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i i i.i I i. Ml 1 UHH! UI I i I i) 1 9 9 4 XJ'i i '1 9 3 an riirr IF Ull i bdllliiii'-'ib iiihk. NOW AVAILABLE insignias of they army they had been I i lie added. GENUINE PERMA-MADE PRODUCTS 15 YEARS ELASTOMERIC On the inside, the Grim Reapers are "just a bunch of had as a route supervisor for Golden Guernsey Farms Inc. But jobs and families do not prevent the members from devoting most of their spare time to their bikes and the club, Woody noted.

A biker joins a motorcycle dub for protection, security guys who get together to rule," Woody maintained. The club members may spend weekends working on uClllg By JAMESl.DKLTSCU When Aaron Zeigler fuurult'd the Grim Reapers Motorcycle Club here in November, 18, he had the idea that the members could be bndlooking, but goodhearted. Jn three off -and-on years, the Grim Reapers certainly established themselves as badlook-ing, but reports of chain fights, sbootouts and other acts of violence led people to believe they also were bad on the inside. But now, Aaron Zeigler is dead of cancer at 24, and in the two weeks since his death, new group of leaders is frying to re-establish his original goals. their bikes, taking long rides in Indiana and neighboring states 2US If iff II SftMr-nnlUMv.

4inp sr.u tjro'nTrood, wooay main tained. anywhere from eight hours to mi' fill three days, he said. Every time a guy gets rv save I MONEY "We're not the real hard core bud guys you might im snuffed (killed) on his cycle, people think it was his fault," he said, "but the real reason is that there are a lot of types who get their jollies by running agine," he noted. There are at least six other motoreylce clubs in Indianapolis. 0 COVERS PROTECTS eluding upper and lower rock 'J I bikers off the road.

Most of the other clubs are ers and the center patch, is called colors. "When you travel in a group, you have protection," he ob Woody attributed some of the served. "We try to keep our noses purely local like the Grim Reapers, he said, but one group, the Outlaws, is spread over most the midwestern states and has been involved in public's distaste for bikers to the many motorcycle movies clean and slay away from trou ble," maintained Woody, 23, FREE 15-YEAR SERVICE POLICY AGAINST LEAKING Should i leak tccur it mj time within i period if IS yciri from dtti if application due ti defective niterlils ir faulty workm we will repair ir replace the work free if charge. a great deal of trouble. the club's newly elected presv dent.

which are "without any concrete fact" and "give people a bad impression of clubs." RENEWS ALL ROOFS SLATE AlUMWUM ASPHALT PITCHED ROOFS PITCH FLAT ROOFS AJBESTOS'IIN SHINGU ROOFS Since 1944 this typ of pintle cottlni hi by Ihf biomst induitnei In rh.i country. Thil It tn drtt timo inn product betn olfirel to bomo-wntri in Indiont. You will bo wnaul 1 tho money you cin uit, tho boaufy tfcot Can bo ihown your roof. Attlct can bo mad coolor. Heat It rrtlecled off tho roof.

Yo navo your ctiolct of colort. lnJ1iqat thit fiO-ulout scientific adianco in oiaiticl before you do anvlhmi jbout our roof NO MATTER WHAT KINO OP ROOF YOU HAVEI "The only way to ride through some of these small towns in Indiana is In a large group," he added. If you're alone, you get hassled by the cops and citizens." Within the club, there is a Detective Frank Wilkinson of ty vote before undergoing a trial period of at least 30 days. DURING his trial period, he is entitled to wear patches on his cutaway jacket called rockers, which say "Grim Reapers" on top and "Indianapolis" on the bottom. Before a prospect can become a full member, he must complete some sort of initiation test, like a scavenger hunt, Woody said.

"We wouldn't have them do anything we wouldn't do," Chopper claimed. Only after a prospect be "But we're not a bunch of "SOME PEOPLE are hooked Boy Scouts either," he added, on drugs, but we're hooked on the Indianapolis Police Department's special investigation division said he made no such distinction between the groups "When trouble comes, we know h6 to take care of it." great deal of secrecy and This mrVocfe material it a modern jet age thermophilic which itoyi fluid in temperature changes from minui 90 to 300 above to protect your roof. bikes," Ripper said pointing to his cycle which he claimed his capable of speeds of up to 150. i On the outside, the club and considered the Grim Reapers "just another motorcycle members wear "bad clothes" "I don't even know Chopper's club." crease-stained leather vests real name," Woody said pointing to the club's and a a denim jackets with many insignias, some of IN TERMS of motorcycle ter ABSOLUTELY NO OBLIGATION FOR FREE ESTIMATE SPECIAL PRICE FOR FLAT ROOFS ritory, Woody explained that them German and some of comes a full member is he enti "And I don't want to know. If the Hell's Angels dominate the them obscene.

tled to wear the center patch miles an hour. There are two types of motorcycles, Woody explained, choppers and dressers. Dressers are the standard store-bought motorcycles that are loaded down with all types of accessories from windshields to fenders and appropriately called "garbage wagons," he said. biking scene west of the Missis the cops ever come with a rubber hose and ask me who's in sippi, while the Outlaws are the 7' WE WEAR bad clothes to keep the citizens from hassling PEH GUARD number one group in the Mid HOKDaY THRU SUNDAY 86 257-2096 us," Woody maintained. "When west.

The a a dominate much of the East, he added. they see all of us walking showing the Grim Reapers' official insignia. The Insignia shows the Grim Reaper, the symbol of death, pointing to hell, "which is where all bikers go when they die," Woody said 2060 E. 54th around with our patches, they the club, all I'll be able to tell them is well there's Chopper and Ripper and Duke TO JOIN the Grim Reapers, a prospective member must have a sponsor who is a full member in the club. The prospective member Many of tlie club's 22 members lead ordinary lives outside tend to stay away," he ex plained.

of their biking experience and Choppers, which are lighter, faster and easier to handle, are a must for every prospective club member, he added. "The clothes get dirty simply Woody, a 1971 graduate in in- Sill nil KIWI Quklc-Jction WIN! IDS Gel Fait leiilil because we ride old motorcy- i a 1 management from The entire set of patches, to Purdue University, says he, cles which give off a lot grease," he noted. MOST SEARS STORES OPEN EVERY NIGHT AMI SUNDAY 12-5 P.M. like many recent college gradu-ates, is hunting for a job. Ripper, 26, vice-president German insignias, such as swastikas and Iron Crosses are worn by bikers because it is the club, is a garage mechanic who also operates a motorcycle tradition, Woody said.

must be 21, because of "legal problems" and "because the younger guys are hot-headed and have romantic notions of what the lub should be like," Woody said. The prospect must have a motorcycle which has at least 500 cubic centimeters (cc) in size, Woody added. Every prospective member must be accpeted by a majori- parts dealership out of his home on the Eastside, which "THE FIRST motorcycle clubs were started after World War II by soldiers who came serves as the club's temporary headquarters. back "alienated" by the war Sears he explained. They expressed their alienation by wearing the ZEIGLER who left a and baby daughter, at one time Juvenile Diagnostic Unit Saves Boys School Costs Prices Effective Today thru Tuesday Use Sears Easy Payment Plan to do with the juveniles, youth authority officials say.

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