Sons of Anarchy has RUINED motorcycles for everyone

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So I realize this who Sons of Anarchy thing can be a pretty hotly contested topic, but just keep this in mind. We all started riding motorcycles somewhere and just because SOA is an easy punching bag doesn't mean we should ignore the fact that it brought a lot of people into the world of motorcycles.
As far as the club thing goes, no I am not affiliated with any club, but I know plenty of club members and they are good honest people who enjoy their brotherhood. One of the main reasons I made this video is to let people know exactly why wearing a Sons of Anarchy vest is so disrespectful. There's no reason to threaten a beat down when actual education works so much better. But like I said, if you're aware of all this and you still choose to be disrespectful... you will reap what you sow.
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[@fnglert]

I got inspired to ride motorcycles by Ghost Rider so I light myself on fire whenever I go riding.

[@vmanmadsen123]

Perfectly reasonable, why wouldnt you

[@Rockgodoflegend]

Subtle flex, bro. Respect

[@bigjoe8922]

You are awesome thank you

[@scott917]

you should see the Ghostrider from Sweeden.

[@FILTH_87]

Hahahah this comment needs more attention hhahaha

[@roadsidecamper]

Getting mad at someone wearing a SOA jacket is like getting mad at a kid for playing army man.

[@DryeLint]

Wearing a SOA jacket is like playing army man at 40.

[@kevanbaconofficial]

So like paintball/airsoft guys, and all sorts of historical reenactment groups..

[@snakechrmr6398]

@@DryeLint I was at a city sponsored spring coming out rally last March and saw a SOL cut walking around. Looked kinda funny as the guy was like 30-35 yesars old. Got a picture last year at the Euro Harley Rally of several guys sitting around a table drinking a beer each with a lone rider rocker on their cut. Guess that's the club they belong to.

[@michaelcarberry594]

Nah 'cause kids are supposed to play.

[@DameTheHooligan420]

Someone getting mad at someone wearing a sons of anarchy is like someone getting mad for wearing a sports jersey! We're fckn fans!

[@miked7745]

Hardcore biker, " Nothing offends me, I'll do what ever I want, Don't tread on me, " Sees a SoA vest..."You cant do that, I'm offended by your vest"

[@christophjohnson3777]

Real bikers don't care.

[@martinalysczek3711]

@@christophjohnson3777 boots while on a cruiser .. not sneakers tho …IMO !!!

[@christophjohnson3777]

@martinalysczek3711 makes more sense to me, but I really don't care. Ride with flipfloos if ya want, it's not my feet. 🤷‍♂️

[@CarTwenty4]

Him: "I hated the Sopranos" Me: I'm out

[@Bockwursty]

Amen.

[@jasonyea7649]

If anyone watched the sopranos and didn’t like it to some degree doesn’t have a pulse your comment is perfect

[@monkmoto1887]

Sopranos is boring drama garbage.

[@ididntmeantoshootthatvietn5012]

Sopranos is the best show ever

[@boofpack3642]

@@monkmoto1887 I’ve noticed a lot of low iq people call crime drama garbage because they just wanna see an explosion or shootout within the first 20 mins they can’t comprehend character development or psychology

[@al4904]

Sons Of Anarchy... the only bike gang that never talks about their bikes.

[@Elvirth24]

Lol yeah, any and all MC members I've run into at rallies looooove talking shop. Even in interviews you can tell that a fair number of the main cast had little to no knowledge of their rides. Sad really.

[@N41haul]

"Bike gang"? As if you really know the culture! (lol)

[@mattortiz8141]

@@N41haul and you do or what?I know alot of dudes in the mongols,there more like a gang than a club I'm very familiar with that culture.

[@solo9883]

What do you mean gang for 1 be careful what you say cause some bikers and CLUBS will kick your ass for calling it a gang also your talking shit about m.c. royalty thats a ass kicking right their

[@solo9883]

@@mattortiz8141 thats called a outlaw club are you in the culture BTW tell me what this means if you are cultured 👊👍♠

[@LonesomeNomad137]

Jezz, a guy can’t even shoot his own mother without being called a Serial Killer.

[@SoulTouchMusic93]

She was that fat you got a killing spree with only 1 murder? Damn!

[@MrKastaway66]

I call MYSELF a “cereal killa” every morning that I destroy that Capn Crunch in my breakfast nook, yo.

[@chrisrag1346]

😂

[@Carreidas]

Oof, harsh, bro.

[@MrPAULONEAL]

You would have to shoot more mothers than that...

[@JRboy23]

Imagine how sensitive you need to be to let a show ruin something for you. Especially if that something is motorcycle riding. couldn’t be me. I seen the show twice and I still love to ride 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@Boss-hb4zp]

same here

[@Sagittarius-88]

People that feel the need to dress up in their "full patch" gear are sensitive and insecure to begin with. Nothing says independence like conforming to group rules because "muh biker club". I'm surprised every motorcycle club around the world doesn't have a prerequisite of under 50 IQ.

[@Discipleofthelordandjesus]

Being a grown man on s bike …. Committing crimes yeah real inspiration for a fulfilling life.💀

[@dvulpis29]

“People died to wear that” Oh that’s so noble of them to have died engaging in gang violence.

[@SithLord-jb1eh]

I know right, at the end of the day it’s no different than street gangs dying for their colours or their hood over drugs, guns and money

[@samuelmmmk181]

Yes, much respect to them. Just like Droopy from echo park.

[@erikharaldsson6068]

Nice

[@Overit5000]

Fuck you

[@didlydoo7029]

@@Overit5000 mad lmao

[@nikitachirich7985]

I got beat up for wearing a Wild Hogs cut good thing I got away by blowing up their biker bar!

[@Anth230]

Lol

[@jackx4767]

You got away, my ass got beat till the founder showed up to save my ass. For some reason he looked a lot like Peter Fonda.

[@jacobdowney318]

@@jackx4767 dude I was duck taped to a rope and someone tried to rescue me and beaten up.

[@shanyewest8845]

Jesus, I found real life Trevor!

[@3dwezzy740]

Capp

[@Mike10001]

I understand the problem but it is a fictional TV show. Are you going to beat up 6 year olds for wearing a Mickey Mouse shirt because they don't belong to the club?

[@legendary-heitz3937]

perfect way to put it man ....

[@legendary-heitz3937]

soa is obviously one of the best shows of all ..it tells many stories ..just small minded people will think in one direction only ..and saying big words don't make you smart just scripted ...hats off to Kurt Sutter

[@igMac97]

Deplorable Mike thats what i also think. You cant disrespect club members if the clothes youre wearing represent a club that doesnt even exist irl

[@Treatsandthreadscom]

Deplorable Mike amazing

[@michaelkammert1350]

Thank you for pointing out the obvious. Unfortunately some loser 1%er will eventually come across that poor kid and take his wearing the SOA vest as a challenge or an insult. More the pity why anyone would look at outlaw bikers with any level of respect. Pitiful if you ask me! Ride safe.

[@dropsyy1x842]

Sons of Anarchy literally is the reason why I like motorcycles

[@andre-marie6962]

Same

[@jord4842]

Same

[@MushroomBasher]

@Actlikukno916 Boyyy how far you into mayans atm?

[@MushroomBasher]

@Actlikukno916 Boyyy same here! I can't wait 😄 who's your fave Mayan from the Santo Padre crew? Mines EZ, I know it's a cliche fave cause he's the main character but he's just cool af to me. Another fave is Coco, I felt for him in season 3, I hope he bounces back in season 4.

[@bobbakian7369]

That's kinda sad.

[@Joey.Darkwoods-Studio]

when I was 16 y/o, Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man was it for me man....

[@paschallhouston]

Man what's up with you and those boots?😁

[@mikeanglim8093]

@@paschallhouston" lay off my damn boots Harley "

[@youllneverguess4788]

Harley Davidson and the Marlboro man was one of my first motorcycle movies. I can't remember a time I didn't want a bike though lol.

[@mikeanglim8093]

@@youllneverguess4788 First is Mad Max. Second is Harley Davidson and the Marlboro man. Third Stone Cold

[@robertnguyen9493]

@@mikeanglim8093 Nice selection!

[@jpc123ful]

Wait I thought Sons was a real biker club...I been prospecting with some guys wearing SOA colors for a year..I even let them pull a train on my ole lady! What the hell man?

[@disgruntledvet11b18]

jpc123ful hahahahaha!!!!

[@joelal1979]

Holy shit!!! You too!?!?😂😂😂

[@Closdmon]

The sons are really just of silence not anarchy

[@Dozerguy]

@@Closdmon real bike club......lol

[@Closdmon]

Rufus D the sons of silence is one of the biggest mc’s in the world and way before SOA there was the Sons of Silence and in Colorado they are called Son for short

[@precise1329]

Wearing an S.O.A. cut is kind of like wearing camouflage pants when you've never been in the military. It actually means nothing, but those that seek out ways to be offended will eventually find it.

[@cruiserbrewser]

Pre Cise I wear camo and I've never been in the military. but I do hunt. the military aren't the only people that wear camo. Haha

[@precise1329]

Exactly. Clothing has other purposes beyond the original or largely accepted intent.

[@cruiserbrewser]

Pre Cise very true. People just want something to bitch about for the most part.

[@precise1329]

That said, if it's not hunting season, and you are grocery shopping at 1600, why should it be frowned upon to wear camouflage? I feel the same applies to wearing an S.O.A. cut. It's not a real club. It represents no actual values aside from Television show fandom. But yet, people feel the need to be offended. If anything, it exemplifies what a douchebag that person is. And those that are real should just laugh at it for what it is. Using some cry-bully tactic about how offended you are that this person who doesn't have the scruples to be in a 'real' club is just sad. More to the point, if you are offended by someone wearing an S.O.A. cut, you are just as much of a pussy as any virtue signalling lib-tard. Shut the fuck up and ride.

[@marcusa7033]

the only time I ever get "offended" by some one wearing the uniform is if they are in full uniform wearing rank and patches they didn't earn aka Stolen Valor

[@shadow105720]

I've never been less afraid of anyone than someone behind their own camera "I should take that right now" putting his phone in the dudes face like Karen asking for a manager at the McDonald's lmao

[@brandonratliff2842]

Mine was terminator 2. Still cant get the shotgun to fit right but damn it I try

[@lesliehorwinkle]

Just to play it safe I ride wearing a 'Seinfeld' jacket.

[@KIDD2018TR]

Leslie Horwinkle 😂

[@Anth230]

😂

[@MrMann-gt1eh]

Leslie Horwinkle I laughed out loud

[@oldstruck1964]

If you're not Jewish, you might get your ass kicked. 😄

[@ianhill9246]

Just ask the 8 ball.

[@ridethepace6005]

Damnit, now I can't wear my Patriots jersey because I never actually played for them. Glad I never got my ass kicked by actual NFL players. Dodged a bullet there.

[@k0nstntcs798]

.... are the patriots serial killers and criminals? Well... I guess there is Daniel Hernandez. Have at it, pats fans! Wear those SOA gang patches with pride. It’s big time adorbs

[@TarfuLuke]

Please go and wear a Hell's Angels cut around california

[@mikemansfield5819]

@@k0nstntcs798 Who tf is Daniel Hernandez?

[@k0nstntcs798]

@@mikemansfield5819 aaron hernandez... daniel hernandez is 6ix9ine apparently lmao

[@iamtheliquor8552]

Patriots players are cheaters not serial killers

[@MotorheadMotoClube]

I'm Watching this video three years after it was posted, and I have to say that here in Brazil (yeah, I'm brazilian) we have the same issue. People buying Sons of Anarchy vests, Mayans vests, even Mongrels (Days Gone) vests. Some people don't like that, because they know all the trouble and all the work you have to go through to earn your patches. To those people, it doesn't seem fair that some dude just buy his collors, while they have to go through all the steps in a real MC to get their own. And that makes them think they're better than the kid who just bought his brand new SoA vest on e-bay and is trying to have a good time ona bike. I was one of those people once. Now that I'm older, I understand it. People have a lot of problems in their lives: at home, at school, at college, at work, in their relationships, with their neighbours... They're just trying to relax by doing something they like. But unfortunetly, we live in the age of nagging, and nowadays, everything is offensive, and everyone is too sensitive and have their feelings hurt all the time. Well, guess what: REAL BIKERS DON'T GIVE A SH*T. We allways had freedom as the ultimate objective in our lives. But who the f*ck we think we are to not let other people be free as well? Shouldn't we mind our own business?

[@konstantinw.1036]

U sounds gay

[@ale6723]

Ótimo comentário, isso ai

[@773superprguy]

Agreed , this is stupid. To complain about a tv show and bitch on how its disrespectful. Is like a Military vet complaining to a Battlefield gamer to take off his shirt because he's never been enlisted.

[@garyedgington9020]

Well, people buying and wearing Mongrol vest shouldn't be doing that at all cause that is a real MC

[@thatsmrharley2u2]

@@773superprguy Wear a military dress uniform with a few medals when you've never been in the service, then hang around some real vets and see what happens.

[@DAaron67]

My grandpa raced Harleys in daytona in the late 40’s early 50’s and continued to ride into his 70’s. My dad and both his sisters rode their entire lives. It’s in my blood.

[@americanmade422]

Beating somebody up for wearing a vest from a TV show sounds ridiculous, but beating someone up for wearing a patch from a actual real club that they didn't deserve? that's different.

[@mr.anderson9938]

RJ Smith I agree, most motorcycle club members are divas that really need other people to feel tough. Sad

[@johndoe-hv3qj]

actual real Club? hahahahaha

[@johndoe-hv3qj]

I don't think so. You can get killed wearing a patch that your not supposed to be wearing. That's a fact. Sons was a tv show and that is all they were. They were imitating the Hells Angels. All you people that think you know, probably know nothing at all. There ae things that you just should not talk about or it could be an end to you. That includes me. So shut the hell up.

[@papaindica3185]

It depents on your country.....for example i cant wear the soa jacket because is called "sons of anarchy" and some people will try to stab me only because it says "anarchy"....in other countrys you may get stabbed for acting like a gang member (for example acting like a crip ).

[@ryderwilson7955]

@@papaindica3185 what country is that?

[@donaldgrant9067]

My reason for riding is because I'm going through my second childhood. My first one sucked.

[@shadetreesurgeon]

+Donald Grant LOL! I know I shouldn't have laughed at that... but what a great line! I feel you!

[@dylangriso9747]

shadetree surgeon sound fella

[@alexanderryan1176]

I know how that feels man.

[@Maplelust]

sucked for most people, but well put.

[@timbayliss4153]

Dear Shadetree, I understand what you're saying about being able to rely upon that guy, and make sure he is really one of the club, but I have also got a confession. I used to be the "enemy" period, being an ex car driver, but I want you to know, I have always *thought bike", so you wouldn't have to "beat the crap out of me" as you rightfully say, unless you were one of the Sons of Anarchy. Thank you.

[@christopherhatchell2497]

Been on motorcycles my whole life! Great show, great story, and most of all if SOA inspires you to ride motorcycles then its a great thing.

[@Boss-hb4zp]

hell yea

[@aaronerickson8878]

"Great show" LMAO sure

[@thisiserich]

Biker Mice from Mars inspired me as a kid. That show kicked ass.

[@kevincabot8733]

Holy fuck you just brought me back in time lol

[@anthonywinters7603]

dude is smoking at the gas pump and the dudes worried about him wearing a SOA vest … priorities lol.

[@lkj974]

you saw that too

[@Ithboltar666]

Sons Of Anarchy is just a fucking TV show and that`s how everybody should take it. I really don`t understand why peoples are getting so offended by some kids wearing SOA cuts. I am biker and i definitely won`t wear any fake cuts on any circumstances. But making threats to some kids because they do. Its just ridicule.

[@americanhooligan5836]

Ithboltar666 it's like people wearing sports jerseys, they not on the team, but they are a fan and want to see the team do well.

[@LuckyStrikeLT]

Hey watch it bro we tough 1%ers but we also special snowflakes and it offend us cause we got no thing better to do. So uh you lucky it day time

[@MR-kg9rc]

Ithboltar666 only fake ass tough guys are intimidated by a tv show. Lol

[@monsteralpha9504]

I mean, I'm a kid... 18, no patches, but I ride before watching the show, and I like it.... that doesn't mean i have to wear a fake vest whit fake patches... it's just dumb

[@joshpelton3708]

they call that elitism. The douche bag in this video here is a good example of this. He wishes he could write as good as Kurt Sutter or act as the cast on SOA.He cant so he does some stupid KZbin videos. but i am sure he has a bunch of fanboys and fangirls who will back his dumb ass no matter what he says or does

[@JR-bj3uf]

I worked at a Harley-Davidson dealership. We sponsored a hole-in-one even at the local country club charity golfing event. There were three of us who showed up to pick up the bike and the Angels (young ladies) we left to run the contest. Lucky was in his riding attire and Big Dan, one of our porters, who looked like part mountain man, part road warrior and part pirate. I looked all Harley Corporate in my khaki pants and dealership logo shirt. There was a well dressed lady at a table with her husband. She saw me and my friends. She motioned for me and she whispered "I watch Sons of Anarchy. They ride motorcycles and they kill people!" The husband hid his face in his hand and I turned to her and said, "I know but at Harley-Davidson we frown on that type of behavior". Her husband just busted out laughing.

[@donsmeltzer4083]

SOA had four full-patch members of the the Hell’s Angels, as well as their founder Sonny Barger on the show. If there was anything inaccurate about their depiction of motorcycle clubs, don’t you think the writers would have been mad aware?

[@cassidycoleman900]

There were inaccuracies about biker culture. But at the end of the day it's a TV show that's what the actors that were hells angels and sonny barger understood.

[@kurtsaxton823]

Sonny is by no means the founder of the Hell's Angels. Do some research.

[@donsmeltzer4083]

@@kurtsaxton823 Sonny Barger was a founder. You’re right, he wasn’t ‘THE’ founder, but he was a significant figure in the club’s formation.

[@kurtsaxton823]

@@donsmeltzer4083 definitely a significant member and one of the founders of the Oakland California chapter. But I took your statement as a founder of the MC. My bad.

[@scottemond1842]

The clubs have more rules than the military and I was barely able to follow those. Only thing the TV show showed me was that your more likely to get killed by your own club

[@TwstedTV]

there was this guy in his early 20's in Chicago who purchased the S.O.A. jacket, patches & a few other items to support the show, because he loved the show. Just like buying any other movie merchandising. - Well one day it seems he was walking around with a few friends in the city and had the S.O.A. jacket on and he got stopped by some biker gang. They broke the poor young guys jaw, arm & a few ribs and both his eyes was bruised shut for weeks and they broke his phone while also beating the crap out of his friends too. And then they say there is no biker gangs and they are clubs.... Like seriously, they claim not to be a gang, but yet act like gangs & beat the living crap out of people because they purchased some Movie Merchandising ..... like really wtf is going on in this world?

[@threethrushes]

TwstedTV If true, that's a disgusting crime.

[@TwstedTV]

You must be a biker gangster, .... lol also , whaaat?...your territory, I didn't know you owned the roads.? LOL your territory......lol omg im on the floor laughing my ass off. I dont know why gangs think they own anything. the streets and land are the property of the state, not the gangster. when you leave this planet, the land will still be here and STILL be owned by the state. So telling people "Your Territory" is just hilarious.

[@TheLastLux]

Didn't you know you can buy a piece of sh!t bike and declare yourself entitled to all the land you want. You get to wear a sweet vest like Peter Pan and add "Flair" to it, feel fabulous about yourself and brag to all your boyfriends about your accomplishments. You get to hang out with your group of men riding your bikes on the country side with the wind in your face and your hair blowing freely. Ah yes, the true life of a hard ass. I pitty the fool that calls my gang queer

[@MRGENERATIONADD]

outlaws, vagos, pagans, galloping goose(especially), no doubt in my mind that any four of those clubs would do something like this especially galloping goose who dont let any riders wear anykind of patch if your near their clubhouse. If you hang-around 1%er's at all you should know that there are badass guys who will treat you with the utmost respect and will actually have your back if/when shit hits the fan. Than there are the homicidal maniacs that'll kill a pair of 6 year olds for a top and bottom rocker. As with any social organization you cant just assume one type of person will join that club. 1%er's are a myriad of different personalities, not just 1 type.

[@jonathanzuniga3681]

Didn't know that there were 1%ers in Chicago.....

[@dustinpomeroy8817]

picking on some dorky kid for wearing some make believe cut is just pitiful in itself

[@emo81309]

not really its like a kid dressing like a gangster and wearing gang colors just cause he seen boys in the hood -_- wearing a vest like that could be rude to other 1% mc trust me a 1% mc would most likely try to mess with you if you wear any kind of vest even if it isnt a 1% club

[@diegomunhoz6508]

Cant you just carry a gun and shoot dead anyone who tries to hurt you fisically?

[@dustinpomeroy8817]

Rage Quit Hero that's just as pathetic

[@gundemon3393]

Diego Munhoz yes. atleast here in Georgia the law states you can defend yourself from bodily injury or death so in other words.... if someone fights you... they pull a knife... scatter their brains on the street

[@ShadowTheHalfDemon]

Perhaps, but it still is a TV show and people sometimes like to wear something based off a form of entertainment they like to further support the show. Because it's a TV show of course there is merchandising involved with merchandise like a SOA vest. I saw one on hottopic once. If they know it's just a TV show and the someone is wearing some official merchandise based off of the TV show then it shouldn't be rude or disrespectful. Unless the guy got a vest and put on patches posing as a member of an actual MC club, there is no reason for that nonsense at all. If that's how they are gonna feel about it then maybe they should get on the company for producing the actual merchandise in the first place, rather than beating up a kid for wearing something based off a show he loved.

[@djlee3276]

I can honestly say I haven’t watched a single episode of SOA. It seems to me like a soap opera but with motorcycles. And after that realization, I found that actually riding was a better use of my time.

[@Glorytothelord.3]

I think it’s been 8 years since I finished SOA and I was literally obsessed with Harley and motorcycles in general from samcro (SN, I’m girl and no I’m not in my 30s , I’m 18 🤷🏽‍♀️)

[@Makingnewnamesisdumb]

"A lot of people died to wear that, bro." A lot of people died because they didn't mind their own fucking business.

[@igMac97]

Makingnewnamesisdumb shut up and take my like

[@LuckyStrikeLT]

Maybe he was a real diehard fan of the show and meant the fictional world. I mean there sure is a lot of killing in SOA and many died for those patches.

[@NoBody-tz4fb]

Makingnewnamesisdumb facts

[@michaelkammert1350]

Yeah he says that as though they died honorably in a war. Give me a freaking break! 1%rs die while fighting over territory that they hold dear in order to continue selling and distributing drugs and to continue committing other crimes. Bottom line. There's no honor in that! Why don't punks like the guy in the video threatening the kid ever walk up to me acting tough? Because I would see to it he regretted his words in short order. Ride safe everyone.

[@fudjpackard3911]

i wonder what he would have done if the kid had called him

[@bryanbennett1552]

I think the "custom chopper" shows on the Discovery Channel did more damage than Sons of ANarchy. It seemed like every fucking yuppie had a fat rear tired, raked out piece of shit in their garage. Only to be taken out on "bike night" at the local chicken wing place.

[@dougankrum3328]

Yeah....TT bikes......as in tavern to tavern.......

[@THEKUSCON]

totally agree 50,000 pos for fake ass posers

[@thejohn6614]

Don't forget bringing their bike to Sturgis on a trailer.

[@shauptmann06]

john Franklin trailer queens bother me. ha. Unless it's a medical condition, then ok. bit if you're an able body to ride the miles, then do it!

[@skannal]

...and then only to be repo'd because the payments weren't worth only 4 months of bike night in the northern cold states.

[@rebeliron9644]

Seeing the movie Easyrider as a kid inspired me to buy a Harley years later.

[@TheWhiteGuy82]

If someone tells me to take off my vest, I'm gonna take off the shirt underneath as well and whoop their ass. Church.

[@linejumper8204]

GET SOME!

[@fox2102]

Wild Hogs is the most accurate portrayal of an MC in movies. Change my mind.

[@getsome4363]

Forget about them.........lets vet involved....lmfao love that movie hilarous

[@mariomanzano2031]

Hell yeah

[@jason_m_schmidt622]

🤣🤣🤣

[@raphmaster23]

That was a fun movie 🤣

[@Sunbear415]

I got my desire to ride a motorcycle from “CHIPS”....

[@gregorytimmons4777]

Ann Margret on Moto Guzzi in a James Bond movie.

[@eastco_obe]

Use to watch the reruns every morning before the bus picked me up for grade school

[@MisterExclusiv]

Damn that was another good one. Mine was the great escape

[@MrKastaway66]

The Fonz, baby! And we put cards in our bicycle spokes with clothespins, ya dig?

[@joshhilz4493]

Chips is awesome

[@MrFrankthefun]

I got into motorcycles because of my Dad. He's had a Harley for as long as I can remember.

[@Nick-pd5nz]

My interest came from motocross when I was like 5 YO and when I turned 16 my grandmother signed me up for the riders safety class. 16 years later I still love it!

[@umaga61923]

Anyone else find it ironic that wearing or owning anything from a tv show isn't a problem but as soon as its sons of anarchy the bikers become social justice warriors saying they're offended by someone wearing a cut from a fake biker gang? Also saying you don't like Jax because he is a killer isn't a good argument because we seem to rally around characters like Rambo and John McClane when they have at least 4 movies of the same things

[@BrokenGodEnt]

Exactly. If it's a cop, or the good guy we are fine with rooting with them, but if it's an 'outlaw' we can't. Like "oh no I can't feel empathy for this guy, he's not a cop! he's a biker!". Pretty stupid lol.

[@franciscoaviles2759]

@Venturi Atlantique no not true that guy was a pos. Im in a MC and that doesn't bother us at all not even the red and whites. Obviously that cut didnt have a bottom rocker hence not making it a 3 piece patch but even if it was its obviously a novelty item :-)

[@KillswitchQueen]

Sons of Anarchy was honestly one of my favorite shows, so I guess I forgive it of many of it's cliches and short comings. It drove sales of motorcycles, specifically cruisers, for some of my local dealerships which I see as a great thing. I don't really get how it ruined motorcycles though. Yeah, those naive foolish fans are going to rock the vests and throw a leg over a bike, but I'd never imagine they're being intentionally disrespectful, just excited as any of us who get the motorcycle bug.

[@shadetreesurgeon]

+Killswitch Queen oh I don't think it ruined motorcycles at all, quite the opposite. It right a lot of people into riding and I think that's a great thing... the ruining motorcycles was just poor attempt at click bait lol

[@TheOfficialOMMY]

Patrickisnt true haha first time I've seen someone yea I used it for click bait haha maaad respect

[@Sewermonkey69]

Killswitch Queen it ruined motorcycles for people that want to be cool and concerned "badass" for riding one. And when things get popular it's not "badass" anymore. I don't ride to be"badass". I don't have a beard or wear gay hats. I don't wear 6 peices of leather or have a bandanna in my back pocket. I ride because it's fun. This show was a fantasy for people who live normal lives. Just like any other tv show.

[@KillswitchQueen]

LOL Riding is both badass AND fun. If someone is ONLY trying to be "bad ass" they sure won't be riding for very long, seeing as they aren't having any fun...

[@HarleyFirestorm]

If they watched the show, then they should know NOT to wear any kind of cut sporting a three piece back patch, real or fake, and definitely not real unless they are part of that club and have earned them, or that is a lesson that's going to be learned in hell.

[@IVAN3049]

I liked Harley-Davidson but when I saw Jax’s Dyna I fell in love with it.

[@R7Tricx]

I love Sons of Anarchy, the show made me love bikes even more🔥😂

[@orionslaver432]

There's not a motorcycle rider in the developed world who didn't choose to ride at least in part because they thought it was cool. I'm certainly no fan of Sons of Anarchy but there's only one guy in that video who needs a boot lodged in his skull, and it ain't the guy in the vest. Threatening some kid minding his own business is not okay. And I find it wise to always question the motives of someone who takes the time to get a camera ready before going on a tirade.

[@shadetreesurgeon]

+Orion Slaver exactly! The fact that he had his camera ready to go... bully plain and simple.

[@gabrieljohannson6777]

I agree 100%. I had to wait till I was 40 year old but in my mind I'm way cool. Respect & ride well.

[@changeneeded8339]

shadetree surgeon I'm only 17, and got my first bike at 13. 1985 rebel 250 I built up, loved it. loved everything about it. there's nothing quite like the feeling of just you and the road. that rush of no cage around you and the peacefulness yet thrill of the wind. sorry to be poetic, trying to describe the feeling.. but 8 months ago I got hit by a truck, and I'm still not walking.. I truly do want to ride again, but I'm not sure if I'll be able to..mentally. you know? sorry for venting to you, but obviously you're a rider so you understand

[@Colinmadden813]

Change Needed good luck man. If you ever want to ride again start with riding as a passenger and work your way up from a small engine to larger till you feel comfortable. I believe you can back at it! :)

[@changeneeded8339]

BAPE.E60 thanks! I better be able to, it feels way to damn good Lol

[@Skepperly]

I can't confirm or deny that I was inspired by watching the Governator blast things with a shotgun while riding a motorcycle in Terminator 2.

[@shadetreesurgeon]

+Skepperly yesssss!

[@taticalguru]

Skepperly hell ya!! T2 was my all time favorite movie as a kid. Watched it a ton.

[@deadaccount-rip]

Skepperly Fuck man, me too. I remember being 4 or 5 years old and thinking that Fat Boy was bad ass fuck. It was my dream bike for years. I'd still love to have an old Evo Fat Boy in the garage when the money is there to do it.

[@nbgaf1040]

THIS

[@peterpants993]

For me it was stories of my dad and Mad Max

[@milokadamus7721]

yep......wife and I were 55 when we got our MC licenses we are now 62. I love my harley and it is so carefree. Loved the show and also loved Sopranos!.

[@JerzyBoy973]

I got inspired to ride as a kid on a family trip sitting in traffic in the rear facing seat of my family’s station wagon. A motorcycle came rolling through lane splitting and that was it. I was sold.

[@ReminationYT]

All in favour of shadetree surgeon meeting Mr. Mayhem

[@cosmin7040]

Remination Yey

[@malachitlonborne5071]

Yay

[@willsapp2035]

Yay lmfao

[@CrEeDArrow]

Yey

[@tomski8784]

Yay

[@17primemover]

Also, they had to end SOA because Jax killed everyone.

[@lightingrodtodd]

He went blind from them sneakers gzzz you wouldbt even make prospect

[@Art_thr0b]

three years later and im shaking my head at this..

[@raymondgarafano8604]

I met a few riders from SOA around Tampa, just got back from Plant City and got drenched, Told SOA about the hvy rains east of us and they were glad I told'em, they were pretty good to me, hangin' out under a bridge staying dry, talkin about bikes. . .it was a nice day.

[@MrPAULONEAL]

I wonder if Wild Hogs inspired anyone to ride motorcycles...

[@JamesRussle365]

Honestly it inspired me to leave my old club

[@robertrodriguez1964]

Grease 2 inspired me to learn how to ride. Okay it was actually Michelle Pfeiffer. Go ahead and argue that Stephanie wasn't a muse.

[@Shastar271828]

The Polecats did it for me. :)

[@billysimpson8316]

I feel like it inspired my brother-in-law he's owned 18 bikes and crashed 19

[@bluegrasssurvival9423]

@@robertrodriguez1964 I understand 100%. After watching Grease 2 I wanted to ride Michelle Pfeiffer as well. :)

[@66Nick66]

I got threatened for wearing my "battle vest' a denim vest covered in band patches. Funniest shit ever.

[@marcosillustrates]

Wtf. What did you have on the back? Twisted sister? Black label society? Those are the only patches I can think that look MC related Lmao.

[@66Nick66]

That's the funny part. It's a Slayer patch with a Testament patch under it!

[@marcosillustrates]

@@66Nick66 I guess it depends on your area, I wear my celtic frost emperors return back patch and no one has bugged me lol

[@66Nick66]

I think this dude was just a bigger wannabe than he thought I was!

[@chrissaguaro7793]

Was probably some bitch ass mc "prospect" trying to make a name for himself.

[@MichaelSmith-hp8qw]

I retired to the Philippines after my time in the army. And was in Angeles city Pampanga not long ago and saw a guy wearing the Sons of anarchy cut. I started laughing at him. He asked me what I was laughing at. I told him his fake cut. He tried to tell me it was a real club and he was a member. I laughed harder. Well he didn't like it much but didn't do anything about it. Crazy shit in this world.

[@clifflee5767]

As a child it was the show Chips. And then as a teenager it was the movie Mission Impossible 2. I even bought a Triumph Speed Triple as my first street bike.

[@kujouk]

Great choice, I bought the Street Triple RS, I can only imagine the Speed is more insane.

[@MrGuitarforyou]

Terminator 2 was how I got interested into Harleys.. and I love every bit about my bike and the life.

[@giotorres3351]

Jacob Madden same here bro ,Arnold with that fat boy made me get my Harley

[@JohnWick-nd2bi]

That’s what got me into bikes but it didn’t help that my grandpa had a bike grave yard

[@americanthundergod9749]

Yeah T2 got me into bikes too. When I was a kid I wanted Johns dirt bike cuz I thought they were so col. the older I got the more I realized that little Honda wasn’t shit, it was all bout Harley Davidsons. Unfortunately I can’t afford one but I got me a poor mans harley (Honda Shadow) to get me in the wind until I can afford me a soft tail or a fat boy.

[@weezypeezy1725]

People actually love SOA

[@legendary-heitz3937]

hell yeah they do ...n so do millions of other people ..

[@modvind]

it's a great show

[@Naomi.B.]

I do and i don't give fuck what anyone says 😊

[@IDewWork]

It's a damn good show...

[@shadowshadow-hu7jw]

Outraged_media i fking love it

[@PathinAZ]

Been on 2 wheels for 40 yrs, and deep in the culture for almost as long..but always indy........Anyway, you spoke a lot of truth. I also think it depends on what state/where you are wearing the SOA cut. Here in Tucson there are a number of well known 3 patch clubs. An SOA cut will be basically ignored, the same as those who decide to where the "lone wolf" patch. As long as it's not trying to resemble a 3 patch cut (for those who don't know..top and bottom rocker w/center patch- and especially an MC patch) it's pretty much ignored in these parts. Always good vids.. Thanks.

[@gnrramones]

What got me in to motorcycles was the game Metal gear solid. In fact, it made me fall in love with Triumph in particular

[@americanbadass05]

Now I wanna see like an MMA fighter wear that SoA vest and see if he’ll catch a beat down 😹

[@joemann7971]

Just do it yourself. You'll probably be fine.

[@pessimisticoptimist2329]

My admiration for Harley Davidsons started when I watched the movie Stone Cold. As for SOA I thought the show was pretty good

[@jeffdemas9521]

The Boz.🤘

[@rebeliron9644]

Stone Cold is one of those lost classics...Bosworth was the man !

[@VinEllis]

I first got into bikes when I saw Purple Rain lol

[@BassmanThaG]

I mean, this technically is a drama. It's called the Hamlet of Harleys for a reason because the similarities between Shakespere's play and Kurt Sutter's Sons of Anarchy are actually uncanny and resemble one another so much.

[@banokles]

I saw Terminator 2 as a 12yr old kid, and thought Arnold Schwarzenegger on a black Fatboy™ Was The coolest Fucking thing in the world, and I've wanted one for the next quarter of a century after, but never did. Sons of Anarchy finally got me into a dealership. it's enriched my life, in ways I couldn't have imagined.

[@silverbackanimal7215]

Ssssss yeah when he flys of the edge chasing the tow truck . I remember that when I was 5 years old . I tried that on my z50 over a channel bank hundreds of times .

[@TIMEtoRIDE900]

I vont your boots, yer clothes, and yer motozzyyyyykle !!

[@cameronyeager7635]

Same here! Terminator on a Harley really sparked my love for motorcycles and the dirt bike that young John used was just as inspiring. 😃

[@jond5830]

T2 is what got me into Harley's. I even have a Fatboy softail motorcycle now, as well as a Road King for longer distances. That's where the bug bit me, and we've been buddies ever since.

[@numberoneduno7265]

Lee Harris I own that bike. Not the actual one in the movie, but a first year FatBoy. I love that bike! It's the second one I've owned, and it's very well respected, even though it's a 90'. There were only 1,400 "Grey Ghosts" made and I've read that there are only around 700 original 90's left. I want a newer one, but it's hard to give up that look, of the old school Fatboy.

[@stevehudson2078]

For people who say real bikers think SOA is shit.... I've been on Harley's my whole life and at age 50 I don't see that changing any time soon. But any way I love the show. I grew up hanging out with a club called the Saints here in the Midwest. Not to mention there are 4 very real biker in SOA. The guy who plays "Happy" I can't think of his name but he's a real life patch holder of the most well known club in world, the Hells Angels. As is Rusty Coones And Chuck Zito. Even the long time Club Prez of the Hells Angels , Sonny Barger was in the show.

[@johndoe-hv3qj]

Really I watched it all and I didn't see Sonny on it at all. I think your tripping bro.

[@emelinyakupov1039]

john doe he plays lenny

[@johndoe-hv3qj]

good for you, that doesn't change my opinion at all. I hang with a very real club. A club that is Bigger than the Hells Angels. I bet you didn't even know there was one. Compared to them the HA's are nothing. SOA is a tv show. Get real or shut up. You know nothing.

[@emelinyakupov1039]

john doe are you talking to me hangaround??

[@johndoe-hv3qj]

good for you loser

[@granthostheflatulent]

What made me want to ride was Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance at age 11 in the mid '70's. The philosophy passages were dull but the ride passages lived for me. Sons of Anarchy was a trivial TV show, nothing more or less, but the music passages with the bikes on the road hit me again the same way. Not had a bike for the last 8 years due to my young kids (and young, now ex, wife)... but at almost 60 I'm feeling the need again. A slow American cruiser this time - The show made me remember the feel of riding but also appreciate the V twin rumble after a lifetime of Japanese screamers. Electrics are coming soon and I want one Harley before it's too late.

[@johnasbury9915]

I liked “Runaway Ralph” as a kid. I guess I grew up to be the mouse on a motorcycle.. 46 years and about 30 Bikes later.. still love it. My daughter asked me “When are you gonna stop riding…” then she saw the look on my face and said “When you feel like it, probably never, right?” 😊

[@jackx4767]

I actually did a stint as an extra on a couple of episodes of the show. Never seen an episode. My MC helped with the show to make sure the portions of the show dealing with the inner workings of the club were as realistic as possible. What got me interested in motorcycles was when I saw Peter Fonda and Jack Nicholson in Easy Rider as a kid.

[@cmcc1418]

Easyriders was the Best.

[@chillypepper6612]

the terminator made me fall in love with cruiser motorbikes. can I get a HELLLL YEAAAAAAH!

[@memevarg2530]

Heeeeell yeaaaahh

[@BeefDog666]

my first bike was a fatboy for this very reason.. HELL YEAHH

[@JerzyBoy973]

Hell yeah

[@ChrisPBacon9]

Oh man when i was a wee lad watching the terminator i thought Arnie was the coolest mfer on the planet when he was on that bike

[@russmode]

T2...the aqueduct scene, jumping off the top level onto lower level!!

[@CR-kr9cs]

I was broke living paycheck to paycheck. Couldn’t afford a car. bought a $700 dollar bike. Paid $100 a year for insurance as a 20 year old. And $5 a week in gas to commute to work. That’s what got me started. 3 years on that little Suzuki savage 650 thumper, 365 rain or shine. Been riding 5 years and now I’m on a Honda vtx 1800, and thankfully I also have a car.

[@randyfarnsworth7825]

Similar story. Started on a Honda 400, 750, Yamaha 1100, Vmax for 35 BD.. a bunch in the middle now at 65.. I have a Bourget Fatso and a new K1600B..

[@draconianways3130]

Then Came Bronson. Where each day was a new journey into the unknown. Decent show. Then a movie. Probly inspired a lot of us. Don't forget Easy Rider and The Wild One . Evel Kinevel blew everybody's mind. As a kid you saw the Barrel of Death at the carnival . You bought a mini bike kit in a comic. Put a old mower motor, ran it wide open. No helmet. It would do easy 40 mph. Cops would bust you for riding on the street. Didn't matter. They take the bike. Everyone who rode had oil stain Levi's. Torn from failing to negotiate a turn or avoid a car, or a tree. Many, burn legs, broken arms. cuts, scrapes. But you learned. It was outasite badass. Even built jump ramps. Rode in the park. Busted again! Good times. No shortage of parts.

[@ryanbassett2091]

Back in the 70s, Evel Knievel got me into Harleys! Long live the XR750!

[@spamviking]

forget an SOA cut I wanna get around in a Evel Knievel jumpsuit with cape

[@wyattblackwood3927]

I was a huge Evel Knievel fan myself, I got the scars to prove it from jumping my bicycle off of really bad wooden ramps. LOL!!!!!

[@rustyswolio]

Hell yeah.

[@sonychiba4733]

Hellyeah Evel Knievel was the man the streets used to clear it out everytime Evel Knievel was ready 2 make a jump, one thing a lot of people don't know Evel Knievel used to hate Outlaw gangs he tussled with a few of them👊👊

[@abettertomorrow5928]

We all know all motorcycle club members are people who help old ladies cross the road, rescue fluffy kittens from trees, adopt orphan soft cuddly puppies and listen to classical music before bed after a cup of warm milk.

[@magicpixelz4237]

All is true except the classical music part, and you forgot the millions of dollar they give to charities. Wonder how much money street gang donate to charity?

[@jerlewis4291]

My mom broke down and two Hell’s Angels pulled over and fixed the car, bad spring on the butterfly valve. She kept the card for years.

[@johnhughes9978]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@lolly166541]

@@jerlewis4291 Working for the HA for about a Year in one of their Bike Garages/Shops I have to say that everyone I met has been awesome! Super Friendly, polite and helpful - people I'd like to be around more. Got to visit 'em one day again~

[@johndoe-hv3qj]

actually they do a lot of charity work. We have rides for people all the time. Raise thousands of dollars for people who are needy. No classical Music and warm Milk though do like hot chocolate on a cold night.

[@budddove6480]

So when my toddler pretends to be an army guy with his toys, I should tell him its stolen valor........got it. If I saw someone wearing a SOA vest while riding a motorcycle I'd laugh to myself.

[@hookdog8640]

My pop's rode a bikes and then came Bronson tv show and I saw the adventure of riding. I was 4 years old. 56 today still love the adventures.

[@TouchingClothProd]

Jax killed 46 people? The amazing thing is that someone watched the entire series and actually counted

[@dikkeroege]

Dude you take a long time to get to the point.

[@malachitlonborne5071]

The Toxic Avenger, you take a long time to make another movie

[@rskl8083]

@@malachitlonborne5071 wot

[@rskl8083]

Its so he can put more adds

[@ninja_tony]

he never even had a point.

[@nightmarezer0507]

All I hear is someone rambling. So what if someone watches the show and then wants to ride. Yeah Jax killed alot of people but so did the Terminator and Tony Montana.

[@dzeledonzeledon5843]

I live in Tampa FL glad see your from around here. My neighbor taught me ride long time ago on a Honda Shadow when I was a teen , I rode a bike before I rode a car. Thereafter I ride whenever I can afford it. Im looking get back into cruisers after 10+ years on sport bikes , more then likely a Indian Scout. I have a vest that has Lone Wolf written on it and huge pic of a wolf with reflective background and American Samurai lettering, my Mom sewed all of the lettering and stuff on it for me. I can understand people getting mad over vests if they match something their club wears and lettering which I guess is what SoA did I dunno. But if I wear my cut that my mother sewed for me for reflectors and has huge letters saying Lone Wolf (I always been a solo night rider - one of many) I will be glad meet them with fists.

[@damianwebb4371]

Harley Davidson and the Marlboro man is what inspired me

[@guins99]

Hugely underrated movie. It’s up there with roadhouse I always stop and watch it if it’s on.

[@eddiefuschetto3587]

After going through the comments. Ive notice no one knows that SOA is suppose to me a modern and modified version of Hamlet . So if you know the play Hamlet, then you’ll make the connections

[@shadetreesurgeon]

Dude there’s like 50 comments saying that and yes I’m aware of it.

[@JimmyTurner]

Fart noise

[@anthoneygrose9248]

so who was the snitch that tried to hang himself , and who were the police trying to stop them from running drugs and guns , and who the hell had a cell phone then .. hahaha

[@anthoneygrose9248]

lol the show was boring as fuck , juice was my fav , and my bicycle got me into motorcycles lol

[@marcoluna6362]

Boo this comments for nerds

[@Tizi-br8th]

after 5min of this, felt like i was listening to my wife blah blah blah

[@suowner]

LOL you know you can leave either, or, and both... just a thought

[@timebandits1026]

Ok BOOMER

[@bigboyhova]

True

[@Anth230]

😂

[@Metalalbumreviewers]

If this gravel-voiced sumbitch reminds you of your wife talking, then you married a dude, dude.

[@Barz365]

2022 could use that last bit bro, years later, I still love watching this.

[@Redpawdave]

Darn it! Your comments just caused me to see the tug between folks who HAVE TO have friends and buds to talk to (and lean on). and the very (for me) spiritual gift of being a solo on my motorcycle. What an interesting mix occurs in a "Motorcycle Club". I wouldn't / couldn't encumber my freedom by becoming a 'member'. I guess I think I'm the whole damn thing! Thanks for straightening that out for me!.

[@harrylowe2974]

I’m only mad cause you said you hated sopranos 🙄

[@brandonshere3]

@@IanHimself28 yeah because the mob, yakuza, and other actual syndicates don't exist and get smoked by average joes!

[@brandonshere3]

@@IanHimself28 you really are just too dumb xD the mob doesn't exist anymore lmfao where do you live alabama?

[@elobiretv]

Sopranos is one of the most overrated shows ever. Good acting, but the plot is just boring as hell.

[@chb3133]

Wearing a soa cut is like wearing your sports team top

[@TheBobbymcd]

I agree with this but funnily enough i wear a SOA cut but wearing my sports team top could get me into trouble...all i am going to say by way of explanation is...i am from Glasgow, Scotland and my team is Glasgow Celtic...ive never and will never wear the shirt.

[@duckLife24_7]

@@TheBobbymcd I honestly don’t know what is worse .... the fact you support Celtic or that you own a SOA cut. I’m torn, this is going to take a lot of mental gymnastics

[@catatonic_wrenching]

I got inspired to ride by motovloggers when I was 14- till now. Started with BakerxDerek, Do it with Dan, Jake the garden Snake, SubD, Shadetree, and even Blockhead. Just passed my msf, got endorsed course and finished fixing my Sportie. Thanks y'all for being a good example for me, especially the swamp wizard himself!

[@thatsmrharley2u2]

OK, first lesson. It's not spelled "Sportie" .

[@alexfleury2516]

Can't believe you didn't mention Easyrider. I graduated from high school the year it came out. Had to have a chopper

[@iannamico]

Its a TV show dude, relax.

[@gundemon3393]

N. I. so true... so true

[@Whosagoodboi]

N. I. what bothers me is when people wear the patch of the show....a tv shirt is well damn enough to show your support or fandom to the tv show. Wearing the patch has a way deeper meaning than that. It's means you belong to that group which it isn't even (a real MC). It's utter disrespect to the ones who spent their lives fighting to earn their patch. it would be like wearing a medal of honor even though you never served. Same thing it's disrespectful and straight up offensive. Where the shirt not the patch. Make your whole patch if you really want to rock a patch

[@Whosagoodboi]

N. I. It's not the same to me but it is to some people. I wasn't making a comparison. I was trying to show a same perspective over an other subject. And by the way I never mentioned the purple heart...you did. You might also want to know that a motorcycle club does not necessarily involve crime and drums. I'm not the one calling people names. That's my opinion just deal with it

[@Whosagoodboi]

N. I. Let me word this again. I was trying to show a similar point of view with another symbol/emblem

[@gundemon3393]

Benjamin Belzile I see your point... as stupid as I think MCs in general are... Wearing a patch you didn't earn is like wearing camo's... the camo by itself is fine the disrespect comes from putting a name tape (army marines airforce) and patches on it. You didn't earn that name tape/patches so don't wear them

[@marcosillustrates]

Anyone else get inspired by the intro to "La Bamba" when Bob is cruising down the highway on a indian motorcycle while he revs his engine to the song "who do you love" by Bo didley? That scene just hit me like a ton of bricks

[@xcaliber7779]

Biker Mice From Mars inspired me to ride since I was 7. Bought my first bicycle after watching it. Hell yeah!

[@Bustedknucklez]

I was inspired by the musical Grease 2 for my love of motorcycles.. when I was 6 years old that dude was the coolest thing since elastic waistbands, so now when I ride I drive only at bowling alleys, on top of cars while the pink ladies cheer me on.. ahh, the life of a biker!

[@twatbass]

i have a hard time believing that this is what being an outlaw biker is about these days. harassing some kid with a hyundai, wearing tv show fake prop? its pretty pathetic.

[@nchatmon94]

it's a criminal show and you're mad that they show crimes? it's a show chill out

[@alanthompson1791]

The viet nam vets in my neighborhood started a motorcycle club back,in the early seventies, they were my heroes as a teenager.

[@StreetSinner]

Well, it's 6 years later, I never watched the show when it was on and only just finally binged it this year. I think that, like most things, you have to appreciate it for what it is: a high-production-quality show with great acting and writing. Theatre. Does it occasionally cringe out with actors who maybe couldn't whip mashed potatoes acting like they're bad and deadly? Sure, of course, because they're actors, not sunburnt hardasses by trade, and that makes the acting job even harder and more respectable when they pull it off at all, which the drama facilitates for them. Actors display emotions, and the most dangerous people often don't even have emotions anymore, so maybe there's a fundamental disconnect there which they bridged as well as could be expected, I'd say admirably. Is the plot plausible? Not if you poke at it too much, like every show ever! I think of SOA as a sort of biker fever dream, as it was influenced by Hell's Angels consulting and acting in it. It's supposed to be more dramatic than real life, condensing lifetimes of extreme circumstances and behavior into one story. Speaking of acting, how about the creator and writer acting in it and doing a great job? Always liked Ron Perlman, Kim Coates, Katey Sagal, Dayton Callie, Tommy Flanagan, Jimmy Smits, Danny Trejo, Peter Weller, Henry Rollins, and Maggie Siff. Hunnam even manages to eventually embody a california biker bad boy despite being an englishman with a theatre degree, and he became a rider thanks to that job. If you like acting and motorcycles and the idea of comraderie, there's no reason not to like the show. As for the SOA patch: any biker who thinks they get to declare leather vests off-limits to the public is a tool who is somehow failing to absorb the spirit of liberty that riding a motorcycle miraculously imbues even amidst the distracting realities of life. It's not falsely representing a patch to wear a leather vest with a meaningless-to-bikers patch on it. As for Teller's moral arc, I don't think SOA simply ignored biker purism and brotherhood to offer only gratuitous violence and glorify criminality; rather, the whole book from his dad was grappling with the pull of crime leading them astray and how he wasn't able to stop it. Jax was a product of his upbringing and environment who, tragically, despite having powerful core values of loyalty and family, could not reach escape velocity even though he knew his priorities were skewed badly. His final act is of redemption as he burns his notes and decides to break the cycle rather than indoctrinating his own sons, then takes himself out rather than continue to kill, which he knew was too easy and common for him, to the point that he was objectively a monster, regardless of any good intentions. I think it's pretty brilliant. You can't pick at it too hard, you just enjoy it or turn it off. Like a motorcycle, if you like it, it's good.

[@temujincalidius]

So the men that watched 'The Wild One' with Marlon Brando in 1953 also ruined motorcycles when they were influenced and jumped on a bike?

[@seancoonery2559]

Samuel Lison way before anyone’s time

[@michaelszczys8316]

There is an episode of ‘ Highway Patrol ‘ tv show that has Clint Eastwood riding an old Harley and he is in a club of everyday sport riders that get harassed and threatened by a store owner that thinks that ‘ all people on motorcycles are evil criminals ‘. That was in the 50s, after The Wild One . ( I guess we’ll always have it )

[@aaronrichards2842]

the wild one had approval by the outlaws i believe

[@rickkalpinski3179]

Nope was based off the boozefighters

[@thatsmrharley2u2]

@@seancoonery2559 Wrong.

[@Thepeanutgallery666]

you know, I think all that club drama is kind of bullshit anyway. I've been riding for 30 years. it doesn't make me a better biker, it makes me more experienced, but some people don't even learn with experience. I don't ride a Harley. I don't have anything against anybody who rides a Harley. what I do have a problem with our people who think that they're better because they ride Harleys. I ride a badass Honda VTX 1800. that's a 110 cubic inch stroker monster! and it's a fun ride, but anybody with any considerable riding experience can ride it safely with a little practice. it would be really nice if riding a motorcycle didn't make you a badass, but a person who likes to ride motorcycles. being in a club has its benefits. but, in my experience, the purpose of a lot of those clubs is to promote fear and intimidation. they say that they are creating an environment of respect, but real respect doesn't come from fear and intimidation. it comes from the good things that people do, and not being a douchebag. what Sons of Anarchy did was promote the outlaw lifestyle. so now all these kids come out here, get there first motorcycle, and think that they have to prove what a badass they are. So they do stupid shit. if there's anything that Sons of Anarchy did, it was to promote the stupidity that people already think the clubs do. and suddenly, everybody wants a three-piece patch on their back. why can't we all just ride? if I see a biker on the road somewhere, and they need help, I don't care if they've got a patch or not, I'm going to help them. That's the biker Brotherhood. but we need to come to the understanding that riding a bike does not make you a bad ass. and just because it's loud, or painted black, does not make you a badass. and neither does watching a show.

[@lilricky350]

Chris Holsinger actually very well said. I feel very much the same. Good job !

[@keithroy7884]

Well said!

[@dont.ripfuller6587]

Chris Holsinger I couldn't understand anything you said because your comment was about 47000 words too long

[@Mordhur]

SOA was just a tv show ,the problem is the real clubs that live that life and do what those soa members do in the show,there is no respect when gangs make the rules and there is no safety in all the drama they keep max out ,i also dont believe in such a thing as a real biker for a motorcile pilot its just that,real enough to bleed and die all that mc fakery its just gangland .a man is just a man what ever he drives,a pony,a bike or a car or even a shoping cart

[@dr.fruityboots4706]

as a child in the 70-80s it was evel iknievel chips and ghost rider got me started in bikes then riding on my grandfatherts honda and my grandmother talking about her triumph in the 50s. my first vehicale was a honda cb750 k 4

[@MrWatdaeff]

I started riding four months ago, and bought a Harley vest/sweatshirt thing off the rack cause I thought it looked cool. Next thing I know I had a guy approach me in a bar talking about "cuts" and "showing respect to other bikers wearing cuts" and being careful about where I wear the vest and honestly it confused the shit out of me. I just want to ride, alone, because I like it. I grew up working on my dads Harley with him and he was never in a club, he just liked riding, alone, and is the reason I like it. The vest was just part of the slide resistant gear I bought to keep me safe. Having said all that, now I think I get it. No point in really even bothering to express my opinion on the matter, cause that's all it is, but I wanted to say thank you for the video because it helped me understand.