Wildlife carers Ulrike Roberts and her fiancé Terry Hay were the highest bidders in an eBay auction and will receive the Harley within one week.

“Terry hasn’t slept for two weeks waiting for his new ‘family’ member,” said Ulrike, referring to their anticipation over the wait of their special delivery.

“We were very excited and are still in shock.”

The Harley, donated by Sunshine Coast Harley-Davidson, is an unique tribute to Steve and shows Steve’s silhouette air-brushed on the bike surrounded by the wildlife he cared so deeply to save.

“Terry in particular has been a fan of Steve Irwin for a long time, the artwork combined with being a Harley-Davidson made it an easy choice in deciding we wanted to own it,” said Ulrike.

The bid of $17,500 will go to the Australia Zoo Wildlife Warriors charity and assist in carrying on Steve’s legacy of wildlife conservation.

Both Terry and Ulrike are wildlife carers and they say their love of wildlife and caring for them is one of the reasons why they wanted to own the Harley.

“Terry has been a wildlife carer for 10 years now. He has always had a love of native animals, especially snakes, hawks and goannas,” Ulrike said.

“That’s our contribution; we look after wildlife, lending a helping hand to defenceless animals.

“Everybody should do their part towards conservation! Being carers, our children also share our love of helping wildlife and we hope they will continue helping animals as they grow up and be parents themselves.”

As for the motorbike, Terry and Ulrike plan to display it at the Ayr Show in June to help raise vital funds and awareness of wildlife in need, in the hope that others will be inspired to save the diminishing populations of Australian wildlife.

“We hope to keep the dream alive and display this motorcycle at every chance we get,” she said.

“If we are able to raise more awareness of wildlife and funds for Wildlife Warriors, that is our aim — we are very happy to support a worthwhile cause.”