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This page is dedicated to:
The late
Lee "Tuan Lok Kao" (HH09)
(October 17th.2009)
Gone But Not
Forgotten.........
Lee "Tuan Lok Kao"
CondolencesMy deepest condolences to Lees family and Head Hunters MC on your loss
Francis J Higgins
Our Deepest condolences to the loss of a member. RIP Biker Lee.
With Respect
Warpigs MC
Deepest condolences to the HH family for your loss of a great brother - Lee Biker.
Rev In Peace, Lee.....
dC
Gone Too Soon Brother Lee
RIP
Silvester "Ditch Hopper" Loo
Condolences to the family.
Ride In Peace Brother Lee.
Cameron Westholt
He's a generous man, always helpful, always smiling and I do miss him a lot
May god bless him..
Mila
RIP Bro.
My sincere condolences to the family
STEFAN WIHLBORG
I didn't know you long brother
We four initiated together, you will always ride with us.
The memories are all good man
Rest in Peace
Rockpile, Kane Toad & The Shocker HH09.
Tuesday, November
17th, 2009
“Small Problem” – The passing of a genuine friend.
~
BY Trevor
Kuzio
Anyone who has ever had any dealings with Eng Chin Lee or “Lee Biker” as we knew him, knows the saying “small problem lah”.
It didn’t matter if you were broke down halfway up Thailand on the way to Burapa bike week with a blown engine or if you came to his shop with a tire issue.
The answer was always the same, “small problem lah”.
All it ever took to get any problem sorted out was a phone call to Lee. He always answered the phone, “Wazup Bro?” and finished off with “can lah, small problem lah”.
Lee was a man small in stature, but I dare say had the biggest heart of anyone most of us have come across on this entire planet.
Lee was born in the village of Bagan, Sungai Besar, the middle child of 3. Lee quit school when he was 15 and started work at his uncle’s motor cycle shop. Lee got married when he was 20 and as he could not read or write English his wife helped in this department.
He
worked for his uncle for more than 10 years and was trained by Boon Siew
Motors and Honda.
After this Lee started out with his own motorcycle workshop in Sungai
Besar for around 3 years.
“Lee
Biker's” was first established in 2002 when Lee left the village for KL
with only his tools and 5 assorted bikes of Japanese decent. There was
virtually no money in his pockets when he started a workshop in Ampang for
the repair of Japanese bikes.
In 2003 workshop shifted over to the present location on Jalan Pahang.
This is where his focus shifted from repairing the rice burners over to
Harley Davidson. This in turn led to customizing and eventually building
ground up custom V Twins.
In 2004 he built a 2nd bike for Johnny Tan, which won 4
championships for a custom bike in Thailand, Malaysia and Saudi Arabia.
From this point on he was starting to be recognized in the HD biking
community. With Johnny they bought the entire inventory when HDKL
closed down and he established himself as a Harley mechanic. One of the
biggest problems for us matsaleh in the early days was Lee’s lack of
English. This did not slow him down in the least. His grasp for the
concept of a bike we wanted to build was uncanny.
In 2005 he built more bikes for Johnny as well as Larry Holloway. These bikes have won numerous shows around the world. When designing the bikes with Larry and a problem arose, Lee would always reply “never mind”. This has since evolved into “NFM” when ever an obstacle is encountered.
Lee was busy building bikes based on a Harley Davidson’s that he would chop up and weld to different configurations. He was a magician with the metal. He would go to a pile of metal dig out an old piece and literally beat it into something that was exactly what was required.
There are many stories about Lee and his family’s generosity. When one of our brothers fell on hard times at work and had no way out other to sell his Harley, they were there. Lee bought the bike, but for some unexplainable reason could not resell it until its former owner’s finances improved and he was able to buy the bike back from Lee. The truth of the matter is, Lee never did attempt to sell it as he knew of the bikes sentimental value to its rightful owner.
In 2008 Lee and Burt Muise started Lee Custom Choppers Sdn Bhd, (LCC), with the intent to build custom choppers for the Malaysian market. They started by securing the S & S engine dealership for Malaysia and began building bikes with the big new engines.
Lee finished “Blackie” for me in late 2008, an Exile Cycles style bike with the first retro style Panhead engine in Malaysia, a 103” S & S. Lee built this bike from pictures that I gave him. I cut the pictures out of various bike magazines of 4 different bikes, wanting the tank from one, the front end from another and so on. I left him to his own devices and creativity and was amazed at the finished product.
April 2009 was a very proud time for Lee as he joined the Malaysian chapter of Headhunter MC Family. His initiation took place in Phuket during bike week. I have never seen anyone as proud as Lee to put on his colors for the very first time.
Recently
LCC obtained a dealership agreement with “Baker Drivetrain” who
manufacture one of the top V twin transmissions on the planet.
Late last week Lee finished his latest custom bike which he rode it for
the first time on Friday the 16th of October to the Hardrock
cafe.
This as it turns out at 38 years of age, this would be Lee’s last ride.
I have a vivid memory of Lee roaring out into traffic on the new bike, HeadHunter colors flying over that giant 330 back tire with the biggest grin on his face that you can imagine.
Lee passed away later that night from heart failure.
Ride on my Brother we will ride together again one day….
This last bike will be unveiled to the public at the KL Bike Fest on Friday the 23rd at Bukit Kiara.
Thursday, November 26th, 2009
To Lee's Beloved wife Chia and Lee's precious children, family and friends, May you be given the strength in your hearts to make it through this terrible tragedy you all are going through in the loss of Lee, your special loving friend and companion.
Lee a truly good and honest man, that we have over the years, and felt very close to. Lee goes from us to riding with the angels in heaven. He is that special star in the sky, just as he was here on earth to all those who knew and loved him. Every move we make, every step we take he will always be watching over us, being within our hearts and souls forever. Riding in the sky in eternal bliss, knowing he touched so many lives with his Love and honesty and care. Lee was a brilliant man showing his great extraordinary talent and skill in building rare and beautiful custom motorcycles.
We thank Lee for helping us believe in all that is good, respectful and honest. A warmhearted man filled with kindness and goodness. It seams he gave all of himself and never expected anything thing in return. Lee has left a powerful, gracious and loving legacy to his very special loving wife, children and family, and to all those who knew him: like his caring and most helpful partners Burt and Trevor and his heartwarming friend H.R.H. Sultan Idris Shah and Kevin and I .
Lee was so proud to belong to his bros, The HeadHunters. We will never forget Lee made peoples dreams come true. While you grieve in your hearts alone Lee will always be that special rider in the sky. When you see a fast moving star in the skies, It will be Lee speeding over KL to say I'm still within your hearts so get on your bikes and ride!
Our thoughts and Prayers are with his loving family and caring friends Kindness is the simple things, The very smallest act of cheer, From a warm responsive heart, A heart that is truly most sincere. For Lee With our heart felt sympathies, Lee will be in our hearts and thoughts forever
Sincerely, Kevin and Connie Kelly
From: "Three Finger Paul Godin”
“There are no words to describe the feeling of loss
Things
I remember
The
first person in
An
old school motorcycle shop like the old days. Working, parts everywhere,
always talking bikes, drinking beer and brotherhood. One of my favourite
things in KL was just hanging out at Lees shop
Nearly
every day I saw Lee he invited me to share a meal with him and his family,
nearly every day I saw Lee he wanted to share something, every day I saw
Lee he was my brother.
In
a day when ‘Brother’ has become a throw away word used with too
frequent flippancy, Lee was a man who truly was a brother and was
everything that that small word with such a huge meaning means
I
remember standing back to back with Lee and others when things were
getting rough. No one was as staunch as the smallest man there
I
remember wild and reckless rides through the streets of KL in the late
hours, engines roaring, hearts pumping, and huge smiles. Every time I
heard him coming, hammering that throttle it bought a smile to my face
Lee
was one of the most generous and genuine people I have ever met anywhere
and I regard myself as truly lucky to have spent the time I did with him
All
my love and respect little brother! I should say Ride in Peace but I know
you will be on the loudest Harley in heaven
To
Lees family my deepest condolences and god bless
There
are no words
"Three
Finger Paul Godin”
From
Dr. Ahmad
Lee stopped schooling when he was 15 years old and joined his Uncle`s motorcycle business as a mechanic. He could not read or write and got married at an early age of 20 and his wife helped him out in the paper work. He was trained by Boon Siew Motors and started working very hard for his Uncle for more then 10 years where his interests in customising 2 stroke engines started. His interests in motorcycles grew with further training by Honda Motor Company and finally he started servicing repairing and customising the bigger bikes all by his deep interest sweat and experience. His uncle gave him his first big bike a Kawasaki 800cc with which he made many friends and started customising more big bikes from all over Malaysia. This was when I met him and I became very interested in his enthusiasm for big bikes. His hands held the bolts and nuts from my bike carefully and his fingers ran delicately over them slowly as he scrutenised them before putting them aside. From then I started riding with him and friends in Sabak Bernam as Lee Bikers of Sabak Bernam, to all major bike events in Malaysia and the neighbouring countries.
He stopped his salaried job and started his own motorcycle business for 3 years in Sungai Besar servicing and repairing the smaller engined bikes, even go-carts, grass cutters and fishing boats. He bought an old discarded Titan Scorpion from an auction house with most of the parts missing and he dismantled the bike and engine to pieces and put it back with the missing parts running as new after I helped him source the missing parts from overseas. This made his entry to the big V twins from America.
He saw not much opportunities in the small town and his customer base was increasing from all over Malaysia so he relocated his business to Kuala Lumpur and worked very hard till the early hours to meet his targets with the loving support from his family. With encouragement from all his many customers he learned the bikers thinking and started customising bikes to International standards and relocated his business to the stratigic Jalan Pahang roundabout area. He started winning awards locally and Internationally and his business and friends made him and icon in Malaysia and nearby countries. He was given the dealership for S&S Engines and performance parts from USA and from this partnership he catapulted to International acknowledgement of his proffessionalism.
His biking and realisation of the different types of customers needs and satisfaction and his friendly mannor made him so well known that all are shocked with his sudden demise at an early age of 38 years. All bikers will not forget his brotherhood in the biking world. Even today his first Kawasaki is being ridden somewhere in Malaysia with a ten gallon customised fuel tank.
FROM:
SeDARAH MC
Sunday, October 18, 2009
R.I.P Lee........
Rest In Peace Brotha Lee. You'll Never Be Forgotten
Our deepest condolences to the Head Hunters
family for your great brother loss,
Lee's family and the
Lee Bikers garage.
He was a great friend to SeDARAH MC and we
thank him for all the great things he has shared with us.
Respect,
SeDARAH MC
Subang, Malaysia.
Roi SeDARAH MC
By ~ Pete Fowler
You left, we wept
Disbelief ....Shock
How did this happen ....
You left so suddenly
You left us with what you built
Your family My family
Your friends My friends
Your brother My brother
Too easy to like
Nothing too hard
Nothing too little
Small Matter
You did it all.... For everyone
Now you have gone and We are sad
Left with what you built. ..
Our Family, Our Friends, Our Brotherhood
No matter where we go
No matter what we do
We are touched by you
Kindness, Sincerity, and Love
Brotherhood
Built into us by you
No Matter, Small Matter, Big Matter
We always walk with what you built in us
Brotherhood, Sisterhood, Family
Pete Fowler
LEE'S Fun Times
