Bill, welcome to the forum and the Elio family. You are in the age bracket of quite a few of us. Too old (or to smart) to continue riding our motorcycle but still like the excitement of the open road. Plenty of interesting people on the forum and we hope you enjoy both the Elio experience and the journey with us.
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xAaron
Elio Fan
Welcome to the forum Bill.
RUCRAYZE
Elio Addict
Could you give me your impressions of the slingshot, looking as a backup plan.
thanks
My son is in the Navy. He is with the Black Knights VFA154 F-18 Super Hornet Fighter Squadron out of Lemoore, CA. He is an electronics tech. He has been on two deployments, one on the USS Ronald Reagan, the other on the USS Nimitz.Some great stories here! Let's see if I can keep it brief...Okay. Name's Kevin Jung (pronounced 'Young'...German descent) and I'm 52 yrs old, born in Newark, NJ, but moved to the Denver area when I was 3 months old. Grew up in CO, southwest Denver and Arvada, and enlisted in the Navy at 18 yrs old in '80...actually, my first night in bootcamp was New Years Eve of '80 - '81, totally miserable way to start the new year! Ended up stationed at NAS Miramar, working on F-14 Tomcats at VF-124 (Top Gun filmed there). Met my wife there and got married in '84...still married to the same woman. Two kids, a son and a daughter, 26 yrs and 30 yrs respectively, and a 5 year old grandson from my daughter. Back to CO for a couple of years doing HVAC work, and moved to Pacific, MO in '87 and hired on at McDonnell Douglas. Did all the composite repairs on AV8B Harrier wings, transferred to F-15E Eagles, transferred to F-18 Super Hornets, composite repair again for another 5 years, and ended up back on the F-15E's again building the center fuselage (pretty much the chunk between the wings, forward of the verticals, and behind the cockpit when looking at my avatar). LOVE fighter jets, and I never get tired of watching them take off, especially when they're pouring the coals to it.
I've been giving the Slingshot some thought too, as a fun to drive open cabin auto cycle option.
Please thank him for me for his service.
Reservation 35686? Must be a mistake!
DAVID BROWER
Elio Addict
I HAVE HAD A LIFE LONG FASCINATION WITH UNUSUAL AND 3 WHEEL VEHICLES .
I BOUGHT MY FIRST ISETTA IN 1984 AND MY FIRST MESSERSCHMITT IN 1986 .
THERE HAVE BEEN DOZENS OF SMALL & STRANGE VEHICLES IN MY GARAGE .
THE ELIO SEEMS LIKE A NATURAL CHOICE FOR ME AND A GOOD DESIGN AS WELL .
I HAVE 4 OF THEM RESERVED BUT I CAN ONLY FORESEE KEEPING ONE .
IT WILL BE MY DAILY DRIVER AND MY '97 BMW 318ti WILL BE SOLD WHEN IT GETS HERE .
I BOUGHT MY FIRST ISETTA IN 1984 AND MY FIRST MESSERSCHMITT IN 1986 .
THERE HAVE BEEN DOZENS OF SMALL & STRANGE VEHICLES IN MY GARAGE .
THE ELIO SEEMS LIKE A NATURAL CHOICE FOR ME AND A GOOD DESIGN AS WELL .
I HAVE 4 OF THEM RESERVED BUT I CAN ONLY FORESEE KEEPING ONE .
IT WILL BE MY DAILY DRIVER AND MY '97 BMW 318ti WILL BE SOLD WHEN IT GETS HERE .
very nice pictures .... it will be interesting to hear how an Elio stacks up to the wheelers you've owned
John Higgins
Elio Aficionado
I am retired, have a Can AM Spyder. Have driven motorcycles all my life and can't wait to get my hands on this one. I just gave my car to my daughter in law to help her out now I am without a covered vehicle of my own. I am looking for a Hot Red with cruise control, std sunvisor, AM/FM and MP3 player, maybe side mirrow alert. Not sure if I want the Standard or Auto Trans. My Can AM is Semi Automatic and it is GREAT! Never back off the gas to shift, just hit the paddle. Must faster than any bike I have come up upon. The Can AM is 100 HP so the Elio will not be the speed demon that the Can AM is. I have a VW Bug in 1970 that had 55 HP and it was Great and did everything I needed.