Paul Tofthoj Jensen Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

Paul Tofthøj Jensen Born September 25, 1955, Vindinge, Denmark Died May 13, 2022, while living in Morro Bay, CA Paul looked like what a Viking would look like if he rode a Harley. Long blond hair tied back, beard graying as he aged, leather jacket and jeans. He had a lifelong fascination with the Vikings who had inhabited the fjord where he grew up in Roskilde, Denmark. Family legend was that Paul’s first word was “America'' followed soon thereafter by “motorcycle.” Early in life he earned the nick name “Buller”. This was the only name he was known by for any Danish person. He designed, built and re-built motorcycles, and after living in the desert town of Anza, owned a motorcycle shop in Bishop, California. He’d discovered Morro Bay when he and his longtime friend Kurt Carlson first toured the U.S in the 1979, and he moved to the Central Coast in 2016. He found a job at a local appliance shop and was still working part-time after his retirement at the end of 2021. Paul had circles of friends that included car and motorcycle guys, and people he talked to all over town, including the homeless men at a park near where he lived. Paul was bilingual, ambidextrous, and able to fix almost anything mechanical. One of his crowning achievements was that in 2007 he and Kurt brought a 1950 Vincent motorcycle from a basket case to a running machine. Development continued and in 2011 they set a new speed record on Bonneville Salt Flats. Paul was a great reader, had a wry sense of humor, and he wrote short stories that reflected his Danish childhood. Paul is survived by son, John, in Arizona, his mother, Gisela, and his sister, Tatjana, and her children, Pernille and Henrik, in Denmark. Some of Paul’s ashes were released near Morro Rock by Kurt, and some have been buried next to his father in Roskilde, Denmark.