oldguy
Always Broken
- Dec 26, 1999
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I just returned from a weekend deerhunting to find an email that Mike Gaborsky passed away on Thursday November 17. Mike along with his wife Gayle have owned the Torque Center which has been a staple at district 16 races for as long as anyone racing the district can remember. Mike started the business out of the trunk of his car while he was a local A rider in order to help pay his way to races. He never forgot how hard riders sometimes struggle to compete and there are very few who haven't had Mike hand them a lever or some other part so they could keep racing that day. Mike was often quick to tell them to fix their bike and come back to square up after their moto. Mike also often helped a struggling rider by 'forgetting' about the parts.
I know he has saved the day for my son on several occasions by changing out a tube in minutes or sending a new set of bars to our trailer so they were there when we pushed the crashed out bike back to our pits.
Mike and Gayle were the heart and sole of District 16 MX serving on numerous boards seeing to it that the district thrived.
Our loss of Mike as an organization is nothing compared to Gayles loss and my heart goes out to her. Those of us that have known Mike mourn him and those that didn't personally meet him missed a big part of MX history
Godspeed Mike #42 you are now free of your Earthly imparments and back on the track roosting with the best of them :ride:
I know he has saved the day for my son on several occasions by changing out a tube in minutes or sending a new set of bars to our trailer so they were there when we pushed the crashed out bike back to our pits.
Mike and Gayle were the heart and sole of District 16 MX serving on numerous boards seeing to it that the district thrived.
Our loss of Mike as an organization is nothing compared to Gayles loss and my heart goes out to her. Those of us that have known Mike mourn him and those that didn't personally meet him missed a big part of MX history
Godspeed Mike #42 you are now free of your Earthly imparments and back on the track roosting with the best of them :ride: