Mr. Clean
02-May-2012, 10:29 AM
This is cool as hell. Figured anything lost would just sink to the bottom for the most part.
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2012/05/02/motorcycle-lost-in-japan-tsunami-found-on-canadian-island/#ixzz1thQM0BeJ
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Motorcycle lost in Japan tsunami found on Canadian island
TOKYO – It must have been a wild ride.
Japanese media say a Harley-Davidson motorcycle lost in last year's tsunami has
washed up on a Canadian island about 4,000 miles away.
The rusted bike was found in a large white container where its owner, Ikuo
Yokoyama, had kept it. He was located through the license plate number, Fuji TV
reported Wednesday.
"This is unmistakably mine. It's miraculous," Yokoyama told Nippon TV when
shown photos of the motorcycle.
Yokoyama lost three members of his family in the March 11, 2011, tsunami, and
is now living in temporary housing in Miyagi prefecture (state).
The motorcycle is among the first items lost in the tsunami to reach the west
coast of North America. In March, an Alaska man found a football and later a
volleyball from Japan; their owners were located last week using names that had
been inscribed on the balls.
Canadian Peter Mark, who found the bike and its container, told Fuji that he
"couldn't believe that something like that would make it across the Pacific."
The report said he found it April 18 on Graham Island, off the coast of British
Columbia.
The motorcyle was caked with "a lot of corrosion, a lot of rust," said
Mark.
When he saw the Japanese license plate, Mark wondered if it might have
drifted from Japan after the tsunami, and contacted a local TV station.
The Fuji report said the motorcycle would be shipped back to Japan, and that
the shop that sold it to Yokoyama would help with paperwork and storage.
Debris from the tsunami initially gathered in the ocean off Japan's
northeastern coast and has since spread out across the Pacific. In February, the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said currents would carry much
of the debris to the coasts of Alaska, Canada, Washington and Oregon between
March 2013 and 2014, though they correctly predicted that some of it could
arrive this year.
Last month, a U.S. Coast Guard cutter fired on and sank a fishing boat in the
Gulf of Alaska that had drifted from Japan after the disaster. Authorities had
deemed the ship a hazard to shipping and to the coastline.
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2012/05/02/motorcycle-lost-in-japan-tsunami-found-on-canadian-island/#ixzz1thQM0BeJ
http://a57.foxnews.com/img.foxnews.com/static/managed/assets/660/371/JapanTsunamiHarley.JPG
Motorcycle lost in Japan tsunami found on Canadian island
TOKYO – It must have been a wild ride.
Japanese media say a Harley-Davidson motorcycle lost in last year's tsunami has
washed up on a Canadian island about 4,000 miles away.
The rusted bike was found in a large white container where its owner, Ikuo
Yokoyama, had kept it. He was located through the license plate number, Fuji TV
reported Wednesday.
"This is unmistakably mine. It's miraculous," Yokoyama told Nippon TV when
shown photos of the motorcycle.
Yokoyama lost three members of his family in the March 11, 2011, tsunami, and
is now living in temporary housing in Miyagi prefecture (state).
The motorcycle is among the first items lost in the tsunami to reach the west
coast of North America. In March, an Alaska man found a football and later a
volleyball from Japan; their owners were located last week using names that had
been inscribed on the balls.
Canadian Peter Mark, who found the bike and its container, told Fuji that he
"couldn't believe that something like that would make it across the Pacific."
The report said he found it April 18 on Graham Island, off the coast of British
Columbia.
The motorcyle was caked with "a lot of corrosion, a lot of rust," said
Mark.
When he saw the Japanese license plate, Mark wondered if it might have
drifted from Japan after the tsunami, and contacted a local TV station.
The Fuji report said the motorcycle would be shipped back to Japan, and that
the shop that sold it to Yokoyama would help with paperwork and storage.
Debris from the tsunami initially gathered in the ocean off Japan's
northeastern coast and has since spread out across the Pacific. In February, the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said currents would carry much
of the debris to the coasts of Alaska, Canada, Washington and Oregon between
March 2013 and 2014, though they correctly predicted that some of it could
arrive this year.
Last month, a U.S. Coast Guard cutter fired on and sank a fishing boat in the
Gulf of Alaska that had drifted from Japan after the disaster. Authorities had
deemed the ship a hazard to shipping and to the coastline.