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Just wanted to let you guys knw, that Bryan Hagan, owner of Iron Thunder Cycles in Raleigh, passed away recently.

http://www.legacy.com/NEWSOBSERVER/Obituaries.asp?Page=LifeStory&PersonID=119862681

BHW:

Just wanted to let you guys knw, that Bryan Hagan, owner of Iron Thunder Cycles in Raleigh, passed away recently.

 

http://www.legacy.com/NEWSOBSERVER/Obituaries.asp?Page=LifeStory&PersonID=119862681

Wow, 39?  Any idea what happened?

Woah! Bryan is a friend of Martha and I, I never heard of this?!? I was just over at his place about a month ago? Where did you hear this? (aside from the N&O)

I guess I will see if the shop doors are open on the way home. Very very sad.

I heard it was Suicide  but thats all they knew No why? or How?  Sorry to hear this  Gods speed and RIP Brian

Thanks again for the call Dwight, I agree. I did pass the message on to Martha. It is very upsetting, there are so many people who are jerks and should not be alive.. (hohoho) But, this guy was a genuine person who loved motorcycles, his family, and friends. Why do the kind hearted people who hit a low point in life have to go? Reminds me of a "it's a wonderful life". When you think life sucks and everybody hates you, people are suprised (and for some who never find out) to find that people do love and appreciate you. I'm sorry that this message was not relayed to him in his hardship. Very very very sad.

Your welcome. guess we never really know the "DEAMONS" that people wrestle with and just how bad it really is for someone,When on the outside they appear to be just fine and doing well. VERY VERY SAD NEWS! indeed

I never knew Bryan on a personal level, but I used to see him around the shop, and down at Myrtle Bike week. He talked to me like he had known me for years. He seemed to love his work. He was always a nice guy, and ran a good business. Everyone who knew him liked him...we should all be so lucky.

I was just watching the news and they were talking about this little town in SW NC called Saluda, NC.  Little old railroad town, nothing to see there basically.  Sounds perfect for an extended weekend kind of road trip.  Y'all look it up (Saluda) and let me know what you think.  About a 5 hour ride out there from this area.  The story was on the Tarheel Traveler part of the news...  they'll probably update it tomorrow here so you can see the story online:

http://www.wral.com/lifestyles/travel/page/2827222/

Anyone up for trying to keep up with a Harley on a road trip?  

  Hello my name is Dwight and my friend rides a Harley and I am not ashamed to ride with him How about a road trip to Asheville NC and tour the Biltmore house all decked out for Christmas in conjunction with the saluda trip? 

garnerwarrior:

  Hello my name is Dwight and my friend rides a Harley and I am not ashamed to ride with him How about a road trip to Asheville NC and tour the Biltmore house all decked out for Christmas in conjunction with the saluda trip? 

Sounds good to me.  Looks like Saluda and Asheville are less than an hour apart from each other.   Might be a little too cold around Xmas time for Kim to want to ride but she might want to tag along in the truck which wouldn't necessarily be a bad thing (having a truck along for the ride).  Hmmmm....  I'll let Kim chime in here... 

Everyone come through the storms okay last night?

At one time, the tornado was 8 miles away from us and moving at 50 miles an hour. At least that's what it said on the TV this morning at 3:30AM'ish. We went over to mom and dads. Looks like at least two people were killed in Kenly and Elm City.

I signed us up for 'Weather Call' on WRAL's website. It'll call you if there is a tornado warning in your immediate area, based on the address you key in. It's free and I think a valuable resource. I usually wake up at night if a storm hits but that one time that you don't could be your last! You can also opt for severe thunderstorm warnings if you wish to get them. Just thought I'd pass it along. I know it'll give me a little more piece of mind when I go to sleep at night and there's a storm coming. Oh, and once you sign up you can test it to make sure it works too.

YEA I got up this morning and saw it on the news,very sad indeed, As usual we get rain and a TON OF LEAVES  Hope all made it out of the storm unharmed  HEY TRAVIS IS THE RIDE ON FOR TOMMOROW?

garnerwarrior:

YEA I got up this morning and saw it on the news,very sad indeed, As usual we get rain and a TON OF LEAVES  Hope all made it out of the storm unharmed  HEY TRAVIS IS THE RIDE ON FOR TOMMOROW?

We slept through the storms last night.  Didn't even realize there were any storms in the area until I woke up shortly after 4am (as usual) and heard some pretty heavy rain outside.  I came downstairs and found out we were under a tornado watch until 8am.  We never saw much at all here.  Dwight, as far as I know the ride is on for tomorrow.  Nobody's contacted me to tell me any differently.  I plan on being at the biker church in Angier somewhere around 12:45-ish.  I think this is going to be a pretty chilly ride.    If it looks like it's going to rain, I'm not going for the ride.  They already have a rain date set so I think they'll cancel it if it rains but the forecast for now looks nice.

Just to chime in and let everyone know we are still kickin here is SE NC!!! Dwight paint looks awesome! Travis bike looks good .....to be a Hardley!! is anyone planning a Christmas get together this year? You know it is getting close to that time and I haven't seen anything on it. I guess we could brainstorm this thing and come up with some ideas. Feel free to talk amongst yourselves and get back to me!!!