RIP Tom Loftus (tloftus)

[Peppermint]

Very sad news indeed. Condolences to his family and friends. Ride on, Tom.

Patty

 

[Al Gully]

Ride on brother
Rest in peace Tom

 

[the Ferret]

Sad. Never met him, but was always amazed by the miles he racked up on the Mileage tracker. Dedicated rider for sure. Admirable. RIP Tom.

 

[Slasher]

Just heard this terrible news. Feels like I got punched in the stomach. I also met Tom a few years back at the IBA pizza party. I believe it was my first one so I didn’t know all the faces that went with the names in the big dog IBA world. I was parked next to him in the parking lot of the hotel and he started talking to me about my ST1100. Mine is a Black 98, he had a Black 99 at one point. Super nice guy. I didn’t find out until later that I was shooting the bull with an IBA legend! Rest In Peace my friend, you will be missed.

 

[TexasSTRider]

Received Tom Loftus In Memory stickers today. Available to Tom’s friends

Danny C Dossman

 

[fnmag]

Received Tom Loftus In Memory stickers today. Available to Tom’s friends

Danny C Dossman

Welcome to the forum Danny. Thanks for making these stickers available.

 

[Scooter]

Some additional notes:

Could Tom ride? He finished 7 Iron Butt Rallies and never used an aux fuel cell. Just dogged determination and confidence in his ST1300s kept him going, going, going . . .

As noted here previously, Tom started is own company and the beacon tuning that I knew about was only a part of what his company did. Here's an article noting his being named the Small Business Person of the Year for D.C.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/on-small-business/tom-loftus-founder-and-president-of-ls-technologies-named-sba-small-business-person-of-the-year-for-dc/2013/06/14/579145f4-d50a-11e2-b05f-3ea3f0e7bb5a_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.0f035609386c

Good friend to all and I never heard him say an unkind word about anybody. RIP Tom.

Shuey

Thanks for that article Shuey. Here is another one that all should read. Rest In Peace Tom...

http://profilesinsuccessbook.com/profile-success/tom-loftus/