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Harley-Davidson generously sponsor our rides around the world and provide brand new Harley-Davidson motorcycles for each rider, along with Harley-Davidson riding jackets.  The jackets are yours to keep but sadly you have to give the bikes back!  Riders pay for their travel to the event and a minimal accommodation and registration fee, and commit to raising $1,500 in fundraising donations for breast cancer causes.  All riders must be breast cancer survivors and riders of all experience levels are welcome to take part.  Each year several women learn to ride motorcycles in order to take part - new riders are also welcome!

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History

Our first rides in 2004 and 2005 were run under the name "Changing Gears", and evolved into Amazon Heart Thunder in 2006. Click Here for more details and photos from the 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008 rides.

The inspiration for Amazon Heart Thunder was a spectacularly successful event held in Australia called "Follow the Fenceline".

In 1996 a group of breast cancer survivors embarked on an epic journey, riding motorcycles some 10,500 miles around Australia over the course of three months.

The Need

Breast cancer is a huge and growing concern for all women in the United States.

Statistics from the American Cancer Society and the National Cancer Institute show:

• In the U.S., one in eight women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in their lives.  In 1975 the chances were one in eleven.
• Another woman is diagnosed every three minutes.
• An estimated 2.4 million women are living with breast cancer in the United States today.
• In 2007, it is estimated that 240,510 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in the U.S.
• There are approximately 250,000 women in the U.S. under the age of 45 living with breast cancer.
• In 2007, more than 23,790 women under the age of 45 were diagnosed with the disease.
• Young women diagnosed with breast cancer experience greater unmet needs, more unhappiness and more financial stress than older women.
• Young women with breast cancer experience a high degree of social isolation through feeling "different" to their peers, and the unlikelihood of knowing any other women in their situation.