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RIP Neil Murray.

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Nurse Julie:
Love him or loath him Neil (Bike pusher) has sadly died from a Heart attack. I never met him personally but communicated with him regularly via Messenger. I will so miss his knowledge and humour.

https://www.motorcyclenews.com/news/2021/july/neil-murray-dies/?fbclid=IwAR3Gdh6ee7u-2-HFGJSrEzKKZdP6g0dfjheBqSrhx9or2jT4dChUUhsSz5s

JamesH:
Yep that’s an untimely end. I think ‘eccentric’ was definitely a very fair description of him. I met him a few times - have to say he was a pretty opinionated chap and very single-minded. Not always my cup of tea (but frankly, I’m not everyone’s cup of tea lol) - but he said what he thought and rarely backed down - and he made me chuckle on more than one occasion.

Sadly that got in the way of him putting his ‘best foot forward’ on this forum and on another day I think his contribution could have been pretty humerous/valuable.

Regardless, at 63 years it does feel he was robbed of some of his best years and he certainly had the ‘get up and go’ to write and contribute to the wider biking community .

AshimotoK0:
Wow that's real sad news .. I conversed with him a bit on FB after he exited  here and he seemed to have mellowed somewhat with his postings on there or maybe he just got off on the wrong foot on this forum. I bought an odd few parts from him off his eBay listings and always thought they were fairly priced start prices and BIN. I bought quit a few old Classic Mechanics from the 80'/90's over recent times and both him and my friend Graham Curtis both contributed articles during that period.

So that's Neil and John Wyatt passed away in a matter of weeks. Sad  :(

Piki:
Sad news :'( :'( :'(, years ago I bought him several parts for my 400 four, including the original exhaust system at a good price, from time to time we talked through FB about trivial things due to my English, I did not meet him in person but He was always correct and kind to me, rest in peace Neil

SteveD CB500K0:
Well this is a shock.

I’m a great fan of his MCN column but I never knew he was Bikepusher…

Knowing that now, I can see why his manner would upset people. My old friend Eamonn was a demon haggler when he was buying bikes. I can remember him almost driving sellers to tears.

With hindsight, maybe I should go back and read some of his old posts.

In 14 years, I’ve only ever banned two people from here. He was the first.


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