model28a Silver Wing Guru
Number of posts : 2085 Age : 71 Location : St.Pete.FL. Points : 7552 Registration date : 2010-02-03
| Subject: The Passing of Leroy Beal Sat Mar 08, 2014 9:02 pm | |
| Someone may have posted this and I missed it but I just learned about it and thought I would let everyone know. Sadly we lost a brother biker. Leroy Beal passed away Sunday, December 2, 2013. He made the decision to end things on his terms. Although he choose something against my beliefs the choice was his to make and I respect that. The following is quoted directly from his web site. "I feel that it is irresponsible to squander limited resources and become a burden on my family, friends, and/or society. It is my life, therefore my choice as to how, and when, it will end. Prolonged agony, in old age, is not the way I want to live my last years. I want to go out while I'm feeling good and have a decent quality of life." Link to his site
This is a link to his obituary
This is a link to the news article Leroy may you rest in peace.
Last edited by model28a on Mon Mar 10, 2014 4:42 pm; edited 2 times in total (Reason for editing : Date of passing corrected as Meldrew pointed out. :oops: ) |
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dspevack Silver Wing Guru
Number of posts : 2008 Age : 59 Location : Miami, FL Points : 8205 Registration date : 2008-12-27
| Subject: Re: The Passing of Leroy Beal Sat Mar 08, 2014 11:42 pm | |
| Leroy was responsible for pioneering several early silverwing mods. |
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CathyN Silver Wing Expert
Number of posts : 771 Location : USA Points : 6038 Registration date : 2010-11-15
| Subject: Re: The Passing of Leroy Beal Sun Mar 09, 2014 11:41 am | |
| - dspevack wrote:
- Leroy was responsible for pioneering several early silverwing mods.
What early Silverwing mods did he pioneer. Was he a member of this sight? Sorry to hear of his passing. |
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yammer Maxi-Scooter Rider
Number of posts : 100 Age : 64 Location : Malta Points : 4348 Registration date : 2013-05-04
| Subject: Re: The Passing of Leroy Beal Sun Mar 09, 2014 1:14 pm | |
| - CathyN wrote:
- dspevack wrote:
- Leroy was responsible for pioneering several early silverwing mods.
What early Silverwing mods did he pioneer. Was he a member of this sight? Sorry to hear of his passing. http://www.leroybeal.net/motorcycles/silverwing/silverwing.htm |
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lalee Super Scooter Rider
Number of posts : 289 Age : 71 Location : Pac. NW. N. Seattle Points : 4331 Registration date : 2013-11-09
| Subject: Re: The Passing of Leroy Beal Sun Mar 09, 2014 5:33 pm | |
| - yammer wrote:
- CathyN wrote:
- dspevack wrote:
- Leroy was responsible for pioneering several early silverwing mods.
What early Silverwing mods did he pioneer. Was he a member of this sight? Sorry to hear of his passing. http://www.leroybeal.net/motorcycles/silverwing/silverwing.htm Thank you for the link. Very informative. His instructions are pretty good and he wrote some interesting stuff. I can tell he enjoyed helping others with his innovation. |
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Colin B Silver Wing Expert
Number of posts : 586 Age : 72 Location : Windsor, UK Points : 4906 Registration date : 2013-03-20
| Subject: Re: The Passing of Leroy Beal Tue Mar 11, 2014 2:15 pm | |
| I am locking this thread, pending discussion with other moderators.
UPDATE: Per moderator agreement This thread has been trimmed to the important information relative to the topic and closed. |
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Colin B Silver Wing Expert
Number of posts : 586 Age : 72 Location : Windsor, UK Points : 4906 Registration date : 2013-03-20
| Subject: Re: The Passing of Leroy Beal Wed Mar 12, 2014 2:49 pm | |
| I've received a PM from an aggrieved member who had posted in this thread and who's post was one of several subsequently removed. I feel I should explain why the thread was trimmed.
The catalyst was a post by another member who used a derogatory term to describe the late Leroy Beal.
The word would have been insulting in any circumstances. In a thread concerning Leroy's death, it was particularly offensive. For that reason (alone) moderators decided to trim the content to the basic facts.
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