by Steve, Wednesday, April 18, 2007 
A company called, "Final Ride Products" decided that just because you died doesn't mean you can't ride anymore.
They offer a special urn designed to be mounted to a motorcycle. Now your cremains can enjoy the freedom of the ride practically forever as long as people are willing to pass the urn down from generation to generation.
The moto-memorial product is the creation of Steve Radz, who claims to have come up with the idea after waking up in bed...
In February 2002, Radz was working in Bosnia as a master mechanic when he woke up one day about 2 in the morning and sat up in bed. "I had the great realization," he said.
"I just saw in front of me a motorcycle tubular cremation urn. I invented the product from my mind. I drew it up on paper, and I had one made. The design hasn't changed much from the one I drew years ago."
And it doesn't have to hold ashes either. In fact Radz has a tube mounted on the forks of his Harley-Davidson containing a few of his brother's personal items: a lock of his white hair, a coin from his unit in Vietnam, a 173rd Airborne combat patch and his parachute wings. "In Memory of Monk" is inscribed on the gold cap.
Visit Final Ride Products online at:
http://www.1finalride.com
9 Comments:
When I saw this idea, I wished that I had known about it a year and a half ago when one of my oldest friends passed away. Riding his Harley was one of his fav thins to do, and we had talked about how he could still be a part of the bike if he should ever pass. He would have loved this idea.
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Anonymous, at 6/12/2007 6:22 AM
My gosh I just don't understand why people think that the dead persons spirit and soul would be hanging out inside an urn. (Well lets sure hope not) I know that's not where I plan to live eternity.
Do you people really believe that's where their hanging out? In an urn? I guess that would be a good place to consider as hell.
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Sis, at 7/31/2007 12:01 AM
It's about the ride, sis!
When my Dad died in 2003 I took some of his ashes on my scooter (shovelhead) and gave his free spirit back to the wind.
Godspeed to you.
LibertyWeeps
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LibertyWeeps, at 8/10/2007 9:33 PM
Sis just doesn't get it.
1 down 4 up. . . .
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Anonymous, at 8/26/2007 4:58 PM
Motorcycles shoudl not display remains as they could pose questions to the operator's if stopped for a violation. Nice thought.
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linda Okonowski, at 9/18/2007 12:30 PM
yxpIt was a motorcycle that took my son's life, last August at the age of 23, but I have to say I think he would have LOVED this idea, and I must say it would be perfectly fitting for him. As we buried him and did not cremate his body, as is pointed out here, the urn could carry mementos of him, and I will bring this idea up to his motorcycle club buddies......I find the idea of his spirt still riding free to be a fine idea.....
~~Jeremy's mom
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Anonymous, at 10/15/2007 7:48 PM
Recently a friend of mine passed away, and we offered her son a cremation urn. It was a perfect white marble vase style urn, and exactly what this woman reflected to us. Many people touched the urn and had a special connection to her through it. She was a good woman, good friend, and a knowledgeable and active member of our mountain side community. I will miss our walks in the morning with my dogs.
We were glad to memorialize our friend through the urn we choose. Cremation urns provide the special opportunity to give a loved one a special resting place just as unique as they were in life.
A wide selection can make it easier to choose just the right cremation urn to properly memorialize a loved one for eternity. In this case for us, our friend was Catholic and her urn was buried next to her husband in our town's little cemetery. Her dog's cremains, who passed just a few months ago, will soon be scattered over the area where she is buried. Remember, all urns can be buried. In some instances the cemetery may require a vault to protect the earth from sinking. And of course, cremains are non-toxic and will not hurt the environment.
See if we can help you make a decision on a cremation urn for your loved one, to go: In The Light Urns
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Joe, at 10/18/2007 6:49 AM
mt final service is planned by myself,being an older biker!My request is to be cremated,a pinch of my ashes will be put into the gas tanks of HARLEY motorcycles attending my memorial(if there is one) then blow my ass out the exhaust pipes of the big twins I have spent so much of my life riding!! NO JAP CRAP! please dont put me in a urn like a genie in a bottle
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Anonymous, at 2/23/2008 8:45 AM
I belong to a Motorcycle Club and at the next meeting I will suggest that we all have one these available to carry around our fallen brothers. Good Idea.
The Wolfman
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Anonymous, at 3/15/2008 11:06 AM
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