Doo Dah Parade: Creating the Mai-Taicycle!

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T Traderpup Tiki Socialite Long Beach, CA Joined: Mar 26, 2002 Posts: 1055	T Traderpup Posted posted on Thu, Nov 11, 2004 9:28 PM Since I don't currently have my home Tiki bar, I thought I'd show the progression of my current Tiki related project... The Mai-Taicycles for Queen Cherry Capri's Doo Dah parade entourage Here's the before of one of the cycles: Here is after a couple days of spare time... still a ways to go, but making good progress!
D dogbytes Tiki Socialite seattle, wa Joined: Mar 24, 2002 Posts: 2243	D dogbytes Posted posted on Thu, Nov 11, 2004 9:50 PM you don't need the training wheels anymore? would't it be safer if you're drinking n pedaling?.. nice ride!
AA Aaron's Akua Member Rancho Santa Margarita, CA Joined: Jul 09, 2004 Posts: 1596	AA Aaron's Akua Posted posted on Thu, Nov 11, 2004 10:44 PM Speaking of drinking & pedaling... We have a semi-local cycling event down here called the Rosartio-Ensenada 50 mile fun ride. It's in Baja Mexico, but it's mostly a bunch of SoCal gringos (7-10,000 of them) that head down for a weekend of drinking, cycling, carousing, and fun. Anyways, last time I rode the course I ran across 5 guys on a contraption made of 5 Schwinn Stingrays welded together with a steel platform in the middle to support a keg with 5 separate dispenser hoses. They were all wearing grass skirts & lampshade type beachcomber hats. Pretty comical sight. Not sure if they ever made it to the finish line. Not the doo-dah, but pretty comical all the same. Wish I had a picture to share. Sorry for the digression... So, Traderpup, how are you going to put the mai-tai into the mai-taicycle?
T Traderpup Tiki Socialite Long Beach, CA Joined: Mar 26, 2002 Posts: 1055	T Traderpup Posted posted on Sun, Nov 14, 2004 12:34 PM okay... almost done with one... and one week to go!
F floratina Tiki Socialite Pasadena CA Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 1002	F floratina Posted posted on Tue, Nov 16, 2004 1:30 PM I just had to bump this post. I notice that you made it into a boys bike, Pup...
AA Aaron's Akua Member Rancho Santa Margarita, CA Joined: Jul 09, 2004 Posts: 1596	AA Aaron's Akua Posted posted on Tue, Nov 16, 2004 1:42 PM So that's a mai-taicycle. Outstanding!
T Traderpup Tiki Socialite Long Beach, CA Joined: Mar 26, 2002 Posts: 1055	T Traderpup Posted posted on Tue, Nov 16, 2004 5:05 PM Bikes are done! Here's some photos... there will be fruit garnish added for the parade. Notice some of the fine details.... mai tai cocktail on the front fenders, parrots from noose in tow...... [ Edited by: Traderpup on 2004-11-16 17:06 ]
FG Futura Girl Member Joined: Oct 01, 2002 Posts: 933	FG Futura Girl Posted posted on Wed, Nov 17, 2004 10:26 AM oh my goodness - those are incredible!!! love the parrots hanging off the rear!
STCB Sabu The Coconut Boy Tiki Socialite Carson, California Joined: Aug 20, 2002 Posts: 2813	STCB Sabu The Coconut Boy Posted posted on Wed, Nov 17, 2004 11:45 AM Fantastic job, Pup! Those look amazing. You could market those. Did you use real tapa on the chain-guard or paint it on? Sabu [ Edited by: Sabu The Coconut Boy on 2004-11-17 11:46 ]
M MTKahuna Tiki Socialite LB to LA, CA Joined: Jun 11, 2003 Posts: 477	M MTKahuna Posted posted on Tue, Nov 23, 2004 8:51 PM Hey Terry, Those are Cherry!!! MTK
P pablus Tiki Socialite www.thecrazedmugs.com Joined: Jul 23, 2003 Posts: 2163	P pablus Posted posted on Fri, Nov 26, 2004 9:31 AM Man, you got mad skills. As in: Your skills make me angry that I have none. Could you do the same for my motorcycle?

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