Author Topic: finaly named the gang. (Read 3939 times)

mrblasty · « **on:** November 09, 2005, 09:53:47 AM »

I was goofing around with my buddy about what to name our "gang". Initially we were going to call ourselves the skunks because of all the black leather, judging by the response to my avatar I think we should call ourselves the possums of course we will need to have back patches made and get the requisite tattoos to aid in recruitment. VROOM VROOM HISS HISS.

Harry · « **Reply #1 on:** November 09, 2005, 11:45:16 AM »

THATS a possum??

I thought it was a Tasmanian Devil! Our Crown Prince and his Princess from down under just had a nipper, and the people of Tasmania made them a present of two ... Tasmanian Devils. Apart from the subtle insult (NOT!) it appears that all Tasmanian Devils are riddled with disease. Nice!

clarkjh · « **Reply #2 on:** November 09, 2005, 11:58:24 AM »

Just get a hold of Red Green, the have all the goodies for Possum Lodge. Gota luv us Canuks, eh.

Raul CB750K1 · « **Reply #3 on:** November 09, 2005, 11:58:50 AM »

That reminds me of a Simpsons episode. You should name your gang "Hell's Satans". HAHAHAHAHA

Bob Wessner · « **Reply #4 on:** November 09, 2005, 12:45:48 PM »

How about the Marvelous Marsupials?

or

The Pocket Rockets?

mrblasty · « **Reply #5 on:** November 09, 2005, 04:43:24 PM »

Oh man the Red Green show is so funny and that episode of the Simpsons is a classic.

Uncle Ernie · « **Reply #6 on:** November 09, 2005, 04:49:49 PM »

Sorry, but the idea of a gang called the "possums" makes me think of Dame Edna.

Now if everybody wore those sunglasses with their leather jackets...

mrblasty · « **Reply #7 on:** November 09, 2005, 11:07:23 PM »

now there is an idea, a cross dressing motorcycle gang that unleashes bad humor on all of its rivals. Maybe I'll stick with the skunks.

turtle · « **Reply #8 on:** November 09, 2005, 11:17:14 PM »

It's an American Possum (not a real possum at all really

).

Raul CB750K1 · « **Reply #9 on:** November 10, 2005, 12:45:36 AM »

How about "The Blue Oyster"? If they ask you why the name, you can always say it's a homage to Blue Oyster Cult. Leather chaps and moustaches can be misleading though....

Raul

mrblasty · « **Reply #10 on:** November 10, 2005, 11:41:57 AM »

Wasn't The Blue Oyster the name of the gay biker bar in the Police Academy movies?

clarkjh · « **Reply #11 on:** November 10, 2005, 11:48:10 AM »

thats what came to mind when I read "The Blue Oyster", I don't think I would want my gang pegged with that name. Could get in deep S*&t or visa/versa.

Japbikemike · « **Reply #12 on:** November 10, 2005, 12:31:22 PM »

In the 1970's there was a Movie with Martin Mull and Tuesday Weld call "The Serial". The famed English Vampire actor Christopher Lee appears as the leader of a gay motorcycle club in San Francisco........
"The Road Reamers"

Now that looked good on the back of a leather jacket.

jaannaktin · « **Reply #13 on:** November 10, 2005, 12:42:54 PM »

I hate to digress, but what model hard cases to you have there, clarkjh?

Thanks,

Jaan

Uncle Ernie · « **Reply #14 on:** November 10, 2005, 02:28:13 PM »

I don't think anyonw who was thinking of calling his gang "The Possums" is such a hard case.

clarkjh · « **Reply #15 on:** November 11, 2005, 06:20:31 AM »

Jann

to be truthful, I haven't got the foggiest. They where on the bike when I bought it. Although the bags and the fairing strike me as very early Wing.

James

jaannaktin · « **Reply #16 on:** November 11, 2005, 10:44:40 AM »

I have been looking for bags, and debating on hard vs. soft cases. Period hard cases seem few and far between, however. I'll keep looking on ebay. Thanks!

Jaan

Uncle Ernie · « **Reply #17 on:** November 11, 2005, 01:58:34 PM »

Check BMW sites. I think the old Wixom bags would look good. Also, someone is making the old-style Harley bags again. Can't remember whee i've seen the ads... Antique Motorcycle Club mag or Walnecks maybe?

clarkjh · « **Reply #18 on:** November 11, 2005, 02:59:11 PM »

Jann

My bags, (not bag, Terry) are starting to show their age, couple big cracks in the plastic so I'm thinking I might make up a form and make a couple of fiberglass copies. I'll keep you in mind if I get time to make them.

James

Kelvin8 · « **Reply #19 on:** November 11, 2005, 04:21:30 PM »

I like "The POGOS".

mrblasty · « **Reply #20 on:** November 12, 2005, 12:21:15 AM »

Those look like the Bates bags from the late 60's early 70's. They come up on Ebay and I think there is a set on the portland craigs list motorcycle section for $80.00.

jaannaktin · « **Reply #21 on:** November 13, 2005, 05:37:11 PM »

James

Bates was the name I found from some older posts on this forum. The cases look good, but the mounting hardware makes me a little suspicious. If anybody, including you, has good close ups of the business end of the mounting hardware, please post them for reference. I have seen some Bates on ebay, but some don't include hardware, or if they do, there is no detail. Overal, the prices seem reasonable compared to "new" stuff.

Thanks!

Jaan

clarkjh · « **Reply #22 on:** November 13, 2005, 05:45:14 PM »

everthings apart, I'll get photos of the mountings and close-ups of the mount side of the bags. Won't be able to get them till tomorrow.

James

Terry in Australia · « **Reply #23 on:** November 13, 2005, 06:16:49 PM »

Just digressing back to your original post, it might be unhealthy for your "club" to wear anything like a "patch" on your back, I know one guy who innocently made up his own patch and was accosted by some very serious outlaw bikers who suggested that he should remove the patch (right there on the side of the road) before they removed him from his mortal coil. Something to do with outlaw club etiquette, I'm lead to believe................. Maybe a nice shoulder patch instead?

Don't put "MC" on it either, the Hells Angels actually own that registered trade mark, and I don't think they'll be happy if you use it without their permission. Of course if you like living dangerously, how about "Road Kill" for a club name? Cheers, Terry.

mrblasty · « **Reply #24 on:** November 13, 2005, 06:34:37 PM »

Don't think we will make any patches. as for the shenanigans of outlaw biker gangs, there are ways of dealing with that crowd.
Being a military man You may know what I am talking about.

Terry in Australia · « **Reply #25 on:** November 13, 2005, 07:25:00 PM »

Quote from: mrblasty on November 13, 2005, 06:34:37 PM

Don't think we will make any patches. as for the shenanigans of outlaw biker gangs, there are ways of dealing with that crowd.
Being a military man You may know what I am talking about.

Good idea mate, leave those patches alone, anyway, T shirts are nice too. There are a lot of ex military folk in the outlaw clubs (indeed that's how the 'Angels started) and they are generally well disciplined, well organised professional groups, with seemingly infinite resources of money, equipment and personnel. Best left alone, from my experience. Cheers, Terry.

Raul CB750K1 · « **Reply #26 on:** November 14, 2005, 03:39:26 AM »

How come a military man become an outlaw biker? Do they get tired of serving one side of the law that they want to see how is living in the other side?

Raul

Mark M · « **Reply #27 on:** November 14, 2005, 08:29:59 AM »

Raul,
You havn't been paying attention in 'Outlaw Bikers 101'
The first outlaw gangs (or 1%'s) were formed by pissed off returning servicemen.

Jim Shea · « **Reply #28 on:** November 14, 2005, 08:39:52 AM »

I spoke to a wanna bee HD bloke the other day, he was riding a Yamaha 650 Virago or some such. He had chaps, waistcoat, finger less gloves, the whole catastrophy!! anyway, he was covered in patches, except on the back, he said it upsets the HA, so be aware..

Raul CB750K1 · « **Reply #29 on:** November 14, 2005, 01:28:04 PM »

So, do you mean you can't wear a patch in your back just because a bunch of #$%*s doesn't want you to? Is that your "land of the free"?

Raul

mrblasty · « **Reply #30 on:** November 14, 2005, 01:49:42 PM »

You make a good point Raul, I do exercise every freedom I have and I'll kick some ass if someone wants to #$%* with it.
Yeah "The land of the free" Thats the biggest load going right now.
It blows me away when non conformist/outlaws/self described patriots give You load of grief because of something You wear or You have a point of view that doesn't align with their own, enforcing codes and "laws" that have no place.
Land of the hypocrite is more like it.
Freedom gets talked about an awful lot but show them freedom and the majority get scared of it and want to take it away from You.
Life sentences, liberty for those that can afford it and the right to buy #$%* at walmart is the new battle cry for too many americans these days, soon we will be owned again if things do not change.
Sorry for the rant.

Signed

mrblasty,
possumologist.

dusterdude · « **Reply #31 on:** November 14, 2005, 01:54:27 PM »

no sweat blasty,im afraid you make a lot of sense

Uncle Ernie · « **Reply #32 on:** November 14, 2005, 06:10:57 PM »

Things sure have changed from the rogues who started this country. Our basic freedom is to conform or get thumped in the head. Freedom from thumping. Asking questions of our politicians is UnAmerican. Have to stop typing now- I hear my front door breaking...

Terry in Australia · « **Reply #33 on:** November 14, 2005, 11:01:52 PM »

Quote from: Raul CB750K1 on November 14, 2005, 01:28:04 PM

So, do you mean you can't wear a patch in your back just because a bunch of #$%*s doesn't want you to? Is that your "land of the free"?
Raul

It's got nothing to do with being in the "Land of the Free" Raul, I've never been a member of an outlaw club (too much like hard work scowling all day long and saying bad things about Jap bikes, although I do like the idea of breaking in young club groupies and drinking Bourbon until I collapse in a puddle of my own vomit) but I have a few friends who still are, or were, "Outlaws" and they seem to enjoy it.

A couple of Hells Angels saved me (and my CB750F) from one mother of a beating when I was just a baby faced lad of 18, so I've always had some respect for them, and where they sit in the motorcycle hierachy. They're a bit like spiders, we are a little frightened of them but realise that they have a purpose in life, and that is to get rid of all the flies. Of course I'm referring to all the "Outlaw Wannabe's" who think that Harley ownership entitles them to start their own outlaw clubs, like the "Hells Accountants", or "Bank-Deed-o's", etc.

The big outlaw clubs regulate the outlaw population, and while this might have more to do with maintaining market share in their "business" ventures, it also takes a lot of pressure off police. In my opinion, they pretty much keep to themselves, and don't cause the "civilian" population too much to be concerned about. Sure, every now and then an argument will lead to a massacre, but statistically, you've got more chance of being murdered by a postal worker, than an outlaw biker, ha ha! Cheers, Terry.

Raul CB750K1 · « **Reply #34 on:** November 15, 2005, 12:54:26 AM »

The only thing I say is why you can't wear a patch in your back if you want to? Does this mean that I can form a mob and beat everybody who wears shirts we don't like?

Well, I guess it must be very dissapointing for them, that when they created an image and attitude to oppose the "stablishment", the rich part of the society, instead of getting scared of them, buy their bikes and imitate their rituals. It's like in my teenage, when I left my long-time-gone hair grow long. Part of the fun was to upset my parents. If my father would have said "Wow, that's cool, I'm gonna let my hair grow too" probably the fun would have been gone.

Raul

Terry in Australia · « **Reply #35 on:** November 15, 2005, 02:51:02 AM »

Hmmmnnn, I'm not sure that's entirely correct either mate, although I did use the "rich Harley owner" stereotype as an example of "wannabe" outlaw clubs, antiestablishmentarianism (yes it's a real word) is not necessarily the preserve of the rich.

I think that they probably are disappointed in the amount of people out there who try to imitate them, but then again, "imitation is the sincerest form of flattery", so maybe the hells Angels are flattered by the "Hells Accountants" attempts? Ha ha, Cheers, Terry.

Mark M · « **Reply #36 on:** November 15, 2005, 05:00:41 AM »

I'm just watching out for the vigilante Postie. Do you think if I up the average weight of my ebay purchases I might wear him down enough for me to take him on?

Terry in Australia · « **Reply #37 on:** November 15, 2005, 11:55:43 AM »

Quote from: Mark M on November 15, 2005, 05:00:41 AM

I'm just watching out for the vigilante Postie. Do you think if I up the average weight of my ebay purchases I might wear him down enough for me to take him on?

Well if he's delivering all your stuff mark, you should be looking after him! That reminds me, I should leave a 6 pack of VB out for my "Postie", he's been doing a stirling job, the only box I'm getting nervous about is from Canada, but I think I've been screwed (again) by another crooked Canuk! Cheers, Terry.

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