The 2014 ride raised $150,000 and hopes are that 2015 will squash that total.

The crew lined up the bikes outside Jobs Australia where a stall was set up for donations, memorabilia items and raffle tickets for a new Harley. 

All proceeds from the ride through purchases and tickets are helping homeless kids.

The ride was NRL legend Brad Fittler’s brainchild, and after kindly signing a number of autographs and sharing some time with Inverell locals, he said he was grateful to the NRL and Harley for supporting the event. 

As NRL men are often youth role models, he said there was one inclusive message he shared when it came to life.

“You’ve got to learn to make strong choices. And everyone here would have made mistakes, and gone through challenges,” he said.

“Once you start taking about responsibility and making choices, and that covers everything; domestic violence, it covers homelessness, it covers everything. 

“And starts with diet and all start with all those things,” he said. Former Newcastle and Manly Sea Eagles prop Josh Perry came into town on one of the hogs. He said it was generous of Harley Davidson to donate the bikes for the ride and admitted he was more than a little smitten.

“I’m pumped, I’m addicted now, I’ll have to go home and buy one,” he grinned. 

He felt the NRL youth clinics and charity fundraisers along the route have been smash hits to help the charity.

“Amazing. We were at Harrigan’s on Saturday night-that was the first night, and people couldn’t get money out for their wallets quick enough,” Perry said. “As soon as we say it’s for Father Chris Riley, people just get whatever they’ve got out and put it in.”