I want to personally thank everybody who attended Ali’s (Full Throttle) funeral on Wednesday. Also all the messages that have been posted by people on this forum have been fondly received. It was sad to lose Ali in such a tragic way but I know he had finally reached a time in his life where he was happy and totally in control.
Ali was one of a kind as I’m sure you’ve all come to realise. He could never resist a joke, you couldn’t take him seriously because he was always trying to find a way to lighten the mood. Ali was always challenged with the decision of what to do after we left college. I am glad that he found contentment in biking and solace within this community.
I would appreciate if you keep me informed of any ideas you all have with regard to a memorial; I would like to contribute and pay my respects in a lasting way.
Hello Milan, welcome to our community. I’m so very sad for the loss of your friend, but I think we gave him a good sign-off yesterday and if he was looking down, would have been proud I’d like to think. The community really pulled together to pay their respects.
All the best for what must be an extremely tough time for you. You have our full support, especially with the memorial. Plans are afoot I believe to help out in any way we can.
I really dont know what to say except i wish we didnt get to meet you under these circumstances. I welcome you and I hope you stick around. If you would like to talk please drop me a PM we can arrange something.
We’re all very sorry for the loss of Ali, and often at times like these people tend to think more about the families, not the friends, but rest assured, we are thinking and remembering in our prayers (which ever god or deity we believe in) his friends, too.
I’m hoping you, Ali’s friends and his family are finding some consolation in knowing he was well liked and respected, and knowing that when he was out riding his bike, he wasn’t riding alone.
Rijwan and Sam are liaising with the family as regards to a memorial, and will be open for any suggestions. One of the ideas we have is to plant a tree for him in a park either near his family’s Mosque or near his family home.
There is a collection for this memorial, please see the sticky “Ali - Contributions Thread” for details. If you have a PayPal account, you can make a donation to [email protected]. If not, you can either give cash to any of the moderators/Admin at the Ace or Waterloo, or perhaps to Sam who can then pass it to me for the account.
Thank you very much for your words. We all are very sad for the loss of our friend and fellow biker. Ali was to me a very dear friend and we were only developing our friendship… It’s been very hard to me get into my work garage veeryday and park at the same place where his bike should be… We spent a few lunch ours siting on the bikes and chatting about engines and suspensions… Unfortunte loss…
Welcome! … You are in good company here. As you’ve no doubt gathered, this is a great bunch of people! We’re all very sad to have lost Ali, but he will live on in all our memories I’m sure! For me, and I’m sure I speak for everyone, when I say that it was a pleasure to give him the best send-off that we could. It’s the least we could do!
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.
Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.
It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us.
We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and fabulous?
Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God.
Your playing small doesn’t serve the world.
There is nothing enlightened about shrinking
so that other people will not feel insecure around you.
We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us.
It is not in just some of us; it is in everyone.
And as we let our own light shine,
we unconsciously give people permission to do the same.
As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically
liberates others.
Ali’s presence liberated others as we can see throughout the support everyone has given him and his family through a hard time, may you Rest In Peace Ali; you will not be forgotten…
