Nirvana Saturday Feb 1 12:03 AMFeb 1st, 2014 Dying To Ride
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MECHANICSBURG, Ohio — If there was anything that stuck out about Bill Standley when he was alive, it was that he did things exactly the way he wanted to do them, usually while riding a motorcycle or a horse.
This morning, his family and friends gave him a funeral fitting of that life.
Instead of lying down in a casket, Standley sat astride his Harley-Davidson motorcycle in a casket made of Plexiglas and plywood.
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xoxoxoBruce Saturday Feb 1 12:36 AMThey're going to have to refill that hole for awhile.
SPUCK Saturday Feb 1 07:31 AMYes soon! When thieves dig it up for the Harley.
There was a Harley stolen in San Carlos. The guy had dug a 5 foot hole, driven rebar into the sides, poured concrete in the hole, covered it with dirt, planted lawn, and used an enormous chain to his Harley. A year later thieves dug up his entire lawn, then somehow lifted the concrete and the Harley onto a flatbed truck and left with it all.
This Cemetery Harley - child's play.
Diaphone Jim Saturday Feb 1 12:25 PMI instantly flashed on this image from almost four years ago:
http://cellar.org/showthread.php?t=22621
It has bothered me since and now I have another one.
Instant heebie-jeebies!
In looking for that one, I came across this one:
http://cellar.org/iotd.php?threadid=24371
xoxoxoBruce Saturday Feb 1 01:19 PMYeah but those are caskets made to look like cars, Jim, not the same as the bikers.
Oh, and a high mileage '67 Road King? Not worth digging up.
Diaphone Jim Saturday Feb 1 04:04 PMOK, cue the Twilight Zone theme.
In this morning's paper, from the same funeral home in San Juan, P.R.:
http://msn.foxsports.com/buzzer/stor...at-wake-013114
I still wonder if he were a jockey, would they have shot his horse for the display.
Or a contortionist? Or a stripper?
Gravdigr Saturday Feb 1 05:26 PMThis is just fucking awesome.
Gravdigr Saturday Feb 1 05:28 PM
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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce
Oh, and a high mileage '67 Road King? Not worth digging up.
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Harley lovers are some of the most nostalgic people alive. Or dead.
Griff Saturday Feb 1 05:55 PM
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Originally Posted by Gravdigr
This is just fucking awesome.
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yup
richlevy Sunday Feb 2 04:56 PMThe song is based on a real funeral.
http://news.google.com/newspapers?ni...pg=1264,262577
xoxoxoBruce Monday Feb 3 12:58 AM
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Originally Posted by Gravdigr
Harley lovers are some of the most nostalgic people alive. Or dead.
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You're right, I checked on those pre-AMF unreliable, oil leaking, hand numbing, rattle-traps today. They're bringing $25 to $30k.
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