Bill Stanley really, really, really loved riding his full dress 1967 Harley-Davidson Electra Glide. So much so he took the bike with him to the grave, literally.
The 82-year old had time to plan for the big day dying slowly from lung cancer.
So he and his sons fashioned the platform and plexiglass box big and strong enough to hold Bill on his bike dressed in helmet, sun glasses and full leather riding gear five-years ahead of schedule.
Bill didn't just want the motorcycle in the grave with him, oh no, he wanted to be attached to the vehicle sitting upright with arms outstretched in an eerie life-like street-riding pose. So the embalmers fashioned a metal frame bent in the right places to make it happen.
Surrounded by family and other biker pals snaping pictures, Bill was lowered into the king-sized grave by a crane. And for the enviro-weenies ready to whine about Bill's idea, notice he did paint his cage in environmentally responsible, non-leaded, bio-degradable green.
Hope someone didn't hit a turn blinker as they lowered him into the ground...
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