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The Harley Davidson motorcycle that went across the Pacific in a storage container via the Tsunami in Japan, is now on display at the Harley Davidson Museum in Milwaukee, WI. (LA Times – Tsunami Harley) We previously wrote about the finding of the bike and what Harley Davidson was intending to do with it. Glad they got it all done quickly. (GR – HD)
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Harley Davidson did the classy and offer the tsunami victim, Ikuo Yokoyama, who lost family members, a full restore of his bike, but he one upped them. Yokoyama asked Harley Davidson to keep the bike and put it in their museum and a monument. “The Harley-Davidson Museum is honored to receive this amazing motorcycle to ensure that its condition is preserved and can be displayed as a memorial to the Japan Tsunami tragedy,” said Bill Davidson, Vice President of the Harley-Davidson Museum.” (Foxnews – Harley)
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There will be more of these washing up. Most everything will be completely thrashed from a year of being in the ocean. If this catches more eyes, they’ll most likely track down the owner and someone will step in and restore the bike for him or her – provided the person is alive. We wrote the script ahead of time. We’ll see what unfolds. (Jalopnik – Harley)
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TOTO, the powerful toilet company has developed a trike that runs of feces. It’s outfitted with a pooper as the seat and we suppose, if you ever see the driver pull over and continue down dark alleys, then you know what’s going on. The toilet trike offers no privacy and where’s the roll of TP? Is it a use the left hand clean and right hand to throttle situation? We’re sure that the vibrations can only help the drop rate. Either way, they’re proving the point that poo can now pay. Also what’s the gas milage? Ok jokes are done now. (wireduk – Toto Trike) Follow the travel with Toto blog as well.
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