This is horrible news, I don't even know what to say. I only met Gene a few times, but he treated me like we'd known each other for years. He was one of the most kind-hearted people I've ever met. My heart goes out to his family, friends, and all the people who's lives he touched.
RIP Gene. You won't be forgotten.I'll have one last shot of Patron for ya buddy. I wish it could be with you instead.
Eli
Last edited by EliR6; Thu Jul 13th, 2006 at 04:56 AM.
Sometimes it is hard to understand these tragedies. I will miss you Gene, my life has been much better for knowing you.
Gene Gene the Dancing Machine.... RIP Buddy! I will truly miss you!
502 Forever in my heart!
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2008-2009 VP of Rules and Tech
Gene will be missed
Godspeed to you and your family
Rest in Peace
Tom
'07 ZX-6R
'12 1199 Panigale S
Ive made armbands at my own expense for the players of What the Puck. In case anyone doesnt know thats the official/unofficial CSC hockey team. Its where I first met Gene. The armbands are about 2" in width and are black displaying 14 in white raised embroidered numbers. 14 was Genes player number on the team. In addition I think we will all be sporting the 502 on our helmets.
The last couple seasons Gene has been playing hockey on and off because of his race schedule and minor injuries related to racing/motorcycles. But now in a round about way its because of motorcycles that I will always bring him to every game I play for as long as I can stand in skates. My heart goes out to everyone who knew Gene and to everyone whose lives Gene was able to touch.
Gene - I can only hope this means the pain you were feeling is at an end and you know that your spirit lives on in all of us who cared about you.
Last edited by Vance; Thu Jul 13th, 2006 at 07:11 AM.
...Verily, this vichyssoise of verbiage veers most verbose, so let me simply add that it's my very good honor to meet you and you may call me V.
Current Ride: 2005 Ducati ST3
This was not the news I was hoping to find in here...
RIP Brother... Ride fast in the sky, you know we miss you down here...
502..
Vance put it best, I am completely numb. Godspeed, Gene. Rest in Peace.
Doug
Although I don't believe I'd ever met him, I am numb and incredibly sad with the news. Condolences to family and friends.
Godspeed, Gene.......
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-Theodore Roosevelt 1907
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Why do these things happen to great people?
I feel like i have been punched in the gut right now. I can't believe he's gone.
He was so full of life, so happy, so helpful to others.
RIP my friend. Until we meet again.
'01 SV 650 S
'08 Gary Fisher mtn. bike
'69 Austin Healey Sprite
'92 GTI
My condolences to his family. Goodbye my friend.
Sad news. I met him twice. Once while moving Dysco and once at Brecks. He was a very nice person and seemed to be willing to help a brother out. Heavy hearts are hard to mend. R.I.P.
"Its all about the motorbikes, always has been and always will be.". ~~ Ewan McGregor 2007
"It's hard to play the blues when nuthin's really wrong."~~ ---- Joe Walsh 2012
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This is very tragic news.
Gene obviously touched a lot of people on this board and although I never met him I checked this thread every day to see how he was coming along. I am saddened that I never got to meet him, for he was obviously a wonderful person and had impacted many different lives. My condolences go to his family and to the many many friends that he left behind.
RIP Gene.
'02 RC-51 - Street
'05 Pitster Pro 125 - Pitbike madness
Be polite. Be professional. But be prepared to kill everyone you meet.
"Motorcycles tell us a more useful truth: we are small and exposed, and probably moving too fast for our own good, but that's no reason not to enjoy every minute of the ride."
~Dave Karlotski
NO real words can express what we all are feeling......
I realized that this news would possibly come, but of course prayed it would not. I do realize that Gene will be in a better place and lived his life the way many of us wished we could.
Gene I will miss being on the hockey floor with you...giving me pointers and skating together. I only wished I would have made it on the track with you more to gain experience from you there.
You will be remembered each time I swing the leg over the bike and each time I lace up the roller blades......
RIP my friend!
Such sad news
Bulldog's Motto: F*ck around and I'm going to bite you!!!
The first time I met Gene he let me take his dirt bike out on the track at Watkins without even knowing my skills.... he was a true giver and even when he is gone he keeps on giving.... Gene you will be truely missed my heart goes out to your family and all your wonderful friends who shown sooo much love for you.
R.I.P. Gene...
Do not put off living the life you dream of. Next year may never come. If we are always waiting for something to change...
Retirement, the kids to leave home, the weather or the economy, that's not living. That's waiting!
Waiting will only leaves us with unrealized dreams and empty wishes.
Very sad news. My deepest sympathy go out to his family and thoose that were cloose to Gene.
2011 Ducati Multistrada 1200
04 R1... it looked fast for a reason (gone)
Words cannot express my sadness. I met Gene a bunch of times at the track and his enthusiasm for racing inspired me to give it a go this year. 4 years ago at Second Creek I had a very bad crash which resulted in me loosing my spleen, spending a couple days in the hospital, and generally being really scared of the Kamakazi corner there every time I rode it afterwards. Last year at the CSC trackday Gene showed me a new line through that corner that completely changed my perspective. Instead of being scary it became incredibly fun. I looked forward to it every lap becuase I could sail through there without the fear that existed before. I had always hoped that someday I would get to return the favor.
Gene, wherever you are please know that I'll miss you at the track and in this life. I hope we get to meet again someday.
Scott
Last edited by rybo; Thu Jul 13th, 2006 at 08:20 AM.
Daaaammn. This is just horrible. I am at a loss for words too. Gene was as good a person as any I have known. I will miss you out on the track and will think of you often when riding or playing hockey bro. Although we only got to play one season together, I was hoping to be your teammate again on another.
I too am a better person for having known you. Rest in peace my friend.
Sad, sad news.
I never met Gene, but I always was entertained by the posts and the stories that I read about him or by him on the board. I can see that he touched so many lives in his short time on earth. I believe that there is a plan for us all, and Gene's was a great one, too short, but great.
I send his family all my thoughts.
I'll always remember this quote..."I'm Gene Bazyl, BITCH!"
RIP, you'll be riding the best tracks from now on.
Green '99 ZX-6R
"Yeah, crazy girls are the best in bed. They're also the most likely to bite off your weiner."
I don't know what to say, I'm at a loss for words...
Dan, 02-R6 w/ Custom Scratches (Various Locations)
"You shouldn't suffer through life... You won't survive it."
"It's possible to be a christian and an idiot at the same time!"
"A religious zelot is the first sign of an uneducated mind!"
I just read the back threads on Gene. Im so sorry for the loss of a friend that meant so much to everyone in CSC and beyond. My prayers and thoughts go to his family at this time of grief. Gene will be missed. He impacted a great number of lives from what I have heard from so many people. He is in a painless and better place now. The LORD is beside him and his family at this time of need.
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