Woman makes Harley Davidson from butter - xBhp.com : The Global Indian Biking Community

TerryMitchell · 09-30-2004, 10:34 AM

A woman from Iowa is making a model of a Harley-Davidson motorbike out of butter.

Norma "Duffy" Lyon from Des Moines is creating a full-scale butter V-Rod to celebrate Harley-Davidson's 100th anniversary.

The butter she is using is five years old, which is about the maximum age she likes to work with because the consistency changes.

She began the Harley sculpture last week after finishing a life-sized butter model of a dairy cow

She's carved a life-sized dairy cow out of butter for the Iowa state fair for more than 40 years.

Norma, 74, said: "I decided four years ago to celebrate Harley-Davidson's birthday. I've been waiting for it and here it is."

She had to get permission from the company to create the sculpture and she works from several pictures of a V-Rod taken from different angles.

The butter motorcycle is built on a frame, which is covered in butter. It is then moulded, shaped and carved until it's perfect. She reckons she'll use about 300lbs of unsalted butter in completing the sculpture.

Terry

Source: http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_806844.html

Ken · 09-30-2004, 11:00 AM

Wow! Not bad at all!! Nice find Terry!

tanmoyghosal · 09-30-2004, 11:31 AM

cool find dude

pranay · 09-30-2004, 05:33 PM

the kind of work ppl do...good story, Uncle T.

ketan86 · 09-30-2004, 07:31 PM

yeh nice find buddy

Sanju · 09-30-2004, 07:55 PM

YO The Harley DavidSon Fan

ashvinnadig · 09-30-2004, 08:05 PM

i should have met the dear lady 50 years back.......
Wonder what she would have done then ????!!!!

ace619 · 09-30-2004, 08:26 PM

woah great find..simply amazing...utterly butterly tasty..amul butter...lol

abhisheksircar · 09-30-2004, 08:32 PM

what a waste of butter ... would have cooked out enough chicken butter masala (wonder where tha chicken would come from)for the whole xbhp community

but that's how you define passion !! going out of the way !! gr8 work

Aby · 09-30-2004, 09:18 PM

This women is doing an amazing work and so u've done.
Gr8 work dude!!!!

09-30-2004, 10:34 AM	#1 (permalink)
TerryMitchell Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Amsterdam, NH, Netherlands. Posts: 13	Woman makes Harley Davidson from butter A woman from Iowa is making a model of a Harley-Davidson motorbike out of butter. Norma "Duffy" Lyon from Des Moines is creating a full-scale butter V-Rod to celebrate Harley-Davidson's 100th anniversary. The butter she is using is five years old, which is about the maximum age she likes to work with because the consistency changes. She began the Harley sculpture last week after finishing a life-sized butter model of a dairy cow She's carved a life-sized dairy cow out of butter for the Iowa state fair for more than 40 years. Norma, 74, said: "I decided four years ago to celebrate Harley-Davidson's birthday. I've been waiting for it and here it is." She had to get permission from the company to create the sculpture and she works from several pictures of a V-Rod taken from different angles. The butter motorcycle is built on a frame, which is covered in butter. It is then moulded, shaped and carved until it's perfect. She reckons she'll use about 300lbs of unsalted butter in completing the sculpture. Terry Source: http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_806844.html __________________ \"fast is never fast enough....www.car-spotting.net\"

09-30-2004, 11:31 AM	#3 (permalink)
tanmoyghosal Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Kolkata, west bengal, India. Posts: 155	cool find dude __________________ I HAVE ONE SIMILARITY WITH THE SUN ,THE SOURCE OF ALL POWER ON EARTH............... .................................................. ......... WE BOTH R PULLED BY SEVEN HORSES

09-30-2004, 05:33 PM	#4 (permalink)
pranay Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India. Posts: 1,806	the kind of work ppl do...good story, Uncle T. __________________ DoN\'t LivE tO DiE, dIe tO LiVe

09-30-2004, 07:31 PM	#5 (permalink)
ketan86 Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: MUMBAI, MAHARASHTRA, India. Posts: 70	yeh nice find buddy __________________ smell my exhausts if u cant keep up wid my ride!!! PeACe & bOoTy GReASe!!!!

09-30-2004, 07:55 PM	#6 (permalink)
Sanju Senior Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Mumbai, Maha, India. Posts: 151	YO The Harley DavidSon Fan __________________ !!Waiting for the right Pedestrain, to run over!! http://www.afegraphics.com/75rdscv2.jpg

09-30-2004, 11:00 AM	#2 (permalink)
Ken Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Dubai, UAE. Posts: 713	Wow! Not bad at all!! Nice find Terry!

09-30-2004, 08:05 PM	#7 (permalink)
ashvinnadig Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Bangalore Posts: 249	i should have met the dear lady 50 years back....... Wonder what she would have done then ????!!!!

09-30-2004, 08:26 PM	#8 (permalink)
ace619 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: mumbai, maharashtra, India. Posts: 514	woah great find..simply amazing...utterly butterly tasty..amul butter...lol __________________ If Speed Is A Sin Then Am Guilty Of It!! Demonic Resurrections@High Speed..!! http://img32.photobucket.com/albums/...peedjunkie.jpg

09-30-2004, 08:32 PM	#9 (permalink)
abhisheksircar Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Bangalore, Karnataka Posts: 244	what a waste of butter ... would have cooked out enough chicken butter masala (wonder where tha chicken would come from)for the whole xbhp community but that's how you define passion !! going out of the way !! gr8 work __________________ It's nice to be not seeing A-Pillar, B-Pillar and C-Pillar again Yamaha R15 Weekend Rides (Bangalore) \| Next Ride : 2June2012

09-30-2004, 09:18 PM	#10 (permalink)
Aby Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Delhi, , India. Posts: 39	This women is doing an amazing work and so u've done. Gr8 work dude!!!! __________________ Take care! http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...Powerslide.gif

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