u/ancientdad

Let's remember Steve (66Sprint) for his contributions to the Vintage Honda Twins world [562x640]

Let's remember Steve (66Sprint) for his contributions to the Vintage Honda Twins world [562x640]

Steve Lohmeyer, aka 66Sprint on the HondaTwins and Vintage Honda Twins forums, passed away last Friday after a long battle with COPD. He was a selfless guy with his time and knowledge and was a massive help to so many at and outside of the forums, often taking phone calls from total strangers who saw his number on the forums and would just unexpectedly call.

Here are a couple of his many creations along the way.

https://www.vintagehondatwins.com/forums/threads/a-special-occasion-15-years-in-the-making.9232/

u/ancientdad — 2 days ago
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Sad day in the Vintage Honda Twins world

Got a phone call from the widow of Steve Lohmeyer this morning letting me know Steve passed away last Friday. He was better known to the HondaTwins and Vintage Honda Twins world as 66Sprint, a co-founder of both HondaTwins and VHT, and he touched many people's lives over the last 15 years between the two forums.

He was smart, creative and resourceful, and could often solve people's bike problems with simply a phone call. He leaves behind a legacy of selfless effort helping vintage Honda twin owners since before 2008 when HondaTwins was born and carried that on with us at Vintage Honda Twins until the end in 2024 when he became too ill to continue. For those who knew him, or knew of him, here is a thread you might enjoy.

https://www.vintagehondatwins.com/forums/threads/a-special-occasion-15-years-in-the-making.9232/

https://preview.redd.it/soo12ysw742h1.png?width=562&format=png&auto=webp&s=59241d1990e6cca8277df4aa896959f756697a9b

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u/ancientdad — 3 days ago

Mom on my Dad's 1969 SL90 with my S90 (and later, my CA72) in the front yard [914x571]

Shortly after that my father got her started riding on a CT70 at age 45, and great weekend camping and riding times were had for a couple of years afterward.

u/ancientdad — 3 days ago

Last off-road riding for me, 1986 at Croom near Brooksville FL, Honda XL250 [830x692]

And I was young and slim then too. Little did I know the lower back fun I would have in a few years after this picture was taken. :(

u/ancientdad — 3 days ago

My first bike in 1968, a Honda CA102 beater for $50 [421x422]

Pushrod 50cc 3 speed semi-automatic clutch, 43 mph WFO laying down and tucked in. But first he made me learn to ride in the defunct orange grove next door, he said "when you learn how to ride properly in that sand, you can ride on the road".

I was 14, didn't yet have my driver's license and later only rode on the street with my RBF father who said "if we get pulled over, I'll do all the talking" because it was on the backroads of the metropolis that was Lutz FL then :)

u/ancientdad — 4 days ago