ARMENIANS ALSO BECAME BIKERS
Support A1+!10 years ago when the first biker club was established in Armenia, young men who could ride motorcycles became members of the club. Biking, which means to ride a motorcycle, began in the USA in 1930s, where many biker clubs exist. While in Armenia, biking is quite an unusual kind of sport.
Norayr Martisoyan founded the first Armenian biker club and set up the rules and the principles of the club himself. By becoming the member of the club, each individual takes an oath to be punctual, to have definite principles and to be a reliable person. However, by various reasons the first member of the biker club left it and Martirosyan collected a new team.
As a rule the bikers have particular nicknames that reflect their characters. For example, Norayr Martirosyan’s nick name is LRT, which are the initials of loyal, reliable and trustworthy words. There is an Ashot in the club whose nickname is “Iron”.
When Perch Gasparyan, head of a biker club in Los Angeles came to Yerevan in 2004 and met Norayr Martirosyan, he offered him to unite the clubs. Norayr accepted the proposal and his club became the branch of the US Armenian biker club renamed “Hye Rider”.
Gasparyan sent uniforms and appropriate accessories for his biker friends in Armenia.
Members of “Hye Rider” participate not only in trips, but also in various charity actions.
Last year Armenians in the US sent toys for children in Armenia and the members of “Hye Rider” took them to an orphanage in Vanadzor.
