^^yeah 1%ers are the baddest of the bad. 1%ers are the "outlaw" gangs like clubs like the Pagans, Hells Angles, Warlocks, etc. They are the 1% that defend a club no matter what it takes.. Some wear patches and ink that say "outlaw" and "1%", those ones are the ones you never want to see if you are in a rival club. To wear those patches is some serious shit not taken lightly... And only the criminal MCs are referred to as 1%er as Boaz has kinda said... Veterans were the founders of a few of the clubs mentioned but I forget what ones, I think Warlocks was started by a few vets.

I work next to a biker store and am friends with a bunch of the people from there, see many of these club colors come in while we are chilling out back, luckily not at the same times yet...