As well as being a member of this great club (YOC) i am also a member of a brotherhood called BOTB (Brothers of the bottle) this is a group that my step dad and 4 other of his mates started way back when in Germany, we only have two patches on the front left of our cut offs (still waiting for mine)
We got folks all over the UK and quite a few over in Germany roughly 150 ish of us. every year we go to on of the founding members house for a weekend, drink alcohol (out of a bottle tho thats the rules) listen to music and have a cracking time Saturday morning is ride out day, Sunday is piss it up day.
All in all Clubs are great to get into as long as you find the right one for you, as like Taskys post near the top, there is a lot of commitment needed in some which if your single, have no kids etc is perfect but if your a family man and that, then a full blown MC is not for you.
Soon i shall be a lone rider, will where my own patches that mean things to me that are nothing to do with a club. But i will always be a Brother of the bottle