TOOELE - You don't have to be an Egyptian pharaoh or a Viking king to get a big send-off in Utah, particularly if you're a motorcycle aficionado - a biker. If your recently departed loved one cherished rolling thunder on the pavement and wind in the face, a last ride on a Harley-Davidson may be just the memorable farewell you seek. Scott Bodell offers that not-so-ordinary service with his motorcycle hearse, aptly named "Last Ryde.
" And you don't have to be Peter Fonda or John Travolta to qualify. For 565, the tuxedo-clad Bodell will ride with your late kin in the custom-built hearse pulled by a three-wheeled Harley 2000 Ultra Classic from a church or mortuary to a cemetery. "We can haul people's ashes, too," Bodell said.
"I've got a pillow and some tie-downs for an urn." Bodell, who owns and operates West Valley City-based Superior Burial Vaults, always has loved motorcycles, Harleys in particular, he said this week while waiting for a funeral outside St. Marguerite's Catholic Church in Tooele.
"One night I heard about a motorcycle hearse on the radio. The lights went on. He searched the Internet and discovered a half-dozen motorcycle hearses around the nation.
And some were for sale. But Bodell decided to build his own. TOOELE - You don't have to be an Egyptian pharaoh or a Viking king to get a big send-off in Utah, particularly if you're a motorcycle aficionado - a biker.
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