About us.

Founder & Managing Director

Managing Director Rev. Paul Sinclair has served families at funerals for 20 years and his wife Marian is a CRUSE Bereavement counselor. He believes people's lifestyles should be reflected in their funerals. "No one submits a Catholic to a Muslim service or places a Liverpool fan in an Arsenal strip when they die so why should those who love bikes be last seen in an automobile?"

He launched Motorcycle Funerals Limited, the first ever such company in the UK, to provide a dignified solution.

Professional Riders

Britain's only fleet of motorcycle hearses are complimented with trained and experienced riders from bereavement care and funeral directing backgrounds. The combined years of professional funeral service amounts to over 150 years.

 

Professional Standards

  "Their service is very thorough, flexible and professional."
The Old Bike Mart.

We are members of the National Association of Funeral Directors, Funeral Furnishing Manufacturers Association and National Society of Allied and Independent Funeral Directors. Our Managing Director is also a member of the Institute of Advanced Motorcyclists.

History

After the war a combination was devised to carry the deceased from battle fields and paupers. This can still be seen at a Norfolk museum. Attached to a Norton this was basically a crude coffin on a hinge rather than a professional hearse, considered undignified and never used.

Amongst UK motorcyclists a tradition emerged where a sidecar would be removed so that the coffin could be carried on the chassis. In the late 1990s a few sidecar chassis adaptations were launched professionally in Australia. Each had a platform with various forms of cover. In Australia this proved ideal but with our weather such an open deck would not work. What UK motorcyclists needed was an agile, powerful and tasteful motorcycle combination for a dry final ride.

We launched the first literal motorcycle hearse in 2002 and now run Britain's first and only fleet of motorcycle hearses nation wide. We are restoring our original hearse to have it available for people to see in the future. A distinctive 900cc Speed Triple with a high-powered versatile engine that proved ideal for both slow and paced corteges.

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