy a newspaper and whatever else she needed, and in order to get there she'd pass a house that was always littered with members outside. They'd carry the bags home for for everyday and it even got to the point where they would come by the house every morning and just bring the paper directly to her so she would have to get up. People need to make their judgements on others they have actually interacted with, not perceived media.

[@goodshipkaraboudjan]

They are hated here in QLD. It's nice they did that for your grandmother but what about the old lady caught in the crossfire on the Gold Coast during their last shoot out? What if they had been your grandmother would you feel the same way?

[@NoobieDoobieDo]

Bikers are often the nicest people. Until they are not. The coin has 2 sides. All humans can be violent and nasty. Men with no ink who wear suits beat their wives and kids.

[@spiins7824]

Daniella Iona same with my grandma they helped my grandma too

[@mrbarbarycoast8572]

Damn right.

[@marcopolo3001]

Bikers and truckers only!

[@Pewling]

Hahaha "We're gonna stay focused---..." *cameraman immediately focuses on the chicks*

[@More-Cowbell-SlideGuitar-Harp]

Simon didn't get distracted by the ladies but the cameraman sure as hell did 😂

[@chateaupig826]

He was reporting what we all suspected the jacuzzi was used for

[@ericsierra-franco7802]

I lost it when the girls got into the jacuzzi! 😂😂😂😂

[@Japonicasian]

Suddenly so many people who grew up with bikers

[@Adam-rt7lp]

Japonicasian and there the nicest people they have ever met

[@thunderchundering]

Because they are rather common. If you dont bother them they dont bother you its simple.

[@DenizenCain]

Adam Until you offend or confront them in any way. Most of them are sociopaths who are in and out of prison for assault and drug offences. Honestly, society would be better off without them or people who glorify or excuse them.

[@dallashingston9295]

What do you mean suddenly, why would people make that up fuckwit

[@GodAboveAll777]

Most of us did..especially being younger and having older cousins with the European ancestry. I could have joined the rebels at 17 in a heartbeat. 31 now. Don’t speak on shit you know nothing about

[@flurofluro7912]

It’s nice to see that they’re being responsible and wearing their helmets.

[@chateaupig826]

Yeah and the girls are being safe by wearing fleuro bikinis 😂

[@josephwinder6878]

And selling their weapons and drugs, prostituting daughters. Co-ercion, manipulation. They ARE criminals, perhaps if they grew up and stopped crying they cant " play dress up" people might have a tiny bit of respect. Bit they continuously are tied to weapons sales, drugs, violence. Losers

[@jimmyjames8280]

Worked with a former Gang member in OZ for over a year before I found out. You would never even think he had a past like that by his personality and attitude, was one of the funniest most humble guys ever. It's better to find out who someone is before passing judgement

[@jasem222]

That's what I love about Aussies, don't care about a man's past and will give him a fair go. Us Kiwi's used to be like that too, before we went all 'woke'.. But not all of us. Some of us still go with the ANZAC spirit.

[@manuelanthonybaca184]

Was good

[@trueaussie3097]

Club member*

[@MrDeano-eu9rg]

@@trueaussie3097 ehh nike bike clubs aren't really MCs anymore, gang might be appropriate

[@trueaussie3097]

@@MrDeano-eu9rg yeah but most clubs aren’t nike bikies some are

[@Wella40]

I work at a Maccas and there is this biker "gang" that comes in all the time and one of the them is so nice to me and they aren't scary at all

[@bubbaluv6487]

what about their fashion crimes?

[@ddylla85]

Hahaha some would definitely receive life sentences without parole.

[@bigandred2009]

It's sick haha

[@mandlakei3053]

😂 😂 😂 😂 😂

[@1000flightlevel]

Best Hash ever ..... thanks finks

[@rhyswingard8583]

At 50 seconds in is a perfect example of the current state of victoria!! Insanity

[@dennyamohanga3405]

Met one of these fellaz in 94 out on a farm , he was a tough bugger back then and doesn't look like much has changed. FTW

[@DirtbagOi]

"Stay focused" the camera man doesnt stay focused at all xD

[@jetdog3246]

Finks are usually involved in meals on wheels, macrame classes, yoga, and cross stitch

[@tenpercentfordabigguy8550]

@FU M8 Well , yeah. There is that I spose

[@mitchjames9350]

What the fuck is Macrame?

[@sofascialistadankulamegado1781]

Really? That's fairly gay. Nothing wrong with that though.

[@justinturner4681]

@@sofascialistadankulamegado1781 the Finks have cook book published. Most of them are vegetarian.

[@berniem8242]

Outrageous. Police and government officials picking on criminals is disgusting. They should be out doing trivial things whilst these great men build their criminal empires.

[@chateaupig826]

It's true , but then there is no greater criminal empire than our governmental representatives .

[@full.rom.fitness]

"I dont know anyone who is intimidated by us.... but if I find one he better watch out".

[@Master-AGN]

Well by that logic most factories would be criminal organisations.

[@stitchjones7134]

Pain in the arse to be frank. I used to work a pub door, and they'd come in in groups. Smoke in the place knowing you can't throw them out because they'll destroy the joint, waved knives about scaring the normal patrons into leaving. Watched one bash some skinny teen outside because he dared comment on one of their bikes. I dragged him away from the ape hitting him and said it looked like he'd had enough. Whatever he said, and somehow I doubt he'd made an insult to the pair of tattooed roidy Rebels, he didn't deserve that. The older ones were better behaved when they came in on their own, but the young ones and the noms...

[@aflaz171]

Good for you, you sound like a decent bloke!

[@Whogivesashit821]

Yes I know what their Ike, big timers in groups, most are coconuts or Lebo's.

[@Grebnednavwehttam]

Yep, this is the reality. And we all know their income is based on peddling drugs and intimidation but they all pull out this whole victimization yarn.

[@nathr7375]

I love the way they act as though no one knows what they are really up to, i mean come on we know.

[@XYZ-gm2xo]

Exactly

[@zanetodorcevski177]

harry is a lad, he has some great logic

[@jing7133]

Those chicks....

[@Al-hm7oc]

jing713 Ive completely forgotten the topic once they show up...

[@Minecraftpe135792468]

Just how we roll

[@warpstate288]

typical bikey slags every member has probably ran threw them multiple times

[@drunkenbarbarian8211]

Mr A you say that like it's a bad thing!?

[@soysaucesnag696]

Luke Larkin yeah they're probably walking stds, I like hot women but not if I know they've got diseases.

[@DavidJHilt]

He doesn't know anyone who's intimidated by him. Let me guess, he walks up to someone and asks "Are you intimidated by me?". The response he would probably get is "What would you like me to answer?".

[@ozchoppa]

unless I've bought drugs off him and not paid him - which i don't do, then no, i wouldn't be intimidated.. why would i?, bikies don't fuck with the public unless you fuck with them.. I know.. 3 years late, but i only just saw this, and i actually replied 2yrs ago it's just how slow our internet is ;)

[@nickl8131]

Everything about these guys screams intentional intimidation. The tatts, their size & steroid use, the loud bikes, their 'uniforms', the clubhouse surrounded with huge fences and razor wire, the roaming in big packs, their demeanor... To those ordinary people who say they aren't intimidated, why don't you try going up to a group of them simply wearing a vest with their club patch on it, and demonstrate how 'friendly' and 'polite' they are

[@seanbayley7452]

But who the fuck would do that stupid shit that really is one way a civilian will find themselves in the shit with these clubs and people know it so it just doesn't happen.

[@acap4395]

people should be able to wear whatever they want and ride whatever tf they want.

[@gokukakarot309]

Mr. Nick L, what you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever read. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this thread is now dumber for having read it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul.

[@nephos100]

You mean like the 'uniforms' of the Police? Uniforms that are now paramilitary and very intimidating. The same police that use pepper spray, batons, horses, water cannons, rubber bullets, energy weapons etc against protesters (tax paying public)! I don't see the bikies doing any of that. If they fight, it's usually another bikie group.

[@whatslifespurpose]

@@acap4395 And kill and steal whoever they want!

[@thewizardofodds6839]

Not gonna lie those cuts look fire! With the threading etc.

[@wolf-war-master]

Agreed

[@TheBlueskyson]

what's a cut Wizard?

[@jacintaheley7816]

Seeing the bikies drive through my hometown now gives me a sense of comfort. It’s not the bikies I’m afraid of it’s the government. November 2021, Victoria Australia.

[@nothingtoseeheremovealong1671]

Yeah nah,you just want a bunch of rough bikies up your rear end blowing loads up ya don't ya love? Bunch of gronks

[@JOrtiz-gc2dl]

Some of the nicest people I have met have ink on their skin, some of the worst & vile of us humans wear expensive suites.

[@mikekyne7308]

love these guys

[@patrickcole4714]

Love the way ferret looks

[@greycourt9525]

"No no no it's just how we roll" 😂😂😂

[@Joe-hn9kr]

dude is subconsciously throwing out bike puns, what a legend.

[@toddstafford2658]

I'm 48 years old and as a kid we had a president of a 1%er motorcycle club living just a few houses away. As kids we used to admire the beautiful choppers that were total works of art outside his house which used to be an old brick market building on the corner from the late 1800's .tom used to answer questions that us kids used to ask about the bikes and what and how they built them.yes they looked scary to the public but stand up guys

[@kidda74]

2:36 Just punch me in the face!

[@nepttune710]

Haha no shit

[@matthewoneill3353]

Love the glasses they wear 🤣🤦‍♂️

[@1586ian]

I feel safer around bikies then people in suits

[@deez4408]

Really?

[@booth2710]

At least bikers don't want to '"blow things - and people up" - know what I mean?

[@Ragazar]

1586ian Way to generalize anyone who wears a suit as a corrupted dirtbag, you're just as bad as someone who believes in biker stereotypes.

[@hellario2]

What if it's a biker wearing a suit?

[@baffinjigger6223]

Lmao sure ya do 😂

[@daduke9279]

0:46 Harry looks as though he's about to lose it.

[@misterjacopo1008]

3:09 the most important part of dialogue 🤣

[@JMEFIT]

0:36 looks like mark "chopper reed" in the background!

[@Anonyminded]

Very nice two distractions behind them in the jacuzzi ;)

[@marshall886]

Ano Nymous This is TV, it was staged.

[@bonson9156]

was it?

[@psy06]

that brunette in the pink bikini.. omg!

[@hennessyblues4576]

+psy06 Are you insane? How can you not like the busty blonde.

[@DjTommosimmo]

+psy06 been passed between every member probably 100 times.

[@m.w.6526]

Brunette has a busted face.

[@steffien.1232]

💀

[@doolow111]

ah. yeah...

[@bv5980]

How come everyone in Australia seems so nice? Even the bikers seem to be nice blokes. I really should visit one day

[@sam8192]

haha yeah there's a real special sense of community and mateship here which u can't get anywhere else in this world

[@chateaupig826]

We've got strict Gun laws 👍

[@mdee8784]

There’s still plenty of murders down here don’t worry

[@stickykitty]

3:27 mate! You have the word ‘Unforgiving’ on your jugular? 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂

[@joshkendall8143]

I just watched this video for the birds in the tub lol

[@kicikocani1]

criminals are in the government not some guys on bikes

[@peterdwyer4609]

Damn brother one hell of a distration...mc.'Z rock..love to all mc..from All Australia

[@douglaswalsh9629]

Give Ferret his due, he is a very intelligent articulate man who also loves his family, a GooD ALL round Aussie Larrikin!!

[@dylanaquilina862]

Biggest gang in Australia are the cops I've personally seen them get away with stuff they are meant to get fired for.

[@ciarancosgrave]

Let's all just consider this comment now in light of what is happening in Australia these days.

[@adrianasala2780]

When the ladies hopped in lol

[@cavepanther2073]

2:58 THE CAMERA MAN WAS RIDING THOSE CHICKS IN HIS MIND

[@Andrew-cx7so]

Anywhere to watch this full documentary?

[@doktordingo4647]

Yeah they're so friendly ,and they're so kind. They're like amnesty international, just a bit more caring. Unless you have something that they want, then they'll act just like any other criminal scumbags. Just because there's so many myths around them, you make stupid conclusion. But the majority of people are easy to fool, since most people are pretty stupid.

[@ElConqueefTador]

Do a day in Goulburn prison you'll be singing just how nice and sweet these guys are

[@jamestafoa6047]

Divine Hotline Most of these guys wouldn’t last in Goulburn tbh lol Seen too many bikies turn dog as soon as they hit the main prison line

[@blastermaster2383]

Go back to NZ.

[@skuxxbolo6779]

what a nice group of blokes

[@lucyannanixon7714]

LOVE IT

[@reezvi394]

Look at the guy leaving the club in white vest and black & white helmet! Of course he looks intimidating.

[@blastermaster2383]

I bet he looks in the mirror a lot so he can perfect his square jaw look.

[@darrincassidy9045]

@@blastermaster2383 the ultimate bikie face.

[@7477238]

I've met some mean looking bikers before but they turned out to be quite nice. Biggest reason I'm guessing is because they don't want to attract too much attention to themselves. I once worked in a place where all of the Asian guys belonged to various Vietnamese gangs. They were dangerous people but they carried themselves around the workplace and talked very pleasantly.

[@seferinorino6951]

The yellow one had good floatties

[@ryana-6762]

wow these guys are so cool

[@scootureSONGArchi]

oh my.. the ladies gosh

[@krazymindreader]

I don't like to judge these guys, not all of them, but 50 year old men in gangs sounds like a mid life crisis to me...

[@michaelwoods3141]

Its a life time commitment.

[@ShaneyPo0]

Sounds fun commiting to a bunch of "nice" dudes.

[@ChrisMisc1]

As opposed to what? 50 year old men who do nothing but sit at home and work?

[@cquilty1]

@@michaelwoods3141 What is - being a sad old man with a loud bike?

[@friggz]

@@frankovich213 you have never had real friends lol, this is a true brotherhood u will never get to experience but you were not molded in that lifepath so i understand u... dont open ur mouth

[@tonyl3333]

LOL @ 3:04 hes like "I am going to stay focus on our......our......our........??" Even the reporter lost track of what he is interviewing them about haha gold

[@lightningfun6486]

Cameraman deserves a raise

[@thesuperjezz2740]

Are these girls a distraction? Nah, its just how we roll. Lol legend.....

[@BettyBettyBoBetty]

My wife and i owned a video shop once....A well known MC gang used to come in regularly to get their videos......if we ever had a troublemaker in the shop we never called the Police...we called the Club House........safest video shop in Sydney

[@diosantana2659]

So you called criminals to deal with annoyances. Smart

[@thunderpop20]

This feels good

[@johnobrien8398]

At least they stick together a great bunch of lads.

[@volunteerpatriot2143]

Amazing they would give an interview and allow cameras in the clubhouse. Most MCs are more closed off than that.

[@marcrow12400]

As someone who lives in Australia and has lived in area’s with multiple biker gang’s I gotta say I don’t feeling unsafe one bit when in their presence. While they’re undoubtedly involved in criminal activity they are definitely not a threat to the general public, almost 100% of their violent crimes are between other rival biker gangs. They are well known for making and dealing drugs which I do not endorse one bit but in no way are they a threat to the general public.

[@DY-td3ku]

Shooting up someone’s house with there family inside isn’t a threat to the general public?

[@squareeyes1117]

I stg the leb gangs are filling police and government pockets to do this. Be honest. Have you feared for your life around a Aussie gangster or a leb thug? Even the ones that aren't in a gang and are just wannabe thugs, hot headed and violent lebs are the worst. The most you'd get from one of these blokes is an earful for "being a fucking dickhead." Imagine what'd happen if you got into an incident with a leb.

[@chateaupig826]

Ikr , how ridiculous . Dude thinks because it's a rival gang members dad or sister , it's not murdering the general public .

[@ASOT666]

more romanticisation of murderous sex/drug trafficking thugs. naive little boy

[@BaldMancTwat]

I get what you are saying and agree in some part, but you probably wouldn't be saying that if your daughter or your mother overdosed on drugs they bought from the gang.

[@victorsupreme214]

This was pretty much an advert for this gang lol

[@zt1788]

I used to work as a chef in a restaraunt on a really popular street in Melb that was under the protection of the Finks. Really nice blokes when they just pop in to say hi. Scary as all fkn hell when they get their business faces on. I learned early on to keep my head down and pay attention to my work when they came by to talk money.

[@bellerophonchallen8861]

"I can't talk to my neighbours, they're not members of my immediate family" What happened to these bikers then is happening to us all now thanks to covid.

[@ciarancosgrave]

No. not thanks to Covid. Covid doesn't make laws and mandates. Covid is just a trojan horse.

[@jakesweet1000]

since when is cameras heavy duty security

[@robbKILLUKs]

Mad respect SYLF

[@PatrickDize]

LOL I saw the thumbnail for this and was thinking did vin diesel join an australian biker gang?

[@Its_me_Killswitch27]

Bro thats ferret!! I trained with him at the gym 🔥👌🏽🔥 super nice guy man

[@someoneelse.2252]

They seem like nice chaps to me.

[@Alex-cz8fk]

they are, people just like to fear monger

[@rbagel55]

I live in Texas and knew a few Banditos. They can be some of the most loyal people you ever met, if you play fair. If you double cross them-they can be your worst enemy though.

[@thomassummers4272]

But that's the thing isn't it. Their world is not our world and as long as we stay out of their business then there is no need to fear them at all.

[@paulstevenson789]

You bet! Gangs are people too you know!

[@muaythairaja]

stupidest thing I ever heard. They deal in drugs and you or someone you know could get hooked onto drugs.

[@christinap3783]

Yup one of them in the vid..currently serving 20yrs! Ouch!!!!!

[@brazelephantman]

If he was that terrified he wouldn't have questioned him like that....

[@bigMzurythefantatic]

Some of the nicest lads ever, until you piss them off

[@Orphidos]

Lived next to a HA guy a few years back, kindest, calmest and most respectful person I ever had as a neighbor.

[@fuzzman9298]

cool story bro

[@jaggirl]

My ex husband worked with a Devils Henchman back in 1990. Nice guy. We got invited to their clubhouse a few times (NE Tasmania, 🇦🇺) They all treated me with respect. There were some parties I couldn't attend. They were the wild nights, when the bikie MOLES were there. They didn't respect themselves. I guess the guys didn't respect them much either..

[@180Straighty]

We all learn from our mistakes and get stronger day by day because getting knowledge from with in is the biggest battle against yourself, being thick skined is self discipline.

[@walter3433]

Upstanding citizens with great taste in fashion

[@williamdavis4496]

As a bartender I've met both good and bad bikies majority on the surface are nice but as soon as something doesn't go there way they'll do there best to intimidate and threaten

[@Rileysinc420]

them chains.... glasses... i know a plug when i see one!!

[@fale892]

Reeve would have more brain power than everyone in that club house combined

[@juliepeters2215]

YES....Yall DO Look Very Intimidating....FOR A REASON....LOVE ALL OF YOU WARRIORS....GOD SPEED

[@juliepeters2215]

Oh and If I Ever make it there, Will Yall be my tour guides? ! Please and Thanks....

[@tinyp9504]

The interviewer got balls

[@mariocondello2282]

I think you'll find bikies are the first ppl to help when a lady is broken down on the side of the road.

[@Tommyblueeyes]

maybe...so are others

[@nandinhocunha440]

The cameraman is a men of culture

[@billyflops7981]

I cant belive this dude has the balls to be asking these guys these questions

[@Magpie_Mark92]

Balls or asking to be shot by them

[@CarterHayes77]

man tattoos are everywhere, not just bikies have tattoos, many music scenes like hardcore/punk/rap/metal all have many people heavily tattooed. Only people who dont mix with tattooed people would find it intimidating or unusual.

[@phrr4553]

Give me bikies any day of the week. Back in the day I had a bunch of em drinking regularly at the pub/bar I was working at. Nothing but respectful. Never an issue. Mostly a bunch of misfits who found a family of there own. The government are the real crooks.

[@jr5296]

LOL

[@deaconsmom2000]

There's no issue in a public place because at least one of them is always sober and watching to make sure no one causes a scene or gives anyone a reason to call the police. Someone is also assigned to watch over the women working in the bar. Don't deny it. We had a certain MC in the bar I ran a long time ago. At the first sign of trouble, the member got a warning look. Next time, they were taken outside and taught manners by whoever had that duty on a given night. I once worked a huge funeral for a notorious club in my area. You could hear the bikes coming from miles away. We had over 500 members and a few of their old ladies. The very nice member who was babysitting me all day, joking around, smiling, and passing out $100 tips every time I walked past him, was later convicted of multiple murders and drug charges. I also, unknowingly, served murderers responsible for the death of the member they were all mourning that day. A large majority of them contribute to children's charities and help people stranded on the side of the road. Hell, this crowd raised thousands of dollars for the deceased man's son. They can be great, but never ever think for a minute that they're just misunderstood. Those are some dangerous dudes.

[@chrissheppo]

@@deaconsmom2000 I enjoyed the story. Very interesting and insightful. Have a like.

[@masonnix9566]

Yes the police are the biggest crooks.

[@aloysiusjones3985]

@@deaconsmom2000 ", They were different then. It’s the ones you don’t see.

[@skannerz22]

🎉Classic🎉

[@bidenhasdementia8657]

holy shit the orc from bright 3:42

[@konstantinemalliaris5194]

1:34 biggest crime in fashion

[@sre9441]

0:37 is that chopper

[@everybody6427]

Hi, im from Testickals Wisconsin. What do I have to do to join?

[@bortsmimpsmon5395]

3:13 why hello!