{"id":60879,"date":"2019-03-25T08:31:27","date_gmt":"2019-03-25T15:31:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/?p=60879"},"modified":"2019-03-25T10:38:07","modified_gmt":"2019-03-25T17:38:07","slug":"rip-arlen-ness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/rip-arlen-ness\/","title":{"rendered":"RIP Arlen Ness"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"RIP<\/p>\n

Arlen Ness<\/a> – visionary, husband, father and grandfather – has died. Arlen passed away March 22 in his home, in the company of his loved ones and with the knowledge that he’d lived an incredibly creative and inspirational life.<\/p>\n

What Arlen valued most were his wife Beverly, his children, grandchildren, friends and motorcycles. He summed his sentiments up in one statement: \u201cMotorcycling has been a great ride\u2026my whole life since I\u2019ve been motorcycling has been wonderful. I\u2019ve met so many nice people. Friends all over the world\u2026. We can go almost anyplace and stay with friends. It\u2019s been great.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"RIP
One of the unique motorcycles Arlen built – this bike features two engines.
Image courtesy Wikimedia Commons.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Anyone acquainted with Arlen respected him for both his achievements his character – both were exceptional, and earned him the moniker \u201cThe King of Custom Motorcycles.\u201d Arlen did not tend to reflect on or plan for his success; the latter wasn’t possible in any detail anyway, as what he achieved had never been done before.<\/p>\n

Arlen’s life impacted his family, the Arlen Ness team and countless others around the world. His family will announce a memorial service and celebration of life after some time to grieve him privately. While their loss is impossible to measure, they can take consolation from knowing Arlen has done something few accomplish in a lifetime of trying: He has inspired.<\/p>\n

\"RIP
Image courtesy Wikimedia Commons.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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