BLACKRIDERS M.C. PHILIPPINES

 Words: Spear (During his prospecting days) These are the word that most of my brothers in our world live by. But in our club, we dropped the word "Honor", thus, only the words "Love, Loyalty, and Respect" are used. Being the curious prospect that I am, I asked the full patched members of our chapter on why we dropped the word "Honor" in our code. Is "Honor" automatically incorporated in "Loyalty", since staying loyal to something you choose or believe in, regardless of the circumstances involved, strongly denotes loyalty.  The chapter president answered my question with ease. " Love, Loyalty, and Respect are the core values of our brotherhood. Honor is something that you may drop, but not Love, Loyalty, or Respect for your fellow brothers. " That answer struck something within me. Surely, Honor is something that is not that easy to give up. What if there comes a time where you are forced to choose between your honor and your ...

Words: Knuckles as told by Eddie Cruz, etc. Art: Third and fourth versions of the Black Rider logo Do you remember the 90’s? The rise of the boy bands and girl groups. Rock, Alternative, Grunge where trending. Names such as Backstreet Boys, Spice Girls, Pearl Jam, Blink 182, Korn, Bush, No Doubt and the likes were household names. But one word would start to define the 90’s, extreme! Yes, the young was starting to take everything to the extreme. And so catapulted the X-games into mainstream. The X-games brought to every home what was being done to skateboards, in-line skates, and what started it all, BMX by the so-called extreme athletes. The BMX was what kids and teens alike had as their introduction to moto crossing. Moto crossing’s fame was at an all time high during the 90’s and was evident in both the silver screen and small screen.  The members of the Black Rider MC would also catch this fever as most would now turn to this young sport and new kind of adventure. They would no...

Words: Knuckles as told by Blackrider Eddie Cruz of BR 90’s Art: 2nd variation of the Black Rider MC patch As the world entered the 1980’s, the youth suddenly lost its interest with classic cruisers and shifted to fast and sportier bikes. This was reflected by mainstream media by having the likes of Tom Cruise on his Kawasaki Ninja GPZ900r in Top Gun or a more futuristic take with Tron and the light cycles. With this, so did the composition of the club, the club now had younger members that had too scratch that adrenaline rush itch. Thus when the 90’s entered so did the birth of the club’s 3rd generation or the 2nd iteration bearing the name Black Rider. Now composed of different variations of motorcycles; from high and low displacements; from sports, cruisers, and even motocross / enduro type bikes; two and three wheelers. The diversity just grew and the rides started to value speed more. But as most of the original members started to lose interest with some having needed to migrate t...

 Words: Knuckles Art: Hector designed by Knuckles with enhancements by Mac It was once said that in chaos, greatness will emerge. None of the first 13 members would have imagined what was to come for they were left with the dilemma on how to rebuild the club. The remaining members were then offered a patch over by a local legendary MC but after a few talks and with some disagreement on the terms, it did not push through.  There had also been talks of establishing a new name for the club. For weeks, hundreds of names and ideas were being tossed around until it just became frustrating. Then a moment of eureka came upon a member named Knuckles.  Not too long ago, serendipity struck. Knuckles met, a few months prior, an old timer biker named Papa J bearing and on his back was a patch with the name Black Riders on its top rocker. The old timer would tell stories of what it was like in the 60’s and 70’s and of how they came about. The idea was presented on the table of bringing...

  Words: Knuckles Art: Black Rider MC logo adapted from a riding club in Ecuador In the late 2010’s, most of the club’s member were dwindling as most have already joined the Adventurers, some with a LERAP associate club, while some had just went on to form other clubs or completely lost interest. Forward to 2016, an ex-Anghel ng Lansangan American prospect named Dennis Huff aka Dan Phanto started a local chapter of a riding club from Ecuador named Blackriders. They were all owners of a specific bike brand and model which was also the case of what was started in the Philippines. After he had recruited 3 local members namely; Ghost, Mac, and Lucky, he was given the approval by the local dominant 1%er club to start a 3-patched Motorcycle Club and as a club under the AOA umbrella. Under the guidance of a 1%er club, BRMC lived by the simple code of biking and brotherhood. The club would have weekly rides and meetings as slowly but surely the club embraced the true tradition and culture ...

Words: Knuckles Many defines what a true biker is differently.  To some, a biker is a hooligan. A rebel. A person that rides a motorcycle and is a menace to society. There are some that defines them as those who ride. A few defines them as those who work on their bikes and ride them. Some defines them as a leather wearing, full patched stereotype. And yet, traditionally, these aren’t all that makes up what a true biker is. Traditionally a true biker lives with a certain code. This code is quite simple and is the basic foundation of what makes a person a true biker. It’s not the angst, nor is it the image. It’s the attitude. A true biker not only rides and works on his bike but a true biker considers other people who rides their sibling and as such you never leave anyone in need behind. This is just simple decency and one doesn’t even need to be a true biker to know this. Your fellowman is more important than an event, a ride, a destination, or even more than a motorcycle. If you fi...