Thursday, May 3, 2012

Japanese Harley found in Canada!

A Langford motorcycle dealer is helping to return a Harley-Davidson motorcycle to its owner in Japan after it was washed out to sea by last year's tsunami and ended up on British Columbia's northwest coast. Resident Peter Mark found the motorcycle April 18 in a Styrofoam-lined storage container that washed ashore after floating across the Pacific Ocean. The license plate gave clues to its origin. The owner Ikuo Yokoyama, 29, who lives in the town of Yamamoto, in Miyagi Prefecture, was tracked down by a Japanese Harley-Davidson representative who saw a Television report of the Motorcycles discovery. With owner found, the bike is to be taken to the Langford Harley-Davidson Dealer and packed for shipping to Japan in its rusted state. Harley-Davidson has offered to restore the bike at one of its Japanese facilities so the owner can see the motorcycle before and after. Via:Times Colonist

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