The Beginning

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 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 mostly of young rich business men or teens of prominent families. They rode Harley’s and other so-called big bikes. Their name derived from the jersey number of their favorite race rider.

The late 60’s and early 70’s was a time of rebellion and new found freedom. The time of the New World as they would say and a lot are still adjusting and pushing the envelope on this so-called freedom.

Hence, the club would soon get involved into an unfortunate incident leading to the death of a member from another club. This lead to the 2nd generation of the club. And in 1972, the club would change their name to Black Rider Club composed of high cc motorcycles as well as both 2 and 3 wheeled bikes. The club would normally be seen around the Baclaran area and anywhere along Dewey Boulevard but rides up north as well as down south of the archipelago on certain occasions. They would be involved in certain mischiefs like going head-on, helmet-less, with a bus or plowing a rice field by going off-road caused by falling asleep during a long ride. The guys would be called certain nicknames like Papa J, Kalabaw, etc. which is similar to what today’s MC’s call road names slowly reflecting what was happening to other countries of the time.


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