The number 81 is intended as a stand-in for the words "Hells Angel," or "Hells Angels," with H being the eighth letter of the alphabet and A being the first.

For Hells Angels bikers, "81" is not just some random number. It holds a lot of meaning. Here's what it really means and who can use it to represent the club.

VERDICT Miscaptioned. The video dates to 2015 and shows bikers in Mongols motorcycle club gear in California, not Hells Angels bikers riding to Aurora, Colorado, in 2024.

To the outside world, "81" might look like just any random number. But inside the world of the Hells Angels — the largest outlaw motorcycle club in California — it holds real weight.

The Hells Angels took their name from a World War II B-17 bomber that was christened "Hell's Angels" after a fictional plane from a Howard Hughes World War I film. The real-life World War II B-17 ...