HD washes up in Canada, Owner in Japan located, HD wants to help

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Originally Posted by fasternyou929

It's hard to imagine the effect a wall of water sweeping all your possession away would have on you. If I were unfortunate enough to live through something like that and a year later one of my prized possessions washed up in another country, I would probably be eager to get it back and rebuild it, too. That bike probably holds some connection to his past that he can relive through very few things now.

This. The overwhelming emotional value that bike would have would be worth it. I've seen people spend boatloads of cash to work on bigger pieces of crap than that, with less reason.