SuzukiSavage.com - Elio enclosed motorcycle

verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28886 L.A. California Gender:	Re: Elio enclosed motorcycle Reply #15 - 12/02/13 at 14:49:01 I'd go for a morgan.
Back to top	Versey's Place Tech Section Index IP Logged

Serowbot YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline OK.... so what's the speed of dark? Posts: 28660 Tucson Az Gender:	Re: Elio enclosed motorcycle Reply #16 - 12/02/13 at 17:04:18 verslagen1 wrote on 12/02/13 at 14:49:01: I'd go for a morgan. +1... I've played with the idea of making one... Guzzi rear end and drivetrain,... quad front end,... aluminum body... ...
Back to top	Ludicrous Speed !... ... ... IP Logged

verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28886 L.A. California Gender:	Re: Elio enclosed motorcycle Reply #17 - 12/02/13 at 17:18:47 There is kits available
Back to top	Versey's Place Tech Section Index IP Logged

keith pearson

YaBB Newbies

Offline

ancient biker

Posts: 46

Re: Elio enclosed motorcycle
Reply #18 - 12/03/13 at 05:49:11

old_rider wrote on 12/02/13 at 00:45:42:

I like the lit one also, but those gyro's have to take up a lot of battery juice, and in the video you could hear how noisy they were.

Maybe use a slow retract small wheeled balance leveler system that engages at below 10 mph (there is a company that makes them for motorcycles, I think they are called "stop assist" or "balance assist") so the gyro's could shut down at stops to save energy and maybe freewheel spin for easy stop and goes.

Wrote to lit about it... lets see what the engineers say. Shocked

like most things, this was invented and manufactured a long while ago - it was called the "Near-a-car" and had two wheels and a gyroscope, plus the "landing wheels" when the engine was switched off. I can't find it on Google, but I have seen photos of it. It was pre- WW2. I cannot remember the manufacturer. Perhaps someone here knows?

Back to top

IP Logged

keith pearson YaBB Newbies Offline ancient biker Posts: 46	Re: Elio enclosed motorcycle Reply #19 - 12/03/13 at 05:52:23 http://gajitz.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/worlds-first-gyrocar.jpg this one was made in 1914 by Wolseley in England.
Back to top	IP Logged

keith pearson YaBB Newbies Offline ancient biker Posts: 46	Re: Elio enclosed motorcycle Reply #20 - 12/03/13 at 05:54:43 http://ccs.infospace.com/ClickHandler.ashx?du=www.aqpl43.dsl.pipex.com%2f...%... and some more pictures here. WW1 put a stop to this !
Back to top	IP Logged

Dave YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 18099 Camp Springs, Kentucky Gender:	Re: Elio enclosed motorcycle Reply #21 - 12/03/13 at 06:14:47 If you like projects...you can do this to your Can Am: http://jalopnik.com/5331739/goblin-wolfspyder-turns-your-trike-into-a-jet-fig...
Back to top	untitled_001.png Someday I will be old......But not today! IP Logged

Serowbot YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline OK.... so what's the speed of dark? Posts: 28660 Tucson Az Gender:	Re: Elio enclosed motorcycle Reply #22 - 12/03/13 at 08:48:26 If I could afford a Spyder,.. I wouldn't be looking at making my own kit... $4.00 per pound is my max.... ... ...( I need a salvage Guzzi with a damaged front end,... and a quad with a blown engine)... ... and a dumb friend that can weld)... ...
Back to top	Ludicrous Speed !... ... ... IP Logged

Ragnar444 Full Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 125	Re: Elio enclosed motorcycle Reply #23 - 12/03/13 at 12:35:11 Forget all of my previous posts. This is what I want sitting in my garage.
Back to top	1452366_637533136289538_441287076_n.jpg IP Logged

Serowbot YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline OK.... so what's the speed of dark? Posts: 28660 Tucson Az Gender:	Re: Elio enclosed motorcycle Reply #24 - 12/03/13 at 15:29:13 That's cool!... ...
Back to top	Ludicrous Speed !... ... ... IP Logged

old_rider

Serious Thumper

Offline

Backyard Bill
Productions

Posts: 3147
flordia panhandle
Gender: male

Re: Elio enclosed motorcycle
Reply #25 - 12/05/13 at 08:32:16

Well they replied very politely, saying that the gyro's don't use all that much power and their landing system is fast and fine. And they thanked me for my interest in their product.

Funny though, in the video the prototype made horrendous noise, so loud the guy inside could not hear you if you were standing right next to his window unless you shouted at him. That in itself would tell me that those gyro's take a lot of power along with all the circuitry fastened to the back wall.

Still, it intrigues me, now if they can make one with doors on both sides, I'd be interested.
I'd have to have doors on both sides for safety, I can't stand not having an escape route if I am pinned down by a vehicle... I don't care what they show on the video, if you get hit hard and high (like a football tackle) by a large vehicle, its gonna knock you over and might pin you down. I want escape options dangit!

Back to top

We are here to laugh at the odds and live our lives so well that Death will tremble to take us.

IP Logged

Ragnar444 Full Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 125	Re: Elio enclosed motorcycle Reply #26 - 12/05/13 at 15:25:50 I understand your concerns old rider. You make very valid points. I've been in a couple of roll over accidents and found that doors do not always open easily after serious collisions. I plan to keep a device to break windows handy.
Back to top	IP Logged

old_rider

Serious Thumper

Offline

Backyard Bill
Productions

Posts: 3147
flordia panhandle
Gender: male

Re: Elio enclosed motorcycle
Reply #27 - 12/05/13 at 16:33:31

Ragnar444 wrote on 12/05/13 at 15:25:50:

I understand your concerns old rider.
You make very valid points.
I've been in a couple of roll over accidents
and found that doors do not always open easily
after serious collisions. I plan to keep a
device to break windows handy.

Yes and that escape factor is what my wife was worried about with the Elio, only one door (drivers side) and small windows for the passenger, which do not look like they are big enough to crawl through.

We kinda giggled and said at that price we could get a pair and dump our vehicles. I could sell my pickup for the price need to buy the Elio and if I ever needed to move we could rent a truck. I have a small travel trailer that a motorcycle can pull, so the Elio would do it nicely.

I like the options folks are coming out with that can save on fuel costs and still keep you safe and comfy while driving them. Lets just hope the costs are realistic and they don't make a Yugo, neighbor had one of those and the driving time vrs. fix it time were almost 50/50.

Back to top

We are here to laugh at the odds and live our lives so well that Death will tremble to take us.

IP Logged

Ragnar444 Full Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 125	Re: Elio enclosed motorcycle Reply #28 - 12/05/13 at 19:48:24 They plan on including 3 airbags if that concerns you. Much safer than a two wheeled vehicle.
Back to top	IP Logged

old_rider

Serious Thumper

Offline

Backyard Bill
Productions

Posts: 3147
flordia panhandle
Gender: male

Re: Elio enclosed motorcycle
Reply #29 - 12/05/13 at 20:48:03

Ragnar444 wrote on 12/05/13 at 19:48:24:

They plan on including 3 airbags if that concerns you. Much safer than a two wheeled vehicle.

Yes seen that too, that's why I saved the site and also "liked" it on facebook and have been getting updates from them. They are in halburton florida I think this week for a day or two.

We will definatly keep track of the Elio, but like I stated before, I want to hear it is a "positive" that they will start production and not a "we plan to start production" before I throw any money in their direction. Hope you donated on the "returnable fund" side.

Back to top

We are here to laugh at the odds and live our lives so well that Death will tremble to take us.

IP Logged