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Filthmode MC

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Life

This is Filthmode Motorcycle Club—a fellowship of dirty dudes with Yamaha XT 500s, manufactured between ’75 and ‘81. Every weekend they pick a remote spot in the woods (often amidst amazing, hidden B.C. treasures like abandoned ranger cabins, hot springs and sweat houses), where they camp, build 50-foot fires, lose their minds, eat beef jerky, get dirty, crash their bikes. Their official roll call is: JBone, Ashley Mitchell, Potsandpans, Sammy, Lil Ty, Tyler Lepore, Danimal, Tory Potoroka, Beau Kerner, Curttheflirt, Andrew, Matte Black, Thomas and Atli (the team cook). Every member of Filthmode is a skateboarder and some are even notable artists [Lepore, Kerner]. They are said to be down with everyone except the cops and are heavily affiliated with both the Manwolfs and Nightfighters.