Florida Shooters Network

Greetings everyone. I am a frequent reader and as you may notice an infrequent poster. It is with much heaviness in my heart that I inform you of the passing of one of our members. BucBrew, better known as Matthew Lyle, went on to the golden Elysian Fields yesterday 5/2/2010 after a motorcycle accident. This thread at Tampa Sport Bikes best describes the details around the accident, http://tampasportbikes.com/forum/showthread.php?t=42081 . He was a very close friend of mine whom I will miss greatly.

He joined FSN in May of 2005 and attended the FSN shoot 10/10/2008. If you are interested in attending the viewing or funeral, details are available from the funeral home, http://www.dobiesfuneralhome.com/obit.php and just click on Matthew Lyle.

Service Date and Time:
Thursday, May 6, 2010 at 11:00 am

Visitation Information:
Thomas B. Dobies Funeral Home
8825 Old County Road
New Port Richey, Florida

Visitation 6-8PM
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Visitation Date and Time:
Wednesday, May 5, 2010


Thanks,
Randy

I didn't know him but it's still very sad. I remember him posting about the new motorcycle course and looking for a new bike just a few weeks ago. Thank you for letting us know, let his family know that his friends over here are sending our best wishes and prayers.

Wow, according to the story, he died on his 30th birthday.

RIP brother.

Speechless...RIP brother rider.

Way too young!!

What a shame. I remember his posts about buying the bike and taking the rider's course.
I read the story of his accident off the linked Tampa rider site. Pretty strange how it happened, he might have froze when he hit the rumble strips. What a bad accident to witness.

Randy, thank you for letting us know. My deepest sympathies go out to his family and friends.

I'm sorry to hear. My prayers go to his family.

Wow. I saw the wreck on Sunday morning while driving to Tampa Bay Sporting Clays (the old Deer Creek). It was a bad scene. The ambulance had already left and all i saw was a motorcycle smashed into the guard rail and a helmet sitting on the side of the road with 4 police cars there. Traffic was backed up for a couple miles.

It's a shame to see this happen to a new rider, especially one that did things right and took the safety course, but it reminds us all that motorcycles are dangerous.

Very sorry to hear this but after reading the article something stands out.

He didn't nearly have enough time and experience to ride in any kind of formation and the group should never have allowed him to be a part of it.
Second he shouldn't have been on the highway in those circumstances either.

The more experienced bike riders should have guided him, they failed and IMO contributed to his accident.

Motorcycles like guns are not dangerous, its only the people that operate them that make them dangerous and usualy thats just a lack of experience. I sincerly hope that some new riders learn from this and unfortunatly Matt paid the ultimate price for his lesson.

Rest in Peace brother................

Our prayers & condolences go out to you and his family.

In his honor I will take the Ruger. 44 carbine I bought from him & give it a proper workout at the range with the new peep sight & red dot sight I added to it.

RIP brother.

Sorry to hear it, my condolances to the family

So sorry to hear. I never met him but from the conversations that we had he was a good guy! Prayers sent for the family.

Thanks Randy.

Matt was our close friend and colleague. He loved life, and liked to live it with an all or nothing attitude. He was passionate about personal liberty, firearms and gun rights, motorcycles, fine dining, and good beer. He especially liked Guinness and McEwan's Scotch Ale. And dogs. He loved dogs.

Recently, he was driving on the raised portion of the Crosstown Expressway to go on a date when he saw a pit bull in the road. He pulled over, and walked back to help the dog. It was in one of the lanes, and had been hit, badly injured and covered in blood. When he tried to pick up the dog, it bit him out of fear and pain. But he was able to coax the dog to follow him to the curb, out of traffic. He called his date, and she came to help out. He called animal services, and tried to comfort the dog while waiting for them to arrive. At some point, a passerby called the police, and reported an angry looking hitch-hiker, covered in blood, trying to get a ride on the crosstown. Eventually, both the police and animal control arrived, and they took the dog. Unfortunately, they could not save the dog, and it had to be out down. Of course, Matt was upset by this. But he was more upset that somebody could hit the dog, and just kept going. And dozens of other people just drove by, not caring enough to stop or even make a simple phone call.

I went to the range (Shoot Straight, in Tampa) with him on Saturday, with Vlad, another friend and co-worker. We had a great time, and got a chance to shoot Vlad's mosin nagant, which we had both been wanting to do for some time. Matt loved to shoot, and I always enjoyed going to the range with him.

Then we went to Barnacles in Brandon to have lunch and a small, early birthday celebration, since he had plans for Sunday, the actual day of his birthday. We had some delicious smoked fish dip and crackers to start off. He had Yuengling, I had Shocktop. I can't recall what we had for the entree. Then the staff brought out some Key Lime Pie, and serenaded him with their cheesy rendition of Happy Birthday, which he hated.

We talked about the things we usually do. What guns we planned on getting next. What was for sale on the BST, and what we thought would be a good price for this or that. He chided me for only being able to buy guns, never sell them. He called me a gun hoarder, and said I could be on that TV show Hoarders. We also talked politics, about the federal government's encroachment on our liberties. I chided him about a lady had recently been seeing, and jokingly called her a "Jack Booted Thug" because she was a federal agent.

But, it being his 30th birthday the next day, we also talked about life. About what we want to accomplish before we pass on. He said he didn't want to change the world. He just wanted to enjoy life, and really live it.

I think he did.

Goodbye Matt. You were a great friend, and are deeply, painfully missed.

I remember seeing this in the local news.
Had no idea he was an FSN member. Makes it doubly sad.
RIP Matt.

Very sad news. RIP.

Mike

RIP fellow rider.

Condolences to his family and friends. Too too young. RIP BucBrew.

Wow. My Condolences.
:(

This is very sad. I hate to hear of riders going out like this, but its a very real possibility for all of us who ride.

This is a very sober reminder for all of us not to let our excitement get us into situations that are out of our experience level.