A friend of mine from Parsons sent me this email yesterday:
Doug,
Sorry I will not be able to make it to the review today. Yesterday, one of my closest friends and longtime room mate died in a motorcycle accident on the Westside Highway. A rider for 10 years, she was on her “virgin” ride on the dream Ducati she bought on Saturday. She was trying to avoid hitting a pedestrian who walked into traffic. Be careful, stay safe.
I am still all torn about this. E, I know you said she was riding erratic, maybe the bike was too much power... but damn....
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7 comments:
wow
unbelieveable. let's all be safe out there.
crazy...sad thing is, as the weather gets better we're gonna hear more & more of these stories. damn.
I'm convinced NYC is the biggest small town on earth. Part of the appeal of morotcycles for me was that I was the "new guy", and nobody knew me.
Now it seems as if everyone I talk to, whether online or in person "knows" me or "knows of" me. Not good.
The fact that D2 can be connected to the fallen rider by 2 degress of seperation only proves my theory.
I know we all ride differently, but in the greater scheme of things, I think I've toned it down a lot. What I do have to say tough is this -
when riding in the city, I ride like I'm still on a track bike; extreme defensive riding via agressiveness. I think if one doesn't "be about it" and ride super aggressive in the city, then you will one day get hit or worse cause cages either won't see you, or don't give a fuck. Whenever I do try and ride in the city with kind intentions it will inevitably back fire on me and will cause me to have a "close call", so I say fuck all that.
Let's all be very careful and very aware out there... you gotta put your feelers out 5 blockes ahead of you.
I second that. I could not stop thinking about the 2 degree thing. So this morning on my commute, I was trying to take it a bit safe. Not white-lining, riding a bit slower than usual. No need to crank it up every chance (maybe that was more due to the crazy ass gas prices. sorry had to fill up today, I know it is "Don't buy gas today" but the light had been on for a day already). But sure enough once I passed by Habitat, taxis were just out to get a brother. For no reason two cabs decide that they like my lane better when they had no cars in front of them, plus they went right back into their lane without blinking an eye. So I had to pick it up a notch. It was as if they said: "Let's make a cuban sandwich out of him". I said, no, no, no way jose (a la nacho libre) and said this hombre is vegetarian... so back off... split lanes and was out of there faster than you can say guantanamo...
Not sure if you guys want to roll. But given how close all of this to me, I will swing by. My boss came into my office to tell me about it and we had a long discussion. In short she had just bought the bike the day before. Well you know the rest.
Here is the email I was just sent for a shiva in brooklyn in her memory.
Dear Friends,
We are terribly saddened by Nancy’s death. Her family is still deciding what
kind of funeral arrangements to make. In Jewish tradition, the family sits
shiva at the home of the deceased for seven days while friends come by to
gather and remember. Before her father passed away, he asked Nancy to sit
shiva for him, and that process led her to study and take up the religion that
was her heritage but that she had barely known before then. Her temple in San
Francisco was very important to her. While she never joined a temple after
moving to New York, she attended services from time to time and always loved
the rituals associated with Judaism and the sense of community they create.
Nancy’s family will sit shiva at her brother George’s house on the Upper East
Side on Wednesday. Because we feel that Nancy’s home was here in Park Slope,
where all her friends (and their dogs) are, we will hold a gathering in her
honor at 6pm on Thursday, May 17, at 700 Degraw Street #2 (the home of David
Tepper and Jennifer Bernstein, friends and neighbors of Nancy’s). We will
mostly be remembering Nancy on a personal level, but we will also have the
help of a rabbi to say a few prayers and light candles. It is traditional to
bring food on a shiva visit; please feel free to contribute something small to
the table. We will provide the wine. George Tannenbaum and his family said
they will be glad to join us as well, and we are glad that they will get the
chance to meet some of Nancy's friends.
We look forward to seeing those of you who are able to attend on Thursday.
Please know that the Rabbi will hold a brief service, only a few minutes at
6:30 sharp.
Meret, Jennifer and David
There has already been a nice tribute posted on the Bloodshot Record Label:
http://www.bloodshotrecords.com/news/moonshinewilly/#board_10809
hey, just this. we all have different riding styles, and this is a big bad city. doing what I do, I have seen far too many motorcycle accidents out there. the illusion of control can be just that, because there are just too many elements out there, not just bad drivers, foolish pedestrians, but broken glass, spills of all kinds, emergency vehicles causing good drivers to act erratically, etc. my point? lessen the chances of bad things happening on the road. leave early and don't rush. a lot of your bikes are low, and this is the time of year when little kids play in the street and dart out between cars, be careful please. riding when you are fatigued can make your reaction time slower. pray. I care for you all, thanks for reminding me the importance of riding with proper gear. the best motorcycle skill is getting home safely.
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