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Join Date: Nov 2002
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I found this letter that I wrote to be published in the old Backroads magazine. Just a blast from the past
The Shannon Nunley Memorial Journey Those of us in the motorcycling community know that if you ride long enough; put enough miles under your tires that eventually you will lose someone to fate. Such was the case for us that knew Shannon Nunley of Arizona. Simply stated Shannon was a young man that lived his all too short life fully. Wine, women, song and motorcycles literally were his passions. Most of us never got to meet him face to face, knowing him only through cyber space on the R1100S web page we inhabited. But Shannon was so engaging and open that we all became very tight. We did indeed share our lives with him as he welcomed us into his. So in May of 2005 we, his friends and cyber family, embarked on a journey to commemorate him. It was decided to carry the rear seat cowl of a BMW R1100S (one of Shannon’s favorite rides) around the lower 48. Each rider would carry the cowl on their S through their region on a loosely planned route. The rider would meet another S pilot at a pre-arranged point. There the carrier would sign the cowl, make an entry into a trip journal, photograph the handoff and turn the cowl over to the next pilot. In this fashion the cowl , or Shroud of Shannon as we sometimes refer to it, has been making its way from Arizona through Texas Louisiana, Arkansas, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, the Carolinas, and the Virginias. The cowl, now resting in New Jersey, will continue on its journey around the USA come spring, being signed and photographed on its travels. The point of this exercise is to return the seat cowl and journal to Shannon’s parents in Arizona. It is our hope that, in some way they may draw some comfort from this. Maybe when they receive the seat cowl, knowing how it journeyed around the entire country being photographed, signed and carried by people they’ve never met, they’ll have a better understanding of the impact their son had on the world they brought him into. Maybe, when they read the journal containing our thoughts they’ll see that though his death was tragic, his life wasn’t wasted. And we are hopeful that when they touch the cowl, they’ll be touching Shannon, knowing that he touched all of us.
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  Let the pic downloads begin. Thanks Flattbut.
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Join Date: May 2000
Location: Moab Utah. Home of wierd red & orange radioactive stuff... And 1 billion tourists.
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I wonder where that cowl is now?
It was a touchy thing, presenting to his parents.... 20+ years later, we've lost several good members.
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PVR and I had a great time at the 2008 USGP passing that cowl around. It was a magical day. Ran into so many racing legends, and some others...
          All photos by PVR
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Talk Less, Say More
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can't believe i still havent signed this! Can anyone help me accomplish this? I was just telling my kids about Shannon the other day...
guy was such a riot...hard to imagine him in todays environment...or with todays insanely capable and powerful motorcycles!
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I'm crying, and I don't know what to say.
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08-13-2022, 09:08 AM
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Talk Less, Say More
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Location: Moab Utah. Home of wierd red & orange radioactive stuff... And 1 billion tourists.
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Well,
To be perfectly honest that was the board's first encounter with a tragic death of a member. But, over the last 20 years now there have been a few others. Jeff Williams, Brad Zimmerman, Bikerfish, other's I can't quite remember.
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I wanna Live 'til I die!
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My favorite was when he was trying to help, get my bike ready for Alaska: "Well, we'll load it with everything you need to take along and then we just drop it off a loading dock a couple of times... whatever breaks, we'll reinforce" "Uhmmmmm.... NO!" "Well that's how we used to do it" I did let him borrow my GS without hesitation for something he wanted to "test", though... trusted him implicitly and he was an exceptional rider.
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I do miss Brad's voice on here, we had some lively discussions back in the day.
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What a crazy time. We were just talking about Andy's passing as well but bmwf is very much gone now. Been a while, but feeling nostalgic.
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1978 Porsche 928
2003 BMW Dakar
2000 Harley-Davidson Dyna FXDX Super Glide Sport
2007 BMW R1200S
2010 BMW F800GS
1983 Honda XL600r
2000 BMW R1100S
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