Ohio man buried astride beloved Harley motorcycle

The family of Billy Standley, of Mechanicsburg, Ohio, carried out his wish to be buried on his 1967 Harley Davidson motorcycle Friday, Jan. 31, 2014, burying him in a large Plexiglas casket at Fairview Cemetery in Crawford County, Ohio. Standley family said he been talking about being buried on his Harley for years. His sons, Pete and Roy, fashioned the casket out of Plexiglas, reinforcing the bottom with wood and steel rods to handle the extra weight. Five embalmers worked to prepare Standley body with a metal back brace and straps to ensure he never lose his seat. (AP Photo/The News Sun, Marshall Gorby)

Share PhotoThe family of Billy Standley, of Mechanicsburg, Ohio, carried out his wish to be buried on his 1967 Harley Davidson motorcycle Friday, Jan. 31, 2014, burying him in a large Plexiglas casket at Fairview Cemetery in Crawford County, Ohio. Standley's family said he'd been talking about being buried on his Harley for years. His sons, Pete and Roy, fashioned the casket out of Plexiglas, reinforcing the bottom with wood and steel rods to handle the extra weight. Five embalmers worked to prepare Standley's body with a metal back brace and straps to ensure he'll never lose his seat. (AP Photo/The News Sun, Marshall Gorby)

The family of Billy Standley, of Mechanicsburg, Ohio, carried out his wish to be buried on his 1967 Harley Davidson motorcycle Friday, Jan. 31, 2014, hauling a large Plexiglas casket to Fairview Cemetery in Crawford County, Ohio. Standley family said he been talking about being buried on his Harley for years. His sons, Pete and Roy, fashioned the casket out of Plexiglas, reinforcing the bottom with wood and steel rods to handle the extra weight. Five embalmers worked to prepare Standley body with a metal back brace and straps to ensure he never lose his seat. (AP Photo/The News Sun, Marshall Gorby)The Associated Press

Share PhotoThe family of Billy Standley, of Mechanicsburg, Ohio, carried out his wish to be buried on his 1967 Harley Davidson motorcycle Friday, Jan. 31, 2014, hauling a large Plexiglas casket to Fairview Cemetery in Crawford County, Ohio. Standley's family said he'd been talking about being buried on his Harley for years. His sons, Pete and Roy, fashioned the casket out of Plexiglas, reinforcing the bottom with wood and steel rods to handle the extra weight. Five embalmers worked to prepare Standley's body with a metal back brace and straps to ensure he'll never lose his seat. (AP Photo/The News Sun, Marshall Gorby)

The body of Bill Standley, secured to his 1967 Harley Davidson, rests inside a plexiglass box before being lowered into the ground at the cemetery in Mutual, Ohio on Friday, Jan. 31, 2014. Standley family said he 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 just want to ride off to heaven, he wanted the world to see him do it in the big see through box. (AP Photo/Columbus Fake Oakley Sunglasses Dispatch, Jonathan Quilter)The Associated Press

Share PhotoThe body of Bill Standley, secured to his 1967 Harley Davidson, rests inside a plexiglass box before being lowered into the ground at the cemetery in Mutual, Ohio on Friday, Jan. 31, 2014. Oakley Sunglasses Store Standley's family said he'd been talking about it for years Oakley Outlet Store 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. (AP Photo/Columbus Dispatch, Jonathan Quilter)

Theresa Adams, daughter of Bill Standley, says goodbye to her dad whose body is secured to his 1967 Harley Davidson inside a plexiglass box during his funeral service in Mechanicsburg, Ohio on Friday, Jan. 31, 2014. Standley family said he 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 just want to ride off to heaven, he wanted the world to see him do it in the big see through box. (AP Photo/Columbus Dispatch, Jonathan Quilter)The Associated Press

Share PhotoTheresa Adams, daughter of Bill Standley, says goodbye to her dad whose body is secured to his 1967 Harley Davidson inside a plexiglass box during his funeral service in Mechanicsburg, Ohio on Friday, Jan. 31, 2014. 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. (AP Photo/Columbus Dispatch, Jonathan Quilter)

MECHANICSBURG, Ohio (AP) Oakley Online Store 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 Oakley Online Store 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.

"He was a quirky man," daughter Dorothy Brown said. He was buried Friday.

Newspaper photos of the prepared casket showed Standley with his eyes closed astride the big bike. He was dressed in black leathers, a white helmet and glasses, his gloved hands grasping the handlebars.

Standley told his family his motorcycle helped him retain his sense of adventure after he settled down to raise four children, which was quite a compromise for the man who made his start at 13 as ranch hand and rodeo rider.

He started the project himself, buying three extra burial plots next to his wife, Lorna. His sons, Pete and Roy, fashioned the casket out of Plexiglas, reinforcing the bottom with wood and steel rods to handle the extra weight.

Enlisting the help of Vernon Funeral Homes, Standley ensured his funeral would be held outside, so all his biker friends could watch his final ride.

His family agreed the processional to the cemetery might be considered a little bizarre, even shocking.

"He'd done right by us all these years, and at least we could see he goes out the way he wanted to," Pete Standley said.

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