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[Red Zed 1]

what a bummer..r.i.p darren..condolences to his family..met him a few times at the h&c and at the EU ride sept last year,found him to be straight up with a dry s.o.h.,great bloke..such a shame..

[Swanny]

Just been reading through some of Darrens old posts

To me this one about the rain pretty much sums him up

Perhaps I could actually be RIDING said motorcycle instead of making sad visits to the garage to stare out at the rain, before heading inside to:

stroke the saddle

fidget with my new anodised tat

attempt a bench tidy

polish a random bike part that may have got - Heaven forbid - dusty

forget what I actually went in there for, but emerge with something new that needs fixing, accidently increasing your workload

consider the pro's & con's of starting it up for a little bit (maybe a few minutes, just to HEAR it... UUMMMMMMM.....)

look out the garage back door to see if it is raining out the back of the house as well

return to the laptop, a little pissed off and dejected that you waited all fkn year for the Summer so you could get out on some dry sticky roads and HAVE IT - only to find we are now having some sort of monsoon rain-forest conditions causing you to wonder quite why you bothered taxing, mot'ing & insuring the thing in the first place??

Bag of Arse!!

I try to justify it by thinking - if I dont ride it - I can't crash it!

RIP mate you are missed

[Red Zed 1]

i remember a comment he made often about people turning up at a bike meet in cars,he would say "its a bike meet,where's your bike?"
one time a bloke turned up at the h&c on a ducati with a loud rattling clutch(like most are) and he asked the bloke where he got the tractor from(bloke was not best pleased but darren thought it was hilarious)
examples of wit and straight talk,not everybodys cup of tea but made me laugh..
R.I.P. Darren

[Swanny]

Yea I remember that, the bloke didn't realise he had one as well

[Senna(Dan)]

What a shame.. I met him a couple of times and he left a lasting impression.

I found it quite funny how he took the mickey out of all bikes, but saying despite all their quirks it made him feel free.

Ride in Peace Darren.

Crosbie if the family wouldn't mind I would like to attend.

[Geordie Stu]

R.I.P Darren. Ride free :-[

[Conehead]

I never met him but from the comments it sounds like we would have got on well.

RIP and ride free.

[Stewboy]

Condolences to his family & friends.

[redken1]

Just read this.

RIP Darren

[voodoo]

Tragic news. RIP