Heya From Chino Valley, Arizona

[reluctorvalve]

Hello from Chino Valley (near Prescott)! My thanks to Lilly Patterson from the Elio Facebook page who posted up a link to this forum, and holy cow how much better this traffic is compared to their FB page sans trolls and naysayers! I discovered the Elio a few months back, and having been wrenching on cars all my life, it didn't take me long to see Elio's quality details in design, approach and intent. I placed a small All-In deposit at that time - I'm a former owner of a very similarly designed plans-built project, a reverse trike, called a 'Tri-Magnum,' which incidentally was designed by Mr. Robert Q. Riley from Scottsdale (RQRiley dot com) back in the 1970's. It was front-paged in the now defunct magazine Popular Mechanix, Feb. 1983, but plans are still available today. I was so excited (exactly like with the Elio) to locate and buy my own 75% built TM project, and had it for a number of years. However, my true passion for my own efforts are with antique iron, and not so much with a high-labor hour fiberglass-built project. Elio answers all the concerns that I had with my Tri-Magnum: A/C in the Arizona heat, safety concerns, and of course longevity - the TM requires a used motorcycle as a power train. Recently made the drive down to Chandler Fashion Square for their showing and it was then that I truly became excited. Look forward to seeing their last prototype design, and the results from later performance and safety testing. I don't spend time posting to forums, so I'm not experienced there but will try to post up a pic of an example Tri-Magnum for you all to see. Thx for this forum! r-

 

[Ty]

Hello from Chino Valley (near Prescott)! My thanks to Lilly Patterson from the Elio Facebook page who posted up a link to this forum, and holy cow how much better this traffic is compared to their FB page sans trolls and naysayers! I discovered the Elio a few months back, and having been wrenching on cars all my life, it didn't take me long to see Elio's quality details in design, approach and intent. I placed a small All-In deposit at that time - I'm a former owner of a very similarly designed plans-built project, a reverse trike, called a 'Tri-Magnum,' which incidentally was designed by Mr. Robert Q. Riley from Scottsdale (RQRiley dot com) back in the 1970's. It was front-paged in the now defunct magazine Popular Mechanix, Feb. 1983, but plans are still available today. I was so excited (exactly like with the Elio) to locate and buy my own 75% built TM project, and had it for a number of years. However, my true passion for my own efforts are with antique iron, and not so much with a high-labor hour fiberglass-built project. Elio answers all the concerns that I had with my Tri-Magnum: A/C in the Arizona heat, safety concerns, and of course longevity - the TM requires a used motorcycle as a power train. Recently made the drive down to Chandler Fashion Square for their showing and it was then that I truly became excited. Look forward to seeing their last prototype design, and the results from later performance and safety testing. I don't spend time posting to forums, so I'm not experienced there but will try to post up a pic of an example Tri-Magnum for you all to see. Thx for this forum! r-

Welcome to the forum. We've got the Elio disease, that's for sure. Got questions? Ask away or use the search feature. That Tri-Magnum looks kind of like a three wheel DeLorean! Cool. Anyway, from New Mexico, welcome!

 

[zelio]

Hello from Chino Valley (near Prescott)! My thanks to Lilly Patterson from the Elio Facebook page who posted up a link to this forum, and holy cow how much better this traffic is compared to their FB page sans trolls and naysayers! I discovered the Elio a few months back, and having been wrenching on cars all my life, it didn't take me long to see Elio's quality details in design, approach and intent. I placed a small All-In deposit at that time - I'm a former owner of a very similarly designed plans-built project, a reverse trike, called a 'Tri-Magnum,' which incidentally was designed by Mr. Robert Q. Riley from Scottsdale (RQRiley dot com) back in the 1970's. It was front-paged in the now defunct magazine Popular Mechanix, Feb. 1983, but plans are still available today. I was so excited (exactly like with the Elio) to locate and buy my own 75% built TM project, and had it for a number of years. However, my true passion for my own efforts are with antique iron, and not so much with a high-labor hour fiberglass-built project. Elio answers all the concerns that I had with my Tri-Magnum: A/C in the Arizona heat, safety concerns, and of course longevity - the TM requires a used motorcycle as a power train. Recently made the drive down to Chandler Fashion Square for their showing and it was then that I truly became excited. Look forward to seeing their last prototype design, and the results from later performance and safety testing. I don't spend time posting to forums, so I'm not experienced there but will try to post up a pic of an example Tri-Magnum for you all to see. Thx for this forum! r-

Hi and welcome from Oregon, r-. That is some vehicle. It is hard to believe it was designed in the 1970s. Truly amazing. I hope you learn to enjoy this delightful group of eccentrics who are devoted Elio followers. This is great place to get ideas, share stories (you are off to a great start), speculate about anything Elio and even other topics such as other 3 wheelers, meet new people and make plans for your future life with an Elio. We have a great support staff if you have questions or need help, and if interested, there is a link somewhere on here (actually it is under Reservation Map & Survey) that will help us keep track of who, how, where the growth of Elio interest is occurring on this forum. I'm glad Lilly set up a link for you. You will find her posts under QuickNW Ohio on here. We also have our detractors but they tend to get lost in the shuffle of positive input. Enjoy the forum and enjoy the adventure of this wondrous journey towards Elio ownership. Next year in our Elios! :-) Z

 

[Buckeyejake]

Welcome aboard.

 

[Joshua Caldwell]

Welcome We have our trolls too, but only a handful in number.

 

[reluctorvalve]

Awesome! Thanks!

 

[Jim H]

Welcome to the forum and the legion of Elio fans. Thanks for joining the group and we look forward to sharing information with you

 

[ecdriver711]

Welcome to the forum You will like it here.

 

[reluctorvalve]

Hi and welcome from Oregon, r-. That is some vehicle. It is hard to believe it was designed in the 1970s. Truly amazing. I hope you learn to enjoy this delightful group of eccentrics who are devoted Elio followers. This is great place to get ideas, share stories (you are off to a great start), speculate about anything Elio and even other topics such as other 3 wheelers, meet new people and make plans for your future life with an Elio. We have a great support staff if you have questions or need help, and if interested, there is a link somewhere on here (actually it is under Reservation Map & Survey) that will help us keep track of who, how, where the growth of Elio interest is occurring on this forum. I'm glad Lilly set up a link for you. You will find her posts under QuickNW Ohio on here. We also have our detractors but they tend to get lost in the shuffle of positive input. Enjoy the forum and enjoy the adventure of this wondrous journey towards Elio ownership. Next year in our Elios! Z

Zelio: Thx for the great welcome! I do very much miss my TM project, but only to a point, and it just feels like I have perhaps found the point at which that reverse trike thinking has been 'picked up' by Paul Elio - I wonder if he is aware of the old Tri-Magnum - same town, eh? Anyway, thanks for the warm welcome. I do find FAR more usable information on this forum as compared to the Elio FB page. r-

 

[zelio]

Zelio: Thx for the great welcome! I do very much miss my TM project, but only to a point, and it just feels like I have perhaps found the point at which that reverse trike thinking has been 'picked up' by Paul Elio - I wonder if he is aware of the old Tri-Magnum - same town, eh? Anyway, thanks for the warm welcome. I do find FAR more usable information on this forum as compared to the Elio FB page. r-

I hope you will join the discussions more often. :-) Z