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...