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Re: SAAZ (John) has Ridden on
« Reply #50 on: October 03, 2015, 02:09:40 PM »
Wow have to say speechless.........................just thinking of the strippers back at Tungamah this year, having some great discussions with John and of course others. So sad, I lift my glass to you mate...... RIP...........................................  :wht11
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Re: SAAZ (John) has Ridden on
« Reply #51 on: October 03, 2015, 03:37:53 PM »
Like JuST Peter, I thought I had misread the post. I am shocked. Condolences to family and all who knew John closely. I had met him a few times and always found him to be a gentle and genuine man. His knowledge and advise on all things ST was legendary. RIP John.
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Re: SAAZ (John) has Ridden on
« Reply #52 on: October 03, 2015, 03:50:05 PM »
A very sad day to hear of John's passing , my thoughts are with his family , I really enjoyed John's company at the last rally in Toowoomba.
 

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Re: SAAZ (John) has Ridden on
« Reply #53 on: October 03, 2015, 04:45:38 PM »
Very very sad news.. RIP Saaz..
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Re: SAAZ (John) has Ridden on
« Reply #54 on: October 03, 2015, 05:35:58 PM »
RIP Saaz.  Had the pleasure of riding with you on a number of OZSTOC and FAR RIDES.  Will always particularly remember a night of laughter over a bottle of red at Nindigully Pub. My condolences to family and thoughts with your close ACT friends.   Dave :'(
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Re: SAAZ (John) has Ridden on
« Reply #55 on: October 03, 2015, 05:55:37 PM »
RIP SAAZ, Even though I never had the privilege to meet you ,judging by the messages of sympathy and heartfelt grief you will be greatly missed.
My condolences to your family and friends.
You deserve an ovation !!
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« Reply #56 on: October 03, 2015, 07:32:41 PM »
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Re: SAAZ (John) has Ridden on
« Reply #57 on: October 03, 2015, 10:17:31 PM »
Condolences to family of John. RIP saaz you will always be remembered by Denis Diane Gibson.
 

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Re: SAAZ (John) has Ridden on
« Reply #58 on: October 03, 2015, 10:30:37 PM »
Just checking in after a day on the road.
What a sad surprise!  You were on the mend, mate.  So sorry it didn't work out.
We'll miss your shy presence among us at our gatherings.
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Re: SAAZ (John) has Ridden on
« Reply #59 on: October 04, 2015, 07:46:57 AM »
John, you will be sadly missed, a great man who was always up for a talk and a few drinks. A good friend to many.
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Re: SAAZ (John) has Ridden on
« Reply #60 on: October 04, 2015, 02:33:51 PM »
Condolences to John's family I only met him once but always looked forward to the next meeting. Be assured John Ozstock is alive and thriving in heaven with RTE's every day so ride friend.
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Re: SAAZ (John) has Ridden on
« Reply #61 on: October 04, 2015, 04:15:22 PM »
I am attempting to bring all the condolence posts over to this thread. They may not necessarily be in order, but they will all be in the one place at least.

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EDIT: This post is still being fixed up, but is re-opened for member posts in the meantime, so pls feel free to continue to add your thoughts and even pictures from the past of great moments you have shared together.


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Re: SAAZ (John) has Ridden on
« Reply #62 on: October 04, 2015, 06:20:25 PM »
After the Border Run in August this year John decided he would ride the long way home, via WA, NT and Qld.
He got caught in bad weather in N-W WA and came down with a severe cold. He was staying in a motel in Derby when he was taken to hospital. His motorcycle and personal effects are still there.
John suffered from cystic fibrosis and was a long way from his support team in Canberra. While in the Derby hospital he suffered a respiratory arrest and was medically evacuated to the Fiona Stanley hospital in Perth by the Flying Doctor. Efforts to revive him in Derby led to kidney damage which required him to be put on dialysis.
He spent weeks in ICU in the Fiona Stanley hospital before being transferred to the cardiac ward. John’s sisters, Brock and Glen had been able to visit him and a few of us talked to him on the phone. I raised the issue about recovering his bike and gear from Derby a few times. John showed little interest which should have set off alarm bells. I was convinced that he would recover so I didn’t push the point.
A few days ago John was put into palliative care in a general ward. Up until this point his closest friends believed he would eventually recover, not to 100% capacity but at least on the long road to some sort of recovery. John requested to be taken off life support and died not long after.
John was a very private person and he did not want his true medical problems to be revealed. This will help to explain the lack of information being disseminated on the various motorcycle forums.
On Wednesday next week John will be cremated in Perth.
A wake will be held at 3pm on Sunday, 11 Oct, at Northbridge Brewing Co., 44 Lake Street, Northbridge, Perth for by those of his OzSTOC and FarRider friends who are able to make it.
What happens after that?
John’s bike and gear will be brought to Perth and the bike will be sold in that location. I will probably remain in the West until that is done and then bring John back to Canberra with me.
John is survived by his mother and siblings who all live in country Victoria.
It has only been a couple of years since his wife, Gina, a diabetic, passed away in a Canberra shopping centre car park on the day that John and I were returning from an interstate motorcycle trip. They had no children.
John came to Canberra in the early 1970s to study economics at ANU. He graduated with honours and spent his working life in the Treasury Department in Canberra.
He retired a couple of years ago and bought a Triumph Trophy motorcycle. He had clocked up more than 70,000 kms in the short time he owned the bike.
There will be a memorial service in Canberra for John in November. The date is dependent on his family’s overseas commitments. Details of his service will appear on the forums.

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Re: SAAZ (John) has Ridden on
« Reply #63 on: October 04, 2015, 06:49:22 PM »
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Re: SAAZ (John) has Ridden on
« Reply #64 on: October 04, 2015, 06:55:27 PM »
just catching up on things after the wedding     Am shocked to have lost such a good friend.        Our condolences to John's family 

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Re: SAAZ (John) has Ridden on
« Reply #65 on: October 04, 2015, 08:10:49 PM »
Here is a little story about Saaz that bought joy to a little girl here in Guyra and to many children with cancer all over the country.....now John may not have wanted ppl to know this at the time, but well, the floor is mine now Saaz  :p


Last year Pockey our son Jaydon and I participated in the Great Cycle Challenge that raised funds for kids with cancer and the research into this horrific disease.....we were apart of the Guyra High on Bikes team and made mention of the challenge and sponsorship we were chasing on Facebook. We each started our own donation with $30 each.......well our Saaz obviously had seen our challenge on FB and behold sponsorship of $70 arrived to each of us from John Nagle, but the story doesn't end here.....

In our group of 17 riders was a 9 year old local girl by the name of Analese who also started with her own donation of $5 towards her contribution.....a couple of weeks into the challenge at a cycle club meeting Analese's mum was questioning all and sundry at whom the mystery donor was to her daughters fund raising challenge as the name ment nothing to the many people in the room that night.......until she approached me......and there it was in print a encouraging message from one John Nagle and a donation of $195 towards Analese's cycle challenge  :-++

RIP Saaz  ;-*
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Re: SAAZ (John) has Ridden on
« Reply #66 on: October 04, 2015, 08:35:32 PM »
Here is a little story about Saaz that bought joy to a little girl here in Guyra and to many children with cancer all over the country.....now John may not have wanted ppl to know this at the time, but well, the floor is mine now Saaz 


Last year Pockey our son Jaydon and I participated in the Great Cycle Challenge that raised funds for kids with cancer and the research into this horrific disease.....we were apart of the Guyra High on Bikes team and made mention of the challenge and sponsorship we were chasing on Facebook. We each started our own donation with $30 each.......well our Saaz obviously had seen our challenge on FB and behold sponsorship of $70 arrived to each of us from John Nagle, but the story doesn't end here.....

In our group of 17 riders was a 9 year old local girl by the name of Analese who also started with her own donation of $5 towards her contribution.....a couple of weeks into the challenge at a cycle club meeting Analese's mum was questioning all and sundry at whom the mystery donor was to her daughters fund raising challenge as the name ment nothing to the many people in the room that night.......until she approached me......and there it was in print a encouraging message from one John Nagle and a donation of $195 towards Analese's cycle challenge  :-++

RIP Saaz  ;-*
Thanks for sharing. We knew he was special. What a wonderful thing to do.
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« Reply #67 on: October 04, 2015, 08:43:09 PM »
Thank you for filling in the blanks Lionel.
Diesel and i were briefly dumbfoundedly discussing the timeline of events this afternoon trying to make some sense.
Days after his passing i am still a little numb but feel a bit better in now knowing more of the back story.
I would like to think that before he passed that he might have known in his own humble way how many people's lives he had touched.
I feel honoured to have known him for a brief three & half years.
His memory will always raise a smile.

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Re: SAAZ (John) has Ridden on
« Reply #68 on: October 04, 2015, 08:50:12 PM »
Thanks for the background  Lionel (even though I knew some of it)  and for explaining the future plans.

I know he was a close family friend and none of this can be easy for you, Alice or David. My heartfelt sympathies to you all.
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« Reply #69 on: October 04, 2015, 09:47:39 PM »
Picture taken by Stinky Pete at the Middleton National Rally in 2013
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« Reply #70 on: October 04, 2015, 10:07:50 PM »
Thank you STimpy . . I've saved that one to my album . . Much appreciated . .
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« Reply #71 on: October 04, 2015, 10:26:58 PM »
I will post a few more appropriate photo's.
I think if you double click on the images it should take you to photobucket for the original.

Taken by Carrol (Mrs Shiney) at Toowoomba this year with my camera.


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« Reply #72 on: October 04, 2015, 10:40:58 PM »
Urunga 2015.
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Re: SAAZ (John) has Ridden on
« Reply #73 on: October 04, 2015, 11:34:24 PM »
I took this at the 2015 Border ride. 

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« Reply #74 on: October 05, 2015, 12:37:01 AM »
Thug Life.... taken in my shed. Obviously important OzSTOC business the night before....  :whistle





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