Remembering Pete

[Pedro]

7 minutes ago, Buckster said:

I’ve never given you any shit, how rude! I’m a gentle soul.

Now you are, but back before you were mellowed by Harley ownership you were very angry.

[Buckster]

8 minutes ago, Pedro said:

Now you are, but back before you were mellowed by Harley ownership you were very angry.

It isn't harley ownership that tempered me.

[Tango]

I first me Pete on "The Forum that shall not be mentioned". I guess that it was around 2011ish. Obviously there were our interactions on the main forum, but we also took some of our discussions onto DM's to bitch about some of the twats there! We shared similar political beliefs also, which we obviously couldn't discuss there. 

I drifted away from that forum, but received a message from Pete inviting me to join this place, which seemed like a good idea at the time! But, as it was driven mainly by him, it took a different path to other forums that I'd been on and that was quite refreshing. Unorthodox, much like Pete!

We occasionally exchanged DM's as I saw him as a friend and kindred spirit, where we bitched about the state of the world!

I lost my biking mojo a little while ago and was surprised to receive a phone call from Pete, asking if everything was OK with me. He genuinely cared for everyone on here. Mind you, his opening words to me were: " Fuck me, Bob. I didn't have you down as a cockney wanker!" It was the first, and last, time that we'd actually spoken together.

I hope that we can hold this place together in his memory, but we have to resign ourselves to the fact that it won't be the same without him at the helm.

Keep dodging those puddles, mate!

[Skippy]

Relatively speaking I hardly knew Pete at all, I think we both happened to be on some god-awful FB group and he commented on a photo I’d posted up. Can’t remember what the photo was or exactly what he said but I’ll bet it was something unflattering………..and I’m guessing it also made me laugh.

We discovered we were living fairly close and so we arranged to meet up after a few interchanges on the phone.

I’ll never forget waiting for him to turn up at a cafe/bar in Barranda and as I sat there waiting I wondered what he’d be like. Fuck me, he was just as I imagined and it didn’t disappoint. He had the worst fitting pair of jeans I’d seen in a long time, a jacket that was way to big for him and a pair of boots that wouldn’t have looked out of place on a building site.

What a scruffy fucker and as soon as he opened his gob out came the sing-song accent and I liked him instantly. We sat, we chatted and generally took the piss out of each other. He particularly like my black and white sportsbike boots.

Off we went for a ride and we explored all kinds of abandoned shit. He took me down roads that were totally unsuited to my Kawasaki Z750 and he didn’t give a fuck. I laughed like a twat as I bounced along trying not to smash my balls into the tank; all the while he glided along on his gay Honda.

It was his fault the zipper broke on my jacket and also his fault that the warning like came on. I think he liked the idea that he could will things to go wrong.

We met up a few times over the course of a couple of years and it never failed to be entertaining. He thought his “street Spanish” was so good………I thought how funny it sounded as he never tried to hide his strong Welsh accent.

He always referred to me as a Cockney Wanker and I didn’t mind that at all. He called me a cunt to my face and I knew we were kindred spirits because it just made me laugh out aloud.

A few weeks ago he asked what I was doing at the weekend and I think he was hinting about meeting up. I couldn’t make it but sitting here now I regret not trying harder to take the time to go over and see him. I feel guilty and it makes me very sad. It feels like I let him down. If he’s watching me type this he’ll be thinking what a soft southern shite I am because it’s just brought a tear to my eye.

So there you go, he came into my life out of the blue and very unexpectedly. He was a force of nature and certainly unique. He disappeared without warning and far too soon.

I hope he knew I considered him to be a friend. A daft Welsh twat yes, but a friend nonetheless.

 

[Tango]

1 hour ago, Marcel le Moose Fondler said:

I understand the damage to the heart after the heart attack...but don't get how can someone with three blocked arteries can pass a vital exam before going under for his hernia surgery...

Before my prostate operation I had to have an examination by a cardiologist.  I had an ECG and an ultrasound scan of my heart. I'm fairly certain that any blocked or restricted arteries would have shown up there. But, maybe the requirements are different in Spain to here? Anyway, we don't know what it was that finished him off. It could have been any number of different things.

[Buckster]

I’m not even sure how I ended up on a forum run by Pete, I suspect it was from Advrider, that and bad luck. We spoke on the phone quite a lot, he asked for advice when he was setting up the business in Spain and we stayed in touch but never got around to meeting, the reality is that we interacted frequently, often daily for over 20 years, I still cannot believe he is gone. 
 

I have to say that I don’t think this place can survive without Pete driving it, if we all want to stay in touch then I’m inclined to start a private Facebook group, the cost of running the forum would probably become a problem ultimately, Pete put it on his existing servers so that swallowed some of the cost, as a stand alone it would cost something like £500 a year to operate and without Pete I think we will all drift away from it because he was the glue that held it together. 

[boboneleg]

6 minutes ago, Buckster said:

without Pete I think we will all drift away from it because he was the glue that held it together.

That's exactly how I see it as well, he was the glue and everything else that kept it going .

[Saul]

3 hours ago, Marcel le Moose Fondler said:

Ok I've got one...and I'm not getting it fixed...

Don't be daft get it sorted.    What happened to Pete is just what happens in life and death, doesn't make it any more likely something is going to go wrong for you or that it even did for him.   Could have just been his time. 

We are all going to die at some point you can't live in fear of it just do your best to get by.   And for fuck sake listen to the medics, many have died from not doing that.  

[Pedro]

1 hour ago, Skippy said:

A few weeks ago he asked what I was doing at the weekend and I think he was hinting about meeting up. I couldn’t make it but sitting here now I regret not trying harder to take the time to go over and see him. I feel guilty and it makes me very sad. It feels like I let him down. If he’s watching me type this he’ll be thinking what a soft southern shite I am because it’s just brought a tear to my eye.

Same here. I had planned on going over for a ride in 2022 after Morocco, but coming back I didn't feel like delaying my return another 2 or 3 days. Then last year when I was heading his way I just didn't feel like it. We had agreed that 2024 wasn't to pass without a visit, makes me feel like shit.

[Pedro]

44 minutes ago, Buckster said:

I’m not even sure how I ended up on a forum run by Pete, I suspect it was from Advrider, that and bad luck. We spoke on the phone quite a lot, he asked for advice when he was setting up the business in Spain and we stayed in touch but never got around to meeting, the reality is that we interacted frequently, often daily for over 20 years, I still cannot believe he is gone. 
 

I have to say that I don’t think this place can survive without Pete driving it, if we all want to stay in touch then I’m inclined to start a private Facebook group, the cost of running the forum would probably become a problem ultimately, Pete put it on his existing servers so that swallowed some of the cost, as a stand alone it would cost something like £500 a year to operate and without Pete I think we will all drift away from it because he was the glue that held it together. 

Between 3 or 4, and considering this is a big part of people's social life, I think the cost isn't the factor.  You're very right, though.

[Six30]

4 minutes ago, Pedro said:

Between 3 or 4, and considering this is a big part of people's social life, I think the cost isn't the factor.  You're very right, though.

it wont be the same without pete on here.. but i think we should try and keep it going if we can .

[Six30]

8 minutes ago, Saul said:

Don't be daft get it sorted.    What happened to Pete is just what happens in life and death, doesn't make it any more likely something is going to go wrong for you or that it even did for him.   Could have just been his time. 

We are all going to die at some point you can't live in fear of it just do your best to get by.   And for fuck sake listen to the medics, many have died from not doing that.  

you'll be fine @Marcel le Moose Fondler just leave it.

[YamaHead]

I  met Pete in 2003 when he took over the reigns of YOC....made it run a helluva lot better! Once he found a pic of me w/ my mullet, it was on!....I was hence forth known as the "RedNeck"...lol I think I was on about a half dozen different bike sites that he had his hand in. For years he gave me sh*t for looking like a redneck & accusing me of living in a trailer park....then in '06 I got a drafting job a 150+ miles away from where I was living....& low & behold I ended up in an RV park living in a trailer!...lol He was beside himself w/ laughter. After that summer of '06, I moved back home to Milwaukie (suburb south of Portland) & proceeded to carry on with a new-found perspective on life. I will NEVER forget the 1 time I got a phone call from him & hear his profound welsh accent...it meant alot @ the time. I then came to find out that my ancestors came from Wales to north America back in the 1600's. Through him & his bike forum savy, I've meet a lot of like minded friends from all over the world....all with 1 thing in common....2 Wheels!  His "Matter Of Fact" 'tude will be sorely missed...& I truly hope he's Riding In Peace somewhere up in the heavenly's.

[Slowlycatchymonkey]

Standard preop assessment wouldn't show narrowing of the arteries or the plaques that ultimately cause heart attacks.

An ECG would show if there had been a previous undiagnosed heart attack but as it just measures the electrical output of your heart to create a type of picture of how the heart is beating it's not a tool that can predict what will happen in the future. 

Echocardiography (the heart ultrasound) isn't usually done as a routine check prior to surgery in someone with no known history of heart disease, only if there's an indication or suspicion of heart disease.

Stents are an excellent option to avoid bypass grafts but sadly they don't come without risk  

[Slowlycatchymonkey]

43 minutes ago, Marcel le Moose Fondler said:

With what happened to Pete ..tell you the truth..I'm kinda scared...I'm gonna start by getting my potato check out first...it's not bothering me at the moment so I'll do it in steps...

What happened to Pete isn't related to having a hernia op. 

His arteries were narrowed. 

Imagine an old hose pipe that's clogged so the water can't get through the pipe properly. 

And you have a little round cage folded that you can put in the hose and open it up to allow the water to flow freely again. 

It can't make the hose pipe that's clogged or narrowed or prone to cracking new again so there's a risk in doing it. 

If you're concerned about your heart health then let that be known and have it thoroughly checked out prior to general anaesthetic. 

[Saul]

10 minutes ago, Slowlycatchymonkey said:

Standard preop assessment wouldn't show narrowing of the arteries or the plaques that ultimately cause heart attacks.

An ECG would show if there had been a previous undiagnosed heart attack but as it just measures the electrical output of your heart to create a type of picture of how the heart is beating it's not a tool that can predict what will happen in the future. 

An echocardiogram (the heart ultrasound) isn't usually done as a routine check prior to surgery in someone with no known history of heart disease, only if there's an indication or suspicion of heart disease.

Stents are an excellent option to avoid bypass grafts but sadly they don't come without risk  

I spoke to the Nurse Practitioner I worked with on Sunday night and told what little I knew, she said very much the same.  She did say if there was no history of Heart disease they would not necessarily look for it and the normal test wouldn't show much of a clue.    But obviously that was just my limited understanding.  I didn't mention it before as I didn't really know what I would have been talking about.  

[Buckster]

3 minutes ago, Slowlycatchymonkey said:

What happened to Pete isn't related to having a hernia op. 

His arteries were narrowed. 

Imagine an old hose pipe that's clogged so the water can't get through the pipe properly. 

And you have a little round cage folded that you can put in the hose and open it up to allow the water to flow freely again. 

It can't make the hose pipe that's clogged or narrowed or prone to cracking new again so there's a risk in doing it. 

If you're concerned about your heart health then let that be known and have it thoroughly checked out prior to general anaesthetic. 

I will give @Marcel le Moose Fondler a general anaesthetic.

[Saul]

3 hours ago, Six30 said:

you'll be fine @Marcel le Moose Fondler just leave it.

You just want to kill him off you evil fucker   Mind you I like the way you are thinking.  

[Six30]

30 minutes ago, Saul said:

You just want to kill him off you evil fucker   Mind you I like the way you are thinking.  

[MooN]

I came across DSUK almost as it was morphing into maximum bikes I think,back in 2005, having made my life in France I was looking for an English speaking bike forum and had signed up to about 8 I think with the intention of seeing what I liked or not.  Max bikes felt so much more like what I was used to in a local bike club, I stayed. Over the years I have been more or less active according to personal circumstances and available time. People on here have offered support through some difficult times, and definately some huge laughs and fascinating conversations amongst the inane banter that is the backdrop to it all. 

Much as it pains me to admit it. Pete has been the motor in the machine, and though others have had a hand in steering, or oiling the wheels, or applying the brakes, or filling the tank, when the motor is no longer in the frame the rest will struggle to keep the machine alive, no matter how good they are.  

Thanks for the ride Pete.  ( you spicky ginger welsh twat) 

 

 

[skyrider]

22 hours ago, Six30 said:

good stuff..  lifes for living and doing stuff , enjoy it  

 

 

 

 

 

 

what does  cantankerous mean ?

 

 

 

NANGY

[Six30]

1 minute ago, skyrider said:

NANGY

[Saul]

7 minutes ago, Marcel le Moose Fondler said:

You mentioned you had stems put in Saul...you seem young for that...is it family related..

Yes mate my Dad died  of a heart attack at 57 and I had a minor one at 56,  I had 3 stents after  that.   The difference between us is I listened to the medics and he wouldn’t.   It’s why I keep saying what I do, ignoring symptoms and medical advice killed my dad.   Tough guy in life but some things need a different approach.   

[skyrider]

7 hours ago, Saul said:

Don't be daft get it sorted.    What happened to Pete is just what happens in life and death, doesn't make it any more likely something is going to go wrong for you or that it even did for him.   Could have just been his time. 

We are all going to die at some point you can't live in fear of it just do your best to get by.   And for fuck sake listen to the medics, many have died from not doing that.  

yeah when your time is up you go

[skyrider]

3 hours ago, Slowlycatchymonkey said:

What happened to Pete isn't related to having a hernia op. 

His arteries were narrowed. 

Imagine an old hose pipe that's clogged so the water can't get through the pipe properly. 

And you have a little round cage folded that you can put in the hose and open it up to allow the water to flow freely again. 

It can't make the hose pipe that's clogged or narrowed or prone to cracking new again so there's a risk in doing it. 

If you're concerned about your heart health then let that be known and have it thoroughly checked out prior to general anaesthetic. 

it's like a clogged washing machine