Turkish mechanic makes his dream motorcycle with scraps of old cars

DUZCE, TURKIYE (RECENT, JUNE 2023) - A Turkish mechanic built a model of the motorcycle that he has dreamed of since his youth by using scrap metals of the cars brought to his garage for repair. The mechanic, Murat Cetin (49), has been working as a car mechanic in the industrial site of Duzce province in northwestern Türkiye. Besides repairing the engines of vehicles and other machines, Cetin also creates robot models, sculptures and some interesting figures from waste materials. His latest work is an original motorcycle made of scrap metals including LPG tanks, spark plugs, bolts, chains, shock absorbers, swing arms, Z-rods, paddles, scissors, charging dynamo, as well as other mechanical components of old vehicles. "It consists of around 1,500 pieces, and it weighs around 450 kilograms with a wheelbase of 140 centimeters," the mechanic tells and stresses: "It is the motorcycle in my dreams..." It took him nearly half a year to complete the motorcycle that he called "MC81" with the initials of his full name and the number of the provincial plate code. "I turned the scrap into an artwork by bringing together old metal pieces and designing the vehicle in my mind. In this way, we also contribute to zero-waste projects," Cetin says. (Footage by Ömer Ürer/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)