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32 nAugust 2016n www.thunderpress.net THUNDER PRESS club, South Madison MC, engraved on the back of his tombstone. So in March of the following year, his son Jeremy ordered a memorial headstone to be placed in Riverside Cemetery. Apparently someone complained, and the city of Plainsville informed the Cody family that the monument com- pany had not submitted the artwork to the city for approval, and furthermore, the engraving was not deemed appro- priate and would have to be removed, otherwise the city would do it. The family contacted the media, as well as an attorney, when it was found that new regulations had been hur- riedly passed a few months ago. The attorney argued that the regulations violate the First Amendment. The fam- ily also circulated an online petition asking city council members to allow the headstone to remain as is. With all the media attention, plus the lawsuit fi led by the family's attorney, the city has rescinded its decision provided the tombstone company properly refi les its application. Rest easy, Richard. and Rogers bought another bike. Apparently Rogers wanted to buy the Rocker back, but the insurance com- pany owns it and was supposed to sell it at an auction. The theory is that kids rolled the bike off the patio but couldn't start it, so they kept rolling it into the dam. Club members couldn't resist making a few jokes about the situation, though. One member wrote in a forum, "You should ask them to see if they can retrieve your golf balls as well!" while another quipped, "Should be a few of your clubs in there, too." We just think drowning a bike because you can't fi gure out how to steal it is an unnec- essary tragedy. Second skin The motorcycle-helmet industry is rife with new ideas, designs and technologies, but we've seen one that made us do a double take. Dubai-based graphic designer Jyo John Mulloorhas has come up with an idea for a unique helmet design. He was quoted as say- ing, "All my life I have always been a passionate motorcyclist. I love every- thing about motorbiking but the hel- mets, the most uncomfortable gear you could ever wear." Inspired by trompe-l'œil, an art form that uses realistic imagery to create the optical illusion of three dimensions, he took photographs of men with shaved heads and transposed the imagery onto various helmets. The four plush, high-end shaved-head hel- mets he produced include two motor- cycle helmets (one complete with earring-adorned ears), a bicycle helmet and a vintage safety helmet with gog- gles attached. All helmets are intended to conform to the shape of the wearer's head, as well. Although the helmets aren't available to the general public yet, we learned that the concept has been sold, so it's quite possible that we'll see them in production one day. The helmets are so lifelike we can only imagine the confused cops in states requiring helmets. "Sir, I pulled you over because you're not wearing a helmet." Imagine the surprise when the rider removes his scalp—er, his lid. As for us? We just think they're creepy. Rolling in the deep A few months ago, the superin- tendent of McLeod Country Golf Club in Queensland, Australia, lowered the dam level on the course and found something a little more uncommon— and expensive—than the usual errant golf balls. At the bottom of the dam was a 2008 Harley-Davidson Softail Rocker, completely covered in mud and debris. One of the golf club's workers recognized the bike as one that had been stolen from a club member two months prior. The owner, Pete Rogers, lives in a home that abuts the golf club, and the bike was stolen off the house's patio. Investigators hadn't found it, so they paid out the claim Denied after death Remember when THUNDER PRESS reported on a motorcycle-themed bench that was destroyed and then removed by a cemetery in Kokomo, Indiana, for being "offensive and/or inappropriate" even though no such regulations existed at the time of installation? Well, it seems that a cem- etery in Plainsville, Ohio, has followed in its footsteps. Prior to Richard Cody's death in September, 2013, the Vietnam vet informed his family and friends that he wanted the logo of his motorcycle