What does 1 per center mean? Is it something about living outside society or outside the law?
Actually, it’s a historical reference that we wear with pride. The term “1%” came about after the secretary of the American Motorcycle Association, Linton Kuchler, penned the phrase: ‘These cyclists were possibly one per cent of the total number of motorcyclists, one per cent of motorcyclists who are hoodlums or trouble makers”. This was in response to media reports after an AMA event near Hollister, California over the 4th of July week-end in 1947. In the first half of the 1900s, the AMA considered itself to be the leader of the motorcycling world. Its main focus was to sell American motorcycles and it was dominated by a conservative faction. It is easy to see why groups of young men who were more interested in having fun than following the strict competition rules tended to upset the AMA. These clubs accepted the “outlaw” and “one per cent” tags, as it separated them from the AMA-controlled clubs. Club members began to wear these tags with pride, and it continues to this day. It is a
