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WheelsOfGrace.com | Volume 10 Issue 1 | 39 patch Many na onal organiza ons in the early 1980's set policy to unite their "rockers" with their patch to make it one piece to avoid any designa on or confusion within the motorcycling club community. H.O.G. (Harley Owners Group) is one example. As motorcycle club patches are recognized today: • a one-piece patch normally signifies a family club or Social motorcycle club. • a two-piece patch can have many different meanings. • a three-piece patch normally means that the club is a Tradi onal MC club. With the top rocker being the club name, the middle being their patch and the bo om being the territory they exist in. There are also a few 3-pc patch clubs where the bo om rocker has something other than territory, such as a saying. The tradi onal MC is one that adheres to the protocols and tradi ons established. There are few excep ons, but, tradi onal clubs, are approved by the local dominant. The tradi onal 3-pc patch club is not necessarily a 1% club or even the dominant club. The Diamond patch with "1%" or "13" worn with the 3-pc back patch signifies the club is a 1% or 1% support club. While rare, they may not be the dominant club for the area but will be sanc oned by the local dominant. There are also a few areas where the lead club is not a 1% club, but those are few. When one is just is hanging around, he has no part of the patch. Then when he is sponsored by a full member and approved by the club as a prospect he may wear the lower rocker that only says "Prospect." In some areas, the prospect wears the "Prospect" rocker at the top of the vest. Some clubs even allow the lower rocker saying prospect and the upper rocker with the club name but not the main patch. Different rocker combina ons of what a prospect might wear differs depending on each club. If he is approved a er his prospect me has been determined to be over and the vote goes in his favor, he then is allowed to have the full colors and is considered to be a full member, having all three pieces if that club uses the 3-pc patch. Some MCs en tle a Member to wear a "NOMAD" bo om rocker. This is only when that member con nues to exhibit a lifestyle within the common defini on of the word nomad. Nomad: A member of a group of people who have no fixed home and move according to the seasons from place to place in search of food, water, and grazing land. A person with no fixed residence who roams about; a wanderer. It is a valued dis nc on of lifestyle that only a few can truly live up to, and as such, causes unfavorable no ce when seen by those most obviously not living up to the common meaning. By defini on a "NOMAD", more o en than not, will be traveling alone and needs an ability to represent, maintain & otherwise survive under circumstances unusual from the norm. part 1 patch pick up our next issue for part 2 of the history of the 3-pc patch series. WheelsOfGrace.com | Volume 10 Issue 1 | 39