Keith Nairn

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Just seen this over on FB, rest in peace Keith a great problem solver and all round good egg I loved visiting his spot, once found not forgotten.
condolences to his family and friends.
 
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Such sad news, my thoughts are with his family.
I met Keith on a couple of occasions, once at his old workshop and latterly at his new place/home. I had a huge respect for his knowledge and skills, he allowed me to have a good nose around his machinery/workshop when I dropped my Monty engine off for rebuild and same again when I collected it. I remember laughing as he took a phone call from the owner of a Zane produced model, he couldn't hide his disgust and made it clear it wouldn't be welcome in his workshop, he was quite critical of the twins, definitely a triple man, a great character. RIP Keith.
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I don’t think Keith had a problem with breganze twins but it was a big no no to ask him about working on Zane stuff.
 
Im shocked to hear of Keith's sudden passing, I visited him recently ( I'm only 3 miles from him) and he looked well and in good spirits and I was impressed by his positive outook. I told him that he and Aileen should take his Porche 928 on the roadtrip to Europe that he mentioned last year while fixing it up. I was talking about him on Sunday to an old friend and intended to visit him for some parts this week. I only got to know him a couple of years ago when I got the 3CL and Keith carried out the recommission work on it. He had a great sense of humour, a brilliant engineer and didn't suffer fools. He is a big loss to the Laverda community and I for one will miss the man, the character, and the comfort of knowing help was at hand. My thoughts are with Aileen, family and friends.
 
Although I never met Keith, it was always clear that he was a person of very high regard in the Laverda community - he will be sorely missed. It must be a hugely difficult rime for his family and friends. Sincerest condolences.
 
Very sad news to wake up to. I'd like to offer a Buddhist prayer for Keith and his love ones to help him pass from this life to his next.
Light a candle and 3 incense sticks, sit quietly and listen to the monks chant. Hopefully it will bring piece to your mind and help Keith transition from one life to his next life and eased the suffering of his love ones.
Satu
Satu
Satu

 
I missed the opportunity to visit Keith when I passed through Glasgow a few years ago because he was away somewhere else. So I never met him face to face. But we swapped emails over the years and I got to appreciate his sense of humour. I even sent him a bottle of single malt Tasmanian whisky once to support my claim that we can make the stuff as well as the Scots. It was a pretty decent drop but the stubborn bugger never did concede that it was any good! He remained loyal to his country's whisky heritage, as a patriotic Scot should. Good on him.

Another good man gone. The world is a poorer place. Condolences to his family and friends.
 
Sad news indeed…… so many in the Laverda community and forum friends cashing in their chips. 😢

If I drank Scotch Whiskey, I’d have a couple in respect…… RIP.
 
Never got the chance to meet Keith. I lived in Scotland for years but moved south before I bought my Laverda and had a need to seek him out. We made contact through Rennlist last year as he bought a needy Porsche 928 to take his mind off in his words "*****y" cancer treatment. So sorry to hear of his death
 
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RIP Keith with some of your favourite Scotch.
My sincere condolences to your family and close friends.
You will obviously be a much missed member of the Laverda community. I wish I had the opportunity seek more sound advice from you.
 
Keith made a fine job (as you'd expect) of getting the Porsche 928 sorted, and did indeed enjoy it very much. He took me for a drive cross country to drop off a couple of triple barrels with an Indian-riding 84 year old precision engineer for honing to save him some time.
 

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Very sad news.I called Keith a couple of times for advice and bought one of his hydraulic clutch conversions for my Jota. Although living at opposite ends of these Isles, we both had a history of working in Special Effects in the film industry,which we shared a laugh and moan about.
Although I never met him ,he was a fountain of knowledge....
More chocolate than biscuit! as his WhatsApp handle said!
 
Awful news. RIP Keith.

Every time I met the bugger he was kind, wise, funny, generous and took the piss with great aplomb.

His knowledge, and thirst for knowledge, was great (bikes, photography, et al) and I learnt something from him at every meeting. He passed on info with humility and a genuine interest in what I knew or had to say about the subject in hand. Genuine discussions with a genuine guy. Proper.

I know of no other man that would provide me with an important tool, on which his livelihood relied, and just ask 'ah, get it back to me a week on Friday'. Cool as a cucumber.

I loved it when he took the serious piss out of me. A badge of honour. The twinkle in his eye - a great communicator.

I remember his love for his dog. Again, a measure of his character and humanity.

Damn, what a terrible loss to this community. Heartfelt condolences to his nearest and dearest.

Paul
 
I'm absolutely speechless hearing this terrible news. We only saw Keith and Aileen at the end of June. He was his usual dry humoured self and it was great to see them both. He was about to recommence his treatment.
Thank you for posting Reggie and our thoughts are with Aileen and Keith's family at such a difficult time.
 
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