Those old motorcycle parts chucked in one corner of your store would be useful for building a giant robot, to impress everyone in town. Here comes a 10-feet tall robot that was made by Travis Taylor, a handyman-turned-artist using some crap metal and old Yamaha motorcycle parts.
The finished product is somehow qualified to be called a robot, although it still shows recognizable motorcycle parts: the gas tank is its head, the exhaust pipes extends down to its back like a jetpack, the drive chain is draped through an arm-mounted Gatling gun like an ammunition belt.
The robot also contains non-motorcycle parts, such as the pelvis is made from a piece of an old weight-lifting machine, and a large soup can in the middle of the torso.
Taylor has this 10-feet robot to guard his driveway in Springfield, and he is now working on a smaller one. The maker will make entertained offers to sell the sculpture. Perhaps, it’d be good to have it to safeguard your front gate.
via gizmowatch
April 23rd, 2010 at 9:54 am
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