Memories of Lino

[HondaHugger]

Please share any memories with Lino that you'd like, here's my very first memory of him...........

The very first conversation I ever had with Lino was online and he posted about his bird that he loved so much. He was saying how he needed to take it to get it's wings clipped and I suggested going to The Aviary in Cutler Ridge. He said it was too far from him and never got it done. Not long after, he posted that his beloved bird flew away.

A couple of weeks later, I met him in person at Sportsgrill and we talked about the bird and it became a joke between us.

Now, 2 years later we say goodbye to our dear friend and at his funeral today, his card reads:

If I should ever leave you, whom I love,
To go along the Silent Way, grieve not,
Nor speak of me with tears, but laugh
and talk
Of me as if I were beside you there.
And when you hear a song or see a bird
I loved, please do not let the thought of
me
Be sad... for I am loving you just as
I always have...
There are so many things I wanted still
To do -- so many things to say to you...
Remember that I did not fear...
So when you look ahead to the future
or look back
At how things used to be,
Don't forget to look beside you,
Because that's where you'll find me,
But this I know:
I loved you so -- 'twas heaven here with you!

A few months ago, a friend of mine posted on her Facebook a picture of her at a park in Miami during her yoga class where a little Indian Ringneck flew down into the class and was friendly with everyone. I copied the picture and sent him a PM asking if it could have possibly been his long lost buddy. It wasn't

I can't tell you how I lost it reading the part about the bird and how I could hear his voice saying it to me and feel his hand on my shoulder reading the rest of it to me. He's still with us all, in every way that he can be.

We love you Lino. Hope you're flying high with all the little Indian Ringnecks you can find.

[SecondChance99]

Cubans 1,000,000 gringos 0
I'm sure he's still keeping score...

[HondaHugger]

Originally Posted by SecondChance99

Cubans 1,000,000 gringos 0
I'm sure he's still keeping score...

Getting Speedy in a church and Plat in a room full of Cubans
Lino 1,000,000,000,000,000,000 gringos 0

[speedylocksmith]

Lino = "out" That will always stick in my mind

[LOZ]

^yup.

I met Lino online, from posting and just chatting back and forth. I met him for the first time at one of the Triumph events. He just walked up to me and said "Hey you are Loz right?, Im Lino!", and that was it, a cool guy since day 1. He PMed me about "getting a fiddy for his son" and wanting to know what or how he should go about it but I knew it was really for him, lol, and he admitted it. Him pulling a "Lino" on us, like Jeff said, will always stick around. I also enjoyed posting in Spanish and sharing some laughs with him about that.

[ChrisMia]

first time i met lino was on a ride to gilberts. he was talking about easting turtles. yes, turtles! i thought this guys was nuts. you don't eat turtles!

i think we had a competition going, who rode the least. it was an on going joke on sofla, who rode more? me or lino?

almost 2 years later, he was one of my closest friends.

[BRAT1000]

Lino always made everyone laugh and smile. We love you Lino. (If someone knows how to make this picture bigger, go for it, you know I have no clue)

[Gear Head]

I have only had the pleasure of riding with Lino a few times, though knew him as a great guy. There are alot of memories throughout this whole site fill with humor and beer lol. I still can't believe how this all happened so quick, but what I can say is thank you for being apart of this community let alone a part of everyone elses life. Stay up on 2 wheels up there, and keep an eye out on the gang from time to time. Here's to you

[Moto Phil]

He had a thing for catching lobsters. I nagged him for months on the forums about giving me some. We lived 10 minutes from eachother. One Saturday evening, he showed up at my door with a couple of lobsters in a plastic bag saying " Here, now you can quit bitchin.... bitch!!"

[HondaHugger]

Originally Posted by Moto Phil

He had a thing for catching lobsters. I nagged him for months on the forums about giving me some. We lived 10 minutes from eachother. One Saturday evening, he showed up at my door with a couple of lobsters in a plastic bag saying " Here, now you can quit bitchin.... bitch!!"

I remember when that happened........ then he gave you tips on different ways to cook them and you said that you were now convinced that he was the gay one and then he slammed you for the 4 a.m. ride, LMAO! I remember that like it was yesterday.

[phantom]

Goodbye my dear friend, I miss you..........

[Gear Head]

Originally Posted by phantom

Goodbye my dear friend, I miss you..........

+1. Keep riding up there for us.

[SecondChance99]

I think HH needs to repost the alien stamp video here.

[HondaHugger]

my friend