Tales of The Boozefighters Motorcycle Club

Wino Willie Forkner, 1920-1997

From the book "The Original Wild Ones, tales of The Boozefighters Motorcycle Club”

There is a special term in the legends that surround BFMC members Dink Burns and Vern Autrey (pictured). They were real tough

From the book "The Original Wild Ones, tales of The Boozefighters Motorcycle Club”

“We got to Riverside,” remembered Jack Lilly “having a good time, and I stayed too long. My wife (Lorraine, pictured on one of Jack’s Indians) was waiting for me up in Idyllwich. But with no lights it took me forever to…

Those were tight-knit times. If you rode, you generally knew the others who did, too. Vern Autrey knew my uncle Bub (left). Uncle Bub rode his Knucks and Indians all over the Long Beach area

From the book "The Original Wild Ones,…

A year before he passed away, the oldest boozefighter, Les Haserot ( left) was interviewed by BFMC historian, Jim “JQ” Quattlebaum

From the book "The Original Wild Ones, tales of The Boozefighters Motorcycle Club”

Jack reunited with Crocker No. 103, after over a half-century of separation

From the book "The Original Wild Ones, tales of The Boozefighters Motorcycle Club”

Modern day BFMC members side by side with some of the surviving original Wild Ones

From the book "The Original Wild Ones, tales of The Boozefighters Motorcycle Club”

The paint scheme on Les Haserot’s 1937 bike got him into a little jam in La Paz. While in a beer joint, a local cop waited for him to return. He wouldn’t let Les start the bike because it had a Mexican flag painted on the…

Hunter: “I was in it to win”

From the book "The Original Wild Ones, tales of The Boozefighters Motorcycle Club”