Bad News for Polaris (and Elio) in TX

[wheelbender6]

This has me steamed, to put it lightly.
TX has banned the sale and registration of the Polaris Slingshot trike.
Reason for the ban was given that the Slingshot has an automotive seat, rather than
a saddle that must be straddled.
By that reasoning, the Elio will not be legal either.
However, the upright, tandem seating layout of the Elio could make it easy to modify with a saddle.
http://www.motorcycle.com/features/slingshot-saleslicensing-banned-texas.html

 

[Ludwig II]

What arrangements are there for users from outside the state?

 

[wheelbender6]

You can ride a Slingshot on Texas roads that is registered in a different state, You cannot buy or register a Slingshot in Texas.
You can buy most any firearm you want in Texas.

 

[allen standley]

very disheartening... about the slingshot and elio.

 

[Ludwig II]

Bureaucrats, how could we cope without them?

 

[wheelbender6]

I could rant for pages and pages about how the political orientation of Austin is far different from the rest of the state, but I don't want to ruin a nice Friday night.

 

[wheelbender6]

Update - Connecticut has joined Texas in banning the Polaris Slingshot trike.
I don't have a reference link, but I have read about it on two different sites.
Hard to imagine Connecticut and Texas agreeing on many things.

 

[allen standley]

That is a surprise. about TX and CONN. I am a phone call away from going all in Elio. I jus gotta wait a bit.

 

[wheelbender6]

I was driving down FM1960 in Houston yesterday and a Polaris Slingshot passed me. Somebody forgot to tell the driver that they are banned in Texas.