For example, a local waitress' opinion differs from that of a city official.

The big gangs stimulate nervousness in some and excitability in others. Either way, it is uncommon for an initial thought of an outsider to be any of the following: warm, inviting, friendly or cuddly.

Though one might have a hard time getting a clan to describe themselves as the latter, the members of the Lost Brotherhood MC take pride in their peaceful nature.

"What I love about this club is that we enjoy riding, but we are also here to help out the community with our donations," said Kay Bauer of Arizona.

The club came to Tombstone last weekend and its first stop was at the Food Bank, where they dropped off $600 in donations.

"It's a good club," Bauer said. "We're like a big family, I love these guys."

The nonprofit club was founded in 2005 by more than a dozen active and retired police officers in Arizona. About 90 percent of its members are some genre of law enforcement and the group now stretches to six additional states: Indiana, Maine, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico and Tennessee.

The Lost Brotherhood supports the Tombstone Food Bank, the Arizona Peace Officers Memorial and a handful of other charities that aid fallen officers, firefighters, correction officers and the safety and care for children and abused women.

Being primarily law enforcement has a positive and calming nature on the group's surroundings but that doesn't mean all of its members hold the same positive perception of other motorcycle clans.

One member said he thinks the Corvettes and Ghost Riders MC is overcompensating for another, more personal area.

"They have small penises because they drive Corvettes," Ricky Braughton said of the sports car gang. "Only old men can afford Corvettes."

David Bauer, Kay's husband of 31 years and national president of the Lost Brotherhood, said the group travels to and supports other locations but Tombstone is a special place.

"Tombstone is our roots," said Bauer, who grew up in Bisbee. "A lot of people in Tombstone need a food bank. If you look at the economy, they're really hurting — that's why we come down."

Despite this clan's gentle demeanor, the general public oftentimes groups them into the same category all bikers fall under — putting them on edge when any gang comes to town.

"We get a lot of paranoia with our locals thinking they're just coming down to cause some trouble," Tombstone Marshal Larry Talvy said.

An incident occurred a couple of years ago when two young men mouthed off to the wrong bunch of bikers. Thirty members of the Legacy Vets MC beat up the pair in a severely lopsided duel — the underdogs were airlifted out of town for medical attention after the dust settled.

"That left a bad taste from the community," Talvy said. "Legacy Vets have been an ongoing problem for all law enforcement in different areas. They're a group that is violent. They just don't know how to handle themselves."

Colleen Jones couldn't agree more.

She was serving down the street at Six Gun City when the brawl broke out. Although she didn't see the fight itself, she saw the aftermath.

"I was dumbstruck. It was gross."

Jones said Tombstone is a biker-friendly town, but bike-riding visitors need to understand that it's not violence-friendly.

"You can come here and have a goddamn good time, but you don't beat someone's head into a bar," Jones said in reference to the fight. "There are places you can go to scrap, but not here."

Because of the Legacy Vets' savage nature, Tombstone and other communities have stamped them as unwelcome, and are part of what the motorcycle community has named the "one percenters."

"Ninety-nine percent of bikers are great," biker and church ministry leader David Latham said. "It's that one percent that's a bad bunch — they're the ones that like to fight, kill and rob — and they're proud of it."

Latham, 58, and friend Jerry Richey, 57, biked to Tombstone from Bessemer, Ala. The two are actively involved with the Oasis of Praise Church of God.

Though the one percenters aren't welcome in Tombstone, the majority that stop by for a visit usually return on a regular basis, injecting the city with more revenue. Take the Alabama riders for example: it was Latham's fourth time in Tombstone, but it was Richey's first.

"We've had some trouble, but overall motorcycle groups do good for our tourism," Talvy said. "They do come in and spend a lot of money and we encourage them."

Big Nose Kate's Saloon waitress Danae Cosper, 20, said the bikers bring in a lot of tip money, but she and her coworkers also enjoy having the bikers in their restaurant.

"People say bikers are jerks and are rude but we never have a problem with them," said Cosper, who was on the clock last Friday when the Lost Brotherhood MC rolled into town.

She said having them in town is good for business and members in the Lost Brotherhood and other clans even like to be on a first-name basis with the local workers, including her.

"They come in a big group and everyone has a good time," she said. "People get a little rowdy sometimes, probably because they drink too much, but it's pretty much contained and everyone has a good time."