ENDLESS RIDERS MOTORCYCLE CLUB (MC)
Most people have a misunderstanding of motorcycle clubs. They are often mistaken for gangs or a menace to the community. In reality, motorcycle clubs are neither dangerous nor a menace. We do like to get together, and have fun, and enjoy a shared love of motorcycles and riding. The ENDLESS RIDERS Motorcycle Club (MC) came from very humble beginnings. In mid-2015, we started to build a chapter of a law enforcement club out of Albuquerque. When that fell through on Memorial Day 2015, we took a step back for a month or so, keeping in touch with each other. We had talked about forming our own club; so around Labor Day 2015, we formed the ENDLESS RIDERS MC. In the beginning, we would gather in motel meeting rooms, restaurants, and other public places, until finally ending up in a meeting room at the Manuelito Children’s Home. Endless Riders started with 10 original members and by December 2015 had a patched club just in time for the Toys 4 Tots Christmas parade. Since then Endless Riders has been involved with several community programs with Jim Smith and the NM Motorcycle Rights Organization (NMMRO), Toys 4 Tots, and Chris and Shelly West of the Navajo Hopi Honor Riders (NHHR). The club helps to organize Toys 4 Tots motorcycle benefit runs and has done so for the past three years. This year’s run helped to serve over 1300 of our community’s children. The MC also participates in other community events such as the Veterans Helping Veterans, Welcome Home Veterans rides, Drunk Driving awareness rides, funeral escorts, flag lines, Patriot Guard services,
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