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

19 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) dead, b. June 2009, d. June 2013
• The Tom Cruisers (Tempe, Arizona) b. March 2003 [MA] myspace
• The Dirty Sachs (Flagstaff, Arizona) "b. September 2013"

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California

In California there are currently:

25 total active gangs

2 Moped Army branches

19 unaffiliated gangs

5 dead, defunct, or disbanded groups

Northern NorCal

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

San Francisco

• B.A.D. (San Francisco, California) Bay Area Dorados - Los Dorados members living in the Bay Area dead
• 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
• New Gang (San Francisco, California)

East Bay

• Pizza Fleet (Livermore --> Oakland, California) b. 2008
• West of Utopia (Oakland, California) dead
• East Bay Moped Lions (El Cerrito, CA) "b. 2012"
• SEAGHOULS mpc (Oakland/Santa Cruz, CA) "b. 2016"

San Jose

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

Sacramento Area

• The Outsiders (Sacramento, California) b. August 2013
• 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 and Los Angeles, CA) old websitefotos b. 2009

LA County

• HalfWits (Los Angeles, California) Halfwits blog b. 2009
• Knuckleheads (Long Beach, California)
• Latebirds (Los Angeles, California) [MA] websitemyspace [retired]
• 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
• The Gaskettes (Los Angeles, California) [1]
• Crossvalley (Santa Clarita and San Fernando Valley, California) https://www.instagram.com/crossvalley_aircooled/

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
• Empire Mopeds (Riverside / Norco / Corona) Facebook group

San Diego

• The Skunks (San Diego, CA) b. 2010 Skunk in Public sandiegoswarm.com
• Wingnuts (San Diego, CA) b. 2011 Facebook Youtube
• Los Pederales (San Diego, CA) b. 2018 Instagram

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Colorado

• Blk Blk (Denver, Colorado) [MA]
• Brown Stars (Denver, Colorado)
• SpokesMen (Denver, Colorado) myspace
• Larimer County Lowlives (Ft Collins, Colorado)

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Connecticut

• Mabecanes (????, Connecticut)
• Merry Cranksters (Mystic, Connecticut) website/blog
• Dirty30 (Waterbury, Connecticut)

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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
• Team Rocket (Lakeland, FL)

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 Moped Club (Ottawa)
• Kubla Khan (southern Illinois, based in Carbondale) b. September 2012 Facebook

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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)
• Shelbyvillians (Shelbyville, Indiana)

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Iowa

• Buzzbombs (Des Moines, Iowa) 1^st
• RATS (Ames, Iowa)

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Kansas

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

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Kentucky

• Balloon Club (Louisville, Kentucky) b. July 2013 Balloon Clubs' Official Facebook Page Balloon Clubs' Group Facebook Page
• Bourbon Bandits (Louisville, Kentucky) 1^st b. summer 2005 [MA] myspace
• Diamond Dogs (Lexington, Kentucky)

Louisiana

• MONO (New Orleans, LA) est 2010[2]
• Mud Bugs (Louisiana) 1^st

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Maine

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

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Maryland

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

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Massachusetts

• Peace Warriors (~, Massachusetts)

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) dead
• ThE UgLiEs (Boston, Massachusetts) UgLy blog. b. 2010
• '''Smut Peddlers''' ( North Shore, Massachusetts )
• Lincoln Street Lost Boys (Allston, MA) b. 2015

South East & Cape Cod

• The Stampede (Westport, Massachusetts) R.I.P. Members went on to help form the MetalPonies

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• Red Tigers Moped Club ( Canton,Massachusetts) {https://www.facebook.com/pages/RED-TIGERS-MOPED-CLUB-East-Coast-Massachusetts/176995941280

Michigan

West Michigan Area

• Ghost Riders (Grand Rapids, Michigan) [MA] myspace
• Decepticons (Kalamazoo, Michigan) [MA] 1^st Website
• Kalamazoo Moped Riders (Kalamazoo, Michigan) facebook
• Fair Weather Friends (Grand Rapids, Michigan) Facebook
• Steelheads (Grand Haven, Michigan) Facebook

Detroit Area

• The Guns (Ann Arbor, Michigan) [MA] retired in 2014 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"
• Crowbars (Petersburg, Michigan) Facebook b. Spring 2012
• The No-Nos (Ypsilanti, Michigan) Facebook b. Spring 2012
• Moped Misfits (Detroit, Michigan) Facebook b. Spring 2015
• Spinnerettes (Detroit, Michigan) Instagram b. Summer 2017

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Minnesota

• The Casserollers (Minneapolis, Minnesota) [MA]website / facebook
• 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 [3]
• The Ruffians (St. Louis, Missouri) b. September 2011 [4]

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Nebraska

• Dead Possums (Omaha, Nebraska) Omaha Vintage Moped Riders
• Dopeds (Omaha, Nebraska) Omaha Vintage Moped Riders
• Kit Kats (Omaha, Nebraska) 1^st b.2008 Kit Kats facebook

• Mopediphiles (Lincoln, Nebraska) 1^st b.2009
• Slopeds (Omaha/Aurora, Nebraska) Omaha Vintage Moped Riders

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Nevada

• Los Dorados (Reno, Nevada) 1^st b. [MA] facebook
• Old Farts Moped Club (OFMC) (Felony Flats, Nevada) b. April, 2013

1. Bob Ross MC Las Vegas Nevada

New Hampshire

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• The Richard Gears (Portsmouth, New Hampshire)
• Sons of Birches (Manchester/Nashua, 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
• The Mopegans (Wrightstown, New Jersey) Alive 2011

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New Mexico

• Members Only (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1^st [MA] dead, b. February 2004, d.
• Goatheads MPC (Santa Fe, New Mexico) b. November 2018

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NYC

• Mission 23 (Brooklyn, New York) 1^st b. 2003 [MA] myspace dead
• Orphans (Brooklyn, New York) b. 2006 [MA] deader
• UPJET (Brooklyn, New York) b. 2014 sucks

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
• Two Stroke Riot (Corning, New York) "b. 2012" website
• Red Dogs (Buffalo, New York) "b. 2014" website

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North Carolina

• White Line Riders (Wilmington, North Carolina) [MA] retired
• The Bees (Asheville, North Carolina)
• The Slow Goers (Charlotte, North Carolina)
• Queen City Barons (Charlotte, North Carolina) [MA]
• Danger Rangers (Wilmington, North Carolina)

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North Dakota

• MoPeddlin' (Midwest Crew founded in North Dakota 2013)

Founded by William Johnson, Mopeddlin was started because of the lack of moped activity in North Dakota. Members range throughout several Midwest states, but we are known to show up at many rallies !!!

Ohio

• Black pipes (Youngstown, Ohio)
• The Bombardment Society (Cincinnati, Ohio) 2001-2014 retired [MA]
• Dead Cobras (Cincinnati, Ohio)
• The Gagnon's (Akron, Ohio)
• Lima QDY's (Lima, Ohio)
• Moped Beach Club (Columbus, Ohio) Instagram
• OHpeds (Cleveland / Akron / Canton, Ohio)
• Bob Jones Gang (Columbus, Ohio)
• West Side Devils (Athens, Ohio)
• Zeros (Toledo Ohio) [MA]
• DAM Riders (Dayton, Ohio)

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Oregon

• Committee of Public Safety (Eugene, Oregon) Eugene Mopeds Myspace
• Puddle Cutters (Portland, Oregon) 1st [MA] https://www.facebook.com/groups/308025673001/
• Uphill Battle (Portland Oregon) websitemyspace
• The Gaskettes (Portland, Oregon) websitefacebook
• The Worst (Coos County, Oregon)

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• [[503-50cc's (Portland, Oregon)

Pennsylvania

• 814 Ballers (Erie, Pennsylvania)
• BANG! (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) [5]
• The Blue Shirt Holiday (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania) [MA] dead, d. September 2004
• Cage Rattlers (State College, Pennsylvania)
• Wizards (Lancaster/Central Pennsylvania) Instagram
• Human Beans (Lancaster, Pennsylvania)Human Beans Blog
• switcHANDsignal (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) [MA] dead
• MOPITT (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
• The Works Fiasco (State College, Pennsylvania) The Works Fiasco blog
• The Swarm Troopers (Boothwyn, Pennsylvania)
• LGN (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) [6]
• LOUDPACK (Lancaster, Pennsylvania)

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Rhode Island

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

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South Carolina

• The Buzzards (Sumter, SC) 1^st [MA]

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South Dakota

• Green Bastards (Sioux Falls, South Dakota)[MA]Facebook group
• Buffalo Boys (Souix Falls, South Dakota) [MA]
• 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)
• M-TENN (Memphis, TENN)
• Sloths (Knoxville, Tennessee)
• The Daggers (Nashville, Tennessee)

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Texas

• The Action City Rockers (Austin, Texas) [MA] Born a Rocker, Die a Rocker
• THE SHANKS (Austin, Texas shanked up since 2015) [7]
• Magnetos (Pasadena, Texas formed in a taqueria 2014) [8]
• Dirty Coast Riders (Houston, Texas formed September 2010) [9]
• 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.
• Deth Jets (Denton, Texas) "DFW's Moped Crew." (Formed 2013)

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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]
• Smog Squad (Richmond, Virginia) [MA]
• Prophets of Doom (Richmond, Virginia)
• Rebel Rousers (Richmond, Virginia) b. 2012

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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) [10]

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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

6 active gangs

0 Moped Army Branches

3 dead group

British Columbia

• The Frostbacks (Vancouver, BC) 1^st b. 2010

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

• Psyclomoteur Montréal (Montreal, Quebec) Facebook link= [Psyclomoteur Montréal] websiteborn 2010, founding members are Lance Campeau, Michael Koerber, Jesse James and Simon Picard
• Club Day Tripper (Québec, Qc) Facebook Page Founded in February 2013 by Stéphane Valois
• The Moaning Ponies (Montreal, Quebec) 1^st b.dead ???

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The Atlantic

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

• East Coast Mopeds (New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island) Facebook link= East Coast Mopeds born 2014

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The Prairie

(Alberta, Manitoba, Saskatchewan)

• Manitoba: BL∀CK PLAGUE (Winnipeg, MB) 1^st b. 2010
• Winnipeg Mopeds (Winnipeg, MB) Facebook link= Winnipeg Mopeds born 2012

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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