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
• [GAR] means a Gar Branch
• dead means a group is inactive/defunct
• b. month year for when the gang was founded

Please list groups alphabetically within regions.

North America

United States

Arizona

• The Alphas (Tucson, Arizona) [MA] dead, d. January 2001
• Las Tortugas (Tucson, Arizona) b. June 2009 Las Tortugas website
• Dustmites (Mesa, Arizona) b. June 2009 Dustmites website
• The Tom Cruisers (Tempe, Arizona) b. March 2003 [MA]

California

NorCal

• Children (San Francisco, California)
• Creatures of the Loin (San Francisco, California) b. 2005 [MA]
• Cuperteens (Cupertino, California)
• Landsquids (Sacramento, California) [MA]
• Moped Militia (Chico, California) [MA] dead
• MopedHead (San Jose, California)
• The Road Gnomes (Rocklin, California)
• The Sunset Riders (San Francisco, California) b. April 2008 Sunset Riders Myspace
• Treats (San Francisco, California)

SoCal

• Club 55 (Orange County, California)
• Daggrs (Thousand Oaks, California) b. 2009
• Knuckleheads (Long Beach, California)
• Latebirds (Los Angeles, California) [MA]
• Moon Riders (San Gabriel Valley, California)
• Two Wheeled Turtles (Victorville & Apple Valley, California)
• Woolly Bullies (Los Angeles, California) Bullies rally website

Colorado

• SpokesMen (Denver, Colorado)
• Blk Blk (Denver, Colorado)

Connecticut

• Merry Cranksters (Mystic, Connecticut)
• Mabecanes (????, Connecticut)

Florida

Panhandle & North Florida

• Buzz Killers (Jacksonville, Florida) Buzz Killers website
• The Usual Suspects (Inverness, Florida)

Central "Disney World" Florida

• Food Lion (Orlando) dead
• Iconoklasts (Sarasota, Florida)
• LOCKLEAR (Orlando, Florida)
• Sharks (Orlando, Florida)
• Suicycles - first Florida moped gang (Orlando) dead
• TampGar (Tampa) [GAR]
• The Rip Rips (Tampa, Florida)

South Florida

• Cart Crew (Port St. Lucie Jcams old school gang)
• Gar (Ft.Myers, Florida) [GAR]
• Weak Ends (Port St Lucie, Florida)

Georgia

• Swoop Jockeys (Atlanta, Georgia) Swoops website

Illinois

• Hot N' Ready's (HnR) (Chicago, Illinois)
• Peddy Cash (Chicago, Illinois) [MA]

Indiana

• Bropeds (Bloomington, Indiana) Bropeds Myspace
• Ghost Planet Militia (Ft. Myers, Florida/Indianapolis, Indiana)
• Motion Left (Goshen, Indiana) [MA]
• Motor Misfits (Hammond, Indiana) [GAR]
• Moving Targets (Chesterton, Indiana)

Iowa

• Buzzbombs (Des Moines, Iowa)

Kansas

• Cold Trailers (Lawrence, Kansas) Cold Trailers forums

Kentucky

• Bourbon Bandits (Louisville, Kentucky) [MA]

Louisiana

• Mud Bugs (Louisiana)

Maine

• 50:1 (Portland, Maine) [MA] dead

Maryland

• Baltards (Baltimore, Maryland)
• One Screw Loose (Cumberland, Maryland) [MA] dead

Massachusetts

• kHz (Boston, Massachusetts) [MA] Boston
• Peace Warriors (~, Massachusetts) MA
• Sign of Noshori (Salem, Massachusetts)
• The Stampede (Westport, Massachusetts) The Stampede Myspace

Michigan

• Decepticons (Kalamazoo, Michigan) [MA]
• Ghost Riders (Grand Rapids, Michigan) [MA]
• The Guns (Ann Arbor, Michigan) [MA]
• Noviy Lef (Dearborn, Michigan) [MA] dead merged with The Guns
• Snobs (Ferndale, Michigan)

Minnesota

• MPLSMOPEDS (Minneapolis, Minnesota) MPLSMOPEDS website
• The Speculaters (Minneapolis, Minnesota)
• Retrospecs (Minneapolis, Minnesota) [MA] dead

Missouri

• It Ran Earlier (I.R.E.) (St. Louis, Missouri) I.R.E. website
• Breakfast Mafia (Kansas City, Missouri) BM website
• Mid-Mo Peds (Columbia, Missouri) Mid-Mo forums

Nevada

• Los dorados (Reno, Nevada) [MA]

New Hampshire

• Richard Gears (Portsmouth, New Hampshire)

New Jersey

• South Jersey (Cape May, New Jersey)
• Local Heroes (New Brunswick, New Jersey) [MA] dead
• The Titans (Keansburg, New Jersey) [MA] dead

New Mexico

• Members Only (Albuquerque, New Mexico) [MA] dead

New York

• Orphans (Brooklyn, New York) [MA]
• Mission 23 (Brooklyn, New York) [MA]

North Carolina

• White Line Riders (Wilmington, North Carolina)

Ohio

• The Bombardment Society (Cincinnati, Ohio) [MA]
• Black pipes (Youngstown, Ohio)
• Lima QDY's (Lima, Ohio)
• Ohpeds (Cleveland/Akron/Canton, Ohio) OHpeds website
• Praise Bob Jones gang (Columbus, Ohio)
• Toledo Villains (Toledo, Ohio)
• West Side Devils (Athens, Ohio)

Oregon

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

Pennsylvania

• Two Stroke Terribles (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
• Cage Rattlers (State College, Pennsylvania)
• switcHANDsignal (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) [MA]
• Human Beans (Lancaster, Pennsylvania)
• The Blue Shirt Holiday (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania) [MA] dead

Rhode Island

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

South Carolina

• Ped Cola (Columbia, SC)

South Dakota

• Buffalo Boys (Souix Falls, South Dakota) [MA]
• Janus (Sioux Falls, South Dakota) dead

Tennessee

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

Texas

• The Action City Rockers (Austin, Texas) [MA] Austin Mopeds
• The EastTex Armadillo’s (East Texas)
• Hell's Bombshells (Austin, Texas) dead
• The Thundercats (Odessa, Texas) dead

Utah

• Decade Sparrows (Logan, Utah)

Virginia

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

Washington

• Mosquito Fleet (Seattle, Washington) [MA]

West Virginia

• Aborted Bastards (Berkeley Springs, West Virginia)

Wisconsin

• Cream City Cranks (Milwaukee, Wisconsin)
• The Summerai (Green Bay, Wisconsin)
• Unholy Smokers (Madison, Wisconsin)

Caribbean Territories

(Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands, etc.)

Pacific Territories

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

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Canada

British Columbia

• The Frostbacks (Vancouver, BC)

Ontario

• Moped Riders (Toronto, Ontario)
• Royal Canadian Moped Posse (RCMP) (Toronto, Ontario) RCMP Website
• The Variators (Ottawa, Ontario) [MA] dead

The Atlantic Provinces

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

The Prairie Provinces

(Alberta, Manitoba, Saskatchewan)

The Northern Provinces

(Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Yukon)

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Mexico

so far there are no known groups in mexico

Europe

Denmark

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

Finland

• Helkama Ax (Copenhagen, Finland) Helkama Ax

United Kingdom

England

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

Asia

Japan

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

North Korea

There are no moped gangs in North Korea

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
• Shop links - list of moped shops worldwide
• Moped Army - list of moped army branches past and present