Dying of cancer, but I have a dream (18 tracks, 13 countries) - RIP, Jonathan Ko

mjrydsfast

mjrydsfast

Well-known member
Goodbye Jon

Well done Jon. You made people smile right up until the end (If you can call BARFers people):laughing May your sleep be peaceful and warrant a comeback some day. :ride
 
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motomania2007

TC/MSF/CMSP/ Instructor
I read through this thread some time ago and again today and what this says to me more than anything else is that we all need to remember to live life. Not just getting through day to day, week to week, but to actually live life.

Jon was an inspiration in that regard and many others.

He did not let his illness define who he was.

RIP Jon
 
H

Hye

Will work for track days
Our society is so absorbed with mass media (mainly, tv and internet) and we are starting to lose touch of some aspects of reality. Death is one of them. I'm grateful to Jon for sharing his life, bravery, and hopes with us. I feel that I received his message, a pure gift wrapped up in honesty.

Earlier today, I was reminding someone how for young, time drags and for the old, time flies. I'm with Jon, and want to fight every day. I don't know how much fuel I have in my tank, but the clarity he provided with his experience was focus I needed.

God bless everyone that helped him along. I just found this thread today.
 
HadesOmega

HadesOmega

Well-known member
Wow I am just reading this thread now. Amazing story! RIP JonKo. It makes me think about why I ride. I don't want to stop riding until I am not able bodied enough to ride anymore.
 
YanaBanana

YanaBanana

Speed Safely!
Spec-ECU said:
I'd like to share the last email I received from Jon. After making arrangements for him to have a bike to ride during his Laguna trip, he apparently made a donation in my honor to a non-profit organization close to my heart unbeknownst to me. This is the note he attached with the donation notification to me, and the subsequent exchange between us:
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He certainly did leave a legacy! :hail :applause :cool

:rip JonKo!

:rose

~YanaBanana
 
Blankpage

Blankpage

alien
Ive followed this thread since the start and sad to read this today. Although I haven't checked in for a while I sometimes while feeling stuck in the regular routine of my life would think of his story and his ambition. He had life figured out.
There's a lot of people stuck in the routine and not living. Sometimes people don't see what's important until it being taken from us.

RIP Jon
 
ThumperX

ThumperX

Well-known member
I remember Jonko starting this thread 4 years ago tomorrow.
I'm bumping it.

RIP Jon
...long may you run
:rose

even in death you gifted us so much
 
SlowNsteady

SlowNsteady

Well-known member
Spec-ECU said:
I'd like to share the last email I received from Jon. After making arrangements for him to have a bike to ride during his Laguna trip, he apparently made a donation in my honor to a non-profit organization close to my heart unbeknownst to me. This is the note he attached with the donation notification to me, and the subsequent exchange between us:

Hey Dennis,

I'm glad you checked your spam folder! I should have just emailed you directly. I just came back from Indy motogp. It was a nice trip overall. I wish I could have rode on the track instead though. Things are still going well. Sometimes I even lose some of that urgency. But that's not how I want to live. I'm doing the best I can, but living right is hard.

You don't need to live for anyone but yourself. The important part is to be in touch with what really matters to you and to fight for it with all your heart.

Take care. I'm here if you ever need to talk,

Jon
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Sometimes I forget what barf is really about...

Thank you Dennis for sharing the quoted post. And thank you Jon for having shared so much. When read in context, your words are a sobering reminder of what's truly important.
 
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