Product Description

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #354722 in Books
• Published on: 2007-11-15
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 288 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9780760329986
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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Review

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From the Inside Flap
Outlaw motorcyclists--the infamous "one percenters" labeled as outlaws by the American Motorcyclist Association--live life on the fringe. To survive, they've formed a new community, one with standards and values more in keeping with their own outlaw aesthetic, one that often takes the form of a motorcycle club.

One Percenter: The Legend of the Outlaw Bikers tells the story of this enigmatic embodiment of rebellion, from the earliest days of the subculture, when veterans returning from World War II began forming the first motorcycle clubs, to modern times, when the outlaw motorcycle subculture has evolved to the point of a cottage industry.

From the Back Cover
There comes a time in every man's life when he has to decide whether to conform to the dictates of society or break away and chart his own path. Ninety-nine percent of us choose to conform; the rest become outlaws. For this one percent, the outlaw motorcycle community offers sanctuary.

Motorcyclists have always been nonconformists to some extent; after all, if they weren't, they'd drive Honda Accords instead of riding something as dangerous as a motorcycle. But the one percenters live the outlaw life 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. One Percenter: The Legend of the Outlaw Bikers tells the story of this rebellion without a cause other than the pursuit of freedom and living to the extreme. One Percenter takes readers inside the belly of the beast.

Customer Reviews

Terrible book
This book is absolutely ridiculous. In between the 30 year old pictures, it pretends to offer information about the world of one percenter motorcyclists. If the guy on the cover ever has the misfortune of meeting some real 1%er club members, he will wonder what possessed him to get a one percent design tattooed on his wannabe hide. The book is silly and was written by somebody who's never been a 1%er himself. Don't bother.

Not worth the money
This book really doesn't give you any insight into the world of 1%er's. I think that at least 75% of the information I have read in other books, another 20% has nothing at all to do with bikers and I'll be nice and say that 5% of the information has to do with the biker lifestyle.

The name of the book is really misleading. I was truly disappointed.

should have called it History of Harley
This was Really Bad, It told More about the Motor Company then the 1% groups , At least he could have had cool old pictures!! Dont Buy it,, I will give you Mine