Tales of The Boozefighters Motorcycle Club

The legendary Ascot Speedway (just south of L.A.) 1949; Johnny Roccto (number 18), Ernie Roccio (number 3)

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

Original Wild Ones in their later years: (left to right) Jim Cameron, Wino Willie Forkner, John “J. D.” Cameron, Johnny Roccio

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

Filming the action scenes in The Wild Ones

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

“I went to Hollister alone, somewhere around 1976,” said Snowman. “I paid this guy ten dollars to come out to the road sign with me and take a picture so I'd have proof that I'd been there”

From the book "The Original…

“Willie liked the looks of those three stars so much,” said Teri, “that he put them across the barrel of the bottle [in the club patch]”

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

Les Haserot in 1938

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

J. D. grinding on Wino’s tooth with a dremer tool. “When it hit the tooth you could hear the sound change into this sickening kind of dull screaming grind,” said Snowman, “and you could see the smoke coming out of his…

Wino Willie, On the Road, Hollister 1947

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

Life magazine's famous staged photo from their July 21, 1947, issue that kick-started the media’s image of the American biker

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