Ep 31 - Wino Willie, Hollister and the beginning of the Wild Image of Bikers

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06/23/18 • 72 min

He was a side gunner on a B-24 Liberator in the Pacific Theater on an aircraft named "Pacific Tramp" Fueled with a zest largely unknown outside of WWII combat vets, Wino Willie Forkner and other early members of the Boozefighters Motorcycle Club partied with other clubs and the citizens of Hollister at its famous 1947 Gypsy Tour. Prominent at that party, Wino Willie was used later to teach the cast of "The Wild One", a movie inspired vaguely by that event, how to dress and act as bikers. Although the movie in general did not depict Wino's values, its impact enshrined Hollister as the birthplace of the American biker, and Wino Willie Forkner as its model. As befits a social catalyst, Wino Willie remained unchanged amidst the changes he helped provoke. On May 02, 1996|MICHAEL KRIKORIAN of the LA Times Sat down with Wino WIllie and JD who founded the Legendary Boozefighters M/C. I'll put the article link in the show notes if you want to take a look at it. In the Article Michael was able to capture the true meaning of how everything started out for us bikers. Before there was Sonny and the Hells Angels, before there was Marlon Brando and "The Wild One," there was Wino Willie and J.D. and a South-Central Los Angeles motorcycle club called the Boozefighters. On the Fourth of July, 1947, the Boozefighters invaded the Central California hamlet of Hollister and, as Life magazine memorialized it, took over the town. The incident set off a growing fascination with outlaw bikers, culminating in Brando's legendary "The Wild One" in 1954, with one exchange that still reverberates: "What are you rebelling against, Johnny?" Brando's character was asked. "Whatdaya got?" he snapped. The Day That Kicked Bikers' Wild Image Into High Gear http://articles.latimes.com/1996-05-02/news/mn-65134_1_wild-west For daily biker news head on over to Insane Throttle Biker News http://www.harleyliberty.com If you're an Amazon shopper click our link to go to our Motorcycle Superstore -https://www.amazon.com/shop/insanethrottle If you would like to be a supporter of Motorcycle Madhouse you can do so through our Patreon Account https://www.patreon.com/insanethrottle

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Episode 32- Peter"Pedophile" Fonda Roasted - Harley throwing the white flag against America

Welcome to Episode 32 and the Tuesday edition of Motorcycle Madhouse. I'm James " Hollywood" Macecari and in this first segment we are going to talk about Harley Davidson and it's ongoing issues the company is facing as well as their declining rider loyalty. Peter Fonda. Who stared in the movie Easyrider and someone who is in the Sturgis Hall of Fame recently tweeted out he wants to 'rip Barron Trump from his mother' and put him in a 'cage with pedophiles'. Really? Pedophiles you pos? Any biker who supports anything about you is also a POS. Not only are you a washed up has been no body. But maybe they should throw your ass behind bars for awile and see what some of those inmates think of those pediophiles and their supporters. You want to attack the President go for it. But to go after his kid your no better than your commie damn sister who aided and abeded the viet cong during the vietnam war. Basically hearing from those who actually ride. Your all dried up and finished within the biker community. Go hob nob with all your hollywood cunts. Our community sure the hell don't need you. It's basically like the movie Easyrider never existed. There is no coming back from what you said. Pedophiles? Like the who scene your apart of in Hollywood. Every last one of them. https://www.amazon.com/shop/insanethrottle https://www.patreon.com/insanethrottle https://www.facebook.com/motorcyclemadhouse