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Came In The (e)Mail Today
Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2013 3:47 am
by Deleted User 287
http://activate.emailer.net.au/em/mail/ ... &k=44cd875
Munich Motorcycles wrote:
THANK YOU BILL.....
We first met Bill when he ventured in to our shop way back in 2004.
Bill, a member of the BMW Motorcycle Club of WA, was an avid BMW enthusiast & regularly attended club motorcycle service days & coffee meetings.
He came to the shop to 'Check out what you boys do'. Quite some time later (Bill hated a chat) he left with an arm full of service parts & a promise to return. And he did...so regularly that eventually he convinced Bruce to let him come & help on his 'days off.'
In 2007, when Munich Motorcycles changed its main focus from workshop to on-line parts and accessories, Bill was the man to put up his hand & volunteer to help with our infant website. What followed was truly amazing! Bill's internet savvy was much more advanced than ours....& he quite literally spent hours photographing & uploading EVERY single part and accessory we had in stock at the time...and they numbered in the thousands!
Sadly Bill passed away from cancer in August 2008.
Munich Motorcycles would like to remember Bill & thank him for his contribution to what we believe is now the best online store for BMW Motorcycle parts & accessories in Australia.
Bill Emery - we could not have done it without you!
(William) BILL EMERY
But of course, this is how we remember "Airhead"!
Bill's Photobucket link:
http://s2.photobucket.com/user/r65/libr ... t=2&page=1
I'd never seen this one before!
Re: Came In The (e)Mail Today
Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2013 5:55 am
by ME 109
I liked Bill.
I even bought stuff from Bill, even before I knew who Bill was.
Bill was good for Boxerworks, he knew his stuff.
Re: Came In The (e)Mail Today
Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2013 7:49 am
by dougie
Even half way around the globe I could tell that Bill was a good person.
Thanks for posting that Rob. Brought a smile to my face.
Re: Came In The (e)Mail Today
Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2013 9:23 am
by SteveD
Bill was a very fine fellow. "Airhead" is now unavailable as a username because of Bill. Is that still the case?
He managed to get a WA BMW club tool roll for me, as mine was kaput. I never met Bill, and a meeting we planned in Melbourne was thwarted by his illness. He died soon after.
I think it was at out Oz Boxerworks meeting at the Jamieson pub where we toasted Bill. That was late 2008 I think. He died in August '08.
He had a 90/6 from memory.
Good job Munich, nicely done.
Re: Came In The (e)Mail Today
Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2013 12:29 pm
by Deleted User 287
Airhead came to us with a mono shock R65.
He picked up the R90 as a project bike a year or so before his death, I believe.
Re: Came In The (e)Mail Today
Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2013 4:01 pm
by Steve in Golden
SteveD wrote:"Airhead" is now unavailable as a username because of Bill. Is that still the case?
It is indeed still the case.
Re: Came In The (e)Mail Today
Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2013 9:06 pm
by Major Softie
"Bill Emery" is, however, available, but would creep us out way more.
Re: Came In The (e)Mail Today
Posted: Wed Apr 17, 2013 10:03 am
by spo123
We still miss Bill!
Ride to the STARS................................................................................................................................
Re: Came In The (e)Mail Today
Posted: Thu Apr 18, 2013 2:15 pm
by Primate
I've only been here for a month or so, but I already had the impression that this was a "good" place with "good" people.
Nice to see the tag Airhhead has been honorably retired, like Jackie Robinson's #42.
Re: Came In The (e)Mail Today
Posted: Fri Apr 19, 2013 8:44 am
by Ken in Oklahoma
Major Softie wrote:"Bill Emery" is, however, available, but would creep us out way more.
That one tickled me, Major. Not that you haven't tickled me before.
Ken