Modern Buddy

Just received word today that one of my riding buddies, Susan, passed away on Halloween at age 73. She was a breast cancer survivor and also suffered from Parkinson's disease. Despite all of her health issues, she was actively riding up until a couple of years ago, when the Parkinson's made it too difficult for her to balance and support the bike. I did a bit of wrenching on a couple of her scoots (you could never work on one of her rides more than once since she was notorious for getting a new or different one every year) and we had a lot of good times riding with the rest of our crew.

Riders have only half the wheels, but twice the personality.

charlie55 wrote:Riders have only half the wheels, but twice the personality.

Amen.

Sounds like she was a rocking scooter chick. Sorry I never had the opportunity to meet her.

Sorry about your friend. She sounds like she was a very cool lady.

Sorry for yoour loss. My Gran has Pakingsons and that is a something I wouldn't wish on my worst enemy. Everyone knows about the tremmors of that disease but there is a LOT more to it than just uncontrollable shaking. At least she died on the coolest day of the year: Halloween......

I hope to be at least as active and awesome as she sounds.

My Father in law is getting hit hard by Parkinson's, it's not fun to watch.