Whats up with title?
http://gstwins.com/gsboard/index.php?topic=67133.0
Yama, I really wished there was a better way to tell you. So many things about it that just aren't fair.
- Bboy
Thanks Cods, very appropriate! :thumb:
Damn damn damn damn damn. Aww f%$k :cry: rest in peace my dear friend
http://westseattleblog.com/2014/04/followup-motorcycle-rider-killed-on-vashon-island-was-west-seattle-entrepreneur-patrick-lajko/ GOd bless my friend
Is someone looking after his cats?
Quote from: piresito on April 30, 2014, 02:24:34 PM
Is someone looking after his cats?
wondering this myself. Hes got no one there afaik. But has a brother and mother in oregon. Id adopt the cats if possible
:woohoo: seems my/our beloved friend was a jokester 38yrs back.GOD bless him I laughed.
http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1499&dat=19761211&id=RggqAAAAIBAJ&sjid=PikEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3851,8419 look half way down page for headline "athlete excels at con game" its our guy age matches and he attended college in iowa
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on April 30, 2014, 05:36:40 PM
:woohoo: seems my/our beloved friend was a jokester 38yrs back.GOD bless him I laughed.
http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1499&dat=19761211&id=RggqAAAAIBAJ&sjid=PikEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3851,8419 look half way down page for headline "athlete excels at con game" its our guy age matches and he attended college in iowa
Awesome find Yama
I think Patrick would approve
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that's freaking hilarious. That Patrick man what a guy! hopefully we all live as fully as him.
Now that is hilarious, I could see him doing that! :D
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Indeed. It put a smile on my face on a rather horrid day. We must all remember him with a smile Eh?
http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/seattletimes/obituary.aspx?pid=123808693
His partner apparently passed away in 2009. This gives a little more insight into why he lived alone for the time we all knew him. He had such a big heart to help out those around him that shared his passion for motorcycling.
http://www.pstos.org/instruments/wa/seattle/lajko.htm <- Amazing
I really hope someone is taking care of his cats, and his estate with the same love and care that he put into all of those things he surrounded himself with.
Wow, such an interesting story unfolds. Thanks guys.
- Bboy
http://books.google.com/books?id=8Gz3uIYbc14C&pg=PA85&lpg=PA85&dq=patrick+lajko&source=bl&ots=v0C56PbIop&sig=pyafLCnZq-Epv3j5R_BW-BbnGbo&hl=en&sa=X&ei=C7hiU93MK4a8oQSh3oLoCA&ved=0CHUQ6AEwDQ#v=onepage&q=patrick%20lajko&f=false
Apparently a guy wrote a book about how to sell ideas to hollywood, and included a story about when he bought a young Patrick's life story as a movie idea!
I couldn't figure out if the movie was ever made, because the book preview cut off the pertinent pages :(.
http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2199&dat=19771029&id=TloyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=IOYFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6579,4301596
Another article about the gymastics story and following up on the movie. Best part is when he won a Luke Skywalker look alike contest!
Quote from: bombsquad83 on May 01, 2014, 01:55:09 PM
http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/seattletimes/obituary.aspx?pid=123808693
His partner apparently passed away in 2009. This gives a little more insight into why he lived alone for the time we all knew him. He had such a big heart to help out those around him that shared his passion for motorcycling.
http://www.pstos.org/instruments/wa/seattle/lajko.htm <- Amazing
I really hope someone is taking care of his cats, and his estate with the same love and care that he put into all of those things he surrounded himself with.
the pipe organ lol I had planned on visiting at some point for a bit and seeing the thing. would love to get my hands on it. it is just neat :)
to have only found this earlier. oh that would have been fun to talk about on long nights. :( can only imagine how that would have went. all good I assume.
I know, right?! Would love to have seen all the razzing on the highschool gymnast story...
- Bboy
might have to get my paws on that book
I read a quote today that made me think of Adidasguy. (Somehow it seems too personal for me to call him Patrick, considering my very limited dealings with him.)
"Too many people live their life like they have another one in the bank."
Based on what I knew of Adidasguy and what I've read in the articles since, he was not one of them. Adidasguy put it all out there, spending his time freely and fully doing the things he loved with the people (and pets) he cared for.
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Quote from: jdoorn14 on May 01, 2014, 03:50:32 PM
I read a quote today that made me think of Adidasguy. (Somehow it seems too personal for me to call him Patrick, considering my very limited dealings with him.)
"Too many people live their life like they have another one in the bank."
Based on what I knew of Adidasguy and what I've read in the articles since, he was not one of them. Adidasguy put it all out there, spending his time freely and fully doing the things he loved with the people (and pets) he cared for.
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Well said my friend. well said
jdoorn I do thank you for that post of yours. call him Patrick, hed be honoured my friend. am so far beyond depressed right now. a major portion of my life is now gone. physically. ill be fine. but for now grief is a bîtch. will have my youtube dedication up tonight. I ask all of ya to do something similar. lets honour our friend however you think hed like it. ill warn ya though, mine will not leave a dry eye in the house. it will be up by midnight if not sooner.
Aaron gs500.net still is up. many of his pics are there. his posts also contain links to more. please use as you see fit. I know im stepping out saying this. however I KNOW hed approve.
GOD bless yall and lets do this Eh?
Aaron :cry:
great great links man.
Talking to his brother last night he confirmed those stories and more.
Apparently he was a big time software guy. He was tinkering with so much of the brands new CPU stuff back in the day making his own programs that he was also in the news for that.
I overhauled his fathers wristwatch for patrick. Who in turn presented it to his brother as a christmas gift. Can you pm me his brothers name and contact info so I can send a card to him and mama, it would mean the world to me. Please I beg of you. :cry:
Aaron
Found patricks high school sports pic from '68. second row, second from left ( seated)
(http://www.gs500.net/gallery/uploads/9/lajkid.jpg) we will be making him smile from beyond. I know I will. btw those that know him, I need his brothers and mothers contact info. ( privately. ) need to make contact with them.
Aaron
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Wow. Great pics!
You certainly don't end up with laugh lines like those without enjoying life. :)
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Oh my :cry: found source of new avatar. id make it a sig but have had my sig since 2003
... wow ... thank you. edite for new avatar. holding on tho huhsky though. brain scrambled. having hard time coping here. can only imagine what family is going through.
thank you ever so much for posting that picture. cropped it for my avatar. . kinda watching type look. also on desktop. now excuse me while I go crazy :( lol. been thinking about him. known for nearly half a decade. this is seriously flucked. honestly don't know what to do next. ive got a void I can NEVER fill or pass. damn., but thank you this does pout a smile on my face. now if I can get my mind to agree with it lol
Quote from: bombsquad83 on May 01, 2014, 01:55:09 PM
http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/seattletimes/obituary.aspx?pid=123808693
His partner apparently passed away in 2009. This gives a little more insight into why he lived alone for the time we all knew him. He had such a big heart to help out those around him that shared his passion for motorcycling.
http://www.pstos.org/instruments/wa/seattle/lajko.htm <- Amazing
I really hope someone is taking care of his cats, and his estate with the same love and care that he put into all of those things he surrounded himself with.
honestly if the estate needs a caretaker. im willing to go. the cats, deifnately, id take em. I am envious of htat organ, theres a vid of it playing somewhere in his channel
Video 99% done. got too depressing going 2 songs. so shortened to "going home -mark knopfler"
video is youtubed. currently processing. heres the link. will get the normal link this morning in a few hours when I awake.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zh5g-MMvV0w&feature=youtu.be
yama...I gotta have that picture in your video at 2:37. where is this photo?!
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Here you go - I have it saved on my home computer, but this one is from cods current avatar
This is probably my favourite bike pic of all time - not just Pat pic, or GS500 pic... but favourite bike pic
I share this with friends all the time - even pops up as a screensaver from time to time and I get a chuckle every time. Never thought it might have been weird before, for me to have and use it like that, but it doesn't seem weird now...
- Bboy
Edit: This pic was a setup for addy to get in the picture game thread - one of the most epic we've had for that game I'm sure.
excellent!
They say karma repays you 10x. good or bad. most people say karmas a bîtch. Patrick however , had done so good for so long, the karma truck has a dedicated line to his home. wherever it is
Quote from: Gorilla on May 05, 2014, 12:32:26 PM
yama...I gotta have that picture in your video at 2:37. where is this photo?!
the gangsta pic? Iirc I grabbed it here. Also found a bunch on his pb account
http://foxnewsinsider.com/2014/05/14/amazing-video-cat-saves-little-boy-dog-attack
He'd be ask for this video! Dumb dog..
Hey john my friend, got a request in patricks honour. I had sent the custom title request which you granted the perfect one imho. That aside, can we pick a start day find a pic of him on a gs or of huhsky or something, and use said picture on the splash screen. In place of the yellow gs for say a week? Would be an awesome tribute if you did. But can understand if you cannot.
Vielen dank
Aaron
Quote from: steezin_and_wheezin on May 14, 2014, 09:02:24 PM
http://foxnewsinsider.com/2014/05/14/amazing-video-cat-saves-little-boy-dog-attack
He'd be ask for this video! Dumb dog..
Saw that one late last night... Pretty awesome!
- Bboy
Quad drop kick feline style. That cat was angry, livid almost
Would love to see if dogs owners complained. Ninja cat wasnt takin shiite lol
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Doing my best to have first brace done by sunday. Its a stock unit. Thinking rest will be 1/2" 6061. Will check that to be sure. Details to follow
braces comjing before long I promise. this was a project in the making for Patrick. a dedication at church, and a hymn. by my own poor voice. please look over the wavy mic. that or it was the waviness in media player. ( have that set a bit high for some analog recordings. idk. but forgive please.
Well you sing better than me Aaron, :) :cheers:
Quote from: codajastal on June 02, 2014, 05:54:59 PM
Well you sing better than me Aaron, :) :cheers:
i can carry a tune well. accd to one at a nearby studio ( amateur night) but I was on a budget so this was done as is where is. im ashamed of my voice. its a mental thing. i hate hearing myself talk lol. normally. this time though i listened 3 times. like i said, this was done for a friend i loved dearly. so i honestly didn't care. may persue lessons at some point. but for now, no. need a better mic though. the waviness kills it. but Patrick my friend this was and is, and always will be for you. ive plans for one more. a narration plus a song. but am at a block on what song to use. suggestions? and this one will be done using audition, and a better mic.
Guys this was mentally painful to me. but I realized, my editing, I cut off 2 thirds of the hymn im getting over the I hate to hear myself sing lol. but am going to remaster the production and make it right. this was for Patrick. even though it was done right by my standards, it, ( the production/edit) was done wrong, so, I will please his spirit and do it right. please forgive me EH?
Bro. aaron t thoma
Sorry it took so long for me to join in here.You all know that I bought Trey from Pat for my wife ,It's now Dora the purple Explora. . I heard about the accident from a mural friend about. 2 weeks after it happened .I had gone over to the " bike cave " to see Pat but he wasn't there and thought nothing of it.I had a pretty hard time after I got the news and I 'm finally coming around.I have the placard from the the IMS show that me and Pat had our bikes in , I never got the chance to give it back it him.I'm going to have it framed and hung in my house to remember one of the most caring and giving humans I have ever met and probably ever will.
RIP Pat my friend we will ride together again someday !!.
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Quote from: NortwestRider on June 05, 2014, 03:13:49 PM
Sorry it took so long for me to join in here.You all know that I bought Trey from Pat for my wife ,It's now Dora the purple Explora. . I heard about the accident from a mural friend about. 2 weeks after it happened .I had gone over to the " bike cave " to see Pat but he wasn't there and thought nothing of it.I had a pretty hard time after I got the news and I 'm finally coming around.I have the placard from the the IMS show that me and Pat had our bikes in , I never got the chance to give it back it him.I'm going to have it framed and hung in my house to remember one of the most caring and giving humans I have ever met and probably ever will.
RIP Pat my friend we will ride together again someday !!.
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AMEN to that. im going to put you in for a gs brace engraved honouring him. yall were close too. will let you know when theyre ready. ( no charge of any kind just put it on bike atr least for a bit. so Patrick will go for many rides in many places ;)
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on June 05, 2014, 03:53:18 PM
Quote from: NortwestRider on June 05, 2014, 03:13:49 PM
Sorry it took so long for me to join in here.You all know that I bought Trey from Pat for my wife ,It's now Dora the purple Explora. . I heard about the accident from a mural friend about. 2 weeks after it happened .I had gone over to the " bike cave " to see Pat but he wasn't there and thought nothing of it.I had a pretty hard time after I got the news and I 'm finally coming around.I have the placard from the the IMS show that me and Pat had our bikes in , I never got the chance to give it back it him.I'm going to have it framed and hung in my house to remember one of the most caring and giving humans I have ever met and probably ever will.
RIP Pat my friend we will ride together again someday !!.
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AMEN to that. im going to put you in for a gs brace engraved honouring him. yall were close too. will let you know when theyre ready. ( no charge of any kind just put it on bike atr least for a bit. so Patrick will go for many rides in many places ;)
Thanks brother.
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You know it's the little things that come up day to day that remind us of him .Last night we had dinner at a bowling alley about a block from his house,I wanted to ride up there but just couldn't bring myself to do it yet .
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I have not been on here for several months,and about 30 seconds ago a PM just popped up.
It was from PAT, sent about 2 months ago !!.
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Quote from: NortwestRider on June 05, 2014, 04:43:33 PM
I have not been on here for several months,and about 30 seconds ago a PM just popped up.
It was from PAT, sent about 2 months ago !!.
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care to post it or was it personal?, im puttingna brace on the UW goped im going to build in his honour. Since I demanded lol thatnhe rode it when he was going to visit at the end of this month. He was looking fwd to it . Anyhoo so far in order of claim, the braces are going to
1 mike,
2 dean sargent his friend and atty.
3 jim knopf
4 members of the west sea4tle gs500 club
5 our australian friends
6 myself
ill have roughly 24 made up out of 1/2" 6061 aluminum. They will be free to 4hose that ask. Any costs incurred, im trimming my budget as far as it willngo. Only 1 requirement, that it be installed and picture raken and rode at keast once. After which youre free to remove it. This is done so patrick, GOD love him, will be going for a ride ariund the world, if only in spirit. Mary err toogoofy317 ismgetting one also but for some reason shes not responding. Even when I pm her while shes here online.
Aaron
Yes I would love one .I'm planning a RTW trip and Pat was amazed with Idea so taking him along would be a honor.
I will try to copy and paste the PM here.
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Consider it done my friend. He spoke highly of you. After learning of this tragedy, this idea came to me clear as day to honour him. So I made it a promise. And I dont have m6ch cept my word. When I g7ve my word, consider it done
Does anybody know what came of Pats bikes. ??.
The PNW motorcycle museum was asking me about them.I think they wanted to do some kind of a display of them. ( atleast the Husky bike ).
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Wished I onlymknew
Tom Mehren from sound rider was a friend of Pats and me also.When he heard about what happened he was pretty upset , but then said that the motorcycle museum would love to have his bikes to showcase local builders .
Maybe I will ride over to Zpsts house and see.
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Speak with Dean Sargent his atty handling the estate www.msolaw.com
put patrick lajko in the subject line. Ive got him searching for a fe2 articles of his for sentimental reasons. Acd to lance rasmussen his mgr at cde, dean is the go to guy for tuese matters
Thanks
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As soon as I can, am going to order a small sheet of 6061and begin the braces. Probably sending them out as I complete them
Sounds great !!.
I know a lot about a few things,a little about a lot of things but I don't know everything about anything !!.
I started a thread for a memorial ride on 4/26/15
Live life,be yourself !!!!.
could i suggest, maybe riding up to the house, then maybe over to cde, then out to vashon?, alas ill be there only in spirit :(
The only problem is that if there are a lot of riders his alley is a dead end and gravel.
Live life,be yourself !!!!.
If there are a lot of riders.... his gravel Nazi neighbour will have multi colored kittens!! ;) ... just sayin! Bahahaha
Ahh, wish I could join you guys but I'm in Florida. It has been really hard to ride Flick this past year because just about every danged thing on 'ole boy came from Patrick. From my master cylinder, the chain guard, heel guards, LED lights, and the custom bracket for my V&H muffler (was about to message him about installation when I found out). We had planned to go riding in June of last year (he was coming to Orlando). I can't even bear to get rid of the Adidas shoes he bought for me because "I needed a good pair of work shoes".
Patrick was a great man that helped so many people out and I will never forget him :sad:
+1 to terrorizing Nazi neighbor!
Mary
Still think removing exhausts from bikes, then riding SLOWLY past the nazi 8)
Why ??.
Live life,be yourself !!!!.
OK I'll get the GS back on the road and ride on 26th. Maybe I'll ride it to Andy's place (amkluttz) ...
Or the other light smattering of sporadic posting GSTwinners ... Lopee (but he's out of this site for over a couple years ... I'll find some GSTwinner to ride to.
Cool.
Buddha.
buddha as soon as i recover from the implant surgery ill send you pats oscilloscope. been a mental rollercoaster in a bad direction. trying best to get over it. am still planning on the braces. but got fired from work after a medical issue so im trying. will get those braces done.