20valves Passed Away

[Ignacio]

TestPilot reports sad news today:

Can you please add a thread to the Rest in Peace Forum acknowledging the passing of Forum member Mack Ames/20valves of Oklahoma City on 24 May due to aggressive throat cancer. Mack was a dear friend, and a man of many motorcycles. This is a link to his obituary https://www.legacy.co...x?pid=174954066

 

[gregory]

Sorry for your loss Iggy, condolences to his family and friends....

 

[Redfish Hunter]

Well damn.

Rest in Peace 20valves.

 

[Intech]

Sad to hear. Way too young! RIP

 

[wheatonFJR]

Sorry for your loss Iggy, condolences to his family and friends....

I believe Iggy was just passing on news for others...

Sorry as well to hear of another good man down. I never met the man, had always hoped to meet the Hoon in AR somewhere.

 

[BanjoBoy]

Bummer!

Never actually met him, but always liked his posts here and on ADV. He'll be missed.

 

[Twigg]

Condolences to his friends and family - Steve and Jodie Bracken

 

[beemerdons]

Condolences and Peace to his Friends and Family from the Stanley Boys! Godspeed 20valves, Brother Mack: Ride Heaven's Roads Forever!

 

[majicmaker]

Sorry to hear this. Bummed.

 

[Teehaml]

Condolences to the family and friends of Mr. Ames...

 

[steveoreno]

Never met him but am sorry to hear of his passing.

 

[lonerider]

Never had the opportunity to meet him but, as always, sorry to hear of another loss to our community. My condolences to his survivors.

 

[rogdeb]

So, so sorry to hear this :-(

Never met Mack in person but followed his posts on the FJROwners forum first, then on this forum.

Condolences to his family and friends.

 

[Tyler]

Godspeed, Mack... wishing you all the twisties that heaven can offer.

I am standing upon the seashore. A ship, at my side,
spreads her white sails to the moving breeze and starts
for the blue ocean. She is an object of beauty and strength.
I stand and watch her until, at length, she hangs like a speck
of white cloud just where the sea and sky come to mingle with each other.

Then, someone at my side says, "There, she is gone"

Gone where?

Gone from my sight. That is all. She is just as large in mast,
hull and spar as she was when she left my side.
And, she is just as able to bear her load of living freight to her destined port.

Her diminished size is in me -- not in her.
And, just at the moment when someone says, "There, she is gone,"
there are other eyes watching her coming, and other voices
ready to take up the glad shout, "Here she comes!"

And that is dying.

-H. Van Dyke

 

[Old Guy]

I met and had the pleasure of riding with Mack last year. I thoroughly enjoyed riding with him and visiting. He was a helluva a nice guy -- laid back and easy to talk with and a fine rider. My sincerest condolences to his friends and family.

 

[dcarver]

So sad. So Young.

Think I'll ride tomorrow and remember 20Valves..

 

[TestPilot]

Mack was a great friend - first an 'internet' friend through this and other forums, and later we had the pleasure of riding with him and the other 'Hoons' on one of their twice-annual rides in Arkansas (on one of our tours to the USA). He was very generous, a man of integrity and great company.

Me on the left, Mack on the right, admiring his FJR

 

[HotRodZilla]

That's sad to hear. RIP, and condolences to his family.

 

[Pterodactyl]

Sad to hear. I'm a throat cancer survivor and know he did not go easily. May he RIP.