THE HISTORY OF THE 

BOOZEFIGHTERS MOTORCYCLE CLUB

Boozefighters MC is a motorcycle club founded in California in 1946 by “Wino” Willie Forkner in South Gate Los Angeles.

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They first gained notoriety at the Hollister riot in Hollister, California the

4th of July weekend in 1947, later portrayed in the 1953 film 

The Wild One starring Marlon Brando.

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Due to the Boozefighters Motorcycle Club and other well known clubs,

like 13 Rebels taking part in the Hollister Riot and being a

non–American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) motorcycle club they are

partly responsible for being referred to as the 1% from the AMA officials

for not belonging to he AMA.  Without the lawless behavior of these early motorcycle clubs at both

Hollister Riot in 1947, the “1% Outlaw Rebel Biker” term wouldn’t exist today.

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