Tsunami Motorcycle Goes to a Harley-Davidson Museum in Milwaukee with Photos | LeatherUp Blog

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The tsunami motorcycle, the Harley-Davidson that washed up in Canada after being swept by the Japanese tsunami last year, will be preserved in the Harley-Davidson Museum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. If you haven’t read the story, Harley-Davidson offered the owner Ikuo Yokoyama to restore the bike and return it to him. But instead, Yokoyama said he wanted the bike “to be preserved in its current condition and exhibited to the many visitors to the Harley-Davidson Museum as a memorial to a tragedy that
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Tsunami Motorcycle Goes to a Harley-Davidson Museum in Milwaukee with Photos | LeatherUp Blog
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The tsunami motorcycle, the Harley-Davidson that washed up in Canada after being swept by the Japanese tsunami last year, will be preserved in the Harley-Davidson Museum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. If you haven’t read the story, Harley-Davidson offered the owner Ikuo Yokoyama to restore the bike and return it to him. But instead, Yokoyama said he wanted the bike “to be preserved in its current condition and exhibited to the many visitors to the Harley-Davidson Museum as a memorial to a tragedy that
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