I returned home from the BMOA meeting last night (Wednesday night), and just before lights out, I saw the post. I've just sat here tonight, after midnight, and read every post in this thread, catching up, looking for details, remembering things from long ago as many of you are.
I remember finding the site down, one day, maybe it was for the transition from the old forum to the new, maybe it was some other reason, but seems it was off the Ethernet for a few days, and I had no idea why, what had happened, if it would ever be back....I was pretty new around here then, it it seemed as though I had just been sucker punched. Like I had lost a good dog. Or a good friend.
I never met John, and maybe would have at the Ga. rally this year had circumstances been different. But learning of his passing (and I thought it a prank, too, at first), I remembered the day when there was no BonnevilleAmerica.com.
Think about that. One day it's all here, the next, maybe here no more.
I hunger for detail. Sounds as though it may have been health-related, maybe not rider error. I want to attend a service or memorial if that proves to be possible. I will have and proudly wear a patch, if one becomes available, and it looks like we have a great start on one. I want BA.com to be around forever. I want John back. I mourn his lost, and pray for Devon, and all who loved John.
But a few days without BonnevilleAmerica.com would be a sobering tribute to one who dedicated so much to it.
It will never be the same again, without him.
You will be missed, Brother John.
