Incredible pictures show a stream of bikers from many groups across the country escort John Rhodes - who was a member for more than 50 years - to the crematorium:
![John Rhodes sadly died at the age of 67 in July from a lung condition.
Popular biker John was the longest serving member at the Leeds 'chapter' of the Blue Angels - a motorcycle club formed in Scotland in 1963.](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/QVNIMTE2NzEzNDU0.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
1. Popular member
John Rhodes sadly died at the age of 67 in July from a lung condition. Popular biker John was the longest serving member at the Leeds 'chapter' of the Blue Angels - a motorcycle club formed in Scotland in 1963.
![The Blue Angels Motorcycle Club was founded by Allan Morrison and Billy Gordon in Glasgow and is the oldest outlaw motorcycle club in Europe.](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/QVNIMTE2NzEzNDU1.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
2. Founded
The Blue Angels Motorcycle Club was founded by Allan Morrison and Billy Gordon in Glasgow and is the oldest outlaw motorcycle club in Europe.
![Club members often ride Triumphs and Norton motorbikes and don jackets bearing the colours of the club.](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/QVNIMTE2NzEzNDU2.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
3. Motorbikes
Club members often ride Triumphs and Norton motorbikes and don jackets bearing the colours of the club.
![His son Darren, 44, told the Yorkshire Evening Post how hundreds of riders were taking John 'on his final ride' from their home in Belle Isle to the crematorium at Cottingley.](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/QVNIMTE2NzEzNDU3.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
4. 'Final ride'
His son Darren, 44, told the Yorkshire Evening Post how hundreds of riders were taking John 'on his final ride' from their home in Belle Isle to the crematorium at Cottingley.
!["The Blue Angels was a big part of my dad's life.
"He was the longest serving member at the Leeds chapter having started there more than 50 years ago."](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/QVNIMTE2NzEzNDU4.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
5. 'Longest serving member'
"The Blue Angels was a big part of my dad's life. "He was the longest serving member at the Leeds chapter having started there more than 50 years ago."
![Following the news of John's death, many bikers contacted the family to offer their support and it was arranged for a procession of Harley Davidsons and other bikes to join.](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/QVNIMTE2NzEzNDYw.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
6. Show of support
Following the news of John's death, many bikers contacted the family to offer their support and it was arranged for a procession of Harley Davidsons and other bikes to join.