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Old 01-31-2014, 11:03 PM   #1
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Feb 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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Old 01-31-2014, 11:36 PM   #2
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They're going to have to refill that hole for awhile.
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Old 02-01-2014, 06:31 AM   #3
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Yes 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.
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Old 02-01-2014, 11:25 AM   #4
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I 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
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Old 02-01-2014, 12:19 PM   #5
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Yeah 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.
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Old 02-01-2014, 03:04 PM   #6
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OK, 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?
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Old 02-01-2014, 04:26 PM   #7
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This is just fucking awesome.
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Old 02-01-2014, 04:28 PM   #8
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Oh, and a high mileage '67 Road King? Not worth digging up.
Harley lovers are some of the most nostalgic people alive. Or dead.
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Old 02-01-2014, 04:55 PM   #9
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This is just fucking awesome.
yup
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Old 02-02-2014, 03:56 PM   #10
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The song is based on a real funeral.



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Old 02-02-2014, 11:58 PM   #11
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Harley lovers are some of the most nostalgic people alive. Or dead.
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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