The two brothers and Steve head across the river one night to a strip of bars, where Rusty James enjoys being away from his troubles. Rusty James fools around with another girl and is dumped by Patty. Despite Rusty James' desire to do so, The Motorcycle Boy implies that he has no interest in reviving any gang activity. Things start to go wrong for Rusty James: he's kicked out of school after his frequent fights. The Motorcycle Boy and Rusty James share the next evening with their alcoholic, welfare-dependent father, who says that the Motorcycle Boy takes after his mother whereas, it is implied, Rusty James takes after him. Steve and the injured Rusty James talk about how Motorcycle Boy is 21 years old, colorblind, partially deaf, and noticeably aloof - the last trait causing many to believe he is insane. The Motorcycle Boy and Steve take Rusty James home (past Officer Patterson, a street cop who's long had it in for the Motorcycle Boy) and nurse him to health through the night. Incensed, Motorcycle Boy sends his motorcycle flying into Biff. Motorcycle Boy arrives dramatically on his motorcycle and this distracts Rusty James who is gashed by Biff in the side with a shard of glass.
The two battle, with the fight ending when Rusty James disarms Biff and beats him almost unconscious. Rusty James visits his girlfriend, Patty, then rendezvous with his cadre and walks to the abandoned garage lot, where Biff and his buddies suddenly appear. Steve mentions that Rusty James' older brother, "The Motorcycle Boy," would not be pleased with the fight as he had previously created a truce forbidding gang fights, or "rumbles." Rusty James dismisses him, saying that Motorcycle Boy (whose real name is never revealed) has been gone for two months, leaving without explanation or promise of return. Accepting the challenge, Rusty James then talks with his friends - the wily Smokey, loyal B.J., and nerdy Steve - who all have a different take on the forthcoming fight.
Set in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the film begins in a diner called Bennys Billiards, where local tough guy Rusty James is told by Midgit that rival group leader Biff Wilcox wants to meet him that night in an abandoned garage lot for a fight. It was published in 1975, and made into a film in 1983.
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