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'BITSA' Ralph Wright- R.I.P.
« on: July 21, 2015, 03:23:35 PM »
Hi All.

For those of you that have known 'Bitsa', sad news I'm afraid. I have just had a phone call from Ralph's wife Jane. Ralph died late yesterday evening at his home in France. He was 60 a few weeks ago. He had Cancer and had been undergoing treatment which unfortunately had not worked. Jane said that Ralph had had a 'blast' on the forum and loved all the humour and banter that went with it.

He will be sadly missed by many.

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Re: 'BITSA' Ralph Wright- R.I.P.
« Reply #1 on: July 21, 2015, 03:31:07 PM »
R.I.P Ralph, you will be missed.

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Re: 'BITSA' Ralph Wright- R.I.P.
« Reply #2 on: July 21, 2015, 03:48:14 PM »
What a shame for Ralph and his family. Had a load of bits off Ralph that he got for me at autojumbles in France. He will be missed. Always a shock to hear news like this.
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Re: 'BITSA' Ralph Wright- R.I.P.
« Reply #3 on: July 21, 2015, 03:48:41 PM »
Sad Day today.
Since getting the K2 nearly 2 years ago and finding this forum
Ralph got in touch and we had a lot in common.
He was born in the same road as me in Gillingham Kent, used to service my early Hondas in Chisholmes.
and we meet again these years on if now only briefly.
RIP Mate as Jane said glad you had a blast.
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Re: 'BITSA' Ralph Wright- R.I.P.
« Reply #4 on: July 21, 2015, 03:55:17 PM »
Let us hope he is riding the best bikes on the best roads-RIP bitsa
nice bike,nothing in the bank

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Re: 'BITSA' Ralph Wright- R.I.P.
« Reply #5 on: July 21, 2015, 04:04:39 PM »
That is terrible news :'(, he will be sorely missed. He leaves us all with very happy memories of his great sense of humour ;D, and despite living in France he hated the French almost as much as me! Plus he did us all the tremendous favour of exposing bikepusher for the moneygrabber he truly was. Thanks Ralph, a man now free to ride for all eternity with no speed limits or blind car drivers, you made this forum a great place to be! ;D
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Re: 'BITSA' Ralph Wright- R.I.P.
« Reply #6 on: July 21, 2015, 04:18:28 PM »
That is sad news indeed. A few of us had our 'run-ins' with Ralph on the forum, and he certainly spoke his mind quite vocally on here, but he was also gracious and humorous in sharing his views and experiences. He clearly had a deep love for these machines and a huge amount of talent, knowledge and pragmatism. His two K2 restorations were clearly a testament to that. He helped me out sourcing some hard to find parts earlier this year. RIP Ralph.

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Re: 'BITSA' Ralph Wright- R.I.P.
« Reply #7 on: July 21, 2015, 04:34:22 PM »
OMG that has deeply shocked me, i had no idea, i wondered why his posts were getting less frequent, i feel so sad to loose one of our top posting knowledgeable members, RIP fella you will be truly missed by all on here
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Re: 'BITSA' Ralph Wright- R.I.P.
« Reply #8 on: July 21, 2015, 05:03:06 PM »
That hurts, I am a couple of years older and thinking what if, Julie please pass on mine and i expect all others best possible wishes and find out if there is anything needed

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Re: 'BITSA' Ralph Wright- R.I.P.
« Reply #9 on: July 21, 2015, 05:29:43 PM »
You never know when your expiry date is... Enjoy your life while you've got it and do more of what you enjoy.
Where's that 10mm socket got to?

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Re: 'BITSA' Ralph Wright- R.I.P.
« Reply #10 on: July 21, 2015, 05:50:49 PM »
very sad,

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Re: 'BITSA' Ralph Wright- R.I.P.
« Reply #11 on: July 21, 2015, 06:12:25 PM »
Very sad news, best wishes to Ralph's family.

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Re: 'BITSA' Ralph Wright- R.I.P.
« Reply #12 on: July 21, 2015, 06:23:40 PM »
What terrible news - Bitsa always added both humour and certainly spoke his mind in his posts.  I too wondered why his posts had been less frequent.
Julie, please pass on my sincere condolences to his family
Enjoy your bikes in heaven Bitsa
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Re: 'BITSA' Ralph Wright- R.I.P.
« Reply #13 on: July 21, 2015, 06:52:15 PM »
Ohhhhh very sad newsftp://RIP Bitsa....

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Re: 'BITSA' Ralph Wright- R.I.P.
« Reply #14 on: July 21, 2015, 06:54:35 PM »
R.I.P Ralph great bloke I fear this forum will never be the same again.

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