

The FBI and the Criminal Intelligence Service Canada have named the Bandidos an "outlaw motorcycle gang". Worldwide membership, estimated 2,400 members in 210 chapters, in 22 countries. This club is sponsored directly by the chapter TR of the Hells Angels Group located on the Northern Crown of Montreal, in the Laurentians. Its members are known to only ride Harley-Davidson motorbikes. Said to be one of Canada's oldest outlaw motorcycle gangs, they also stand as one of nation's largest. Has expanded into several of the American States, as well as the Republic of Malta.

They were ultimately wiped out around 1984 by rival Sherbrooke biker gang, the Gitans. Led by Canadian gangster Wayne Kellestine, later convicted of the Shedden massacreĪ now-defunct outlaw motorcycle club that was led by Réjean "Farmer" Gilbert. They are not to be confused with the former American OMCG of the same name that ended up becoming assimilated into the ranks of the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club. One of the more-pronounced domestic biker gangs of the Netherlands. The club's name is take on the term "alcoholers". Also has a single chapter in Puerto Rico. The club's most notable member was Anglo-Canadian criminal mastermind (and current fugitive) David "Wolf" Carroll – who went on to serve as a high-ranking "street lieutenant" for the Hells Angels (Quebec) Nomads after the dissolution of the 13th Tribe Motorcycle Club.Īctive along the Eastern Seaboard of the United States, with chapters in New York, New Jersey, Florida, North Carolina and Pennsylvania. Patched-over in 1984 to become the Hells Angels Halifax chapter, the first Hells Angels charter in Atlantic Canada.

In the United States, such motorcycle clubs are considered "outlaw” if they are not registered and sanctioned by the American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) and do not adhere to the AMA's rules. It is generally centered on the use of cruiser motorcycles, particularly Harley-Davidsons and choppers, and a set of ideals that celebrate freedom, nonconformity to mainstream culture and loyalty to the biker group. An outlaw motorcycle club is a motorcycle subculture that has its roots in the immediate post-World War II era of American society. This is an alphabetical list of notable outlaw motorcycle clubs, including those current, defunct, or historic.
