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EmpulseRider

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Yellow Empulse TTX? Doing a wheelie?
« on: November 01, 2012, 08:37:28 PM »
Brian just tweeted this:
Can your #electricmotorcycle do this? #EmpulseTTX @BrammoSays @TTXGP http://telly.com/M8CPC

I didnt think the Empulse could wheelie like that... But perhaps the TTX version can? Yellow?

Sounds like hes throttling it up, no clutch, but I could be wrong.
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Re: Yellow Empulse TTX? Doing a wheelie?
« Reply #1 on: November 01, 2012, 08:45:48 PM »
Nice...

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Re: Yellow Empulse TTX? Doing a wheelie?
« Reply #2 on: November 01, 2012, 09:16:16 PM »
Oops.  Didn't see that you had already started this thread.
Here's the video:
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Re: Yellow Empulse TTX? Doing a wheelie?
« Reply #3 on: November 01, 2012, 09:18:27 PM »
Quote from: EmpulseBuyer on November 01, 2012, 08:37:28 PM
Sounds like hes throttling it up, no clutch, but I could be wrong.

Good 'ol power wheelie. No clutch trickery.
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Re: Yellow Empulse TTX? Doing a wheelie?
« Reply #4 on: November 01, 2012, 09:23:35 PM »
if it is the TTX, it is supposed to be just a standard R with the turn signals missing...

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Re: Yellow Empulse TTX? Doing a wheelie?
« Reply #5 on: November 02, 2012, 12:33:40 AM »
Looks like a half-TTX mod, like no rear passenger pegs.  That will probably be my first mod, along with chopping the tail.

Definitely awesome to see some sweet power wheelie action!  I won't do too many wheelies myself, but the ability to do wheelies for me is a psychological jump between just a commuter bike and a real motorcycle.  (sorry Enertia...)  Thanks for that clip!
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Re: Yellow Empulse TTX? Doing a wheelie?
« Reply #6 on: November 02, 2012, 02:08:19 AM »
It looks like there might be a slight rise in the pavement right where he cranks open the throttle which might help a little...?
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Re: Yellow Empulse TTX? Doing a wheelie?
« Reply #7 on: November 02, 2012, 02:38:29 AM »
Quote from: flar on November 02, 2012, 02:08:19 AM
It looks like there might be a slight rise in the pavement right where he cranks open the throttle which might help a little...?

The parking lot feature has been aptly named "Viagra's Rise"... ;)
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Re: Yellow Empulse TTX? Doing a wheelie?
« Reply #8 on: November 02, 2012, 03:08:53 AM »
(Where's the "like" button?)
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Re: Yellow Empulse TTX? Doing a wheelie?
« Reply #9 on: November 02, 2012, 08:31:30 AM »
Quote from: BrammoBrian on November 02, 2012, 02:38:29 AM
Quote from: flar on November 02, 2012, 02:08:19 AM
It looks like there might be a slight rise in the pavement right where he cranks open the throttle which might help a little...?

The parking lot feature has been aptly named "Viagra's Rise"... ;)

If you have a wheelie that lasts for more than four hours...

Brian posted a higher res version of the video with the explanation:
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Designer Greg Stoermer performs a short roll-on power wheelie on an Empulse R modified for eSuperStock racing in TTXGP, i.e. the Empulse TTX.

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Re: Yellow Empulse TTX? Doing a wheelie?
« Reply #10 on: November 02, 2012, 11:16:46 AM »
Good to see Greg getting his freak on...

:)


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