The Secret Life of Outlaw Biker Clubs with Outlaw Archive 

This interviewer was the absolute worst choice for such a great collection. No offense to him but he was totally clueless.

History important, this guy is important. Thankyou for documenting the greatest subculture since the Old Western outlaw cowboys

My dad was in the HA'S back in the 1950's until late 1960's & he left & as hard as it is to believe, that particular chapter liked him so much they let him still go on certain rides etc..for many yrs. He left the club because my mom gave him a choice.." leave the club or lose the family." lol. Because when the club called, u went..no questions. So he lost a lot of jobs, left mom like a single mom, tho she wasn't. After he died, the chapter sent me a few of his old patches. They also gave me a few " in rememberance" patches for my own leather. i've been riding since age 16..it's a family thing😉

This video was such a great insight into the backstory of the most legendary instagram account. I have a new found respect for Bo and how he acquired his archive. Glad he got the account back today!

Clubs today are a shadow of their former selves. Short hair, electric start computerized bikes, clean vests. tattoo's on their foreheads, and each chapter has a repair shop where they take their bikes for repair. The days of greasy guys altering their own Knucklehead and Panhead necks, bobbing rear fenders, putting custom tanks on, and fabricating custom exhaust are long gone.

“Outsiders don’t label themselves Outsiders.” Great point!

He sure did a lot of shit talking...I will leave it at that ..

I’m glad someone is preserving this American history that most museums don’t care about. It’s really cool that one of the big 4 1%er groups supports him and even gave him stuff to preserve the history.

At first, they were just guys who didn’t fit anywhere else, weirdos, war vets... Bo mentions they were the first ADD cases after the war. They wanted to belong, they loved motorcycles, they loved the sense of freedom, they probably went riding and camping in the desert together, down to Mexico, up North, etc. Then it all went south when the media painted them as criminals, and the guy that called himself their supreme leader and Judas them out on that movie deal with Jack Nicholson and the book from Hunter S. Thompson. Nowadays, little wannabe tuff guys and weekend gangsters cosplay the "biker" look or their perception of it. I have a friend who went bankrupt personifying that look, even borrowed money from me. When I talk to him about chopping bike frames, looking into Panheads, Shovelheads, Ironheads, he doesn’t know what I’m talking about. All he talks about is which slip-on will make his bike the loudest, Rinehart or Vance&Hines and how I’m stupid for wanting to build myself a chopper, that I should buy a nice Softail instead, but nothing older than 3 or 4 years, and how I could buy all those great aftermarket chrome parts, and while I’m throwing money around, maybe I could send some of that chrome his way... He sounds like a little girl talking about his Barbie’s and Barbie accessories. It’s enough to make you puke.

That story about Marilyn Monroe was wild!

Been following Outlaw Archive on instagram for awhile now. I love the counter culture of the 60s especially the MC stuff. I never knew the face behind outlaw archive. This dude has a wicked collection and definitely can tell his old school mentality from the interview. I’m glad the items he has are in good hands now.

This is one of thee best archives in America ever!!! No one gave a fuck about this history. Just movies and history channel shows. Those who are mad do not appreciate what this man is doing. To one day have an actual museum to walk through to show my culture, my life, my ways. Just beautiful shit man.

By far the best content on this channel

What's with the annoying background music? Totally useless and distracting

1%er do still exist today MC are alive in well

Great interview! I was born in 1954 and have always been into the late 50's early 60's biker aesthetic, the early chopper and bobber styles, since I was a kid watching Hell's Angels on Wheels at the local theater . I am very happy to see Bo's efforts in compiling all of this graphic documentation. I highly recommend his great books, such as Halfway to Berdoo. I've bought several copies, just to give to friends. More priceless photos and behind the scenes stories in that book alone than in dozens of other books combined.

Wow, that story about the cover of the book with Gut and everything - so beatiful how his brother got that call. If it weren't for the fact they decided to contact his brother while Gut was on his deathbed, it would've just been tossed. Amazing interview!

It’s crazy to have someone’s old Cut that was their prize possession and something they would die to protect,if those things could talk dam,cool stuff.

The history of the frisco hells angels during the hippie era is interesting af. So many interesting characters out of the bay area.

How stoned is the interviewer? (great interview, BTW)

What happened to his Outlaw Archive Instagram account?

😂 this clown said there aren’t any 1 percent anymore with a Pomeranian dog in his lap and sipping on a white claw😂 the internet and it’s walls to protect wreckless talk Got to love it

Mad at the person with the collection , but yet its only one side of the 3 on the coin ... That said alot of the older former members to the newest former members , had their lifes prized possesions , sometime club brothers , etc etc , stolen by members because of various reasons jelousy , just plain bullying cause they didnt like something about another ,to killing a club brother that they were lifelong friends with to take their buissness over illegal or legal , to a son or father being killrd by the club , so many real greasy shitty reasons , so they get kicked out with viscous beatings for speaking out against the narrative either way some quit and after years just for various reasons want the stuff that they poses to be seen but not held by where they came from because even tho they have that bad taste left they really love what they were in and like they say never meet your heroes you wont be disappointed 🤷 they loved the history the great parts of it ..

I feel like if Bo got that first set of Crips photos he wouldn’t have sold it like the people did for 45,000. I do think he’s in for the money he’s preserving America History that no longer exists. I’m lost in the could server thing lol. If your about that life you don’t text or DM threats but then again I’m 50 we didn’t do shit that way in my day.

I’ve been in and around clubs since 1978 and he’s right, clubs now days don’t care or listen to what the older guys have to say. Their experience is not listened to. They don’t care what the people who carried this culture to where it is now went through to ensure it survived. Now, I’m not saying that club members now days aren’t worth a shit because I’ve met and partied/talked to a lot of them that are great guys, I just gravitate towards other older guys who have the miles and years in their face. This was a great video.

He says the older generation would of never gave him things and sold him shit or talked to him but yet all the shit you have gotten is from older club member from that time you can’t get that stuff from a new age member. Prove me wrong.

Bo Bushnell is just a trust fund kid 🤷🏻‍♂️

I wonder if he ever puts the vest on and looks at himself in the mirror

I always was under the impression that the Nazi stuff was war trophies that these guys coming back from WW2 took of bodies and would wear as a badge of honor

the only thing that should be criminal is that weird ass art piece behind the porsche it looks like a grade schoolers first naked woman lmao.

LOL😂😂😂😂😂

Find the sons and daughters, and find those old choppers. Some have to still be in the family, would be a great find because no matter what year it is, people will be building 60s-70s choppers.

I am old now I met some of the people you talk about out law people when I was young that is what I wanted to be a out law biker got saved in 1973 write when things began to change lost my brother to a club would like to hear more must be careful

Respect the archive but saying (55:14) I basically went to war with the HAMC.. -By geeking and messaging in the internet with a pomerain in his lap.

Whats w da stupid music in da background? Disturbing rly.

The aggrandizement of these 1%ers is puzzling to me, kinda like the way people are proud of a certain ex president’s horrible behaviour. We tell our children to behave , teach them moral values then what… it’s okay to be despicable as long as you don’t get caught. Pretty messed up.

I call bullshit on the Marilyn Monroe story. Not that you weren't told it, but that it happened.

Love from Ohio Bo 👊

I love what this guy is doing but how the hell did he get the money for all this stuff in the first place? Just maintaining that office and the cars inside it has to be extremely expensive.

Im not going to mention the club but my brother is a member of a rather large 1% club. He has collected club property many times . If its a member out bad when the vest and whatever else is collected they get knocked TFO. If this clown had their patch it would become a game on who could knock him out first and get the vest. This club has a notorious history and is full of heavy hitters and they absolutely would not let a civilian put one of their vests on display. The members would never give theirs away because of the consequences. You get tossed your vest and motorcycle stay. I don't know why HA gave him a pass. If its a defunk club that's one thing but not an active.

How does this dude afford all this stuff?

As a reply to one of the comments, I just read I am 61. I still have a 63 in a 1948 wishbone frame with upsweep fishtails and 20 inch apes, so we didn’t go anywhere! And when you say bikers back, then weren’t criminals and they weren’t organized. I’ve been a criminal and I’ve been organized my whole life. I’ve never done anytime and committed multiple felonies so you guys really don’t know what you’re talking about. You might’ve done research and shit but you need to talk to the people that were in the trenches. The people got away with all the shit they did people know where the bodies are they won’t talk to you

Need that part 2.

Hell yeah outlaw archive.

What an absolute TERRIBLE INTERVIEWER!!!!! Who in gods name thought having him interview would be a good idea???? This needs to be redone with some on that’s not a half a momo

When he said about there not being 1%ers anymore .. I can genuinely get behind that.. clubs have changed … almost u turned from the original image

I don't think it's negative for the youngsters to dress up in 60s. Fashion emulating emulating the 50s are 60s. I think that's paying homage to the original guys. Unlike the new dudes and the clubs, putting on a patch and wearing kackies and Nike sneakers with a Sidewards hat I think that's pretty absurd in comparisand that's just my opinion.I think I would rather see kids trying to do.The old school wa pre 1970 Like you said they shop at abbacrombie fitch and ride a harley So I think I did emulating the fifties or sixties a lot More I have more respect for that

Great interview firstly! However, perhaps it’s just me but I find the background music really distracting… it doesn’t need it at all.

Bo does such a great job, and the endless entertainment on Instagram 👏

I don't know. The internet is full of storytellers. This one happen to be told by a guy with a stroller and a dog in his lap.

Should have showed the collection of items.

Nice job! Tons and tons of people have been waiting on this interview….completely compelling!

The best stories to tell where usually the worst experiences to live through. The culture didn’t last because it wasn’t a stable way of life that could be sustained over generations it just a phase ppl go through n move on. Those that didn’t move on is because they don’t want to grow up and end up living sad existences. Like Gut being an old man having to live in someone else’s trailer.

Holly crap this is crazy! My family owns a big part of that beach that he showed outside Zihuatanejo! my grandpa bought it in the 60s

Dude this video is awesome I learned a lot

There are definitely still 1% ers

Mf don't lie ..you know your showing the biggest form of disrespect to each of those clubs . Those cuts an memorabilia belong to the club period. An your all good now but know one of these boys will eventually catch up to you an don't care bout prison .an the former members that gave you that shit are looked at like trash to current members

amazing video! so much interesting information and history. Mad respect for Bo for documenting and collecting the history. Extremely fascinating time period

Far from a brother hood,! You start at the bottom. You end up in jail... For your brother's🙄🫡

Didn't Hunter S Thompson document their lives?

Wow super interesting, I gotta look up his book and maybe collection

The Marilyn Monroe story was crazy!

2 guys that don’t know anything about what they are talking about for an hour 👏🏻

Awesome this was really interesting

Great interview, grateful we have people like Bo👍

Nice to see he's living off the clubs name,what a class act

The BEST BIDSTITCH interview ever.

What happened to this guys instagram? can't find it, i miss the daily posts about the edgars ;(

Very interesting 👌

Terrible background music for future reference

Bo I would like to see a copy of that 660 names on that list. My Father was an Oakland HA member since 1957-1975 and was Oaklands Co-Founder Dickey Logan real name Richard A. Hartley…

Definitely shined the light on the cannabis industry thanks Bo!

Iowa history as far as a percent. So that’s a singular percent specification in association with a club, historically speaking. And go…

Wow the last five minutes was horrible Also note 📝 “ my family friends owned the biggest oldest house there “ Rich La boy Tell ya what Someone will poke N smoke him one day We all have to check the mail We all have to sleep We all have to be alone and his mouth has already sealed his fate

Love the archive! But someone figure out how to get his instagram page back! Even the streets page is now M I A

9 minutes in and this dude has already told a ton of lies

I love how butthurt he is about not being involved in consulting for The Bikeriders movie. Poor little rich kid. #chuckles

I really dont like the disrespect he shows for the clubs today. Its called evolution. Nothing is like what it was in the 60s. Guarantee he would not talk that reckless to any club member in person

Do any of the clubs feel like this guy has their property??? Having a cut with club insignia and not being a member is stricly forbidden.

What a bunch of squares

Great interview! Conversation and questions were on point

Very interesting

Join the army if you want to be directed..biker clubs...what

The Marilyn story was absolutely nuts!!!! 😮

Dude my grandpa had to know him! hen just passed in November but im showing this to all the old heads of my family and try to find out more;

'before they became a criminal organization - sounds about right...'

Great interview

50:27 and dudes a liberal🤦‍♂️

Yoooooooo

How does this dude afford all this stuff? That shirt alone sells for 20k

Bidstitch doing something cool for once!

He made me get an Instagram account.

I have ZERO clue how you can have an 81 cut. Get ready for litigation.

Are you a catcher for the baseball team??

Saying 1%ers aren’t around today is crazy lol don’t even know

so happy to find this interview, grate work!!!!

Live by the sword…

I believesome of this is true.

what happend 2 the front patches????

How does someone afford all this?