Dead Ohio man rides to funeral on Harley -pics at link

[malaise]

http://nypost.com/2014/01/31/dead-ohio-man-rides-to-funeral-on-harley/
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An Ohio man’s family has fulfilled his dying wish — to be buried astride his beloved Harley-Davidson motorcycle encased in a see-through casket.

But it wasn’t easy. The project required an extra-large cemetery plot to accommodate a Plexiglas casket for Billy Standley and his hulking custom-painted 1967 Electra Glide cruiser. Five embalmers worked to prepare his body with a metal back brace and straps to ensure he’ll never lose his seat.

Standley’s family said he’d been talking about it for years and liked to take people to the garage to show off the unusual casket his two sons had built for him. He told people he didn’t just want to ride off to heaven, he wanted the world to see him do it in the big see-through box.

[1000words]

1. Props for going out in style ...

He isn't doing his beloved bike justice, however. Harleys were meant to be ridden, not encased in glass, six feet underground.

[Kingofalldems]

2. Did they bury the Harley with him?

[malaise]

3. Looks so

It was part of the casket

[liberal N proud]

6. Yes they did

[angstlessk]

4. Someone will dig up the Harley

[malaise]

5. They may try

but the article says they used metal in his spine and straps to make sure he will never fall off the bike and his hands are also tied on. I suspect the steel is connected to the bike. Weird - but it's what he wanted.

From the link
Five embalmers worked to prepare his body with a metal back brace and straps to ensure he’ll never lose his seat.

[angstlessk]

7. In fifty years...there will be a skelton on the bike...scenes of a horror story

I HOPE HE RIDES IT INTO ETERNITY

[Initech]

15. That will be an extremely weird image!

[spin]

9. Someone someday may did up the Harley. If it's a thousand or more years in the future ...

imagine the stir it will cause.

[1000words]

12. "Not saying it was aliens ..."

[spin]

13. You've gotta love the "Hair Guy." ...

I sometimes wonder if there could be some truth to the ancient aliens theory but the program on the "History Channel" has run so long that it is becoming somewhat desperate to find new material.

[pintobean]

8. I hope someone writes a song about it

like they did for Willie

[malaise]

10. No one who saw that procession will forget it

That's for sure

[Crepuscular]

11. Love it...

He did it his way......

[Tx4obama]

14. VIDEO on the link below...

Here: http://www.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/us/2014/02/01/dnt-man-buried-with-harley-davidson.wbns.html

[malaise]

17. LOL

[WillowTree]

16. A little creepy, but if it helped his survivors get through it, it works.

My cousin has a golf-themed funeral. I didn't get it, but his wife and kids did, and they're the ones that really mattered, so so be it.