Tsunami Harley

[bluesdog]

The Japanese owner of a Harley-Davidson motorcycle that was washed out to sea in the tsunami last April says its discovery on a remote beach on the West Coast of B.C. last week is a miracle.
The owner Ikuo Yokoyama, a 29-year-old resident of the town of Yamamoto, in Miyagi Prefecture, was tracked down by a Harley-Davidson representative in Japan who saw the story, first reported by CBC News, in the media.

A company spokeperson told CBC News they are now hoping to pay for the return of the bike to Yokoyama and to see if they can restore it for him.

https://www.cbc.ca/ne...ycle-owner.html

 

[ScottyUSN]

Read that on Yahoo earlier today... Hope the owner is alive to claim his bike. A fitting end to an amazing story.

 

[bluesdog]

Harley in Japan says they are hoping to restore the bike for the owner, Ikuo Yokoyama. That's cool, but I think it would be even cooler if Harley Canada did the restoration

 

[ScottyUSN]

Harley in Japan says they are hoping to restore the bike for the owner, Ikuo Yokoyama. That's cool, but I think it would be even cooler if Harley Canada did the restoration

I can see it now.. Bags packed with Ice and LaBatt Blue and a Maple Leaf pant job!

 

[SacramentoMike]

Harley in Japan says they are hoping to restore the bike for the owner, Ikuo Yokoyama. That's cool, but I think it would be even cooler if Harley Canada did the restoration

Myself, I think it would be cooler if the Japanese government took back the Harley and gave him a Yamaha.

Harley in Japan says they are hoping to restore the bike for the owner, Ikuo Yokoyama. That's cool, but I think it would be even cooler if Harley Canada did the restoration

I can see it now.. Bags packed with Ice and LaBatt Blue and a Maple Leaf pant job!

I'm not sure what one of those is, but I think I'd like one.

 

[Bugnatr]

More than likely this is the most miles a Harley has ever traveled

 

[patch308]

More than likely this is the most miles a Harley has ever traveled

AND of course it now has to be "restored"...pretty typical for a Hardly after a few miles isn't it...

 

[Falko]

I bet it will still run as good as new....

 

[Bungie]

Well I guess HD's are completely worthless. You can't even use them as a boat anchor.

 

[Willie]

Gives a whole new meaning to TRAILER QUEEN

 

[SouthernCruizer]

Somewhere a middle-aged Japanese man, experiencing a mid-life crisis, with a goatee and small genitals is missing his Harley. :glare:

 

[bluesdog]

The owner:

Watch the news clip here

 

[ScottyUSN]

Perfect ending to that story... I figured a high probability the owner was a casually of the storm.

 

[yamafitter]

I can see it now.. Bags packed with Ice and LaBatt Blue and a Maple Leaf pant job!

I'm not sure what one of those is, but I think I'd like one.

Are you sure you want one of these???

 

[ScottyUSN]

I can see it now.. Bags packed with Ice and LaBatt Blue and a Maple Leaf pant job!

I'm not sure what one of those is, but I think I'd like one.

Are you sure you want one of these???

I can send you some of mine (used of course) you would only need to "PAINT" your own Maple leaf! There will be enough real estate to "PAINT" a few leafs of the dimensions above. Brown stem comes pre-drawn down the middle to ASSist with your alignment.

 

[SacramentoMike]

Not at all what I had in mind. :fie:

But thanks.

 

[weekend rider]

For all the harley bashers out there, what happened to all the yamaha's that went onto the ocean? Oh they never surfaced. It looks like they make good boat anchors... go figure