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The Hollister riot, also known as the Hollister Invasion, [ 4] was an event that occurred at the American Motorcyclist Association (AMA)-sanctioned Gypsy Tour motorcycle rally in Hollister, California, from July 3 to 6, 1947. More motorcyclists than expected flooded the small town to watch the annual rallies, as well as socialize and drink.
Galloping Goose MC. Galloping Goose Motorcycle Club ( GGMC) is a motorcycle club that began around a motorcycle racing team and friends based out of Los Angeles, California in the United States in 1942. The group was informal and not chartered until 1946. Soon after, the organization spread out from southern California, establishing chapters in ...
Hollister, California. / 36.85250°N 121.40167°W / 36.85250; -121.40167. Hollister is a city in and the county seat of San Benito County, located in the Central Coast region of California, United States. With a 2020 United States census population of 41,678, [ 6] Hollister is one of the largest cities in the Monterey Bay Area and a ...
Region. California and Nevada, US. Website. www.pobob.com. The Pissed Off Bastards of Bloomington (POBOB) is a motorcycle club that, in 1947, along with the Boozefighters and the Market Street Commandos, participated in the highly publicized Hollister riot, later immortalized on the film as The Wild One (1953). [1] [failed verification] [2]
The Yellow Jackets Motorcycle Club, [1] also referred to as YJMC, is an American Motorcycle Club, which in 1947 along with other California motorcycle clubs participated in the highly publicized "Hollister Riot" later immortalized in the film The Wild One. [2] While the true founding date is lost to time for now, they were officially ...
The L.A. chapter got drunk before it even arrived at Hollister, starting out on the Thursday before the weekend by drinking in the All-American Bar, driving to Santa Barbara, drinking there, driving to San Luis Obispo where they were too drunk to drive on that day and decided to sleep in a bus terminal, driving on the next day to King City ...
J.C. "Pappy" Hoel founded the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in 1938. It's the world's most successful motorcycle rally, drawing 500,000+ annually to remote South Dakota.
Chicanos Motorcycle Club. 2003. Pritzwalk, Germany. With chapters in at least 8 countries, they are one of the most well-known support clubs for the Bandidos MC. Chosen Few. 1959. Los Angeles, US. A mixed race outlaw motorcycle club that mostly, if not solely, resides in California.