Using a motorcycle often involves gearing up with a proper jacket that allows us to ride for hours without the cold seeping into our bones. This jacket, or alternatively the vest that accompanies it, is usually adorned with fabric patches that display affiliations to clubs, circumstances, memories, or events and routes experienced firsthand. In this post, we discuss the various biker patches that can be found on the jackets of these adventurous travelers.
1. Types of biker patches: MC Patches
The biker patches referring to a motorcycle club with all its elements would truly fill a whole book, but here we’d like to highlight the basic concepts of this type of patch, as everything revolves around whether it consists of 3 pieces or not. This set of patches will occupy the entire back, with the top part (dorsal) displaying the club’s name, the middle part the club’s logo, and the bottom part its origin. There is always debate about which club deserves and which does not deserve the addition of “MC” in the set of these patches. For more information, you can always read about the adventures of the Hells Angels or Sons of Anarchy if you prefer fiction.
2. Types of biker patches: Events and Routes
These types of biker patches are mostly commemorative of a specific event such as a concert, a rally, or a motorcycle congress. They are also often sold in roadside souvenir shops or biker bars so that you can wear them like badges of honor on your jacket, especially if this route is particularly iconic or hard to come by. Also, on many occasions, there are a series of smaller patches from a small group of motorcyclists from a specific place, which if you have made friends with them or earned their sympathy, they may gift you a small patch with their name for you to wear on your jacket.
3. Types of biker patches: Nomad or Solo Rider
There are pure-blooded bikers who, due to certain circumstances, do not want to belong to a specific club or owe loyalty to anyone. It’s the figure of the nomad or solo rider. This biker patch, simple in style and similar to the large ones we see on the backs of club bikers (though much smaller), shows the words “No club” or “Solo Rider”, indicating that this person prefers to stay away from collectives.
4. Types of biker patches: In Memoriam
If we’ve had the misfortune of losing a fellow rider or friend, many of us embroider a patch with their name to wear on our vest or jacket, as a symbol of homage and remembrance to them.
