Harley Hearse

[The_Munchmaster]

German bikers dying to ride in Harley hearse

 

Joerg Grossmann's prototype sidecar hearse was fitted to a Kawasaki VN 1500

 

A German motorcyclist aims to help fellow enthusiasts arrive at their final resting place in style - in a sidecar hearse fitted to a Harley.

 

Joerg Grossmann says he developed the hearse for die-hard bikers who want to ride right to the end.

 

His prototype recently attended its first funeral fitted to a Kawasaki on a trial basis.

 

He says 10 Harley hearses, each costing about 60,000 euros (£50,000), will be ready later this year.

 

Mr Grossmann, 48, from near Frankfurt, estimates he could attract about 1,000 bookings each year in Germany alone.

 

Hiring the Harley hearse costs 1,200 euros a time compared with about 200 euros for a normal hearse.

 

He says he already has plans to expand his services into Switzerland and elsewhere (There would be huge demand for this in the USA and for a bit of extra income he could get Hershey's to sponsor it and then he could call it the Harley Hershey's Hearse. MM).

 

Mr Grossmann said many motorcyclists were excited about the idea.

 

"It's something special," he said.

[sayjann]

a good idea for those in the biking fraternitymsome will like to go to their grave in this manner.

a few years ago in my area there was a motorcyclist who had a coffin as his

sidecar and some people loved seeing it/or given the chance a spin around the block.but others hated it and thought it disrespectable/morbid.

the fella who owned the bike was a weekend warrior and just liked to ride around in his spare time,no links to any sort of organisations or business.

just his love of his bike.