I had so much fun working on my first art project that I decided to try a second one. And like the other, this one will use a lot of motorcycle parts and a few car parts too. This project (like the last one) was conceived from a picture that my daughter Tracey sent me again. But unlike the last one, I won't have to figure out the 'scale' of this project so it gives me more freedom to make whatever I want. However, I'm not going to tell you what this will end up being, that's for you to decide. With that being said, let's get started.

The parts that you see below are motorcycle brake rotors. As you can see they are slightly different, they're both 12 inches in diameter and are made out of steel.
 

This is the other stator along with a different gear welded to it.
 

Here is what I have so far. Can you tell what I'm making yet. If not, hang in there because it should become more clear later. On a side note, while I was welding the stator to the brake rotor, the fumes that were coming off them were terrible. Between the powdercoat on the brake rotor and the resin covering the copper windings of the stator, I could hardly stand it. I ended up holding my breath for most of the welding along with a fan blowing those fumes away.
 

One of the stators was smaller than the other and required some kind of spacer to take up the gap between the two. I made some steel spacers out of some old brake linkage from my 33 Ford, which worked out great.
 

Here are a few more that I welded and I have a story about the black sprocket that you see below.

I was pulling into a gas station in Yucaipa and happen to see a bicycle on the sidewalk. However, some of this bicycle was attached to a bracket that you would find mounted to a trailer hitch. But the mount looked like it broke off the vehicle and the bike and bracket had been run over several times until someone finally removed it from the street and tossed it on the sidewalk. Once I looked the wreckage over, my eyes were drawn to the sprocket and I thought it might work for my art project. So I threw everything in my truck and was ready to head home... but not before I received several funny looks loading up the mangled bike. On a side note, I never did find the front tire and have no idea where it ended up.