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Title: Zero/Native/Brammo comparison test
Post by: Richard230 on August 07, 2010, 04:39:01 AM

MagicSmoke on the El Moto site found this great review of the Zero S, Native GPR-S and Brammo Enertia at Motorcycle.com. See it here:

http://www.motorcycle.com/manufacturer/2010-ebike-shootout-89839.html (http://www.motorcycle.com/manufacturer/2010-ebike-shootout-89839.html)

Title: Zero Native Brammo dyno run comparison
Post by: skadamo on August 07, 2010, 09:58:48 PM

Thanks for posting that, some good analysis there. Thought this dyno run comparison was interesting.

(http://www.motorcycle.com/gallery/gallery.php/d/250363-2/2010-e-bike-shootout-hp-dyno-1.jpg)

Title: Re: Zero/Native/Brammo comparison test
Post by: skadamo on August 08, 2010, 11:37:10 AM

Left some comments on the motorcycle.com forum about this article. I asked them why there are no torque readings on the dyno graph. Sounds like they are talking to Bill Dube about the best way to read motor RPM so they can graph torque.

http://www.motorcycle.com/forum/showthread.php?t=15997&page=2 (http://www.motorcycle.com/forum/showthread.php?t=15997&page=2)

Title: Re: Zero/Native/Brammo comparison test
Post by: skadamo on August 08, 2010, 08:23:41 PM

And if you jump to 3:30 into this video we can see the real world translation of that dyno chart...

2010 e-Bike Shootout: Brammo Enertia vs. Native S vs. Zero S (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqxsDgC-Pvg&start=198#normal)

Title: Re: Zero/Native/Brammo comparison test
Post by: wainair on August 27, 2012, 08:04:20 PM

This thread was highlighted by a spammer but being new to the forum it is one I hadn't seen. It is interesting to see how far the bikes have come in just 2 years. What would be really cool would be for Motorcycle.com to revisit this review with the same riders and the latest bikes from the same three makers and comment on the improvements. And we could bag some Harley exhaust for the one guy so he feels like he is around motorbikes. LOL. :D