A war of words is playing out on social media between rival bikers in Durham, adding barbed comments on TikTok and Facebook to more traditional tools like fists, guns and bombs.
This month in Durham, Satan鈥檚 Choice motorcycle club leader Harley Guindon, 39, waged a withering online offensive against two Oshawa-area bikers.聽
Guindon repeatedly posted attacks saying they were unworthy of membership in any outlaw motorcycle club, and had campaigned for their exclusion from the Hells Angels.
Guindon declined to comment and the bikers could not be reached for comment.
Guindon鈥檚 social media offensive included repeated attempts to goad them into a real-life confrontation, including repeated use of the prison slang term 鈥済oof,鈥 considered a direct attack on their masculinity.
鈥淵ou can鈥檛 even hide with a VPN,鈥 Guindon said in a Facebook post earlier this month, mocking the two Hells Angels.
鈥淧air of unbecoming goofs,鈥 Guindon posted on TikTok this month. 鈥淐alled you all on a week ago and it was all over the internet and I鈥檓 going to continue to make noise until you come and meet me on my (expletive) lawn so I can bang both of you guys out at the same time like it鈥檚 the 1960s.鈥
Guindon鈥檚 father, Bernie, was the president of the outlaw biker gang Satan鈥檚 Choice four decades ago.
He also boxed for Canada in the Pan Am Games, winning a bronze medal.
The term 鈥渙ne percenter鈥 refers to motorcycle enthusiasts who say they are not necessarily criminal, but choose to live under their own code, which staunchly protects its own brand.
The Hells Angels take the term particularly seriously. They are the original motorcycle club, formed in 1948 in California by U.S. servicemen returning from World War II, who were restless in civilian life and seeking the brotherhood they experienced during wartime.
The now-global Hells Angels鈥 organization has been declared a criminal enterprise in multiple jurisdictions, including Ontario and Quebec, meaning longer prison terms for crimes considered gang related.
That makes it tough to physically cross borders, so some have taken to the internet.
Guindon is using the internet to revive the Satan鈥檚 Choice, the club his father founded in the 1960s.
Satan鈥檚 Choice claims its social media blitz has helped it rocket up to 350 members since its revival this summer.
The club claims it now has members from coast to coast in Canada, as well as in 10 American states and Costa Rica.
鈥淐ongratulations to my Quebec brothers,鈥 Guindon wrote online. 鈥淕reat group of men. Very excited to ride beside you for the rest of my life. L&R. (Love and Respect).鈥
鈥淐ongratulations Hamilton. It鈥檚 Steel City time!!!!鈥
In his online feud with the Oshawa bikers, Guindon repeatedly said they are a disgrace to the brand of all one-percenters.
鈥淎 goof,鈥 Guindon posted earlier this month on Facebook. 鈥淪till being a little bottom feeder.鈥
A cardinal rule in the one-percentre subculture is not to lie to a fellow member and Guindon鈥檚 posts said the two bikers were repeat offenders.
鈥淵ou鈥檙e a (expletive) liar,鈥 Guindon said in a post. 鈥淵ou don鈥檛 (expletive) follow the same (expletive) rules that you should. There鈥檚 a (expletive) line, right and wrong.
鈥淚 wouldn鈥檛 be mad if I didn鈥檛 have a reason to be mad. You鈥檙e a pair of (expletive) goofs that don鈥檛 belong to wear the patch and now I鈥檝e got to do things my way.
鈥淚鈥檝e called you on. You know my number 鈥 You know where I work. You know where I live. Do something (expletive).鈥
In the post, Guindon has his shirt off, revealing tattoos made when he was a member of the Hells Angels and tattooed the club鈥檚 crest across his belly.
鈥淟et鈥檚 end this internet (expletive),鈥 Guindon wrote. 鈥淒o what you should. This is pathetic.鈥
The OPP has cautioned about buying biker support gear from feuding biker clubs and wandering into the line of fire in any hostilities between them.
In the midst of the online hostilities with the Oshawa bikers, Guindon accused them of using artificial intelligence to conjure up bogus court documents that make it seem like he is co-operating with the legal system.
Earlier this month, Guindon posted what he says are AI generated, fake legal documents that suggest he was co-operating with police. He points out suspicious font changes and phrasing that point to a ham-handed attempt at forgery.
Guindon wrote: 鈥淚f you’re going to make Al paperwork boy make sure you do it properly lmao wow you guys are pathetic.鈥
He added that the supposed police documents refer to him by his first name, noting 鈥減olice do not refer to persons by their first name.鈥
Guindon also accuses his online biker enemies of filing attacks against him while hiding behind fake profiles.
鈥淪ave your bs fake profiles,鈥 Guindon wrote. 鈥淯nderstand I don鈥檛 care and I鈥檓 not scared.鈥
For real online insiders, there鈥檚 also a subscriber鈥檚 only forum, which promises particularly juicy information about Guindon鈥檚 enemies.
鈥淐onfessions of a scarred sex worker tomorrow at 7 a.m. on the subscribers only personal page,鈥 a post reads.
Despite their outlaw leanings, the U.S.-based Hells Angels are particularly sensitive about rules and brand issues, copyrighting their name and winged skull 鈥渄eath head鈥 insignia.
That includes sometimes taking legal action against upscale retailers like Saks Inc. to block them from selling jewelry, handbags and other accessories with names like 鈥淗ells Angels Pashmina,鈥 鈥淗ells Angels Jacquard Box Dress鈥 and 鈥淗ells Knuckle Duster.鈥
They鈥檝e also sued over what they considered brand infringement regarding domain names, posters, yo-yos and Marvel comic books.
They even went to court in 2006 against Walt Disney Co. to keep their name and logo out of the film 鈥淲ild Hogs,鈥 starring John Travolta and Tim Allen as middle-aged bikers.
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