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A Japanese chapter was opened in 2006 and in 2007, the club opened a chapter in the Philippines. In late 2004, the first Outlaws chapter was opened in Russia and in 2005, the club celebrated the 70th Anniversary as a Motorcycle Club and the 40th Anniversary of the AOA. By 2003, the Outlaws were represented in 19 US states. Poland, along with Italy, also opened its first Outlaws chapter that year. There are now Black Pistons chapters in the United States, Canada, England, Poland and Norway. In 2002, the Outlaws' first support club, the Black Pistons, was founded in Germany. Ghost Riders MC of Germany joined the AOA and chapters were opened in Sweden and Thailand in 2001. The English and Welsh Outlaws MC, until then independent MCs, joined the AOA in 2000. The 2000s saw the Outlaws expand rapidly in Europe. In 1999, the Belgian Outlaws MC, which already existed independently for 25 years, became a member of the AOA. A second European chapter was also opened in Norway. In 1995, the club's Chicago chapter was split into three groups: Mother Chapter (Southside), Westside and Northside. The Outlaws' first European chapter was established in France in 1993 and the following year, an Australian chapter was founded. A member not belonging to the Mother Chapter in Chicago became the club's National President for the first time in 1984 and in 1989, the abbreviation "MC" (Motorcycle Club) was added to the backpatch. The club's first Iowa chapter was founded in 1978 when Diablo Knights MC became an Outlaws associate. In 1977, the Outlaws patched-over Satan's Choice MC in Canada, to found its first foreign chapter. "God Forgives, Outlaws Don't" ("G.F.O.D.") became the club's motto in 1969. In July 1967, the Outlaws National President and a number of other members travelled south from Chicago and sanctioned the club's first chapter in Florida. The insignia of the club, a skull and crossed pistons, is named "Charlie". On January 1, 1965, the American Outlaws Association (A.O.A.) was founded. A Milwaukee chapter was then established and the "Outlaw Nation" was founded with Chicago as Mother Chapter. During the Springfield Motor Races in August of the same year, they became associates of the Gypsy Outlaws from Louisville, Kentucky. On July 4, 1964, the Cult MC from Voorheesville were patched-over by the Outlaws. The Outlaws became an official member of the 1%er Brotherhood of Clubs in 1963, making it the first official 1%er club east of the Mississippi River. Therefore all racing club members wore the sign O.M.C.(Outlaw Motorcycle Club) on their outfits until 1963. In 1960, the American Motorcycle Association, an organization which supervises all official races in the United States, banned the word "Outlaws" from all race clothing.
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Logo was adopted as an answer to the A.M.A. The Skull and Crossed Pistons were redesigned in 1959, making them much larger with more detail.
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The movie The Wild One with Marlon Brando influenced this backpatch. This design was embroidered on a black western-style shirt with white piping. In 1954, the Crossed Pistons were added to the original small skull. This design was embroidered on a black shirt and hand painted on leather jackets. The club re-established itself in Chicago and changed their logo a small skull replaced a winged motorcycle and Old English-style letters were adopted. In May 1946, the Outlaws attended the first major post-war motorcycle event in the midwest, which was held at Soldier Field, Chicago.īy 1950, the Outlaws had expanded rapidly and most of their members were now from the Chicago area. The club stayed together during World War II, but like most organizations at that time, their activities were limited. The Outlaws Motorcycle Club was established out of Matilda's Bar on old Route 66 in McCook, Illinois a southwestern suburb of Chicago in 1935. Their main rivals are the Hells Angels, giving rise to an acronym used by Outlaws members, "ADIOS" (Angels Die In Outlaw States). Membership in the Outlaws is limited to men who own American-made motorcycles of a particular size, although in Europe motorcycles from any country are allowed so long as they are in the chopper style.