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Asbury Park Pressi
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Asbury Park, New Jersey
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-0 ASBURY PARK SUNDAY PRESS, Sept. 8, 1968 mmm: 8flR iilii i imilWHilIMM iiiiMi inM I I I'll 1 11 I III mm mir ml nirawMMMII if -TIMig HITIIIMril is, fci.l liifflT i I I Mmii.ii 1 to each other only by their club names. They are (left to right) Gringo, Citizen president of the mother chapter; Prophet, acting (Press Photo) Members of ihe South Jersey chapter and mother chapter of the Breed Motorcycle Club Inc. are known publicly and even president of the South Jersey chapter; Fish, Johnny Reb, Fugitive, ond Canuck. ytitfwimnwY a MOTORCYCLE GANG CONVENES The Breed Wears Its Colors With Pride numbers over 400.

They identify themselves as "outlaw as op posed to "citizen" riders, the most arc known to one another only by these names. The speak heatedly and almost passionately, using terms that are alien to the uninitiated, about the one thing that binds them closely together motor Bv MYRNA GRAY ress Staff Writer OLD BRIDGE The men are garbed alike in sleeveless denim jackets covered with insignia and medals, the Betsy Ross 13-star flag and name patches. And they wear their colors proudly. They address each other as representations in the movies. ATTENTION is currently on the Breed because the president of the South Jersey Chapter, Fred Nichlos, known as Sheik, was murdered Aug.

30 at his Jackson Township home. Ocean County and township detectives have not yet come up with a motive or solid lead in the murder of the 29-year-old father of moustache and goatee. Highest on the list of the Breed's complaints is the mandatory use of helmets. "We don't feel (the state of New Jersey) has the right to tell us to wear helmets," said Fugitive, an automobile mechanic who was anticipating a call that his wife, expecting a baby, was on her way to the "There is no law that says we have to wear seat changed from "citizen" clothes to colors "and all the inspectors wanted to come after me." Their experiences are many and not altogether pleasant. They are aware of disdain, and sometimes fear, that people feel when they walk into a public place en masse.

They know they make a noise, but they counter this with: "Have you ever been to a bowling banquet, a VFW And their clothes, with all the latter referring to those in clubs belonging to the American Motorcycle Association or any unaffiliated rider. And they admit that their patina of respectability is badly tarnished since motorcycle clubs are only in the public eye after acts of violence or derogatory cycles. They are members of the; Breed, a motorcycle club withj two chapters in New Jersey and one each in York and Pennsylvania. Membership Gringo, Prophet, Rampage, Johnny Reb. Canuck, Temptation, Citizen Pres.

And three boys. Breed members, who were at i belts." THE HELMET law was tested medals, patches, esoteric num-' 'bers? 1 "It's for class, for snap, to I blow people's minds" On the J'h if the funeral Tuesday in club colors and on their, motorcycles, would not discuss the case when they met last week in the meeting room of a local tavern. Citizen founder of the club and president of the Mother Chapter, emphatically said "no comment" when asked for his theories. A chorus of "no comment" followed from the other members. They do not hesitate to dis "Si-iiSr-J LjU- in California and was found to be unconstitutional, members said.

In New Jersey, a motorcyclist must wear a helmet that is approved by the state. The penalty for riding without one is $15 and the motorcycle cannot be removed until the rider returns with a helmet. The helmets "obstruct the i scope of peripheral vision," they cuss their public image which, they say, has reduced them to third class citizens. They cite a other hand, they point out, "Some clubs use swastikas and skulls and crossbones for shock value." They feel their names best characterize themselves. One Breed member showed his insignia, explaining, "This was my Army rank." Another flashed a medal.

"I got this for marksmanship." At least 90 per cent are veterans, said Johnny Reb, who added, "Can the hippies say that" FUGITIVE said, "We're not just a bunch of bums. Ninety per cent of the members are family men with children and most of the wives ride with their husbands work and hold down good honest say, and the plastic shields distort vision." Furthermore, they can't hear when the sides of the helmets are pulled over their ears. Canuck, an intense 36-year-old painting contractor and father of six children, finds it ironic that the helmet the Army issued to him to. stop bullets is not approved by the state for motorcyclists' use. A member of the Breed Motorcycle Club Inc.

displays his colors a Betsy Ross flag and title of the club which with the name patch on the front of the jacket form the official uniform. Medals and insignia can be added at the discretion of each member. plethora of examples. "We pay gasoline tax, license and registration fees and we're not allowed on the Parkway," said Gringo, a dark man with thinning black hair and neatly trimmed moustache, who peers over glasses with triangular yellow-tinted lenses. "When the Parkway first' opened, we were permitted but now we're hot.

Some riders went through (the toll plazas) without paying so it hurt us." if MOTORCYCLISTS can travel on the turnpike fur find restrictions on other highways and in some other states. They pointed out that "we try to do thines le 1 jobs." weekly dues of a dollar. The money is used in various ways. In June, the Breed had a run to Lake George, N.Y. One member veered off the road and was killed.

The chapters donated money to hig family to be used Canuck, whose name means French-Canadian (which he is), learned to ride a motorcycle in the service with the Military Police. He lives in Middlesex County where most members of the Mother Chapter reside, but he is a member and treasurer Women are not allowed to become members but can wear the colors as "property of a husband or boyfriend. Even their children wear "product of" colors. The widow of the murdered South Jersey president request- I .1 1 If other clubs, citizen or outlaw, have these projects, the Breed is not aware of them. In fact, the personal experience of those in the Breed who had been AMA members previously, has been that no such activity exists, they said.

Citizen who is a design draftsman for Fedders obtained his name because he was the last president of a Me-tuchen citizen club before he left and formed the Breed. Originally, it had been the New Breed, but the full title JOHNNY REB. a slight young man with a well-groomed Van Dyke beard, told about the first gig held by the South Jersey Chapter. "We did two good things that day. We turned in a burned out car that we found to the Jackson Township police, and they asked us to help them find three lost children in the area.

We had seen them earlier, and had given them hotdogs so we went out again and found the children." It is activity like this that the public never hears about, Johnny Reb emphasized. of the South Jersey Chapter, comprised of Monmouth and Ocean counties. gally, through a lawyer." The the funeral. i The Breed is motivated by one thing: to ride. American Motorcycle Associa tor a monument.

I PROCEEDS from the annual! picnic held by the Breed in Oc-1 tober 1967 went to the Cerebral Palsy Clinic in Middlesex Coun-' ty. Another club project is do-; nating blood, and Fish, the treasurer of the Mother Chap-1 ter, proudly stated he gave rare type, 0-negative. tion (AMA), for which the Breed has few kind words, "tried for Parkway privileges didn't fit properly on the jack- See BREED Page 43 I I "WHEN I took my brand new $2,500 bike for inspection, I went through wearing my colors, and i they failed me on all counts," Canuck recalled. "Rut two j. months later, I went through without colors which were in my saddle bags, and dressed as a 1 didn't make one (Change to the bike, and it I passed inspection." As soon as the motorcycle passed, Canuck added, he When members ride, tney have "runs," and they run to a "gig." A "gig" is a party, after which they hold mandatory runs to clean up the premises.

They have runs to which all riders, citizen and outlaw, are invited. They also attend other clubs' runs and have received many trophies for the best represented club. Members of the Breed pay a ana tailed." said Prophet, the acting South Jersey president. They have few channels of protest and "when we do protest, we're no good. We're dirty," said Temptation, a young man who was looking forward to this weekend when as a reservist at Earle Naval Depot, he will have rank over Citizen who will be there without OOOOOOOOOO0GQCQOQOOOOOOOOOOOO SAVE from the Factory LAURELT0N STORE OPEN SUNDAYS TO 6 P.M.

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