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How will you keep unwanted folks out / off of your Slingshot?
Stop me if you've had this happen to you before...
You leave your motorcycle parked outside a store / restaurant / house to do your thing and when you return to your trusty steed, you find someone sitting / leaning / taking a photo on your baby... Or putting their kid on your baby to take a photo (and potentially burn themselves)...
It happened in my Lotus as well. I took it to Home Depot with the roof off for a quick run and when I got out, a guy had pushed my power window down and stepped over the door to sit in it with his kid... The Elise has notoriously difficult ingress / egress so I caught them when they were trying to get out of it.
In the end, it's ugly, and unfortunate, but it's bound to happen. Seeing as the Slingshot will no doubt be in the eye of many onlookers and enthusiasts, what will you do to keep unwanted attention and buttocks from infesting your Slingshot?
http://rideapart.com/2013/09/get-off-my-bike-motorcycle-etiquette/
You leave your motorcycle parked outside a store / restaurant / house to do your thing and when you return to your trusty steed, you find someone sitting / leaning / taking a photo on your baby... Or putting their kid on your baby to take a photo (and potentially burn themselves)...
It happened in my Lotus as well. I took it to Home Depot with the roof off for a quick run and when I got out, a guy had pushed my power window down and stepped over the door to sit in it with his kid... The Elise has notoriously difficult ingress / egress so I caught them when they were trying to get out of it.
In the end, it's ugly, and unfortunate, but it's bound to happen. Seeing as the Slingshot will no doubt be in the eye of many onlookers and enthusiasts, what will you do to keep unwanted attention and buttocks from infesting your Slingshot?
http://rideapart.com/2013/09/get-off-my-bike-motorcycle-etiquette/
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I was thinking more along the lines of a tonneau cover or some caution tape??
Had 2 Motorcycles in FL, nothing damaged or messed with.
Have had 6 Motorcycles in AZ, all were vandalized in some way. Had them pissed on, kicked over, broken bodywork, broken turn signal lights, sat on, keyed, etc. And I swear, half of that sh!t was done in a legitimate parking space for bikes!
My Lotus was REALLY crazy. People would see me driving it and they became maniacs trying to catch up, tailgating, pointing, losing their mind... and when stopped, it was always the same questions... "is that a kit car?" "Who makes Lotus?" "How fast is it?" "Can you take a picture of me with your car?"
99% of the time, I was cool about it. If the person had a little kid and I had time, I would ask if the kid wanted to sit in the Lotus, just because it was small like them... Made a lot of smiles that way.
Had 2 Motorcycles in FL, nothing damaged or messed with.
Have had 6 Motorcycles in AZ, all were vandalized in some way. Had them pissed on, kicked over, broken bodywork, broken turn signal lights, sat on, keyed, etc. And I swear, half of that sh!t was done in a legitimate parking space for bikes!
My Lotus was REALLY crazy. People would see me driving it and they became maniacs trying to catch up, tailgating, pointing, losing their mind... and when stopped, it was always the same questions... "is that a kit car?"
"Who makes Lotus?" "How fast is it?" "Can you take a picture of me with your car?" 99% of the time, I was cool about it. If the person had a little kid and I had time, I would ask if the kid wanted to sit in the Lotus, just because it was small like them... Made a lot of smiles that way.
You get on that, Mr. Engineer...
I was thinking of something simple, you know, it is fitted to the upper half of the seat backs, and then a flap long enough to reach the dash hooks into a loop or something on the dash.
Has to be convenient, light, easily stored, can not take up excessive room in the storage behind the seat... (Do you think a helmet will fit in the storage behind the seat?)
Folds in 2 seconds, goes on in 2 seconds... Does not have to cover sides... Don't see how it could unless it just hung over. Maybe hang loosely over the side and has a bungee to attach to the grab rails on the side?
Be sure to tell your marketing buddy to sell the hell out of it...
Sitting in your car , a Lotus . Unreal better you than me -I would of had a melt down .Stop me if you've had this happen to you before...
You leave your motorcycle parked outside a store / restaurant / house to do your thing and when you return to your trusty steed, you find someone sitting / leaning / taking a photo on your baby... Or putting their kid on your baby to take a photo (and potentially burn themselves)...
It happened in my Lotus as well. I took it to Home Depot with the roof off for a quick run and when I got out, a guy had pushed my power window down and stepped over the door to sit in it with his kid... The Elise has notoriously difficult ingress / egress so I caught them when they were trying to get out of it.
In the end, it's ugly, and unfortunate, but it's bound to happen. Seeing as the Slingshot will no doubt be in the eye of many onlookers and enthusiasts, what will you do to keep unwanted attention and buttocks from infesting your Slingshot?
http://rideapart.com/2013/09/get-off-my-bike-motorcycle-etiquette/
I think they do offer one.So we now know there is a cover, I wonder if they've got a bikini cover for just the cockpit as well?
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