BLACKRIDERS M.C. PHILIPPINES

  Words: Hook (During his prospecting days) Photo: Taken during his wedding With the world under the mercy of people without common sense (liberal feminists, pro abortion, etc ) the position of strong men becomes questionable. Men are left with no choice but to hide their natural instinct of protecting the weak, fighting for someone else and serving others (opening the door for women, pulling the chair for them, etc.), because to the eyes of the many (especially the women and those who identify themselves as) these are considered toxic masculinity. I have been protecting manhood/boyhood even way back in college, where I belong in a university that it is predominated by women. The way men are treated, and men's behavior are equated as 'bad behavior' (inside the university) only shows how a modern society treats strong men. With rampant videos as evidence about men being treated as jokes, commonly referred to as Takuzas (takot sa asawa), you are left with a question of where ...

 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...

 The Beginning Words: Knuckles as told by Papa J Art: The 1st generation patch for Black Rider MC bearing the name Black Rider Let me take you back to a simpler time. It’s Saturday afternoon, you wake up to Steppenwolf’s Born to be Wild on the radio because you fell asleep the whole day coming home late from Friday night’s shenanigans. You try to recount what has happened and you remember you were at Quirino Grandstand along Dewey Blvd. trying to start a race with a group of teens on their Harley’s. While trying to set up a race, you see a crazy teen trying to do a wheelie on his cruiser, another one is trying to impress the ladies with his donuts. A foxy chic comes up to you and you are awestricken by her looks making you hear Nancy Sinatra’s These Boots are made for walkin’ in your head. This was common in the late 60’s where groups of teens and young men from the upperclass would gather around on their motorcycles along Dewey Blvd. One such club was the 76 Roadrunners. Composed ...

Words: Knuckles I have been asked multiple times, what is the level of commitment one should have when joining a Motorcycle Club. My answer is short and simple, none. There is no standard but rather what one can give and a bit more. What do I mean? I would never expect everyone to have the same level of commitment. Someone will always be able to give more in a particular situation than others. But that doesn’t make that brother any less because he may be able to give more in other instances. It is when you feel that you have not given enough that you will actually be at your best rather than those who feels they have given more than enough already. When you feel you gave enough already is when you fail to see the commitment needed from you by the club. Your club’s success is a group effort and will never be caused by a lone individual. Your contribution to it’s growth will always be essential. Because the club’s success may be a group effort, it’s failure or total demise can be caused ...

Words: Hook (Debunking the Romanticized Modern Biker Archetypes as Portrayed by the Media) A Knight in shining armor in modern public stereotype is mostly portrayed as a Hero. Riding white horses and bringing forth justice. Often, when these knights are in royalty, they are most likely archetyped as a savior of a damsel in distress, like disney princesses being saved by a handsome guy in a suit of armor bringing forth her true love's kiss. Often these literature are bullsh*t. It is most likely the effect of romanticizing literature. True knights in writing were always portrayed as a protector of the Chivalric code. The unending quests for the Holy grail and the unquenchable thirst for war. Mostly respected by the society during Medieval times, they were the symbol of God's men. Ready to fight for the Catholic Faith. Deus Volt! But in reality, these knights were  vicious as beasts. They were men who raped women and children who were prisoners of war. Often killing innocent civil...

Words: Knuckles I was once asked why we call ourselves Black Riders when we are not black as a race. Before I had the chance to answer, he was quick to tell me he was only joking. I didn’t have the chance to explain as to why. So let me tell you why Black and not any other color. It is not about the bike nor the color of our skin nor the clothes we wear but at the same time it is also all about it. Confused? You see, it’s all about the nature of the color black. Contrary to most beliefs, black is not the absence of color but rather the presence of all colors. It is the absorption of all. White is pure absence. Black is pure presence. As a Black Rider, we welcome all race, all walks of life, all beliefs, all nationalities. It is the removal of one’s ego and prejudice to accept and absorb a brother for who he truly is. So why not any other color like say blue or purple or red? Because any other color represents emotion. For example, red mostly represents anger, passion, love. It is a ser...

Words: Hook As I lay down in bed, watching videos as I slowly fall to sleep, I often encounter Facebook reels about a podcast discussing why men in these times are weak. Why men today don't  have what it takes to pick up a rifle and fight for their own freedom. I enjoyed listening to that podcast, and a beautiful quote was mentioned, it was explained in a logical yet very poetic way. The quote goes like this: "Hard times create strong men, strong men create easy times, easy times create weak men, weak men create difficult times." This explains that we are condemned in a cycle most often created by those who came before us. Looking at where the club is right now, we have enjoyed the good times created by those strong men. But it also weakened us to the point where we forgot what it is to carry our own balls. What's sad is, we blame those men for giving us peace, for giving us the wisdom to think for ourselves, and for letting us stand on our own. We defiled, we pointed...

Words: Mac We kneel to honor the promise of brotherhood the club represents. We kneel to affirm our belief that we are equals, that no brother is above another. We kneel to remind us to grow and become better, not only for the club but for our families as well. We kneel to fully accept the responsibility of being our brothers' keepers. We kneel to honor those who have fought with us and those who strengthen us when we are at our lowest. We kneel to show respect to the ones who came before us, who bestowed guidance and knowledge about the life we are to live. We kneel to pledge our loyalty to the club and the values it teaches. We kneel to fully accept the duty of living and following the MC code and its traditions, the Black and White way. We kneel to embrace the life as bearers of Hector and to continuously inspire others.

 Words: Preacher  I was always fascinated with motorcycles specially cruisers and choppers at a young age. I remember riding my stuffed animal dog pretending it was a motorcycle. Pretending to ride in long roads with the electric fan blowing wind in my face. I remember watching biker mice from Mars in the afternoon TV show and imitating them how they ride. They look so effin’ cool! But that’s not how I ended up in an Mc.  Mid 2016 I entered a state of depression. Everything was falling apart. I WAS FALLING APART. It was at this time I decided to get a bike thinking that maybe doing some rides may outrun the demons in my head. I remember looking at the Kawasaki Ns200 bike but I was hesitant to buy it. You know that feeling when you are looking at something at you whisper to yourself “it doesn’t speak to me”.  Yup, that exactly how I felt. I visited another showroom and saw this beautiful cruiser. It was a slick matte black SL 200. Immediately I know this was the one! ...

Words: Knuckles As the MC noob, you will more than often overstep the closeness and bond you build with your MC brothers as most people does. It is often the mistake of the youngling to not differentiate the difference of building friendship and relations in an MC against that of a civilian one. Confused yet? Let me first talk about history for a while. When these motorcycle clubs first rose, it was more often than not formed by veterans and soldiers coming home from their assignments. They built their club with respect and chain of command present and not just your typical civilian circle of friends wherein it is mostly comparable to your college buddies. This is where most lose track of the difference. In an MC authority and respect is always highly present just like being in the military. There are certain things and misdemeanors that one could pass or consider acceptable to an extent in a group of civilian friends but are warranting penalties and fines in an MC. One basic example o...

 In 1969, a group of riders formed an unbreakable bond of brotherhood. They forged a name that defied the tests of time. In 2017, another group of riders banded together to forge a unique motorcycle club brought together by the concepts of brotherhood, family, truth and loyalty. They embraced a name that defined who they are and who they aspired to be. Two generations. Two clubs. One Legacy. One Name. United at last. We are the Blackriders MC Philippines. This is who we are. This is our unfolding story. We bridge the generations to discover and rediscover the essence of true brotherhood. As clear as Black and White. Brothers till the end. Riders Forever. Forever Riders.