The real Outlaws Motorcycle Club was founded in the Chicago suburb of McCook, Illinois by Electro-Motive Company employees in 1935—making it much older than the club depicted in the movie.

The Outlaws Motorcycle Club was founded in 1935 at a Route 66 bar in McCook and later moved into Chicago, according to the group’s online history, spreading to become one of the country’s ...

Unlike many other motorcycle clubs (MCs) -- many of which spawned after the conclusion of World War II -- the Chicago Outlaws ...

Violent tension between biker gangs in Chicago, Illinois, is reportedly escalating following years of relative peace. Chicago’s infamous Outlaws Motorcycle Club is warring against the Mongol ...

Upon moving the club to Chicago in 1950, its name changed to the Chicago Outlaws, and eventually just Outlaws as it expanded to other cities in the Midwest, such as Milwaukee and Louisville.

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — In the aftermath of a viral video showing a group of white men wearing Outlaws Motorcycle Club vests beating up a Black man at a bar just outside Fort Wayne city limits ...

In 1963, Lyon started riding with the Chicago Outlaws motorcycle club, eventually becoming a member. (In the movie, the club is still in Chicago but now called the Vandals.) ...

The film is based on photojournalist Danny Lyon's 1968 book of the same name, featuring photos and interviews with members of the Chicago Outlaws Motorcycle Club.

The Bikeriders, Nichols’ first film since 2016’s Loving, tells the story of the Vandals, a 1960s Chicago motorcycle club loosely inspired by the real Chicago Outlaws Motorcycle Club, the ...

Unlike many other motorcycle clubs (MCs) — many of which spawned after the conclusion of World War II — the Chicago Outlaws were established in 1935, making it over a decade older than the ...