Terry 'ACL' Hammond (11/19/2010)

Re: 05 ST in Florida

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WOW!!! So,,, you are being this nice only because you have never met me!!!

I will have to see what happens but,,, I just may use you,,, and the offer used or not,,, will bring you good Karma and a beverage of your choice when we ever do meet up,,, if you get to help or not!!!

Waiting to see an answer to some questions I sent him... I am the first in line,,, but,,, sometimes,,, firstest,,, isn't the winner...


Originally Posted by Geoff
Terry.. you don't know me personally but Dinkie and Motomac do from last years FLSTOC. I was also the person who checked out and approved RCS's bike a couple years ago. He then shipped it from Fl to Conn. Anyway here's my offer based solely on your great personality on here. If you want that bike , pay for it and I will go get it and bring it over to Fort Myers, Fl. for you. you can come and get it anytime you like. I will store it in my garage and promise to take care of it. As a matter of fact I have a trailer to use to get it if that would give you peace of mind. We have a major airport in Fl. where you could pull a fly and drive at your convience.


Any questions let me know. Be more than glad to assist you in any way I can. Good luck.

Geoff



I have never met Terry. Many of you remember last April he was interested in getting a red ST from Florida. I volunteered my services to go check it out for him and spent a day doing so. This above is just part of the correspondence we shared.

It's funny how some people really strike you as being different from the rest of us and Terry was that kind of person. I semi guided him and his friend Tom down from Illinois and kept track of them by phone on their return trip up north with the bike. I always felt is was an honor to help him out because I knew he would have done the same thing for me. In other correspondence he always told me that anytime I am up in his area there is a free meal, beverage of my choice, and a place to stay.

It was my extreme misfortune to have never met the man. At one point a few months ago he had a farkle for the ST that was extremly scarce. I asked him if I could buy it and he said sure. As you can guess it arrived two days later and it was free.

Here was a person I hardly knew, never met, that inspired me to do things that I would not do for most people. He was truly one of a kind. He and I did a lot of bantering on the site and by PM's. I will truly miss him.


I also would like to make a suggestion that the word "EVAR" be put to rest in his memory. Only Terry could use it most effectively.

Ride On My Brother, Ride On.

To the family...I want to express my sincere condolences. May God, your family, and friends help you through this most trying of times. He will truly be missed by all.

Geoff
 
Death is Nothing At All
Death is nothing at all.
I have only slipped away to the next room.
I am I and you are you.
Whatever we were to each other,
That, we still are.

Call me by my old familiar name.
Speak to me in the easy way
which you always used.
Put no difference into your tone.
Wear no forced air of solemnity or sorrow.

Laugh as we always laughed
at the little jokes we enjoyed together.
Play, smile, think of me. Pray for me.
Let my name be ever the household word
that it always was.
Let it be spoken without effect.
Without the trace of a shadow on it.

Life means all that it ever meant.
It is the same that it ever was.
There is absolute unbroken continuity.
Why should I be out of mind
because I am out of sight?

I am but waiting for you.
For an interval.
Somewhere. Very near.
Just around the corner.

All is well

UNKOWN
 
Re: Terry 'ACL' Remembered

This is a shot of Terry at Putt's memorial site. Terry spent a few minutes going through the items in the memorial cache and then a few minutes talking about Putt and how much he meant to all of us. There were tears in my eyes when he spoke just like there are tears in my eyes now.

I met Putt at WeSTOC in Taos a few years back. I'd been talking with Coop while Putt was chatting with Terry on his cell phone. Putt handed the phone to Coop, Coop got all animated (how do you flap 2 hands while talking on a cell phone is beyond me). Putt took me by the arm and told me we should find something to do as they would likely be yakking for a while. He was right!
 

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h2orider said:
Words escape me with the loss of such a wonderful friend, someone I loved as a brother. My heart is heavy with grief. Cindy, Mitch and Macie you're in my prayers.
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Kreis,
Thanks for introducing and giving me the opportunity to get a small glimps of what it was like to ride with and know Terry. My time with Terry during the RTE to Chapin, SC lasted only a few hours, but it was long enough to see that Terry was a great guy with a happy spirit. My heart is sad and goes out to you, his "brother", and all of Terry's brothers and sisters of this forum.
JR
 
shocked at this news as well. prayers for ACL's family and for those who knew him better in this forum grieving as well. his intelligent banter completely changed many a thread on here. always looked forward to reading his posts.
 
:( This hurts bad.

I met Terry shortly after getting my ST at Dave's BBQ RTE last year. Undergeared, new to riding, new to the group, new to the idea of long distance touring, and he just instantly made me feel like he'd known me for years.

Wound up following behind him and another red ST (Coop?) part of the way back towards Austin, till they turned off to head west. I still remember waving to him.

I wanted to go to Moonshine something fierce after learning about it, but just couldn't make it and lived vicariously through all the pictures. I followed along with his SPOT each time he posted about heading out, hoping that someday I could be so privileged to ride with such a great guy.

Terry is one of the guys I want to be like as a rider. Distance or weather be damned, there's people to spend time with and places to see, so let's ride. Larger than life, a legend here and elsewhere I am sure, I don't think there will never be another quite like him.

Was just talking about it again tonight... about wanting to go to Moonshine 2011, about how awesome it would be, and how amazingly kind hearted Terry is.

I'm rambling, I'm sorry, I was doing ok till about page 5 and then lost it. :confused:

Goodspeed, Terry.
 
I will most likely miss it :(
I have a flight to Phoenix on Monday, and driving back...
So I will drive through Utah and pause in the Moki Dugway
 
Just saw this...words escape me.

Godspeed, Terry.

Heartfelt prayers for his wonderful soul and strength for the family.

So very sad...we will miss you - but won't forget you, Terry.

-Geo
 
Re: Terry 'ACL' Remembered

I know......that some kid (somewhere), just like when Terry was a kid (he was always).....probably walked up to Terry at one point in his years of riding and started asking questions....just like Terry did of one very well know distance rider. That moment of conversation for Terry...set the wheels in motion (yeah, yeah...two wheels) for a lifetime of riding. I know many of you who sat round a table, a camp fire or standing shoulder to shoulder with Terry and other riders, listened to Terry tell that story. I hope to someday meet that special kid who Terry influenced.
 
I was fortunate enough to meet Terry earlier this year at PuttSTOC. My life is richer for that short time I was able to spend with him. From the moment we shook hands for the first time he made me welcomed like an old friend. Thoughts and prayers to the family. God speed, Terry. What a terrible loss.

Petar
 
I remember when I first joined ST-Owners. I would see Terry's posts and scratch my head. I'd wonder if it was a kid who was using all the commas and colors.

He had a Little Debbie avatar. HAD to be a kid.

Eventually I figured out who it was. When I finally made it to Moonshine, I discovered that he was a well spoken man of warmth who had a great passion for motorcyclists, not riding or motorcycles themselves. He just loved every one of us for the rider we were.

And, also, I confirmed that Terry WAS a kid,,,, trapped in an adult body. It just came out more obviously on ST Owners.

These commas,,,,, are for you,,,, ACL! Thanks for giving us all a reason to ride.
 
Unbelievable!:( Honestly!

My hat is off to Terry who treated me and my wonderful Cindy as if we'd been friends forever, just like everyone he met! God Speed Terry! Thank you so much for enriching my motorcycling and giving me reason to be a kind and generous man!! To the family, my deepest sympathy! :pray1::pray1::pray1:

I sure hope that Heaven was braced for an eternity of laughter...

(Thanks Coop for your perfect words!!!)
 
Standing by ready to leave in the morning (Monday) or be packed and on the road in 15 minutes if I need to leave today.

Shuey:sad:
 
This is a terrible time for me to be here in Dallas with the family, no way I could leave them here to travel IL for the service.
 
"Turn your eyes upon Jesus,
Look full in His wonderful face,
And the things of this world,
Will grow strangely dim,
In the light of His glory and grace."
 
I Will Be there. I'll have to cage it both for weather purposes and the fact I'm bringing another gentleman who has recently had surgery.

I'm thinking of wearing either a suit and tie with my Moonshine nametag or dress pants and my moonshine shirt over a dress shirt as a way to honor Terry. The best way would be to wear riding gear.
 
I met Terry for the first time when Kevin and I and two Goldwing friends make a trek down to the Moonshine store for a hamburger. If I remember correctly, Terry had ridden more than a thousand miles to get back in time to join us for a hamburger.

Then we went to the Moonshine Lunch Run this year, and went to Terry's house the first night. While the whole weekend seemed to center around Terry and the Moonshine store, he always made sure he wasn't the "center".

I'm truly surprised that this happened... Having lost my oldest brother early last year to a heart attack, and knowing his poor health contributed to it, I never expected someone as active and seemingly healthy as Terry to exit his life this way,,,
 
I wish that I could make it, but I have family travel plans for the holiday. I know that Terry would understand.
 
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