THEY'RE clad in leather.
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They ride motorbikes.
But you'd be mistaken if you thought these Harley owners were bad to the bone.
The North West Harley Owners Group (HOG) has proven once again it is all heart.
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The bikers recently donated $2500 to the Tamworth Ronald McDonald House.
It was a tidy sum the chapter raised from its annual poker run and it helped add to the indelible mark the bikers have made on the Tamworth hospital accommodation.
We're just about giving back to those who are less fortunate.
- North West Harley Owners Group director - Gavin Westbrook
Literally, there is a Harley room in the house marked and decked out with moto-merch.
One family who stayed at Ronald McDonald House around their son's birth ended-up naming the boy Harley in honour of the room.
The motorbike group have a long and ongoing connection with the charity and have become one of its biggest donors locally.
The Tamworth house has only been open for 11 years and over the last decade the HOG has donated more than $35,000.
The staff have cited the group as one of the longest and staunchest supporters in Tamworth. Chapter director Gavin Westbrook said his group only had about 40 members, but it punched above its weight when it came to charity.
"We're just about giving back to those who are less fortunate," he said. "It gives us a chance to provide for the community."
The HOG's annual poker run has delivered thousands of dollars to a number of the region's children's charities.
But Mr Westbrook noted it was tougher to muster money with its impressive 2019 sum falling short of previous rallies.
"Times are a bit tougher, the drought is effecting a lot of people," he said.