Stephen Beaumont

Stephen "Steve" Beaumont from Bessacarr, Doncaster (formerly of Scawsby) was killed in a motorbike accident when a car pulled out on him while he was riding his Ducati 749 on Stripe Road Nr Tickhill, Doncaster on 1st September 2006 at 11:31am. He was 27.

He breezed through School, whilst working his way up through the Scouts (In fact he was the first guy in Doncaster (maybe even Yorkshire) who went all the way from the beginning to the end, achieving his Duke of Edinburgh award and Queen Scout status). He went on to gain a degree in Geology at Durham University and went on to become an Applied Drilling Technologist (after a few speedy promotions) for Halliburton Sperry Sun Drilling, a job he enjoyed, but which took him away from home for two weeks of every month.

He has one younger brother, Andrew and a father Mick who are both motorbike enthusiasts. His mother Margaret passed away in February 2006 after suffering from MS for many years. Steve was devastated by this, but was relieved that she was free from pain. I know he will be looking after her now.

Steve got along with everyone he met and was always interested in whatever they had to say. He REALLY was a golden boy (a fact which we used to joke about!), good at everything he set his mind to and a lovely, genuine person. He should still be here.

He passed his bike test when he was 21, but had been on or around bikes since he was a nipper - in fact his first word was "bike". He was always talking about everything bike and reading up and going on trackdays to make himself a better rider. He worked so hard to buy his dream bike, a Ducati. I remember a poster of a Ducati 916 being on his wall when I first met him and he said "I will own a Duke one day". He was on his Ducati just nipping to Tesco to jet wash it to make sure it was well-cleaned to store it away for the winter when he was killed by a moron who did not even look before pulling out. He was killed instantly.

He had also bought a 1972 Honda CB350 K4. He was doing it up and was going to race it (well try to!) in the next classic racing season. Sadly, this wasn't meant to be : (

We had planned a trip to Italy in October starting off in Florence, then moving on to Rome and finally ending up in Naples/Pompeii. Steve planned alot of this and had researched into all the places to visit while we were there. He was so excited about going and I couldn't wait to go there with him. Italy was one of the places we dreamed about living in one day.

Losing Steve was my worst nightmare amplified. Steve was my soul mate. We were together for almost 5 years (would have been 5 years on 26th September) and lived together for 2 and a half of them, but it felt such a short time. I love him with all my heart. I couldn't believe that I had met someone I loved so much and had so much in common with, i.e. bikes, music, food, wine etc and a biker! I had an affinity with bikes since I was a child too, as both my parents ride and always secretly hoped I would meet someone with a passion for motorcycling and did I! He was my best friend and he was spanking gorgeous. He made me laugh all the time. He was truthfully hardly ever without a smile on his face. I don't know what I am going to do without him. I miss him so much and I really thought we would grow old and grey together. I feel so sorry for him. He had such a lot to live for and relished every moment as though it was his last. I feel so grateful for the time we had together and I am glad I made the last 5 years of his life happy ones. Only the best seem to get taken too early.

This is not goodbye gorgeous. You truly didn't deserve this. I will see you again x

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