4B's name

There's been some speculation around about the official name for the 4B's. It was originally set up as the Bent and Buckled Bikies Bureau. In more recent years with a perception that the work Bikies has some sort of perjorative meaning there have been several motions over the years to change it Bent and Buckled Bikers Bureau.

These motions have all been lost so far and at present - by the wishes of the members - it remains Bikies. The reasons given for opposing the name change have been many - but the main one being an opposition to the Americanisation of the language. Biker only started to come into use in Australia in relatively recent times. An irony of all those pushing for change is that the word Biker in the US can be equally perjorative.

Meanwhile - although the names Bikie and Biker are used interchangably by people (including 4B's workers), it officially remains the Bent and Buckled Bikies Bureau.