24:
143:. This recognition is important to a respective club's survival as not being a direct threat to territory under the control of an outlaw club. Instead of generating money for their organizations through criminal activities, they do so by throwing parties and sponsoring community events, which are often charitable. C.M.S.C. is a non-profit organization and they host an annual awards banquet every December, called the Unity Party. They also sponsor a bike blessing each spring and other events through the year.
104:
clubs with common interests and hobbies in
Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin. On the website, it claims that the council was formed to achieve "Unity in the Motorcycle Community". They serve a similar function to the Ohio-based
121:
form properly, making them an organization of organizations. All of the member organizations must "have a common love of the sport of
Motorcycle Riding." The member clubs are predominantly
203:
213:
198:
139:
In the biker community, a club which gains membership in C.M.S.C. essentially allows its clubs to operate with the recognition of MC's, or
117:
Incorporated in
November 2006, C.M.S.C. formed with the vision of becoming an organization that helps existing clubs work together and new
208:
106:
178:
183:
132:, and hold no restrictions as to the class of motorcycles preferred by member clubs. C.M.S.C. is a
133:
36:
140:
8:
23:
122:
118:
46:
179:
https://web.archive.org/web/20130526090953/http://chicagomotorsportscouncil.org/
129:
192:
152:
184:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Chicago-Motor-Sports-Council/132269160156934
101:
125:
128:
clubs, but have no defined race restrictions, defining themselves as
97:
76:
93:
72:
109:, which is the largest group of its kind in the United States.
155:. Some of the larger clubs that make up C.M.S.C.:
190:
204:Motorcycling subculture in the United States
151:C.M.S.C. has over 40 chartered clubs in the
214:Non-profit organizations based in Chicago
191:
199:Motorcycle clubs in the United States
13:
22:
14:
225:
107:American Motorcyclist Association
146:
86:The Chicago Motorsports Council
1:
112:
7:
209:Motorcyclists organizations
17:Chicago Motorsports Council
10:
230:
172:
100:-based council comprising
67:
52:
42:
32:
21:
141:Outlaw motorcycle clubs
134:non-profit organization
37:Non-profit organization
27:
26:
18:
28:
16:
168:Wasup Then riders
83:
82:
221:
123:African American
119:motorcycle clubs
63:
61:
19:
15:
229:
228:
224:
223:
222:
220:
219:
218:
189:
188:
175:
159:Nu World Ryders
149:
115:
79:
59:
57:
47:Motorcycle club
12:
11:
5:
227:
217:
216:
211:
206:
201:
187:
186:
181:
174:
171:
170:
169:
166:
163:
160:
148:
145:
130:multi-cultural
114:
111:
81:
80:
71:
69:
65:
64:
54:
50:
49:
44:
40:
39:
34:
30:
29:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
226:
215:
212:
210:
207:
205:
202:
200:
197:
196:
194:
185:
182:
180:
177:
176:
167:
164:
161:
158:
157:
156:
154:
144:
142:
137:
135:
131:
127:
124:
120:
110:
108:
103:
99:
95:
91:
87:
78:
74:
70:
66:
55:
51:
48:
45:
41:
38:
35:
31:
25:
20:
153:Chicago area
150:
147:Member clubs
138:
116:
89:
85:
84:
68:Headquarters
33:Company type
102:motorsports
193:Categories
126:sport bike
113:Background
162:Redliners
165:5th Gear
98:Illinois
90:C.M.S.C.
77:Illinois
173:Website
94:Chicago
73:Chicago
58: (
53:Founded
92:is a
43:Genre
60:2006
56:2006
88:or
195::
136:.
96:,
75:,
62:)
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.