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.

LINK

They're going to have to refill that hole for awhile.

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.

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

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.

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/story/dead-puerto-rico-boxer-posed-standing-in-ring-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?

This is just fucking awesome.

xoxoxoBruce;891714 wrote:

Oh, and a high mileage '67 Road King? Not worth digging up.

Harley lovers are some of the most nostalgic people alive. Or dead.

Gravdigr;891727 wrote:

This is just fucking awesome.

yup

The song is based on a real funeral.

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http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2194&dat=19840312&id=i9EyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Ue8FAAAAIBAJ&pg=1264,262577

Gravdigr;891728 wrote:

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. :eek: