SHOW ME YOUR TRIKES !!!!!!!!!!!!

[pauliesatx]

ok so today i got a free trike from a friend but i told him i'll pay him 70 bucks for it when he gets out of work. so anyways... it's a miami sun trike. has to be at least 5 years old or more. i'll find out later. so far i took off the basket right when i got the thing cause it was bent. the seat was too close so i put on a banana seat i had. i took off the front fender cause it was missing a screw and it was bent and rubbing. so... here it is. i am gonna build it up rad and keep it. my mom has been checkin me out build up bikes and she doesnt have one. i told her when i get a trike it can be hers.

ok fellow rat rod bikes patrons. lets see your trikes. i need some ideas. i am totally getting this baby powder coated. i am thinking something with some huge tires all around and a strait springer. as for color...i dont really know yet. i am thinking black with green metal flake.

oh by the way.

i am in san antonio and on sat may 1st we are having a bike show at blue star art complex

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=3 ... 1680052404

then 2 weeks later it's a frankenbike thing over at alcapulco drive in.

FrankenBike # 1 ~ San Antonio, Texas ~ May, 15, 2010 ~ 10:00am till 5:00pm @ Acapulo Drive Inn on 609 s. Alamo St.


on a personal note. to check out crusiers i would go to the blue star thing. people are very laid back and chill and friendly. as for the frankenbike thing. i dont know for sure but if it's like the last few swap meets there, prices are gonna be kinda steep and some people dont budge at all. the dude from houston where cool as poop though.

anyways.


here is the tike i got. give me your ideas and input.

[HotRodRob]

Looks like ya got a good start there. Likin' the banana seat! I've had a few and lookin' for another one. Heres a few pics of what i have had.

First one I freshened up, before and after




next was just a cleanup and some fat tires. 24x3 on the back and 24x2.35 on the front. Sold it before I got finished pics though




now I need another trike to put this on..........


Good luck with the build, they sure are fun!

[Markm]

FAT tires on the back, maybe shorty-ducktailed fenders. Bars look OK, maybe a springer????
Lotsa potential!!!!

[aka_locojoe]

Probably the most expensive bike project I've ever done. Don't know what I was thinking. Old Sun trike that belonged to my late uncle.
Had it powder coated a really dark,deep blue, added plastic mags, Nexus 3 speed... Never rode it and eventually sold it to an old lady.

[KOTA]

A few years ago.
viewtopic.php?f=6&t=5916&p=60122&hilit=trikes#p60122

[icyuod2]

heres one i did for a friend of mine. no frame mods, just threw some parts at it and fashioned an oak basket.



parts of it are currently under going a major transformation in the basement.

[olschbp]

here-s my NIRVEN

[sojudave]

I just finished refurbing my mother in laws trike here is a pic:

[flatblack50]

[Cynical805]

heres my baby.



and for those who dont believe this thing is rideable here a couple videos of me riding it that my brother in law took with his cell phone. lol.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxFUAA70Dqg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqRJtdHCRAo

[ROADMONARCH]

Here Is KUULEBRA:

[Philphine]

here's one i hacked up



big sprocket and seat are from a stationary bike. front fork is, i'm pretty sure, from a 20" murray. i tried linked steering and did a bad job of it. eventually i'm going to shorten it about 6" and just use big ape hangers.

[Sinner4]

Back under way.

[Dr. Tankenstein]

ROADMONARCH,
I've got one word that describes KUULEBRA to me: PERFECT


That's pretty much my dream trike right there.

Cheers,
Dr. T

[ROADMONARCH]

Thank you Dr. Tankenstien.

This was what I tried to build when I was kid in 1969, here are a couple more:





This one is being built special for my Wife due to her not having a fullrotation due to a broken leg that did not heal up right.