1.9.2025
DIRECTOR NOTICE TO MEMBERS – PLEASE READ
This notice takes immediate effect and overrides ALL previously communicated information to members on the subject matter.
H.O.G. Chapters, as Owners Groups, are not to be affiliated with any form of motorcycle club – MC or MCC.
Our group is H.O.G. based, and for Harley-Davidson owners/riders/pillions and enthusiasts of all things Harley-Davidson.
Other than the Chapter name and H.O.G. Eagle (2 patch), no other third patch should be displayed to represent a bottom rocker insinuating a 3 patch motorcycle club.
No MC support patches are allowed to be displayed alongside the H.O.G. patches.
These rules are designed specifically for all members of H.O.G. and any member displaying a support patch/Coalition patch needs to remove them immediately.
After various recent events, our Chapter has become the target of unwanted attention. Photographs of our members wearing support patches have been forwarded to MC clubs throughout the UK and questions asked why we are supporting our local MC by wearing their support patches while we as H.O.G. are not supposed to be affiliated to any MC clubs. This has allegedly resulted in H.O.G. members being banned from riding through parts of the country wearing H.O.G. patches and being forced over to have them removed. I have explained that the situation in the North East is very different to the rest of the UK as we are part of the North East Coalition which are a large number of local bike clubs who raise and donate a fantastic amount of money to local charities each year and that the local MC’s involvement ensures its smooth running.
Although we will continue to support the Coalition as a Chapter, we are unable to carry on wearing the support patches. This order comes not from the Committee or from H.O.G. UK as such, but is a direct instruction from the Motor Company and H.O.G. USA.
WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT all support patches/Coalition patches must be removed where displayed with the Chapter rocker and Eagle patch – no exceptions. Continuing to wear them will result in immediate expulsion from the Chapter, and potentially from H.O.G. No MC Support Tshirts/memorabilia is to be worn when attending Chapter rides/events or when representing the Chapter.
Any questions please contact me directly. I will talk about this at the monthly meeting on Thursday.
Remember – this is directly from H.O.G. USA.