Rebels intercepted at Collector

ConanOfCooma said :

You know that 1% patch? Do you know what that represents? It represents the wearers public announcement that they are a part of a 1% club. This is done to show EVERYONE that sees the patch, that the wearer considers themselves one of the clubs included in the 1% that do the wrong thing, ie BREAK THE LAW.

I think youll find it actually represents that the 1% of bikers cause 99% of all the trouble.

ConanOfCooma said :

99% of riders are in the right, 1% are in the wrong. OMCGs are the 1%,

I think if youre claiming that 99% of motorbike riders always obey the laws and are never in the wrong, youre living in an imaginary world. Some of us consider that 20 year old on a hotted up ducati weaving in the traffic, as more of a menace than the 50 year old rebels selling a bit of pot to their old mates.

SgtSlaughter said :

Tooks said :

Rebels are a criminal organisation.

Really and what do you base that comment on?

In addition to the many reasons stated by others, I draw your attention to the story I linked to in a previous post. The Rebels insisted (backed by threats of property destruction and violence) that another club (Ulysses) not wear rockers. The fact that this insistence occurred in a sit down meeting does not make it any less a criminal threat.

Really and what do you base that comment on?

The fact police nationwide and the government consider them a criminal organisation. The fact Rebels members have been charged and convicted of crimes such as large-scale drug trafficking, drug manufacturing, extortion, arson, money laundering, assault etc. The fact New Zealand Rebels are starting to patch over other gangs (wonder how they do that? Ask politely? Pfft).

As am aside, tell me what would happen if I opened my own tattoo shop in Canberra. They’re not criminals, so surely they’d leave me alone?

Surely not from a position of knowledge or intelligence because quite frankly the comment is media/political speak.

I guarantee I have much more knowledge about it than you assume.

There are criminal members that is for sure but to tar all with the same brush is idiotic in the extreme.

There are members who have no criminal history – that doesn’t change the fact the club is considered a criminal organisation. John Ibrahim doesn’t have a record either. He must be just a legitimate businessman, right?

When small minded uneducated people make these claims (not based on fact) it is quite clear that they have swallowed the hype they are fed on the main stream media.

How do you know the education level of anyone here? Maybe everyone should swallow the hype from people like you, spouting Rebels propaganda that sounds like it was spat out of the Rebels PR machine.

Would it surprise you to know that several ‘patch’ Clubs have serving military, ambulatory, fire and Police officers in thier ranks, this is not a wild claim but indeed a provable fact.

Bearing in mind we’re talking specifically about the Rebels, show us this proof that there are serving military, ambos, firies and cops in their ranks.

Unfortunately society has a history of people such as yourself believing the rubbish they are fed on the 6 o’clock news on commercial TV in the 1960?s ‘the communist menace’ threats that sent young men to their deaths in Vietnam perpetrated by politicians and their stooges in the media (proven lies) then we marched into Iraq because of Weapons of mass Destruction (again proven lies) these two wars have killed, on all sides, in excess of 2,000,000 (conservative) and all of those deaths were avoidable and ALL occurred due to the lies told to and happily swallowed by gullible people such as yourself. Please all i ask is that before you swallow the bait fed to you by self serving pollies you should first ask if you are being fed is going to make you sick.

A silly rant that adds nothing to your argument.

Are you serious, Sgt.Slaughter?

You know that 1% patch? Do you know what that represents? It represents the wearers public announcement that they are a part of a 1% club. This is done to show EVERYONE that sees the patch, that the wearer considers themselves one of the clubs included in the 1% that do the wrong thing, ie BREAK THE LAW.

99% of riders are in the right, 1% are in the wrong. OMCGs are the 1%, and state that proudly. Then you see these hairy, toothless turds hop on TV trying to say “We’re not criminals!”, with their 1% patch proudly visible.

True, not all of them are CONVICTED criminals, but by their own admission they have no qualms about breaking the law whenever it suits them.

TBH, The Rebels are weak as piss anyway – Look how quickly they were chased out of Cooma by the Common Chair Throwers, who were only visiting for a WEEKEND!

shadow boxer said :

Rubbish, if you haven’t fallen for the hype you are a stooge. If you grew up and went to school on the north side of Canberra in the 80’s you know what the Rebels get up to.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/sunday-star-times/features/4733177/Rebels-with-a-cause

Or if you lived in the south of Canberra in the 80’s. I have had sufficient dealings with them to know that they are no choir boys.

Rubbish, if you haven’t fallen for the hype you are a stooge. If you grew up and went to school on the north side of Canberra in the 80’s you know what the Rebels get up to.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/sunday-star-times/features/4733177/Rebels-with-a-cause

hahahaha fallen for the hype, me hahahahaha. What hype would that be, the Toy run hype? (Rebs don’t attend) Charity runs (Rebs don’t attend) as I said in an earlier post I am NOT repeat NOT a Rebels MC fan nothing could be further from the truth. I have been riding a motorcycle for 30 years and have worn a patch in the past and I have NEVER committed any criminal offences as any part of “club business” I have never been arrested for any offence whatsoever and no that doesn’t mean I am just lucky I am no more a criminal than the ‘hollier than though” crowd posting here I am sure some of you have broken the law more often than me and my friends, who by the way are all bikers. If you were actually to spend the time to find out the facts you would find that statements such as “they are all criminals” is just plain wrong. Whilst I agree that many of these guys are scumbags I ask again (pointlessly no doubt) that you don’t not tar them all with the same brush because your assumptions and that is exactly all they are, assumptions and nothing more are just plain wrong. In closing some Chapters have extremely strict no drugs policies and members who are involved in the manufacture and distribution of drugs are summarily drummed out the those Chapters “in bad standing”

Erg0 said :

The fact that some of the members aren’t criminals doesn’t really prove much. I would suggest that any club which breaks the law as part of its “business” is, by definition, a criminal organisation.

Don’t worry – I hear what your saying. It gets complicated.

The fact that some of the members aren’t criminals doesn’t really prove much. I would suggest that any club which breaks the law as part of its “business” is, by definition, a criminal organisation.

colourful sydney racing identity said :

shadow boxer said :

Much as they do a bit of PR these days the Rebels are clearly a criminal organisation and I’m afraid you’ve fallen for the hype.

It is impossible to get through the initiate stage without breaking the law on behalf of club members.

There’s even a rule, if you are on club business the gang pays for your legal fees. Then again maybe they all just have really runny noses

As much as it pains me, I have to agree with you on this one.

Sorry guys but I disagree – and in some cases Sgt Slaughter is actually right. You need to pick the club, but not all of the fully patched members are criminals. Trust me. Naturally there are exceptions – some of the Sydney clubs are just criminals who don’t even own bikes but still have what they call ‘patches’. But some of the other clubs which, at first glance, you’d say ‘definately all bad’ actually have members who are holding responsible, full time employment. Now I can’t speak for the current status with some clubs but I can say that this was the case ‘in the bad old days’ – as the good Capt says (and quite rightly) without the ethic element.who really are just hated (not all I might add).

One of those quirks of life guys.

shadow boxer said :

Much as they do a bit of PR these days the Rebels are clearly a criminal organisation and I’m afraid you’ve fallen for the hype.

It is impossible to get through the initiate stage without breaking the law on behalf of club members.

There’s even a rule, if you are on club business the gang pays for your legal fees. Then again maybe they all just have really runny noses

As much as it pains me, I have to agree with you on this one.

Much as they do a bit of PR these days the Rebels are clearly a criminal organisation and I’m afraid you’ve fallen for the hype.

It is impossible to get through the initiate stage without breaking the law on behalf of club members.

There’s even a rule, if you are on club business the gang pays for your legal fees. Then again maybe they all just have really runny noses

Tooks said :

Rebels are a criminal organisation.

Really and what do you base that comment on? Surely not from a position of knowledge or intelligence because quite frankly the comment is media/political speak. There are criminal members that is for sure but to tar all with the same brush is idiotic in the extreme. When small minded uneducated people make these claims (not based on fact) it is quite clear that they have swallowed the hype they are fed on the main stream media. Would it surprise you to know that several ‘patch’ Clubs have serving military, ambulatory, fire and Police officers in thier ranks, this is not a wild claim but indeed a provable fact. Unfortunately society has a history of people such as yourself believing the rubbish they are fed on the 6 o’clock news on commercial TV in the 1960’s ‘the communist menace’ threats that sent young men to their deaths in Vietnam perpetrated by politicians and their stooges in the media (proven lies) then we marched into Iraq because of Weapons of mass Destruction (again proven lies) these two wars have killed, on all sides, in excess of 2,000,000 (conservative) and all of those deaths were avoidable and ALL occurred due to the lies told to and happily swallowed by gullible people such as yourself. Please all i ask is that before you swallow the bait fed to you by self serving pollies you should first ask if you are being fed is going to make you sick.

Rebels are a criminal organisation. When they ride en masse in colours, they will be targetted by police, as they should be. Just because no drugs or weapons were found this time, doesn’t mean these operations shouldn’t continue.

It really amazes me how people will post comments when they have no idea what they are talking about. The Rebels are an Outlaw motorcycle club and as such wear a 1% patch, this patch dates back to the 1947 and was first coined by the AMA (American Motorcycle Association) and referred to the Hollister (riot) on the 4th of July weekend where members of a few Clubs (POBOB and the Booze Fighters predominately) got together for what was called a gypsy tour of races around America and was later made into a movie (The Wild Ones) although no riot actually took place it didn’t stop the media and police, then as is still the case today from blowing what did happen out of all proportion (fifty arrested from an estimated 4,000 and the most serious charge? 7 drunk in public and 2 unregistered gun charges oh those monsters) I am not attempting to say that the Rebs are choir boys but before you paint all with the same brush understand this, there are people in all facets of society who I would not pee on if they were on fire and several of these ride in OMC’s but not all members of these Clubs are bad people. I am NOT a fan of the Rebs but stop for a moment and consider how much this excercise cost taxpayers and what the end result was, a few noise tickets ($180 each) a few defects for henious crimes (handles bars too high) and 1 failed drug screen. If the gumbyment was serious about getting rid of certain people form society there are far easier and cheaper ways of dealing with the ‘menace’ that is the 1% Outlaw motorcyclist.

KaptnKabs? couldnt have said it better myself….”.all rebels are a walking/breathing offence.”

I prefer the term of endearment the “pebbles” myself….bunch of wankers!!!

I know I said I would give you time cleo, but I’m impatient and at least want a reply.

cleo said :

Buzz819 # 21

Regardless why they were here, they aren’t allowed by law to ride together.

Umm ok, I’ll play along.

Please provide a reference to the Act and section that forbids Rebels or any other group to ride together in a group.

I’ll give you as long as you want.

cleo said :

Buzz819 # 21

Regardless why they were here, they aren’t allowed by law to ride together.

What?? Yes they are.

Buzz819 # 21

Regardless why they were here, they aren’t allowed by law to ride together.

p1: haha, “OMCGs” behave like a bunch of little girls. Who knew.

At least in the olden days Bikies still owned bikes.

Captain RAAF said :

That’s a pretty naive comment, I never said one group was worth embracing and the other shunned, they are both worth wiping out but if you have a choice, in a world where choice can be a rare commodity, the decision is an easy one, it’s like being told you can either have Hepatitus C or Aids, whaddaya want?

I don’t see it as naïve: the comment you made brought race into this debate it what I would consider an unnecessary manner. Your heartfelt nostalgia for the good ol’ days of “John Smith’s , Mick Johnsons and Gary McIntosh’s” is touching, don’t get me wrong. However, your assertion that “the new breed don’t give a flaming toss about (Australia), consider themselves to not belong or be held to the country’s rules” is fundamentally flawed. O.M.C.Gs have been disregarding this countries’ laws since their very inception: that’s kinda the point.

They have a name for violence, drug production, drug running, standovers, dubious business interests and breaking any rule they please.

This hasn’t changed suddenly, and it sure hasn’t changed because there are now members of varied cultural backgrounds. To make that point would, dare I say, make you seem the naïve one.

Captain RAAF said :

Yeah, I definitely preferred the white, racist, violent criminal bikies to the light brown, culturally diverse, violent criminal bikies.

Bring back the original ones. They were HEAPS better. *rolls eyes*

That’s a pretty naive comment, I never said one group was worth embracing and the other shunned, they are both worth wiping out but if you have a choice, in a world where choice can be a rare commodity, the decision is an easy one, it’s like being told you can either have Hepatitus C or Aids, whaddaya want?

vg said :

“The police couldn’t do a thing before the laws and realeased a statement urging UC members to comply with the rebels and take any patches off. “

Bulls*** they did. The Rebels were told to pull their heads in, and they did

Cops might have said nothing of the sort, but the Ulysses Leaders made it a rule that their members not display rockers.

That really pissed me off at the time, and still does. I understand the situation, and even understand the why the OMCG members feel that way about their own traditions. What pisses me off is that they can threaten violence to make other people comply. They essentially force the Ulysses, or anyone else, to physically fight if they want to wear their style patches.

I find it a bit of a shame that the Ulysses didn’t take this opportunity to use their size and respectability in both the motorcycle and wider communities to dissuade the Rebels of the belief they should intimidate people. The Ulysses had something like 5000 people at their AGM, and 30000 total, while the Rebels have about 2000 total. But I certainly understand them being concerned for the safety of their members.

I think that the reason it pisses me off so much is that the majority of other organisations and groups in society who have traditions and uniforms have to accept that randoms out there can impersonate them all the want. The police and military are protected by law from this, but Scouts, Salvos, etc have to simply accept that their closely held traditions can be appropriated by others for whatever fashion or comedy they might want it for.

Rant over.

TL:DR – in short, OMCG = violent wankers

Captain RAAF said :

Most OMCG have been infiltrated by memebrs of middle-eastern decent, you won’t find too many of the old school white trash bogan in them any more. They bring a new generation and new cultural approach to violence and tactics.

Remember the Sydney Airport bashing/murder? These blokes were involved, Ismail Erden, Maher Aouli, Pomare Pirini, and Zoran Kisacanin, amongst others.

The John Smith’s , Mick Johnsons and Gary McIntosh’s are long gone. Where bikies used to have a strict code and, despite being criminals, still held a great love for this country, the new breed don’t give a flaming toss about it, consider themselves to not belong or be held to the country’s rules and therefore can and are allowed to do, anything, without question.

All cities and towns should do their utmost to move this filth along or wipe them out entirely.

Yeah, I definitely preferred the white, racist, violent criminal bikies to the light brown, culturally diverse, violent criminal bikies.

Bring back the original ones. They were HEAPS better. *rolls eyes*

LSWCHP said :

matt31221 said :

Some of them fought for this country.

I’d be pretty surprised. I’ve met a few blokes from the Vietnam Veterans MCC, and they just seemed like decent blokes who ride motor bikes.

The Rebels just seem like a bunch of sad losers.

Most OMCG have been infiltrated by memebrs of middle-eastern decent, you won’t find too many of the old school white trash bogan in them any more. They bring a new generation and new cultural approach to violence and tactics.

Remember the Sydney Airport bashing/murder? These blokes were involved, Ismail Erden, Maher Aouli, Pomare Pirini, and Zoran Kisacanin, amongst others.

The John Smith’s , Mick Johnsons and Gary McIntosh’s are long gone. Where bikies used to have a strict code and, despite being criminals, still held a great love for this country, the new breed don’t give a flaming toss about it, consider themselves to not belong or be held to the country’s rules and therefore can and are allowed to do, anything, without question.

All cities and towns should do their utmost to move this filth along or wipe them out entirely.

“The police couldn’t do a thing before the laws and realeased a statement urging UC members to comply with the rebels and take any patches off. “

Bulls*** they did. The Rebels were told to pull their heads in, and they did

matt31221 said :

What really annoyed me about the Rebels is what they did in Canberra before all the Bikie laws came into place and the police had little power over them. They imposed their will over the old blokes Ullysses (think it was ullysses they are a group of over 50 social riders) club riders when they came to Canberra, the rebels threatened several members of the UC members threatening to bash them if they didn’t remove patches from the back of their vests. They even threatened female members! What right do the Rebs have to dictate who wears any kind of patch on the back of their vests??? The police couldn’t do a thing before the laws and realeased a statement urging UC members to comply with the rebels and take any patches off.

That being said, members of the Rebels are workers and citizens so don’t hate on them too much. Some OMCG’s members are ex-army veterans who needed some excitement when they came back from Vietnam etc. Some of them fought for this country.

I remember hearing about that – does the UC still not wear their patches here?

Ceej1973 said :

A few of the bikkies bogan friends in crappy old holdens wth trailers got through though, and were habging around a bit down the road. Wonder if the Police thought to catch them up and check for drugs in easier to stash in boots.

Ha ha ha. The reason for the Holdens with trailers is obviously that there’s no way a bunch of Harleys would be able to do the Sydney-Canberra return trip without about 10% of them suffering catastrophic failures of some sort, thus requiring a ride home.

I think if I had the choice of being chased by a criminal I’d choose a bikie on a Harley. That way, I’d be almost guaranteed that he wouldn’t be able to match the speed of my old Toyota Camry, and even if I slowed down he would inevitably suffer a mechanical failure before he could get near me.

matt31221 said :

Some of them fought for this country.

I’d be pretty surprised. I’ve met a few blokes from the Vietnam Veterans MCC, and they just seemed like decent blokes who ride motor bikes.

The Rebels just seem like a bunch of sad losers.

PBO said :

obamabinladen said :

[You guys aren’t living in the real world! Firstly many of them are residents you genius and secondly they have as much right to live and breathe as you do innocent until proven guilty that’s the law we live by. Now to spell out for you what I was trying to say is better one OMCG rather than ten lucky us.

True, if we had ten gangs then they might fight it out to see who has the smallest penis. Canberra does not even need an OMG, we have Mullies, bogans, crusties, tryhards and ratpeople (Not to be confused with the Rat Patrol).

what more do we need? I will tell you…..

What we need is a Overseas Mexican Gang to come over and even things out, lower weed prices and take over the building / service industries and make life generally better. Mexicans rock!

They dont swear, they are nice people and after watching West Side Story recently I am led to believe that they are all good at singing and dancing. Now to be fair I snuck out to the Rebels clubhouse to see if they compared to the Mexicans in any way shape or form. What i saw was pretty much a Rebels version of “Paint your Wagon”.

Sung badly at that…..

Who is up for the Mexican revolution?

After contemplating all of that, I’ve concluded that you don’t need any of that good Mexican weed. Whatever you have now seems to be working very satisfactorily indeed.

KaptnKaos said :

Hmmm, bunch of rebs in town, raid on Cube for drugs, any connection???

Sounds to me like you’re suggesting that all those rebel blokes in their tight leathers were coming to Canberra for a night on the town at Cube.

Wouldn’t surprise me.

dvaey said :

At least we dont have execution style murders in driveways …

Only because the kid they were after nailed them first.

What really annoyed me about the Rebels is what they did in Canberra before all the Bikie laws came into place and the police had little power over them. They imposed their will over the old blokes Ullysses (think it was ullysses they are a group of over 50 social riders) club riders when they came to Canberra, the rebels threatened several members of the UC members threatening to bash them if they didn’t remove patches from the back of their vests. They even threatened female members! What right do the Rebs have to dictate who wears any kind of patch on the back of their vests??? The police couldn’t do a thing before the laws and realeased a statement urging UC members to comply with the rebels and take any patches off.

That being said, members of the Rebels are workers and citizens so don’t hate on them too much. Some OMCG’s members are ex-army veterans who needed some excitement when they came back from Vietnam etc. Some of them fought for this country.

obamabinladen said :

[You guys aren’t living in the real world! Firstly many of them are residents you genius and secondly they have as much right to live and breathe as you do innocent until proven guilty that’s the law we live by. Now to spell out for you what I was trying to say is better one OMCG rather than ten lucky us.

True, if we had ten gangs then they might fight it out to see who has the smallest penis. Canberra does not even need an OMG, we have Mullies, bogans, crusties, tryhards and ratpeople (Not to be confused with the Rat Patrol).

what more do we need? I will tell you…..

What we need is a Overseas Mexican Gang to come over and even things out, lower weed prices and take over the building / service industries and make life generally better. Mexicans rock!

They dont swear, they are nice people and after watching West Side Story recently I am led to believe that they are all good at singing and dancing. Now to be fair I snuck out to the Rebels clubhouse to see if they compared to the Mexicans in any way shape or form. What i saw was pretty much a Rebels version of “Paint your Wagon”. Sung badly at that…..

Who is up for the Mexican revolution?

colourful sydney racing identity said :

EvanJames said :

Rebel territory? It’s not their territory, it’s our home. And the majority of people don’t want them here. You seem to think they have some right to the place. They don’t.

Out of principle I hate to agree with you, but spot on. Rebels territory? Snce when and under what authority?

If it keeps other bikie gangs and bikie gang violence out, who really cares what ‘authority’ they claim to have over other OMCG’s? Out of interest, since you think its ‘our home’, does that mean that those members who have lived here for their whole lives (probably longer than you) dont have the right to call it their home? They take more pride in the city than most residents and would probably stick up for Canberra more than most residents too.

Whether that is because theyve lived here for 40 years or because they consider it their ‘territory’ for whatever reason, who cares? At least we dont have execution style murders in driveways and at the airport.

EvanJames said :

obamabinladen said :

Canberrans should consider the fact that being in rebel territory and only rebel territory a blessing. Look at the bigger picture people and lose the narrow minded small town ignorance.

Rebel territory? It’s not their territory, it’s our home. And the majority of people don’t want them here. You seem to think they have some right to the place. They don’t.

Horsecrap. This place belongs to the residents, not the law breakers.

You guys aren’t living in the real world! Firstly many of them are residents you genius and secondly they have as much right to live and breathe as you do innocent until proven guilty that’s the law we live by. Now to spell out for you what I was trying to say is better one OMCG rather than ten lucky us.

Burti said :

really, what is the problem?

They call themselves the 1% for a very good reason… It’s actually a confession of sort.

Mysteryman said :

Good. If it was a group of P platers the cops would be all over them. Bikies shouldn’t be treated any differently – the law is the law.

More specifically, they are a group which has a public image as acting contrary to laws, a public image which they actively encourage. As such the police should be targeting them.

There are several other motorcycle riders groups in the ACT who engage in social rides from time to time, many on bikes which would likely fail noise tests. The police do not lay large traps and scrutinise them in great detail.

I am against the laws proposed in SA and other places (punishing people for hanging out with people who may or may not be criminal is a little totalitarian for me), however I strongly support the police targeting people most likely to be criminal for investigation, and a group with the stated aim of ignoring laws would appear to be a good target.

Hmmm, bunch of rebs in town, raid on Cube for drugs, any connection???

Good. If it was a group of P platers the cops would be all over them. Bikies shouldn’t be treated any differently – the law is the law.

obamabinladen said :

I agree the police should be on their toes when such a large group of people descend on Canberra especially when its a OMCG however if you look at other cities where there are several OMCG and turf wars are constant and sometimes the violence spills over to the general population. Canberrans should consider the fact that being in rebel territory and only rebel territory a blessing. Look at the bigger picture people and lose the narrow minded small town ignorance.

Horsecrap. This place belongs to the residents, not the law breakers.

EvanJames said :

obamabinladen said :

Canberrans should consider the fact that being in rebel territory and only rebel territory a blessing. Look at the bigger picture people and lose the narrow minded small town ignorance.

Rebel territory? It’s not their territory, it’s our home. And the majority of people don’t want them here. You seem to think they have some right to the place. They don’t.

Out of principle I hate to agree with you, but spot on. Rebels territory? sSnce when and under what authority?

obamabinladen said :

Canberrans should consider the fact that being in rebel territory and only rebel territory a blessing. Look at the bigger picture people and lose the narrow minded small town ignorance.

Rebel territory? It’s not their territory, it’s our home. And the majority of people don’t want them here. You seem to think they have some right to the place. They don’t.

I agree the police should be on their toes when such a large group of people descend on Canberra especially when its a OMCG however if you look at other cities where there are several OMCG and turf wars are constant and sometimes the violence spills over to the general population. Canberrans should consider the fact that being in rebel territory and only rebel territory a blessing. Look at the bigger picture people and lose the narrow minded small town ignorance.

Only 20 noise infringements? I’d have thought, oh, about 95. It’s great they’re doing something about noisy harleys with loud pipes fitted, but I’d be very surprised to hear that only 20 of them had loud pipes on.

And as for the argument that there’s no point pinging harleys for noise because they take the pipes off, go through rego, put them back on yadda yadda, a law to seize vehicles after 3 defects would soon put a stop to that. If they were serious about tackling noisy vehicles.

I am glad though to hear that they are having a go at these clowns. Memorial ride, what a wank.

cleo said :

Wonder what they were doing in Canberra, riding all together, thought that was not supposed to happen.

Hmm gee I wonder if it had anything to do with the Rebels Motorcycle and Tattoo show that was on at the Burns Club?

Wonder what they were doing in Canberra, riding all together, thought that was not supposed to happen.

We were driving back to Canberra when this went down. A work of art in my opinion the way the Police executed this interception. Two cop cars let the bikies go ahead of the general traffic, then both Police vehicles ducked in front of the traffic and held us back at 60km/hr for about 2km. Then on a bend in the hwy which was masked from the opposite side of road by shrubbery, the right hand lane was blocked off by witches hats and a sign that said “slow, traffic accident ahead”. Several Police cars then had the hwy blocked off at a truck stop. I counted 22 Police vehilces ranging from marked commodores, to unmarked jelly bean commodores, a black Jeep and a Hummer too I think. A few of the bikkies bogan friends in crappy old holdens wth trailers got through though, and were habging around a bit down the road. Wonder if the Police thought to catch them up and check for drugs in easier to stash in boots.

I’ve lived here for 35 years and the Rebels are the only bike gang I’ve ever heard of around town.

They all seem a bit sad to me, although I’m sure that’s not how they view themselves.

I saw one of them on the weekend whose face was almost entirely coloured in with tattoos. I pointed him out to my 13 year old son, and said “That blokes gonna look pretty silly when he’s 65 and his monster face tatts are all wrinkly and saggy”. My son giggled at the thought, and I reckon the laughter of a small boy is about what they deserve.

Erg0 said :

Rebels, eh? Heading down Parkes Way to attack the Death Star, no doubt.

LMAO!!

Rebels, eh? Heading down Parkes Way to attack the Death Star, no doubt.

The Rebels were here in the late 70’s. I think it’s always been considered their territory.

Burti said :

Outlaw is more of a terminology rather than them being actual outlaws. Bit hard to explain, but basically they are free bike clubs, by which I mean they are not affiliated with bike organisations.
So outlaws have their own clubs and chapters and their own sets of rules.

It goes way, way back to the original ‘1%er’s’ – as far back as the 1960’s I think. From this, the ‘outlaw’ groups wore the 1% badge with pride and, hence, the term OMCG was derived in the late 1980’s.

But I was interested in the situation here in Canberra. I was told that there was a previous OMCG here some time back (not sure of the name) and was wondering about the history of it.

Outlaw is more of a terminology rather than them being actual outlaws. Bit hard to explain, but basically they are free bike clubs, by which I mean they are not affiliated with bike organisations.
So outlaws have their own clubs and chapters and their own sets of rules.

Burti said :

I really do have the utmost respect for the police force as they generally do a great job, but (dare I say) picking on a bikie gang is easy pray. I’m new to Canberra but it looks like car driving hoons are the biggest menace on the road, there are so many tracks of laid down rubber that they should have the F1 here instead!

I always find peoples perceptions of bikie gangs very interesting as the majority of people don’t like them. I personally have no problems with groups of bikers, as a child we had the Hells Angels show their bikes off at the local town centre and due to how they dress etc I was a bit intimidated but my mum was more than happy to walk with me around the bikes and point out the other kids who were being fussed over by the Angels. Some of them really are very nice people who work hard just like other people, they just happen to enjoy their bikes and tatts – really, what is the problem?
And I’m not being naive, I have read about some of the ‘concerns’ shall we say 😉
Granted, there will always be a few bad apples in the cart but that’s life!

haha, sorry, you are the most naive person in naivetown.

saw a group of hardlies – a rabble? a disaster? what’s the appropriate collective noun for bikies? – cruising down the parkway middle of the weekend, shadowed a couple hundred metres behind by three of the afp’s finest on their shiny white steeds. wonder if these were the same rebellious lads?

I realise this may be a stoopid question but… if they are outlawed, why are they able to have a clubhouse and to display their “colours” without consequences?

I really do have the utmost respect for the police force as they generally do a great job, but (dare I say) picking on a bikie gang is easy pray. I’m new to Canberra but it looks like car driving hoons are the biggest menace on the road, there are so many tracks of laid down rubber that they should have the F1 here instead!

I always find peoples perceptions of bikie gangs very interesting as the majority of people don’t like them. I personally have no problems with groups of bikers, as a child we had the Hells Angels show their bikes off at the local town centre and due to how they dress etc I was a bit intimidated but my mum was more than happy to walk with me around the bikes and point out the other kids who were being fussed over by the Angels. Some of them really are very nice people who work hard just like other people, they just happen to enjoy their bikes and tatts – really, what is the problem?
And I’m not being naive, I have read about some of the ‘concerns’ shall we say 😉
Granted, there will always be a few bad apples in the cart but that’s life!

So they only drug tested one of them?

The Frots said :

Just out of interest, has there ever been any other OMCG’s in Canberra or just the Rebel’s? And how long have they been here?

I think these have been the only ones in Canberra for a while, they’ve been kicked out of too many towns, ACTGovco is too leanient and lets them stay.

Just out of interest, has there ever been any other OMCG’s in Canberra or just the Rebel’s? And how long have they been here?

The Police obviously weren’t trying hard enough, all rebels are a walking/breathing offence.

Good on the police for doing this, should be more of it.

Only 20 excessive noise notices. Must have run out of ink. they were all congregated at the burns club in kambah on friday night and left on sunday morning doing 80 km/h all the way up the parkway.

artuoui said :

“….and one criminal infringement notice for offensive language. “

Only one?

It must have been a corker.

“….and one criminal infringement notice for offensive language. “

Only one?

Good. THey should do this more often, easy pickings methinks.