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Re: 2012 Evangelista....Will be decided SOON....
« Reply #15 on: June 19, 2012, 06:32:22 PM »
Nice list, Ninja...and nice rides. Skyline drive is beautiful...and one of the few places you can buy Moonshine at a fancy restaurant.


It has been 2 years since BFAN won his peacekeeper...Brammo could give away two bikes... :)

Or Brammo could split it...not a true "giveaway", but I bet EB would be happy to "buy" an R for half price and I know I would be happy to "buy" a Plus at half price...two bikes out on the road, two Evangelists spreading the word...two fans for life...and it would be a nice compromise and a nod toward BrammoFan (like how Presidents wouldn't run for more than 2 terms in respect for Washington, well nobody should "win" more than what BFAN won when he got his Enertia)...

So EB keeps his name, but gets his Empulse sooner and at a nice price under 10k. He's happy, his wife is happy and he has a bike running around Denver this (late) summer. I get a Plus that I've been DYING for at an amazing price of around 6k and I'm happy and going on even more and longer trips around Albuquerque and the surrounding states...well maybe not Texas :)  Ok, maybe Texas too, but only Austin and San Antonio.

A win win...though of course not quite as nice as winning the bike outright...

and this assumes that EB and I are in the running...EB I think for sure. Me? Vanity says yes, but it still seems a bit foreign to me...


Gavin


Gavin, I would be surprised if you weren't in the running. After all they sent you an Enertia to play with. We have seen many a trip report, and photos of your adventures too. I can only assume we both are near the top of the list... hopefully :)

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Re: 2012 Evangelista....Will be decided SOON....
« Reply #16 on: June 19, 2012, 09:09:20 PM »
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Now we're in the final days of selecting one individual to be chosen as our next Brammo Evangelist.

Could it be you?

Just a question here: can someone show me where they say that the next Brammo Evangelist gets a bike?  You know what they say about when you "assume."

Of course, the DON'T say that they're NOT giving out a bike.   :-\

My vote for the next Brammovangelist (thanks, EB, for using the term which I coined ;) ) means A LOT because, of course, I was the most recent recipient of the crown and therefore, the standard against which all who follow must be measured.

So, Gavin, Empulsebuyer, and anyone else who wishes to wear the crown: Go ahead and feel free to influence my vote.  Everyone, as they say, has a price.  Bid early, bid often. yadda yadda.

Gavin, as I recall, you had a blog at one time... fire that baby up.  EB - you posted to your blog recently, but it needs to be a daily deal.  Point of reference - in the 12 months leading up to my "coronation,"  I made around 400 posts to the Brammofan blog.  Not sure how many tweets I did, but I'm up over 6600 now.  I started an owner's forum (with the hard work and assistance of my co-administrator). 

Also - don't necessarily discount your participation in this forum.  I try to tweet about some of the posts here (look for @brammoforum on twitter). 

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Re: 2012 Evangelista....Will be decided SOON....
« Reply #17 on: June 19, 2012, 11:51:58 PM »
Oh I totally agree...which is why I honestly didn't think Brammo would be doing the Evangelista thing again...none of us did or do as much as BFan...this site...near endless tweets, hanging with Brammo and Chelsea Sexton and all that.

But I do think there are different ways to "proselytizes"...it doesn't have to be blogs and tweets...

EmpulseBuyer's calculator is a great idea well done. He also has a website. And more....

I try to go any place and every place and take lots of photos and answer tons of questions (if I had a nickel for everytime I've ended a conversation with a stranger by saying, "B R A M M O, they have a great website, check it out", well I'd have a lot of nickels). Nothing against blogs and twitter, but I do more each time I smoke a car out of a red light, slow down and then talk to the person in the car about the bike at the next red light...and then smoke them again...but that is because I talk to a lot of people while out riding, but my blog and twitter is mostly read by my family.

Should I blog more? Heck yes. Should I twitter more? Probably, but again my twitter circle is kinda small.
But riding out to Coffee at Dawn and hanging with a hundred motorcyclist, or riding the Enertia out to the Warrior Dash (knowing I will have to spend a long down time to charge each way at Subway) and parking at the Entrance so over 10000 people have to walk by the Enertia, or riding in Parades and Toy Runs...well that actually reaches more people than I can on twitter...but that's just me and my style of "spreading the word."

As is doing my Breaking Bad photo tour, and working toward a possible special surprise on that front.
As is maybe being the first motorcycles in 40 years to have Pebble Beach's OK to ride on 17 Mile Drive.
As is setting up a photo shoot with the Durango Steam Train so I can get the Enertia up on the Depot next to the train to highlight Old and Beautiful meets New and Beautiful. 7/7/12 if anybody wants to join me :)
As is writing to the Trinity site to try and get special permission to ride the E to the site of the first Atomic Bomb test...which is only open twice a year...no answer yet, but it WILL happen :). As will the Very Large Array.
And so is getting permission from Brian to ride the Enertia below stated in the manual temps, just so I could ride in single digit temps and show that the E can do that....etc etc.

Still, BrammoFan not only did it first...he likely did it best. This site is basically an addiction for me...and a wealth of information...and a great place to hang with wonderful people.

But that doesn't mean it is the only way.

That said, just for you BF, I promise to Blog more...will try to do one this weekend.

Gavin

Edit..and ps (always a ps)...I did all that and more, not to "win" a bike**, but because I love riding the bike and I want Brammo to do well and for their bike to be seen out and about and in fun locations...the Zoo, the Nuclear Museum, fall photos, winter photos, freaking Ecilpse photos...she is basically an appendage at this point that goes just about every where I do...can't wait for the Plus so I can ride twice as far...and for ever further trips, heck I bought a freaking pick up...I'm 50 years old and have never owned nor wanted a pick up...now I couldn't live without it :)

**not that I wouldn't love a free or discounted Brammo motorcycle...I just seriously thought Brammo wouldn't do it again...it has been a while since it was done and a while since Brammo has talked about it.

Pss...does this count as a Blog post? :)
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Re: 2012 Evangelista....Will be decided SOON....
« Reply #18 on: June 20, 2012, 06:21:18 AM »
Just a question here: can someone show me where they say that the next Brammo Evangelist gets a bike?  You know what they say about when you "assume."
The last we heard was that the next evangelist would get an Empulse:

300+ posts :o I am pretty sure I have read (almost) all of them :)

My vote for the next Brammovangelist (thanks, EB, for using the term which I coined ;) ) means A LOT because, of course, I was the most recent recipient of the crown and therefore, the standard against which all who follow must be measured.

BrammoFan is the original "Brammovangelist" (OB?), and this program probably would not have left the ground in the first place without his efforts... BF helped me get started and has RT'ed my tweets to his huge twitter fan base, and more. So I owe him big time, win or no win... HUGE thanks Harry.

Oh I totally agree...which is why I honestly didn't think Brammo would be doing the Evangelista thing again...none of us did or do as much as BFan...this site...near endless tweets, hanging with Brammo and Chelsea Sexton and all that.

+1 Im glad they decided to keep the program going... Brammofan should get recognized for all his hard work. The more the merrier.


But I do think there are different ways to "proselytizes"...it doesn't have to be blogs and tweets...

EmpulseBuyer's calculator is a great idea well done. He also has a website. And more....


Thanks Gavin. Amen to that... MANY late nights (especially at first) were spent coding and refining my apps. This stuff is NOT easy. (I have an update for the owners map BTW). I felt the apps where the best way that I could use my skill set to contribute to the community. Gavin also has a another approach to Brammovangelizing, we all make a pretty well rounded team if you ask me. Besides, Im not doing all this to win a bike, Im just a huge Brammo fan like you guys. It would be a pretty sweet deal if we could all get a piece of the Brammovangelist pie.
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Re: 2012 Evangelista....Will be decided SOON....
« Reply #19 on: June 20, 2012, 06:27:15 AM »
Team Brammovangelist. I like it.

And I have to ask, Gavin: are you using "evangelista" intentionally, because you know it's the last name of a porn star? :o If so, it's actually pretty brilliant.
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Re: 2012 Evangelista....Will be decided SOON....
« Reply #20 on: June 20, 2012, 07:10:43 AM »
Talking about giving an Empulse away two years ago doesn't necessarily mean giving an Empulse away today. But good catch EmpuseBuyer!

Maybe they'll give away the concept bike. I doubt it, but what a piece of history : )
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Re: 2012 Evangelista....Will be decided SOON....
« Reply #21 on: June 20, 2012, 08:31:01 AM »
Team Brammovangelist. I like it.

And I have to ask, Gavin: are you using "evangelista" intentionally, because you know it's the last name of a porn star? :o If so, it's actually pretty brilliant.

Ha, no...sad to say my knowledge of porn stars is quite limited...and isn't the term porn "star" an oxymoron? Like calling Britney Spears a music Artist.

But at heart I'm a poet, and Evangelist just sounds unfinished to my ear...that plus living in the Southwest, well Evangelista sounds not only more poetic to me, but also a bit more street and ethnic.

So here in beautiful (though darn hot these last few days) New Mexico where the wild fires burn hot, and the woman hotter, we shall be know as Team Brammovangelista...and say it loud, proud and with a song in your heart...and remember to roll your "r"s and draw out the last "a" sound into a nice long ahhhhh.

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Re: 2012 Evangelista....Will be decided SOON....
« Reply #22 on: June 20, 2012, 10:31:02 AM »
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Re: 2012 Evangelista....Will be decided SOON....
« Reply #23 on: June 20, 2012, 10:59:27 AM »


That is... AWESOME!

Looks like the fella on the left's ankle is about to be shattered into a million pieces...
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Re: 2012 Evangelista....Will be decided SOON....
« Reply #24 on: June 20, 2012, 11:32:13 AM »
Nicely done...Nicely done...

See, BFan, this is what makes you so special...you are always ready to take the Bull by the horns and run with it. :)

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Re: 2012 Evangelista....Will be decided SOON....
« Reply #25 on: June 20, 2012, 11:41:02 AM »
you are always ready to take the Bull by the horns and run with it. :)

Yeah, you'd be surprised what images pop up when you search for "bull".


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Re: 2012 Evangelista....Will be decided SOON....
« Reply #26 on: June 20, 2012, 11:51:46 AM »
Where the hell did you find a photo of Robert Smith touching some hanging bull parts??

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Re: 2012 Evangelista....Will be decided SOON....
« Reply #27 on: June 21, 2012, 02:12:37 PM »
Twitter went down for a while today, and Brammo posted this to its FB page:
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What do you think we should give our next Brammo Evangelist?

The answers so far range from an Empulse; to an Empulse sticker; to " 2 tickets and travel, lodging to 2013 Isle of Man TT."

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Re: 2012 Evangelista....Will be decided SOON....
« Reply #28 on: June 21, 2012, 03:25:05 PM »
Hmmmm, a trip to the Isle of Mann would be ever so tempting...the downside: Me drinking lots of fine British ale and acting like a fool for a week on the lovely Isle of Mann wouldn't quite have the same positive marketing effect as having a nice Empulse R tooling around town for the next 15 years :)

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Re: 2012 Evangelista....Will be decided SOON....
« Reply #29 on: June 21, 2012, 03:28:20 PM »


I just love the phrase No Me Gusta ever since that Team America scene when the Panama Canal is blown up and the guy is holding onto his open truck door as the flood sweeps him away and he is yelling out, "No Me Gusta!"

I hope that if ever a flood is sweeping me away I have the presence of mind to yell out, "I Don't Like!!"


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