The Outlaws and the Sons of Silence went to war in Indianapolis in the late 1970s and early 1980s, resulting in a string of homicides – two being of bikers’ girlfriends – and dividing the city in half, with Indy’s westside being dubbed SOS turf and the eastside remaining Outlaw territory. Ramsey turned in his Outlaws cut and colors in 1974 in the wake of internal dissention within the club and headed west to team up with Richardson Ramsey rose to become a revered SOS national president and dropped dead of a heart attack in March 1991 at the age of just 50 following his retirement from club affairs years earlier.įounded in Colorado in 1966, the club didn’t plant any Midwestern roots until Ramsey left his full-patch status in The Outlaws Motorcycle Club and ventured out to the Rockies to ask permission from legendary Sons of Silence Godfather Bruce (Dude) Richardson to open up shop on a SOS chapter in the Hoosier State.Ĭurrently, there are 18 SOS chapters across the United States, three residing in the Midwest (Indiana, Illinois and Minnesota) and a collection of chapters overseas in Europe based out of Germany.
The Sons of Silence Motorcycle Club established its foothold in the Midwest in the 1970s when Michael (Righteous Mike) Ramsey brought the Sons of Silence to the heartland, setting up a chapter in Indianapolis, Indiana.
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