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[justzeros]

Brammo's 2011 Empulse. Cool bike... if delivered as stated, this pushes electro moto to another level.

http://hellforleathermagazine.com/2010/07/brammo-empulse-electric-parity.html

Cheers,

Brandon
www.justzeros.com
brandon@justzeros.com

[skadamo]

Hey, HFL has a great write up.

I wrote my thoughts up on http://plugbike.com/

His specs should be correct where mine are guesses based on the Brammo TTR.

http://plugbike.com/2010/07/15/introducing-a-trio-of-brammo-empulse-sportbike-prototypes/

Love the look of that bike. Show off those batteries!

Breaking Down The 2011 Empulse

- The 100 mph top speed of all three Brammo Empulse models is a 60% improvement over the Brammo Enertia and it’s competition
- Empulse 6.0 = 60 mile range for $9,9995
- Empulse 8.0 = 80 mile range for $11,995
- Empulse 10.0 = 100 mile range for $13995
- After tax credits in some states the Empulse 10.0 could end up costing you $7000
- Brammo wants to get back into electric motorcycle racing
- The Empulse continues a rapid progression of technology for less money.
- 9/18/2009 $11,995 Brammo Enertia
- 11/09/2009 $7995 Brammo Enertia
- Mid 2011 $9,999 Brammo Empulse 6.0

[justzeros]

Pretty damn exciting I have to say. I can't wait to see what Zero, KTM, or anyone does to counter. This puts E-Bikes right in the slip stream of conventional ICE bikes. Your next bike is electric. You just don't know it yet!

Brandon
www.justzeros.com
brandon@justzeros.com

[Air Marky]

Brammo Empulse Electric Motorcycle -100mph/100mile range

[bentoronto]

Very impressive.

1. HP/lb is deceptive - bike (without rider) weighs little so claim looks big - but bike-plus-rider makes the claim less impressive vis a vis ICE bikes.

2. Big tires etc add to weight and inertia but some of that is refunded if you have regenerative braking. So the Zero effort to pare weight at the cost of looking like a skinny mountain cycle (with rider's nose over the front wheel... feels terrible to me) may be less sensible than Brammo effort to look like the bikes we know and love.

3. For ICE bikes, water cooled engine is a MAJOR improvement to the way it runs but may be little more than an illusory benefit with electric motor, I can't say for sure.

Ben

[manlytom]

all looks interesting but not at all a reply from Brammo on any of their bikes if they want to go down under. Emails are not being answered ! 
Zero meanwhile is selling their bikes here now.
 
Tom

[dougeworld]

I don't think Brammo is making much effort to sell their bikes at all. I have been begging them to be a dealer for 4 months and all they can say is you are on the list. They appear to have little or no production level,it took months just to get someone to talk to me. Right now i think Brammo is a technical experimentand not a real production motorcycle.