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Friday's The Big Day ... Or Is It?

How long will the engine run during the official "first start" ceremony?


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RUCRAYZE

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In the engine cell phone video many months ago, Commander Kody was asked how the elio engine would sound with straight pipes and he said "goofy".

I beg to differ. He works at IAV and is accustomed to working with car and truck engines which have 4,6, 8, or other cylinders. My world revolves around motorcycles and we have a lot of 2 cylinder bikes that sound just fantastic. This video sounds every bit as fantastic. The "motorcycle" world is about to have a new and distinctive member.
Seems what your hearing all comes out the open pipes, I haven't heard an engine from H D except for my V Rod w/ factory pipes, that lasted about 24 hours
 

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They nailed it! Friday the 6th!!! Well, the month was off by one... Who cares? It lives!
In the engine cell phone video many months ago, Commander Kody was asked how the elio engine would sound with straight pipes and he said "goofy".

I beg to differ. He works at IAV and is accustomed to working with car and truck engines which have 4,6, 8, or other cylinders. My world revolves around motorcycles and we have a lot of 2 cylinder bikes that sound just fantastic. This video sounds every bit as fantastic. The "motorcycle" world is about to have a new and distinctive member.
Is that Commander Kody and his lost planet airmen with the Hot Rod Lincoln?
 
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In the engine cell phone video many months ago, Commander Kody was asked how the elio engine would sound with straight pipes and he said "goofy".

I beg to differ. He works at IAV and is accustomed to working with car and truck engines which have 4,6, 8, or other cylinders. My world revolves around motorcycles and we have a lot of 2 cylinder bikes that sound just fantastic. This video sounds every bit as fantastic. The "motorcycle" world is about to have a new and distinctive member.
I dunno. Sounded a little rough to me. Definitely not a purr.
 

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Was the unveiling just that short video with the inset of a guy watching a bunch of monitors? There are a lot of news releases and copies of those releases and that is all I have seen. Sorry to be out of touch if I missed something more in depth.
 
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