Brammo Owners Forum

Hi everyone,

does anyone had the idea or have the possibility to 3D scan our beloved Empulse ?  I am thinking of adding a from fairing from a Ninja 650r for example but it requires to change the headlight. So I thought, why not reusing the current headlight and design a fairing around ?

Neither the owner manual nor service manual indicate the oil type and the oil quantity to use in the fork tubes. The service manual says : "Reference Marzocchi Service Manual for additional service information" but no idea where to find it !

Anyone knows where to get the info ?
Thanks !

I start this thread with the goal to collect the maximum replacement parts as possible. It may be a part number from a manufacturer or a bike brand and model from which the part fits. It can also be a link to a website site that does custom made parts.

Your inputs are more than welcome, I will update this thread as much as I can :

Brake lever : Ducati 400 620 695 696 796 MONSTER S2R 800
Clutch lever : Ducati 400 620 695 696 796 MONSTER S2R 800
Brake master cylinder : Ducati Monster 696 2008+
Clutch master cylinder : Ducati Monster 696 2008+
Clutch slave cylinder :
Front brake pad :
Rear brake pad : Brembo 07BB2035 (Ducati Monster 696 2008+)
Front calipers :
Rear calipers : Ducati Monster 696 2008+ (not verified)
Front disk brakes :
Rear disk brake :
Rear wheel bearing : 2x 30x55x13 and 1x 30X62X23 (for rear sprocket mount) (fits APRILIA - RSV4 1000 - 2009 / 2011, KAWASAKI - ZX-6 R NINJA - 2003 / 2004, KTM - DUKE 690 - 2008 / 2011...)
Front wheel bearing : 2x 25X47X12
Speed sensor cable :
Front sprocket : JFT1439-14 Suzuki GSX-R250 RK 1989 (May not be a perfect fit)
Rear sprocket : For Marchesini racing wheels (excluding bike delivered with Marchesini wheels)
Chain : 520 pitch with 93? links
Chain adjusters :
Clutch disks :
Clutch sleek disks :
Front headlight : Yamaha MT-03 or Zero (not verified)
Rear lights :
Turn signals :
Left commands cluster :
Right commands cluster :
Throttle :
Rider pegs :
Passenger pegs :
Empulse R Fork : Fully Adjustable 43mm Marzocchi Fork
Empulse Fork :
Empulse R rear suspension : Fully Adjustable Sachs Shock
Empulse rear suspension :
Fork oil seal : Brand: Ariete Dimensions: 43 x 54 x 11 (DCY) Part # ARI118
Fork dust seal : Brand: Ariete Dimensions: 43 x 54.4 x 4.6/14 Part #: ARI119
Speed sensor : https://www.digikey.de/product-detail/de/littelfuse-inc/55505-00-02-A/55505-00-02-A-ND/1237226
Motor O-Ring : dimension 83X2,5

Hello there,

I wanted to share with you my recent misadventure.

Since almost the very beginning (June '15) my bike regularly shown System Fault B9. Especially after rainy rides.
Earlier this year (April?) my back refuses to charge. It would wake up normally but was stuck at 0 Amps charging when plug. It lasted 2-3 days but finally everything went back to normal.

In June '15 same thing again, refuses to charge. I informed my dealer like the previous time but he advised me to let it dry and everything would come back to normal. It didn't and my bike was finally at 3% SOC so I decided to not move it anymore. It dropped to 0% unfortunately while trying to charge it. I tow it to my dealer (in Belgium) 2-3 days after this.

I barely had news when I asked for them during 2+ months. I just knew that my dealer, which is a really small dealer who sell mostly electric bicycles and scooter, gave my bike to a bigger dealer in Mechelen.
I finally learn that the problem was because of rusted battery connectors that they changed for stainless steel ones. After that they had hard time to resurrect the batteries that charged at 85% the first time.

After two more weeks I could finally went to take my bike in Brugge. One of the first thing that my dealer told me was that the front tank fairing was broken before I gave them the bike. Which was obviously false :


We discuss for a solution and I leaved hoping that he will send me this part of fairing eventually.

Before removing the bike from the trailer at home I did a closer tour of the bike (I should have done this before !) and found that one bolt of the batteries was missing ! :


It was not all unfortunately .. I also noticed that there was some drops of oil in the trailer after just one hour. It seemed to come from the motor :


I think I had the leak before I gave the bike to the dealer, but I can't believe that they had it for three month and let it leave their shop without even noticing me that! If you look carefully this picture you will also see that one hose is pinched by the lower fairing and almost cut. I hope the leak comes from here and not from the motor-gearbox assembly that would mean replacement of the latter and probably endless wait before getting it back ...

I am a happy French owner of a Brammo Empulse R for 10 days and I have questions regarding charging on public stations. My bike have been delivered with a Level 2 220V wall box and a J1772 to IEC 62196-2 (type 2) Cable.

Here is what the cable looks like :




It looks like most of European charging station do not provide the cable and this cable is useful for that kind of charging station. The probleme is that here in France the cable is attached to the charging station and look like this :


Regarding the images and specifications it matches. Type 2 male in type 2 female should be ok. But it does not !

If I try to plug my type 2 connector in the type 2 connector of the charge station it does not completely go in and stop before the connectors are in contact. If you look at the first picture here you will see that the contacts are far away in the plug but if you look at the charging station plug the contacts are really close to the edge. Obviously this prevent me from charging my Empulse.

An Renault Zoe owner arrived at the station when I was trying to plug myself and showed me the Type 2 connector on his car and it was something like this :


You can see that the contacts are close to the edge so my conclusion is that type 2 male EV connectors are different than type 2 male plugs.

After this long introduction I see 3 solutions :
1) The cheap solution :
Cut the excess of plastic on my cable connector. Would most probably work but I may not be able to use my cable anymore to charge somewhere else in Europe.

2) The wise solution :
Buy a type 2 male socket for EV, enclose it in a waterproof case and connect it to a new J1772 connector. This solution is more costly and more bulky (remember that we talk of motorcycle travels!)

3) The nice solution :
Replace the J1772 connector of the bike by a type 2 socket. J1772 is definitely not a standard in Europe but Type 2 is or will be. It would allow me to travel without any cable but would probably void the warranty of my bike that I can not tolerate. I will ask my dealer if the swap is an option.

I know that most of you are in north America and thus are not concern with this problem but what would you do in my position?