![]() The torso on top of the set of legs is a large hand with the index finger extended. The Galloping Goose Motorcycle Club patch consists of a set of legs running. The Galloping Goose MC motto is “Often Tested, Always Faithful”. Galloping Goose MC Clubhouse Meeting Galloping Goose MC Patch / Motto The clubs have also at one point shared a clubhouse. The Galloping Goose Motorcycle Club has strong ties to the El Forastero Motorcycle Club, who provided Galloping Goose with their first one percenter patch. ![]() Their power in the city has significantly reduced in more recent decades, as a number of other major motorcycle clubs including Bandidos MC, Outlaws MC, Mongols MC and Vagos MC have entered the area. At one stage the Kansas City chapter had a strong hold over the city, with a 100-mile exclusion zone in place for all other clubs. Member R.G Waters from the Galloping Goose Kansas City chapter then left to start the Galloping Goose Springfield, Missouri chapter. Member Camper John from the Galloping Goose New Orleans chapter then started the Galloping Goose Kansas City chapter. In 1970 the Galloping Goose So Cal chapter also formed the Galloping Goose Montana and Galloping Goose Wyoming chapters. In 1970 members Smitty (the same member who set up the Chicago chapter), Dink, Don Wetzel and Rob Maybe started the Galloping Goose Oklahoma chapter. In 1969 members Mousey Rider, Frog, Matin and Jerry started the Galloping Goose New Orleans chapter. In 1962 the Galloping Goose Chicago Chapter was set up by a member named Smitty. These chapters would then merge to become the So Cal chapter. This was the event which would then become known as the 1947 Hollister Riot, out of which the term “one percenter” would be coined.Īfter the Hollister Riot the Galloping Goose Motorcycle Club shut down for a year, but then reformed and met up at Para Boo Bar on Beverly Hills Boulevard, Los Angeles.Īfter the Los Angeles chapter, the next chapter would be the Valley chapter. The Galloping Goose Motorcycle Club were well known for their involvement in racing, which led to them being invited to the Hollister Rally in 1947 along with other clubs including the Boozefighters MC, Market Street Commandos and Pissed off Bastards of Bloomington MC (POBOB MC) who would later become involved in the formation of Hells Angels MC. Galloping Goose MC Patch SweaterĪt the time when the group officially became a club there were a total of 13 members. The patch was initially made up for a sweater, rather than a leather vest. The original patch was designed at this bar by John Altoon, who was a famous artist and a friend of Dick Hershberg. ![]() ![]() Originally the group met at the Pullman Bar, which was located near Union Station, Los Angeles. Dick Hershberg’s group of followers were known as the “Galloping Goose”, or “GG Bunch”. The word “Galloping Goose” and the image of the running finger (seen on the Galloping Goose Motorcycle Club patch) was painted on the gas tank. “Galloping Goose” was the name of a motorcycle owned by Dick Hershberg. Galloping Goose Motorcycle Club was founded in Los Angeles in 1942, however did they were just a bunch of friends hanging out unofficially on their Harley Davidson motorcycles and racing, it wasn’t until 1946 that they became an official club. Galloping Goose MC Patch Logo Galloping Goose MC History They are an important club in a historical sense because of their long history dating back to the 1940’s and involvement in the 1947 Hollister Rally. Galloping Goose MC is a one percenter motorcycle club founded in Los Angeles in 1942, however they were not an official club until 1946. ![]()
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