Biker Culture
Outlaw motorcycle clubs who identify with this subculture are not necessarily criminals, with members expressing their outlaw status on a social level, and not necessarily equating the word outlaw with criminal activity.
There are also non-outlaw motorcycle clubs, such as the Harley Owners Group and women's motorcycle clubs, who adopt similar insignia, colors, organizational structure and trappings, like beards and leather outfits which are typical of outlaw clubs, and make it difficult for outsiders to tell the difference between the two. It has been said that these others groups are attracted by the mystique of the outlaw image while objecting to the suggestion that they are outlaws.
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