At the Harley-Davidson Museum in Milkwaukee, you'll find a 1972 Harley-Davidson Aermacchi SS350 that is anything but ordinary. The parts of this motorcycle include a microscope, a saxophone, a pencil sharpener, stove handles, a milkshake mixer, a grapefruit juicer, and more odd objects. This steampunk conglomeration isn't just an art piece, it is a working turbocharged bike! It was a customized by J. Shia of Madhouse Motors. Shia is an artist and machinist from a long line of metal fabricators. The motorcycle on display at the museum is a part of a series of four bikes she customized called the Pareidolia Series, and half of a duo inspired by the ballet Swan Lake by Tchaikovsky.
Read about this particular motorcycle and how those strange parts really work, and see the others in the series at the Autopian. You'll also find a couple of videos of Shia at work making her masterpieces.
(Image credit: Madhouse Motors)