A motorcycle that washed ashore on B.C.’s west coast may have drifted across the Pacific after being carried out to sea by last year’s devastating Japanese tsunami.
A motorcycle swept to sea in the March 2011 Japanese tsunami that washed ashore recently on the island of Haida Gwaii is being returned to its owner in Japan. The motorcycle was scheduled to arrive in Victoria today where the Steve Drane Harley-Davidson dealership will prepare it for shipment to Japan.
Once in Japan, Harley-Davidson Japan will restore the bike at no cost before returning it to 29-year-old Ikuo Yokoyama. Yokoyama lost three family members in the tsunami.
This is unmistakably mine. It’s miraculous,” Yokoyama told Nippon TV after seeing photos of the bike. The motorcycle’s licence plate identified Yokoyama as the owner.
The Harley-Davidson motorcycle was being stored in a large container packed with Styrofoam which allowed it to float across the Pacific Ocean. It was carried to Haida Gwaii, where Masset resident Peter Mark discovered it on the beach on Graham Island.
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