Earlier in May this year, 32 years old Peter Mark discovered a Harley Davidson motorcycle on the coast of British Columbia while he was riding his ATV. After inspection, Mark realized that the HD motorcycle lying in the white trailer had traveled across the Pacific ocean, just like other debris which was piling up on the Canadian coast, thanks to the Tsunami which ruined Japanese East Coast last year in March.
Within a matter of hours, the story became news headlines the world over. Everybody, especially Harley Davidson fraternity, was now looking for owner of this Harley Davidson motorcycle which carried a license plate of Miyagi Prefecture, one of the worst affected areas where 10 meters high Tsunami waves were recorded and 11,000 people were dead or missing.
Two days after Mark found the Harley, its owner, 29 years old Ikuo Yokoyama was found surviving in a government shelter. When Ikuo was told about his HD motorcycle, his joy had no bounds and tears of joy started flowing from his eyes. In the last one year, Ikuo had lost his house and family, so the smile brought on his face by the Harley Davidson, was really something.
The Harley Davidson motorcycle owned by Ikuo was a 2004 FXSTB Softail Night Train. Obviously the 5,000 kms long journey across the Pacific ocean had killed the motorcycle. It was believed earlier that Harley Davidson would be restoring the motorcycle to its original glory and ship it back to Mr Ikuo. But this seems impossible now. So Mr Ikuo has now requested Harley Davidson to add this motorcycle to their collection at their museum in Milwaukee.
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