Rider down - Silverdale on ramp (21 September)

[Conquiztador]

My sincerest condolences to all affected from this tragedy.

Ride Free Forever.

[chasio]

RIP Alex and sincere condolences to his family. He sounds like he was a wonderful person and a great loss.

[ukusa]

this is such sad news, my sincere condolences to you Anika, Connor & the rest of your family. RIP.

[retired motoman]

sorry to hear man, he was a good friend of mine too, got the news this morning, really good hearted guy alex was, he will be missed RIP

Very sad , my heart gos out to you both and his young wife and kid

[Mrmonster]

I've had a couple of people send private messages through KB about this thread but I am blocked from being able to return those messages. Does anyone know why that is?

[paddy]

I've had a couple of people send private messages through KB about this thread but I am blocked from being able to return those messages. Does anyone know why that is?

I have a feeling that you can't PM until you have made 10 posts. Other people will know more than me though. I wonder if this is something that is configurable on a per-account basis - i.e. could SpankMe override this for Mrmonster's account given the circumstance. Anyone know?

[Laxi]

new member? cant pm

[Mrmonster]

I might flick over to a couple of other posts and post some meaningless waffle there and when I strike up ten post give it a whirl. In case you're reading Dutchee, can you send me another message. You raised an interesting topic.

[chanceyy]

I've had a couple of people send private messages through KB about this thread but I am blocked from being able to return those messages. Does anyone know why that is?

try pming now you should have access

[alexm]

murray its anika i think u do have to make posts first because alex coulndt private message before teither but now i cn

[alexm]

i noticed some of u want to let u know if im ok well no not really i havent eaten for 4 days, or showered, bascially stayed in bed and cried. i slept all last night and was meant to go see alex in the morning but my mum didnt wake me so i only ending up waking at 6:30 on thurs and feeling even worse cause i didnt go to see him; he will be so lonely without me we always were together we promised wed neve rpart.on wed night i admit i took about 5 sleeping pills and 5 stress pills and had some vodka, this is meant to kill u and i woke so disappointed. and now his family are taking him down to tauranga. he was born and raised in auckland for 13 years, was moved to tauranga for 7 years and then decided to move to auck when he ws 20. this was when we first met. we found a house in whangaparaoa where alex loved it, our big backyard and view of rangitoto. he loved our son Connor to death, and I mean death. this is why i cannot understand why when i have expressed he would have wanted to be buried up here so i can go to him all the time and talk to him, have his son visit his grave, that the mother wants him down there.i know alex would want to be up here in auckland where he was to live for the rest of his life, and to be close to me and connor.

[howdamnhard]

i noticed some of u want to let u know if im ok well no not really i havent eaten for 4 days, or showered, bascially stayed in bed and cried. i slept all last night and was meant to go see alex in the morning but my mum didnt wake me so i only ending up waking at 6:30 on thurs and feeling even worse cause i didnt go to see him; he will be so lonely without me we always were together we promised wed neve rpart.on wed night i admit i took about 5 sleeping pills and 5 stress pills and had some vodka, this is meant to kill u and i woke so disappointed. and now his family are taking him down to tauranga. he was born and raised in auckland for 13 years, was moved to tauranga for 7 years and then decided to move to auck when he ws 20. this was when we first met. we found a house in whangaparaoa where alex loved it, our big backyard and view of rangitoto. he loved our son Connor to death, and I mean death. this is why i cannot understand why when i have expressed he would have wanted to be buried up here so i can go to him all the time and talk to him, have his son visit his grave, that the mother wants him down there.i know alex would want to be up here in auckland where he was to live for the rest of his life, and to be close to me and connor.

You need to eat,you need to lay off the drink and pills, you need to take care of yourself ( I know easier said than done). Dying is easy living and going on is hard. Make sure you have loved ones around you taking care of you. If you have seen a dead body and knew the person in life then you will realise that it is just a shell. The person who inhabited it is no longer there. They are with you no matter where you are whenever you think of them ( and whenever you don't for that matter).

[NC]

THe young man who was killed today, worked for me. We are only a small company. Just six staff. He was on a learners, i tried to discourage him from riding to work as iti s far to dangerous for a learner. He got the bike, to try to save money, He has a son who was born only 6 weeks ago. He was a genuine neat guy, who adored his partner and son. He was doing well here, and was a quick learner on our machines.

Sometimes we hear the news or read about it, but unitll it hits you so close, you can never under estimate its impact.

I have read many of these post and threads before, but have chosen most of the time not to comment. THis time when i say my heart goes out to the family, it is said with tears in my eyes, and a sense of loss, that will not easily go away. No words can express how i feel today.................

All my love and respect to you and his family

[BiK3RChiK]

Anika, Please, please, please find someone to talk to! Think of your son who needs you now and will continue to need you in the future.... Talk to someone who is close to you and see if you can get someone to come and stay with you who will help you and who you can talk to without judging you or putting anything onto you. Focus on your son who needs you, please....

All those involved need to talk about what happened. It's all part of the grieving process. Harley, you need to get all that stuff out or you will bottle it up for years and it will eat you up. Talking about it with a caring close confidante is the best thing one could do. Please take care of yourselves and get help if you are not coping...

My heartfelt sympathies are with everyone involved. What a terrible tragedy. RIP AlexM

[Rodney007]

i noticed some of u want to let u know if im ok well no not really i havent eaten for 4 days, or showered, bascially stayed in bed and cried. i slept all last night and was meant to go see alex in the morning but my mum didnt wake me so i only ending up waking at 6:30 on thurs and feeling even worse cause i didnt go to see him; he will be so lonely without me we always were together we promised wed neve rpart.on wed night i admit i took about 5 sleeping pills and 5 stress pills and had some vodka, this is meant to kill u and i woke so disappointed. and now his family are taking him down to tauranga. he was born and raised in auckland for 13 years, was moved to tauranga for 7 years and then decided to move to auck when he ws 20. this was when we first met. we found a house in whangaparaoa where alex loved it, our big backyard and view of rangitoto. he loved our son Connor to death, and I mean death. this is why i cannot understand why when i have expressed he would have wanted to be buried up here so i can go to him all the time and talk to him, have his son visit his grave, that the mother wants him down there.i know alex would want to be up here in auckland where he was to live for the rest of his life, and to be close to me and connor.

Thats really sad to hear, but you need to eat and take care of your self, just think of what alex would say to you if he could,

I am a friend of Josh B in ranui, I wasnt a direct close friend to alex, but i used to catch up with him whenever he would come to visit, He was a really full of life energetic guy, warm hearted and always very postive. And his life was taken far to early


Since alex's passing, I'v taken my bike off the road, and keeping it for the track use where its safe. Im buying a trailer also to move the bike round when i need to, I never thought id do this, but his death was so random its made me realise anyone can just drop off at any time.

once again my deepest condolences go to you and everyone that knew alex.
I will be there on saturday with some of his other friends, im sure it will be a great service.

best wishes!
Rod Khoey