Never hesitate to ride past the last street light at the edge of town.

Philadelphia Warlocks – Mudman:

Robert ‘Mudman’ Simon was a founding member and as dangerous as anyone who called themselves a member of the Warlocks. Used by the other founding members, who are either dead or in prison by the mid ‘80s, to intimidate the clubs enemies. As a Warlock enforcer, Mudman could turn deadly in the blink of an eye. A 25 yr friend said that if he liked you, he would drink with you, but if he didn’t he would just shoot you. A spider web on his elbow indicated that he had killed someone. It is reported that Mudman had killed two people & was suspected of killing more. Cpl. George Ellis, a Penn State LEO, was part of the biker control for years has said “Nobody fools with Bobby Simon.” “Bobby Simon is crazy.”

Although never convicted of a federal crime, he was held in two federal prisons. Police investigators have supposedly spent whole careers trying to keep him behind bars.

In 1974, he was convicted of killing his girlfriend, Beth Smith Dusenberg, a 19 yr old stenographer for refusing to have sex with other Warlocks. After serving 20 yrs. he was paroled in 1995, but was only free for 11 weeks when he shot & killed Sgt. Ippolito Gonzalez in a roadside confrontation, netting him the death penalty. But the state didn’t get a chance to execute him as another inmate, Ambrose Harris, a black man on death row, kicked him to death in a recreation cage.

The Philly Warlocks came from a union of two teen gangs, the Warlords from Upper Darby, which brought Mudman, and one from Darby, both areas being in SW Philadelphia where the original clubhouse was setup at 56^th St. and Woodland Ave. The late ‘60s and during the ‘70s, the Warlocks terrified Pennsylvania by assaulting, raping and killing for sport. The would take over bars in a lot of towns that they visited because they usually outnumbered the law enforcement.

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The Florida Warlocks or the Warlock Nation try for a different image:

Warlocks net largest donation for Warm the Children

The continuing saga of the Hells Angels:

Law enforcement keeps eye on Hells Angels

Clean up Quebec's construction industry

Harley Davidson in China:

It seems that Harley Davidson Inc is having trouble increasing sales if China because of stiff regulations regarding motorcycles. They say that rules differ from place to place, which doesn’t sound any different from Canada or the US.

Sean Jiang, the managing director for HD in China says “We need to be proactive in engaging with the government.” Sound familiar? How would you like to pay $53,000 for a motorcycle only to be told that you have to scrap it after 11 yrs. The city of Hanzhou has even gone as far as totally banning motorcycles. Local governments claim only poor people ride motorcycles, so outlawing motorcycles keeps the riff-raff out of their cities. Think the North American government has been talking to these guys?

“These days, people in the city get very stressed out at work,” Chen said. “Riding a Harley, with the wind blowing through your hair, is a good way to relax.”

Harley-Davidson Faces Entry Barrier in China

Biker Charity:

Port Alberni Toy Run a smash hit

Bikers, bears and bread - oh my

Never too early to think about Christmas

Ride for Hospice great event for a great cause

Bikers raise money for March of Dimes

The biker family grows smaller again:

CO poisoning suspected in biker deaths

Friends, students mourn Riverview teacher's death

Are TV commercials helping?

Statistics show Idaho motorcyclists are as safe as they've been in years