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Local History
Club History
The Warthogs®
Motorcycle Club was established on May 8th, 2001 in Detroit, Michigan. The
founding members of this club consist of active and retired city and federal Law
Enforcement Officers that were formerly members of the Wild Pigs Motorcycle Club
established in California in 1987. Due to a legal war regarding rights to
ownership of name and logo by a private enterprise, the National Membership of
the WPMC was forced to disband or become a franchise of R&R Enterprise. These
options led to the division of the Original Wild Pigs into several different
Public Safety Motorcycle Clubs.
Having reviewed the options of joining one of the new clubs formed, or beginning
a fresh new start, the Detroit Chapter of the Original Wild Pigs concluded that
we did not want to be ‘Iron’ and we did not want to be ‘Pigs’. So a new club was
formed. We hold no grudge or animosity to anyone for the past and would like to
thank R&R Enterprise, because if not for them, we would not have evolved from
pigs to WARTHOGS.
Our primary goals in becoming a Public Safety motorcycle club are to develop a
bond between Law Enforcement Officers, Firefighters and Officers of the court,
to assist Officers and Firefighters in their time of need and to assist the
orphans and widows of those who lost their lives in the line of duty.
We are a non-profit organization that supports “ALL” Public Safety and Military
Motorcycle Clubs and will respect the colors they wear. We are not affiliated
with Harley Davidson nor any other motorcycle company. However, in support of
American made motorcycles, we require our members to own and operate a V-twin
motorcycle manufactured by a North American Owned Company.
Our logo signifies what we, as former Wild Pigs, represent today as a result of
the legal battle. The skull signifies a wild pig stripped of his hide (colors)
being raised from the ashes of the “War of the Pigs” by the mythical Phoenix
(the emblem of immortality), only to reappear as that of a WARTHOG skull, a
larger, stronger, meaner ass kicking Phacochoerus aethiopicus than the North
American wild pig. Above the skull is proudly displayed the Law Enforcement
Shield and Star accompanied by the Firefighters cross.