Angels Roadhouse Sonny Barger Book Signing and Berdoo Summer Bash
by Cherlynn Miro
July 22, 2010



Wow is what I thought as I pulled into the parking area of Angel’s Roadhouse in Yucaipa as there were at least 2,500 Hells Angel in and about the sportsbar.

As I entered I was asked if I had the “Code”. I had to explain I was invited by the establishment, and there was a huge crowd inside listening to an old school rock band playing Black Sabbath.

A BBQ was going, everyone was drinking but there were never any problems the entire day. Michelle, who's been there manager for 13 years, tells me that they have only had a few problems in the past . Then she escorted me to meet the man who founded the Hells Angels, Sonny Barger.

He had few words to say as he was finishing up with his signing. Sonny Barger is not a religious man. But riding motorcycles is "as good a religion as any and probably better than most," says the Hells Angels icon. “Meditative and transcendent, motorcycling focuses the mind” he says, and requires “devotion.”

At 71, Barger has spent six decades riding bikes and 53 years as a member of the country's best-known outlaw motorcycle club. Now he's spreading the gospel of two wheels with his sixth book, "Let's Ride: Sonny Barger's Guide to Motorcycling, How to Ride the Right Way — for Life."

The story is about how he's loved his life through out all its good and bad . Then he wanted a picture with me. What an awesome thing to see all these bikers honoring Sonny and selling t-shirts for a cancer charity . As I left I observed several sheriffs standing by in their gear, but they never were needed as the event was peaceful till the end.