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This is Rev. John Herlihy
The Rev. John Herlihy
is a man who has ideals, and does whatever it takes to make them become
reality. Known as Rogue by many of his brothers, John was born in Connecticut
41 years ago, and has since made life a lot easier for bikers all over
America.
For ten years Rogue
rode with the Huns out of Bridgeport, and spent his last four years with the
club as the International President. He had to retire from the Huns when his
activities with the Connecticut Motorcycle Association, the Connecticut
Motorcycle Rights Association (which he founded), and ABATE of Connecticut
(which he also founded) started to take up too much of his time.
It is his work with
these associations that brought him into the national limelight back in 1975,
when he and some of his co-workers convinced Congressman Stewart McKinney to
introduce a bill into the Senate that would eventually overturn the National
Mandatory Helmet Regulation.
Rogue was asked to
serve on the Board of Directors for ABATE when ft was first decided to go
national and has
served as advisor to that board since
its inception.
He is still
fighting to keep the highways free for bikers, but now he does It out of his
new bike shop called Space Coast Custom Distributors in Melbourne, Florida.
He moved there to get into the better riding weather.
When he’s not
busy fighting the bureaucrats or running his business, Rogue will be out on
the road, where he goes puttin’ whenever possible. He and his 01’ lady
Beep, who is his back-up, companion and secretary, besides being a fox of
the first order, cover much of the eastern part of the country on pleasure
rides.
The Reverend part
of his name was added a few years ago when he was ordained as a minister and
started the Bikers Church in Connecticut. Since then other Biker Churches
have popped up in Pennsylvania, Virginia and California. Rogue wrote many
articles on this idea, showing bikers how to take advantage of the tax and
legal powers of the church. While he was President of the Huns they managed
to get a tax-free exemption on their clubhouses in
Connecticut and even held services,
sometimes called meetings. It was a great idea that is still being used
today:
He does not take the Reverend
portion of his name lightly, and has helped many bikers obtain their
credentials also. He makes visits to the local prisons, where his
credentials get him in to see folks who are not allowed visitors, since
they cannot be denied a visit by their priest.
Aside from all of
these activities, John found time to help start a magazine a few years
back that was called “Colors” and
was for the outlaw biker. He saw that the “outlaw” was one of the last
vestiges of freedom, and has done all in his power to help keep it that
way. He is also a regular contributor to Easyriders
Magazine and to CHOPPERS.
Yes, there are
very few men on this earth who are willing to get involved to keep
motorcycling free, and who have the ideals and guts to back It up. The
Rev. John Herlihy, better known as Rogue, is one of these men, and I am
proud to call him brother.
Bob Bitchin
This article is from ChoppersApril 1979
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