I agree with Lou.
Provide for the timely distribution before you croak to make you happy with
where they go to be treasured till the next recycling.
Or provide for their disposal after your passing over so you can enjoy them
till your last gasp.
Or don't worry about any of it and let the heirs fight over the remains if
you really don't care for any of them.(The heirs that is)
We all have many choices and options, and it's for each of us to decide the
way to go.
There is no wrong way, only your way.
Ted Ernst
Palos Verdes Estates
CA USA
> What to do with your bike collection when you die? While I applaud all
> the
> thoughts about donating to museums, giving to friends/collectors, I'm
> sorry,
> but I guess I'm too much of a traditionalist. The bikes are part of the
> estate and the estate belongs to the heirs. Unless one is really wealthy
> and the
> bikes are just a blip on the screen, I believe the first priority is to
> provide for the folks who I leave on this earth. I've witnessed two such
> situations since I joined this list. In both cases, listmembers stepped
> in to help
> the spouse dispose of the collection. The spouses needed that money. I
> suspect that is the case for most of the listmembers. And, I don't
> recall anyone
> coming forward to take the whole collection from those two spouses and
> provide a reasonable price. I've told my wife to contact a specific
> person who
> has agreed to help her dispose of the bikes. Whether it be me, or one of
> you
> hundreds of listmembers, if you are worried about the bikes falling into
> the
> wrong hands when one of us passes in the future, then be prepared to come
> forth and put your money on the table. I can't take it with me and my
> hope is
> that my heirs get some enjoyment from the money they recoup when the sale
> is
> complete. I seem to be a lone voice on this issue, but that's the way
> things
> go sometimes. Lou Deeter, Orlando FL