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Brammo Empulse / Re: To Fix or to Junk?
« on: February 25, 2017, 11:20:42 AM »
More and more, the answer to my question is leaning towards:
Junk
I originally got a quote from the dealership for fixing the bike at about $4,000. This included 4.5 hours of labor at $90 per hour. The dealership has been very fair about this and before they accepted my down payment for the parts that they needed to order, they wanted to double check the price for this repair. After waiting a couple of weeks, I finally called them up to ask them how things were going and the person working on my case said that after having this kind of problem, he was told that repairs often took 9 - 12 hours of labor and that they repairs often revealed other problems. In short, my $20,000 bike is turning into a money pit.
Estimated cost went from $4000 to $4700 with an unknown amount of extra work beyond that.
One thing about this story that has been an eye opener is that the dealership was able to find at least one more case where this kind of thing has happened. That is rather a big concern which points to a design flaw.
At this point of the story, I could not in good conscience recommend that anybody by an Empulse. Can anybody point out why I should? That's too bad, since I really have a very high opinion of Brammo. Now that the bikes are owned by...Victory? Polaris? I can't say I have as much faith.
Junk
I originally got a quote from the dealership for fixing the bike at about $4,000. This included 4.5 hours of labor at $90 per hour. The dealership has been very fair about this and before they accepted my down payment for the parts that they needed to order, they wanted to double check the price for this repair. After waiting a couple of weeks, I finally called them up to ask them how things were going and the person working on my case said that after having this kind of problem, he was told that repairs often took 9 - 12 hours of labor and that they repairs often revealed other problems. In short, my $20,000 bike is turning into a money pit.
Estimated cost went from $4000 to $4700 with an unknown amount of extra work beyond that.
One thing about this story that has been an eye opener is that the dealership was able to find at least one more case where this kind of thing has happened. That is rather a big concern which points to a design flaw.
At this point of the story, I could not in good conscience recommend that anybody by an Empulse. Can anybody point out why I should? That's too bad, since I really have a very high opinion of Brammo. Now that the bikes are owned by...