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Author Topic: Brammo Empulse R launch event + price (18,995$)  (Read 1880 times)

emoto

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Brammo Empulse R launch event + price (18,995$)
« on: May 09, 2012, 11:00:28 AM »

Looks like the price was announced and Empulse R details revealed. Price is 18,995 for the R version, which is the only version shipping in 2012.

Anyone still interested at that price? A few Empulse R photos are available on the Brammo web site.
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Re: Brammo Empulse R launch event + price (18,995$)
« Reply #1 on: May 09, 2012, 08:25:55 PM »

How about that? The price is one thousand dollars more that I had guessed and a lot of pre-order customers thought that I was over-estimating the price.  I feel vindicated, but I am really sorry that the Empulse R will be that expensive.  There are a lot of enthusiastic EV riders who are going to find that just too steep to afford.  This is nothing but good news for Zero sales this year, though.
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Re: Brammo Empulse R launch event + price (18,995$)
« Reply #2 on: May 09, 2012, 09:46:09 PM »

I agree that this is good news for Zero.

I had placed a reservation for the Empulse (Summer 2010), but when Brammo postponed the release (initially planned for summer 2011) ... I decided to buy the Zero. I was wondering if I would regret the decision, but now that Brammo has announced another year delay (for the Empulse) and a significant price increase, and now that the specs have been released (virtually the same as the Zero ZF9), I have no regrets at all. In fact I'm very happy that I decided to go ahead and buy the Zero. I'll be riding it for another year before I see the Empulse on the roads....
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Re: Brammo Empulse R launch event + price (18,995$)
« Reply #3 on: May 10, 2012, 04:33:49 AM »

Here is a nice video of the Empulse R which shows details of the bike and shows it running on the street: 

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-motorcycles-brammo-20120509,0,3789718.story
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Re: Brammo Empulse R launch event + price (18,995$)
« Reply #4 on: May 10, 2012, 04:37:48 AM »

And here is an interesting video interviewing Craig Bramscher in which he discusses the Empulse R and the future of his company:

http://money.cnn.com/2012/05/08/autos/brammo-electric-motorcycle/index.htm
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Re: Brammo Empulse R launch event + price (18,995$)
« Reply #5 on: May 10, 2012, 09:19:50 PM »

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