Moped Gangs and Groups

A Moped Gang is a group of moped riders, the term gang is from the original usage of the term which is not associated with criminal activity:

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"A gang is a group of three or more people who, through the organization, formation, and establishment of an assemblage, share a common identity." - Wikipedia

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This is a record of all known moped gangs past and present, worldwide.

Please include the name of the group, what city, when it was founded, and whether it is currently active or defunct. If there is a group website or wiki page, link to that as well.

• [MA] means a Moped Army Branch
• dead means a group is inactive/defunct
• b. month year for when the gang was founded
• 1^st for the first moped group in that state (USA only)

Please list groups alphabetically within regions.

North America

United States

In the USA there are currently:

130+ active gangs

21 active Moped Army Branches

100+ unaffiliated gangs

20 dead, disbanded, or defunct groups

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Arizona

• The Alphas (Tucson, Arizona) [MA] 1^st dead, d. January 2001
• Dustmites (Mesa, Arizona) b. June 2009, may be dead, but this is unconfirmed. Dustmites website
• Las Tortugas (Tucson, Arizona) b. June 2009 Las Tortugas website
• The Tom Cruisers (Tempe, Arizona) b. March 2003 [MA] myspace

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California

In California there are currently:

25 total active gangs

3 Moped Army branches

19 unaffiliated gangs

4 dead, defunct, or disbanded groups

Northern NorCal

• Moped Militia (Chico, California) [MA] dead

San Francisco

• B.A.D. (San Francisco, California) Bay Area Dorados - Los Dorados members living in the Bay Area
• Children (San Francisco, California)
• Creatures of the Loin (San Francisco, California) 1^st b. 2005 [MA] facebook
• The Creeps (San Francisco, California) dead
• The Sunset Riders (San Francisco, California) b. April 2008 myspace
• Treats (San Francisco, California) myspace

East Bay

• Pizza Fleet (Livermore, California) b. 2008
• West of Utopia (Oakland, California) dead

San Jose

• Cuperteens (Cupertino, California) website/blog
• Mopedhead (San Jose, California) myspace
• Ped Pirates (San Jose, California) b. Nov 2010

Sacramento Area

• Landsquids (Sacramento, California) [MA] myspace
• The Road Gnomes (Rocklin, California) myspace
• Twisted Pedals Moped Club (Stockton, California)
• Lost Boys MG (Sacramento, California)

Santa Barbara

• Brown sharks (Santa Barbara, California) myspace

Ventura County

• Daggrs (Thousand Oaks, CA) old website b. 2009

LA County

• HalfWits (Los Angeles, California) Halfwits blog b. 2009
• Knuckleheads (Long Beach, California)
• Latebirds (Los Angeles, California) [MA] websitemyspace
• Moon Riders (San Gabriel Valley, California)
• Slow Magic (Los Angeles, California) b.2010
• The Meowpeds (Pasadena, California)
• Woolly Bullies (Los Angeles, California) Bullies rally website

Orange County

• Club 55 (Orange County, California) dead now ride as MM society
• Myron's Moped Society (Fullerton, California) b.2003- Shaun Strahm of Myron's Mopeds is conducting Sunday rides every month from Spring to late Summer. Limited to 30mph bikes lately, so break out those stockers

Inland Empire

• 760 Moped Crew (Hesperia / Apple Valley / Victorville / Adelanto, California)
• Two Wheeled Turtles (Victorville / Apple Valley, California) website/blog

San Diego

• Dirty Deuces (San Diego, CA) b. 2010 website
• The Skunks (San Diego, CA) b. 2011 Skunk in Public sandiegoswarm.com
• Wingnuts (San Diego, CA) b. 2011 Facebook Youtube

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Colorado

• Blk Blk (Denver, Colorado) [MA]
• Brown Stars (Denver, Colorado)
• SpokesMen (Denver, Colorado) myspace

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Connecticut

• Mabecanes (????, Connecticut)
• Merry Cranksters (Mystic, Connecticut) website/blog

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Florida

In Florida there are currently:

9 active gangs

0 active Moped Army branches

3 dead, disbanded, or defunct groups

Panhandle & North Florida

• Sparkle Motion (Jacksonville, Florida) Sparkle Motion
• The Usual Suspects (Inverness, Florida)

Central & Gulf Coast Florida

• The Dirty Petcocks (Sarasota, Florida)
• Food Lion (Orlando, FL) dead
• LOCKLEAR (Orlando, FL)
• The Rip Rips (Tampa, Florida)dead
• Sharks (Orlando, FL) dead
• Suicycles (Orlando, FL) 1^st dead, b. April 2006, d.???? myspace

South Florida

• Cart Crew (Port St. Lucie) Jcams old school gang
• Weak Ends (Port St Lucie, Florida)
• Wastelanders (Cape Coral, Florida)

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Georgia

• Swoop Jockeys (Atlanta, Georgia) 1^st Swoops website

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Illinois

• The Flooze (Chicago, Illinois) b. fall 2005 myspace
• Hot N' Ready's (HnR) [MA] (Chicago, Illinois)
• Peddy Cash (Chicago, Illinois) 1^st b. 2002 [MA] myspace
• Wrecking Crew (Chicago)
• Radium City Riders (Ottawa)

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Indiana

Northern Indiana

• The Mojects (Osceola, Indiana) Mojects Twitter
• Motion Left (Goshen, Indiana) 1^st b. 2003 [MA] Motion Left
• Moving Targets (Chesterton, Indiana)
• The Anti-socialites (South Bend, Indiana) Antisocialites Facebook

Central Indiana

• Bropeds (Bloomington, Indiana) Bropeds Facebook
• The Bull$hitter$ (Kokomo/West Lafayette, Indiana)
• Ghost Planet Militia (Ft. Myers, Florida/Indianapolis, Indiana) myspace
• The Lafayetis (Lafayette, Indiana)

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Iowa

• Buzzbombs (Des Moines, Iowa) 1^st

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Kansas

• Cold Trailers (Lawrence, Kansas) 1^st b. May 2009 Cold Trailers forums

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Kentucky

• Bourbon Bandits (Louisville, Kentucky) 1^st b. summer 2005 [MA] myspace

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Louisiana

• Moped Order of New Orleans (MONO) (New Orleans, LA) est 2010[1]
• Mud Bugs (Louisiana) 1^st

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Maine

• 50:1 (Portland, Maine) 1^st [MA] dead

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Maryland

• Baltards (Baltimore, Maryland) Baltards blog b. 2009
• One Screw Loose (Cumberland, Maryland) 1^st [MA] dead

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Massachusetts

• Peace Warriors (~, Massachusetts) MA

Central & Western

• Backyard Badgers (Chicopee, Mass)
  

• The Inlaws (Northampton, MA)

North East

• Sign of Noshori (Salem, Massachusetts) myspace group
• Sons of Liberty (Marblehead, Massachusetts)

Greater Boston

• COOL GUYS (CGFY) (Boston, Massachusetts)dead
• kHz (Boston, Massachusetts) [MA] dead
• Ped Kennedys (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
• ThE UgLiEs (Boston, Massachusetts) UgLy blog.

South East & Cape Cod

• The Stampede (Westport, Massachusetts) The Stampede Myspace

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Michigan

Grand Rapids Area

• Ghost Riders (Grand Rapids, Michigan) [MA] myspace
• Decepticons (Kalamazoo, Michigan) [MA] 1^st
• Kalamazoo Moped Riders (Kalamazoo, Michigan) [MA] facebook group

Detroit Area

• The Guns (Ann Arbor, Michigan) [MA] myspace
• Noviy Lef (Dearborn, Michigan) [MA] dead, b. 2003, d. May 2005, merged with The Guns
• Snobs (Ferndale, Michigan) myspace
• Motor City Riot (Detroit, Michigan) Facebook "b. july 2011"

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Minnesota

• The Casserollers (Minneapolis, Minnesota) Previousely known as "MPLSMOPEDS" Casserollers website
• Retrospecs (Minneapolis, Minnesota) 1^st [MA] dead, b. February 2005, d.

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Missouri

• Breakfast Mafia (Kansas City, Missouri) 1^st b. 2006 BM website
• It Ran Earlier (I.R.E.) (St. Louis, Missouri) b. October 2007 I.R.E. website
• Mid-Mo Peds (Columbia, Missouri) Mid-Mo forums
• The Holy Rollers (O'Fallon, Missouri) Oct. 2008 [2]

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Nebraska

• Mopediphiles (Lincoln, Nebraska) 1^st b.2009

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Nevada

• Los Dorados (Reno, Nevada) 1^st b. [MA] myspace

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Sun Valley Black Lions Chapter 1976 Moped Merauders.Just about dead One Bro Left.

New Hampshire

• The Richard Gears (Portsmouth, New Hampshire)

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New Jersey

• The Cobras (Elmwood Park, New Jersey) Alive, "b. 2010"
• Jersey Jerks (Caldwell, New Jersey) Alive, "b. 2011"
• Local Heroes (New Brunswick, New Jersey) [MA] dead, b. 2005, d. 2010
• South Jersey (Cape May, New Jersey)
• The Thundercats (formerly known as "The Mopegans", New Jersey) [MA] dead, b. 2001, d. 2001
• The Titans (Keansburg, New Jersey) 1^st [MA] dead, d. 2001
• Zombie Recon (???. New Jersey) dead

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New Mexico

• Members Only (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1^st [MA] dead, b. February 2004, d.

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New York

NYC

• Mission 23 (Brooklyn, New York) 1^st b. 2003 [MA] myspace
• Orphans (Brooklyn, New York) b. 2006 [MA]

Upstate

• Mohawk Mammoths (Albany, New York) b. 2010 website/blog
• White Trash Thrashers (Cortland, New York) "b.2010"
• Mutton Busters (Syracuse, New York) "b. 2010" website

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North Carolina

• White Line Riders (Wilmington, North Carolina) [MA]
• The Bees (Asheville, North Carolina)
• The Slow Goers (Charlotte, North Carolina)

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Ohio

• Black pipes (Youngstown, Ohio) website
• The Bombardment Society (Cincinnati, Ohio) [MA]
• The Gagnon's (Akron, Ohio)
• Lima QDY's (Lima, Ohio)
• OHpeds (Cleveland / Akron / Canton, Ohio) OHpeds website
• Bob Jones Gang (Columbus, Ohio)
• West Side Devils (Athens, Ohio)
• Zeros (Toledo Ohio) website
• DAM Riders (Dayton, Ohio)website

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Oregon

• Committee of Public Safety (Eugene, Oregon) Eugene Mopeds Myspace
• Puddle Cutters (Portland, Oregon) 1st [MA] websitemyspace
• Uphill Battle (Portland Oregon) websitemyspace

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Pennsylvania

• 814 Ballers (Erie, Pennsylvania)
• BANG! (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) [3]
• The Blue Shirt Holiday (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania) [MA] dead, d. September 2004
• Cage Rattlers (State College, Pennsylvania)
• Housecats (Central Pennsylvania)
• Human Beans (Lancaster, Pennsylvania)Human Beans Blog
• switcHANDsignal (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) [MA] dead
• The Works Fiasco (State College, Pennsylvania) The Works Fiasco blog

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Rhode Island

• Metal Ponies (Providence, Rhode Island) 1^st The Healthy Moped

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South Carolina

• The Buzzards (Sumter, SC) 1^st

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South Dakota

• Buffalo Boys (Souix Falls, South Dakota) [MA] dead
• Janus (Sioux Falls, South Dakota) 1^st [MA] dead, b. January 2001, d.

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Tennessee

• The Chain Gang (Nashville, Tennessee)
• The Dead Peds (Nashville, Tennessee)
• The Pushers (Memphis, Tennessee)

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Texas

• The Action City Rockers (Austin, Texas) [MA] Born a Rocker, Die a Rocker
• Dirty Coast Riders (Houston, Texas formed September 2010) [4]
• The EastTex Armadillo’s (East Texas)
• Hell's Bombshells (Austin, Texas) dead, b. 2002, d., former members helped form The Action City Rockers
• The Thundercats (Odessa, Texas) 1^st [MA] dead, b. May 2001, d.

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Utah

• Decade Sparrows (Logan, Utah) 1^st

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Vermont

• Jeezum Crows (Burlington, VT) 1^st b. August 2011 website

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Virginia

• Hells Satans (Richmond, Virginia) [MA]
• Prophets of Doom (Richmond, Virginia)

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Washington

• Mosquito Fleet (Seattle, Washington) 1^st [MA]

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West Virginia

• Aborted Bastards (Berkeley Springs, West Virginia) 1^st

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Wisconsin

• Cream City Cranks (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) [MA] 1^st facebook
• The Summerai (Green Bay, Wisconsin) facebook b. 2009
• UNHOLYsmokers (Madison, Wisconsin) [5]

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Caribbean Territories

(Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands, etc.)

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Pacific Territories

(Guam, Midway Islands, American Samoa, etc.)

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Canada

In Canada there are currently

5 active gangs

0 Moped Army Branches

2 dead group

British Columbia

• The Frostbacks (Vancouver, BC) 1^st b. ???

Ontario

• London Ontario Moped Club (LOMC) (London, Ontario) b. 2010 LOMC website
• Peterborough Moped Gang (Peterborough, Ontario) b. 2010 website
• Royal Canadian Moped Posse (RCMP) (Toronto, Ontario) dead b. ??? RCMP Website
• The Variators (Ottawa, Ontario) 1^st [MA] dead, b. May 2001, d. ???

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Quebec

• The Moaning Ponies (Montreal, Quebec) 1^st b. ???

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The Atlantic

(New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island)

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The Prairie

(Alberta, Manitoba, Saskatchewan)

• Manitoba: BL∀CK PLAGUE (Winnipeg, MB) 1^st b. 2010

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The Northern

(Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Yukon)

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Mexico

so far there are no known groups in mexico

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Europe

Denmark

• Teufelskerle (Denmark) Teufelskerle
• De Vilde Hjerter aka The Wild Hearts (Denmark)

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Finland

• Helkama Ax (Copenhagen, Finland) Helkama Ax

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United Kingdom

England

• British 50cc Racing (England) Website
• Sixteener Special (England) Forum

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Asia

Japan

there are rumors of moped gangs in japan, but we'll need a translator to confirm

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Africa

Burkina Faso

the whole country is moped crazy, and supposedly the moped culture in Berkina Faso is the inspiration for some of the first moped gangs of the Moped Army

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See Also

• Club links - an older moped wiki page, with links to info about regions and gangs
• Moped Houses - list of Moped Houses & Warehouses where you can work on you bike or spend the night
• Moped Shops - list of moped shops worldwide
• Moped Army - list of moped army branches past and present