MC Culture

Public identity Women in the Wind describes a motorcycle community centered on women who own or operate motorcycles. Its public materials present riding, connection and chapter...

Formation and name The BMF's public history states that the Federation of National and One Make Motorcycle Clubs was established on July 17, 1960. It adopted...

Public origin history The organization's own history places its beginning in the Bangor and Brewer, Maine area in 1974. It describes Ed Gallant proposing a motorcycle...

Institutional roots The AMA traces part of its lineage to the Federation of American Motorcyclists, formed in 1903, and to rider-registration and competition work undertaken by...

1946–1950: institutions and gatherings return The international federation resumed activity after the war, changed its name to the Fédération Internationale Motocycliste in 1949 and expanded world...

Start with the beneficiary and money flow Obtain written agreement on the beneficiary name, how funds will be collected, which expenses are deducted and when proceeds...

Organization before the biker stereotype The Federation of American Motorcyclists formed in 1903, and the American Motorcycle Association followed in 1924 after several years of rider...

Why the words matter Names tell members and outsiders how a group wants to be understood. A federation may represent many clubs, an owners group may...

A continental organization emerged in the 1970s FIM Latin America's institutional history dates the regional union to 1975 in Caracas. Twelve countries signed its founding act,...

International coordination began with clubs The organization now known as the FIM began under the name Fédération Internationale des Clubs Motocyclistes in Paris in 1904. After...

1903: a national American federation Members connected with the New York Motorcycle Club formed a committee to explore a national association. The Federation of American Motorcyclists...

A region connected by international institutions The FIM records national federations across Asia and Oceania within separate continental unions. Those institutions primarily govern sport and related...