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Brammo Enertia / Screen Failure?
« on: December 06, 2013, 04:30:35 PM »
After 2 years of constant riding the last 2 years have only seen intermittent riding. Last night I was to take it for a longer ride than usual (20mi vs 15mi) and upon checking it was down to 97% so hooked it up for charging to top things off.  Screen was showing all pixels black when I went down a couple hours later to start my ride. Everything except the screen was behaving normally so I took the chance. By the end of the 10mi leg was able to barely make out the information on the screen. Parked for a couple hours and the same process repeated on the return trip. We're having a slight cold spell here, about 39F but the temperature has never been an issue before and the original failure was while still in the garage.

Any ideas/recommendations?

2009 Enertia. Original screen was replaced in Jan/Feb 2010 but has otherwise been working fine.

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Welcome Forum / Commuting in San Francisco
« on: June 21, 2010, 03:31:18 PM »
I recently put commute mile #3000 on my graphite Enertia. I've been commuting on a motorcycle every day since 1994. Overall I'm pretty happy with my Enertia and it now feels weird the odd time that I ride my 2003 Honda VTX 1300.

The good:
- Brammo customer service
- only visiting the gas station once since November (couldn't remember how much gas I had left in the tank on my VTX the one day I needed to use it to carry a passenger).
- cool weather (not a lot of hot days, so still comfortable all geared up)
- curious pedestrians/drivers asking about the Enertia
- quiet enough that I feel that I can safely listen to music (one ear)
- lower speed means that the ride is more comfortable temperature-wise
- parking is a lot easier with a thin and light bike (compared to my VTX with hard saddlebags)

The "bad":
- DMV paperwork - a drawback of being the first Enertia sold in the region was that they (Best Buy) messed up the paperwork. After a few delays and miscommunications with the DMV a Best Buy rep picked up the paperwork from my house and hand-delivered to the DMV. Luckily only pulled over once for not having a plate.
- faulty dash - a few situations where the dash would blank out (usually after pressing the black button). A new dash was shipped to my local tech and she came to my house to install it the morning after she received it.
- wet weather - seems we got more rain than I've seen in 16 years of riding daily. On top of this, getting periodic rain further into summer than we have previously.
- contactor waterproofing - seems there was a problem with the way the contactors were being sealed, resulting in one case of getting stranded on the way home at night during a rainstorm. Brammo tech arrived at my house and replaced contactor within 12 hours and came over again once Brammo had worked out a new sealing process with the manufacturer.
- broken saddlebag zipper - the zipper on the left side bag gave way at around the 6 month mark. Brammo tech came to my house and replaced both bags within 48 hours.
- dash clouded - it seems there is some moisture under the glass of the dash that results in periodic clouding. Hasn't reached enough of an annoyance level for me to bother opening it up.
- PG&E rates - more a function of how much electricity my wife and kids use on a daily basis. Hoping the new rate structure actually results in a reduction in my bill.

The ugly:
- still don't like the way the rear fender looks

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