I don't see why the Elio shouldn't be used on long trips; at least it's a big step up from a m/cycle and some go thousands of miles on those.
agree .... we spend the summer in South Dakota .... each year we see thousands of bikes going to and from Sturgis that have come from all over the country .... some are towed on trailers but the vast majority of the ones we see are being ridden
Jim