He was never a member here, but was a great family friend. He was actually a best friend of my fathers, and they rode together for about 25 years together.
My dad met him through a friend when he was about 22, and had just bought a new 1986 1100 GSX-R. My old man let him take the bike out for a ride as Lonny was thinking of upgrading from his 750 Kawi and instantly fell in love with the bike. He bought the exact same bike and immediately started riding with my dad. Together they put over 180,000 KM's ( original engines for both ) on those bikes until in 2002 when my dad upgraded to a 2000 Hayabusa, and Lonny picked up a ZX-12. They rode hard, and too be honest like idiots, as my dad said there was hardly a time the speedometer dipped under 200 km/h when they road for 4 - 5 hours straight. They knew how to read each others moves perfectly on the road, and come track days they always tried to top one another. From spending so much time traveling around Canada and the States they got to know eachother extremely well, back when it was a tough time to find other good riders, roads and trails, long before internet was mainstream.
In 2004 Lonny was diagnosed with Cancer, and has fought like a trooper ever since. He passed away last week fighting it for a long and painful time really thinking he would eventually beat it and get better. He was a great friend and mentor in learning how to ride. His ZX-12 was left to my dad in his will, a true sign of great friends.
My dad met him through a friend when he was about 22, and had just bought a new 1986 1100 GSX-R. My old man let him take the bike out for a ride as Lonny was thinking of upgrading from his 750 Kawi and instantly fell in love with the bike. He bought the exact same bike and immediately started riding with my dad. Together they put over 180,000 KM's ( original engines for both ) on those bikes until in 2002 when my dad upgraded to a 2000 Hayabusa, and Lonny picked up a ZX-12. They rode hard, and too be honest like idiots, as my dad said there was hardly a time the speedometer dipped under 200 km/h when they road for 4 - 5 hours straight. They knew how to read each others moves perfectly on the road, and come track days they always tried to top one another. From spending so much time traveling around Canada and the States they got to know eachother extremely well, back when it was a tough time to find other good riders, roads and trails, long before internet was mainstream.
In 2004 Lonny was diagnosed with Cancer, and has fought like a trooper ever since. He passed away last week fighting it for a long and painful time really thinking he would eventually beat it and get better. He was a great friend and mentor in learning how to ride. His ZX-12 was left to my dad in his will, a true sign of great friends.
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