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Posted by bikerbob5864
 - July 16, 2015, 14:39:16 PM

I bounce in and out of here, and it seems that sadly.....I never had the pleasure to meet Mr. Hopkins. It speaks well for a  man to have so many remember him so fondly. We only have one thing to leave as a legacy on this earth when our mortal existence is over.........the memories of who and what we were/are to those whose lives we touched and those who loved us, be they blood family.......or family we chose for ourselves. If we are always remembered.......then we are never gone.
It would seem Mr. Hopkins is still with us.....and always will be.......and I am the lesser for having not known him.

Semper Fi

BikerBob

PS    Ms Wendy................I grieve for your loss.......and rejoice for your memories
Posted by Drift1
 - June 02, 2015, 14:33:50 PM

WOW !!!! R.I.P Mr. John

Posted by 49Reo
 - April 30, 2015, 10:21:37 AM

R.I.P., John. You will be missed.

Posted by greenbarn
 - April 29, 2015, 10:17:31 AM
Quote from: DC on April 29, 2015, 02:18:27 AM

Very sorry to hear of his passing.  He always was one for some jokes.

Anyone know what he passed away from?  71 is pretty young.

Last I heard he died in his sleep, but they did not know why yet.

Posted by DC
 - April 29, 2015, 02:18:27 AM

Very sorry to hear of his passing.  He always was one for some jokes.

Anyone know what he passed away from?  71 is pretty young.

Posted by greenbarn
 - April 27, 2015, 21:27:56 PM
Quote from: RaiderBill on April 27, 2015, 17:41:44 PM

Well I just registered here today, and I am a member of Honda Shadow.net, since I own a 2000 Shadow 750 ACE, and low and behold I find out that John was a member here also, I don't know if any of you know that he wrote a book about riding around wales and his V-Max. Well he sent us at Shadow.net a copy and we have been passing it around amongst ourselves here in the US. for a few years and I just happened to be the one holding when John dies. Very sad and surreal, but R.I.P John Hopkins and ride on for eternity.

Welcome aboard, Bill....   Small world it is - I joined the HSN forum some time ago for the sole purposes of following the book.   I got to meet up with a fellow, jkustomz28, back in sept '13 and got in on the fun.   John was active on several bike forums, I gather - He will be missed much by many.
Posted by chief
 - April 27, 2015, 19:56:55 PM

Thanks.

Posted by CDNRatMan
 - April 27, 2015, 17:55:43 PM

Chief, she told me she had a box of them for sale. you can find her email address in one of my post about his passing.

I had John send me 2 copies and one is making its way around Canada, and I am taking my copy to Drift In with a promise to Wendy for people to at  least see it and she would like to see a picture of it with the group of Drifters.

Posted by RaiderBill
 - April 27, 2015, 17:41:44 PM

Well I just registered here today, and I am a member of Honda Shadow.net, since I own a 2000 Shadow 750 ACE, and low and behold I find out that John was a member here also, I don't know if any of you know that he wrote a book about riding around wales and his V-Max. Well he sent us at Shadow.net a copy and we have been passing it around amongst ourselves here in the US. for a few years and I just happened to be the one holding when John dies. Very sad and surreal, but R.I.P John Hopkins and ride on for eternity.

Posted by chief
 - April 27, 2015, 17:30:14 PM

Ratman, ask her how many copies of his book are left, if you get the chance.

Posted by greenbarn
 - April 27, 2015, 11:43:58 AM

There were sweet potatoes at our church pot-luck yesterday.   I got some, and I thought of John.  I'm sure every time I eat sweet potatoes, I'll think of him.

Posted by CDNRatMan
 - April 27, 2015, 11:00:06 AM

  I asked Wendy if she could send me a copy of John's obit so I could post a copy of it and here is her response, after I explained what an obit was.

some ppl do, I don't know if we are. my sister might, he is getting
cremated on Tuesday 5th may at 9am, we are not having a service. maybe
you could pass on the info and we could have a silence at 9am. I'll
keep in touch.

Not sure of the time difference but I'll keep the 5th open for thoughts of John and how he made a lot of us laugh here, and the squirrel story is my favorite, and we should all have a sweet potato for a snack that day.

Posted by DriftinGirl
 - April 27, 2015, 09:12:04 AM

R.I.P. John.  We never know the day...

Posted by pcarrell
 - April 25, 2015, 10:23:12 AM

Awwww..............

John will be missed!  Prayers for his friends and family!

Posted by shunter v8
 - April 25, 2015, 07:28:31 AM

Thanks to ratman for letting me know,very very sad news.I loved johns humour and the way he said it 'as it is' rather than trying to please everyone. He will be sadly missed.

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