Michael Breed
MICHAEL BREED 11/4/47-03/09/18
Long time NCNO member Mike Breed passed away
this last month.
Members of the club prior to 2000 remember
him well. Mike approached life full throttle, and that
got him into trouble from time to time. Club members have
plenty of Michael stories. He was one of the fast riders in
our club, and raced Nortons, Velos, and Ducati 250s.
He
loved Nortons, and rode his 850 85K miles until the motor
blew up. A smooth talker and promoter, he set up a NCNO
group lap during the lunch time break at one of the WERA
race events at Summit Point.
I spent many enjoyable evenings in the garage with him.
Besides his 850, and his 750 race bike, he owned a 69 Fastback,
a 47 Model 18, a Manx engine and a 73 BMW 750.
He was a native of Birmingham, AL. He had a part time
job with the fire dept. while attending college. After he was
ordered to turn fire hoses on demonstrating black people,
he quit the job.
Upon returning to his home town, he looked after his
mother, who is still alive at 91 years.
He told me that one of his most rewarding jobs was
teaching sports to elementary school students, even if the
pay was poor and they give him the cold of the week on
a regular basis.
Future Michael stories will be submitted in following
issues. The glow of his tail light disappearing is still in my
memory bank.
Chris Greenbacker
From the March 2018 NCNO Flyer