Freindly competiton for 2013 meetup

[Niri Te]

If I knew that we were going to get this 70 MPG motorcycle before I cancelled the rooms, we would be UP THERE right NOW. With this bike, we could have made it to Seattle and back to El Paso for 180 dollars in Gasoline. (Granted, the 225 dirt / street bike could only maintain (uphill), 60 to 63MPH two up), BUT we would have the unofficial cheapest per mile transportation to and from "gold star" for sure. Guess how we are coming up NEXT year?? (Let's see if someone gets better than 70MPG for private transportation). HEY, we ARE an ecological bunch, after all.
Ateyo and I will spring for a NICE, but 10 inch high Trophy to the person / team that burns the least fuel per gallon for the trip up, so save your fuel receipts!! Let's see how efficient a vehicle we can travel THE FULL DISTANCE up there in or on, so no sticking your 21 speed on the Amtrack.
We are in the process of stretching a step through motor scooter frame into a trike that will be powered by a duplicate of the same engine that powers the bike, the trike will have a carbon fiber body that Ateyo and I are currently hand laying up. Let's just say that the thing looks like something that should be parked in a hanger at the AFB at Groom Lake. The highest point off the ground will be the top of the vertical stabilizer, which will be 40 inches off the ground. We will sit one semi-behind the other, the rear person's legs from the knees down, will be between the hips / thighs of the person in front, and the inside of the trike body, and we will be semi-reclining, (Formula one style). The vehicle will be registered and tagged as a motorcycle in the State of Texas, with all it's lights and a horn.
WHO'S "GAME" for a little Engineering competition to promote frugality in fuel consumption with a TRUE cross country machine??? Niri Te