Presidents from Motorcycle Clubs all over Borneo during the closing ceremony of the12th BIIBBF.
HOGB members in a group photo during the closing ceremony of the 12th BIIBBF 2011.
The 12th Borneo Island International Big Bike Festival (BIIBBF) 2011, which was held from June 10 to 12, has convened more than 480 owners and fans of big bikes from all over Borneo.
This was the largest number of participation ever recorded since the festival was held back in 2000. Making the festival even better, representatives from Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines, Switzerland and USA also took part.
Harley Owners Group Brunei (HOGB) led by its director, Abdul Malek Hamdani, was represented by 32 participants including two women members from HOGB committee members - Ladies of Harley, Nur Khadijah Ismail and Editor of HOGB, Dk Siti Redzaimi Pg Hj Ahmad.
The festival also saw the participation from few Brunei motorcycle associations such as the Brunei Darussalam Motorcycle Association (PEMODA), Kembara Association, Independent Motorcycle Club (IMC), Rebel Angels and Sportbikerz.
Brunei participants were given a grand welcome by the organisers of the 12th BIIBBF 2011, the Sabah Big Bikers Club (SBBC) with a welcome dinner at the Sutera Harbour Resort.
The following day, they were given a tour to some of the main attractions in Sabah such as Kota Belud, Ranau and Kundasang in a convoy with their own motorcycles.
A motorcycle exhibition was also held for the public to view at the Gaya Street and games and activities were lined up for the participants to enliven the festival.
At the end of the festival, a farewell dinner was held at the Asia City Conference Hall and the guest of honour was the Chairman of the Sabah Tourism Board, Tengku Zainal Abidin who presented all the motorcycle club's presidents with a certificate of participation and it was followed by a memento exchange between all the clubs.
The highlight was the handover of the BIIBBF flag by the President of SBBC, Aziz Yong to a representative from Indonesian Big Bikes Association (IMBI) Pontianak, Mahendra. Kalimantan, Indonesia will be the host of the next BIIBBF in 2012.
Past organisers of BIIBBF since its first event in 2000 were SBBC Sabah, PEMODA Brunei, Victoria's Arm Big Bikers (VABB) Sarawak, LA Riders Labuan and IMBI Pontianak.
The festival hopes to help foster closer relations between big motorcycle riders and fans all over Borneo and also to exchange views and ideas.