I wonder if wearing seat belts will be required by law or optional because of the Elio's motorcycle classification? I'm wearing mine........but the thought just crossed my mind. Definitely no helmet in any shape of form.......not even Skully.
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You can register using your Google, Facebook, or Twitter account, just click here.Wearing a heavy helmet while 'seat-belted in' (without some sort of head/neck restraint) can be MORE DANGEROUS, than no helmet!
Now when I got home from flying guns on UH-1N Helicopters, my wife would laugh at my face being black from the visor down, now that was a fashion statement.In my days of Helicopter flying Uh1cCs and AH1Gs that would have been a gun ship crews fashion statement.
Then you definetly need the new vintage 1940 military series gaugesGot to get me one of these for my black night rider Elio
Hay Dustoff, did you guys look like this?
A Uh-60 Black Hawk Helicopter Crew Photograph - A Uh-60 Black Hawk
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I'm not a car person, but I honestly can't see how the Elio could roll over. It has a very low center of gravity and the spread of the front wheels should make that very difficult unless it is pushed off a cliff. How many vehicles have you rolled over? I can imagine the Elio being pushed aside as a more likely senario. :-) Znice gauges! btw, has anyone considered the safety of the one door design, in the the possibility of a roll over that comes to rest on the left side?
as long as the electrics are still working, maybe the right side window can still be opened for an escape hatch, unless the frame is misshapen too much to allow the window to open. doesn't seem to be enough room to position ones self to allow kicking out a window or windshield.
another thought, and maybe a little off topic for this thread, but has anyone thought of saddle bags instead of a trailer? a bracket that bolts under the frame, under the rear seat area, could have quick disconnects, to allow removal of bags at destination and a clean look to the Elio when the bags are removed. it may cause some aerodynamic drag but less weight and drag than a trailer would. and then there is the backing issue!
The area described is filled by the gas tank, and the rest of the space is filled by the tire and swing arm and the necessary room for motion. As for the possibility of rolling over onto its door the solution is a window punch.nice gauges! btw, has anyone considered the safety of the one door design, in the the possibility of a roll over that comes to rest on the left side?
as long as the electrics are still working, maybe the right side window can still be opened for an escape hatch, unless the frame is misshapen too much to allow the window to open. doesn't seem to be enough room to position ones self to allow kicking out a window or windshield.
another thought, and maybe a little off topic for this thread, but has anyone thought of saddle bags instead of a trailer? a bracket that bolts under the frame, under the rear seat area, could have quick disconnects, to allow removal of bags at destination and a clean look to the Elio when the bags are removed. it may cause some aerodynamic drag but less weight and drag than a trailer would. and then there is the backing issue!