Dead Man's Bike

[snark]

Just remembered this,

Guy I knew in Jr high. His whole family was into motorcycles...in high school he was given his grandfather's old Honda 750...probably early 70's ? If not older?

It was set up for drag racing, slick on the back. It looked cool for what it was.

Anyway this kid bought and fixed up a lot of dirtbikes.

He bought a old Yamaha dt 400 with blown up engine,
Before he started on it he found a wrecked one with a really good motor.

The guy that owned it t-boned a car that ran a red light.
hurt the guy really bad few broken bones and internal bleeding, beat up bad...messed his arms up , other things

Ruined the front end and even cracked the frame...but it ran great and the guy that owned it was into vintage bikes and his family ran a well known machine shop.

There was people who spoke up about not using parts off of the bike because it would bring about bad luck...karma whatever.

My friend didn't see it that way, he looked at it as re purpose kinda thing..

He swapped motors and rode it around family country property several times.

One day he had a friend hop on the back and they headed down the old country two lane ,just a mile to another friend's place that had a pool.

For some reason the motor locked up and they went down.

My friend didn't get hurt bad, but his passenger got some bad road rash..

And of course those people who told him it was bad luck to use parts off of a wreck bike that someone got injured badly was a no no.
They wouldn't let it go.

But as mentioned..

How many junk yard parts have people used,
Everything had some kinds attachment to someone.

This makes me think of James Dean's Little B*stard.

[dorkburger]

When it’s one’s time it’s their time. Superstition or no, it doesn’t matter.. We go when we go.... superstition is silly.

[trent]

When it’s one’s time it’s their time. Superstition or no, it doesn’t matter.. We go when we go.... superstition is silly.

Had a friend that lived in a trailer park, I stopped by on my way home from work to tell him and invite him and his family to hurry up and come to my house since my house had a basement.

Cause a tornado was spotted just miles away and radio said trailer park was in its path

He said " Nope. When it's my time to go it's my time to go"

His wife and two kids were freaking out and left to seek shelter at someone near by she knew.

Well tornado stayed a mile the south.

[Gorminrider]

.... I have an opportunity to buy what is on my short list of dream bikes...this problem is that the man who owned it died on one of his other bikes. Technically it's a Dead Man's Bike. ........ Any thoughts? I'm honored to be asked, but still hung up by the Dead Man's Bike thing. ..... Ideas on how to break the possible "curse"?

If your "hung up" it's not your "Dream Bike". That'd be "the curse".

[dpep]

If this turns controversial, I apologize. I have an opportunity to buy what is on my short list of dream bikes...this problem is that the man who owned it died on one of his other bikes. Technically it's a Dead Man's Bike.

Technically almost every Knucklehead and Flathead still around is a Dead Man.s Bike, along with a majority of Panheads. But I still see some of each being ridden at Daytona and Sturgis. Most 'barn find' bikes are going to fall into that category. The Wheels of Time motorcycle museum in Maggie Valley should be absolutely doomed. Perhaps this is one element of "the code" that could merit some additional thought?

If you are really hung up on it just have a non-riding friend buy it and then sell it to you. It will be a living man's bike when you buy it. Extra set of sales taxes, title fees, etc. but small price to pay to escape a curse.