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Brammofan

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LA Times Article on the Empulse
« on: May 09, 2012, 11:05:07 AM »
It's by Susan Carpenter:
Electric motorcycle has Hollywood debut

There is a video on that page - can't be embedded here...yet. Go take a look.
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Re: LA Times Article on the Empulse
« Reply #1 on: May 09, 2012, 11:52:19 AM »
0-60 in.............5 seconds!!

So really we're looking at an Yamaha RD350 or slow 400s for off the line comparisons?
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Re: LA Times Article on the Empulse
« Reply #2 on: May 09, 2012, 12:37:26 PM »
Quote from: machone on May 09, 2012, 11:52:19 AM
0-60 in.............5 seconds!!

So really we're looking at an Yamaha RD350 or slow 400s for off the line comparisons?

Where did you get that 0-60 number from?
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Re: LA Times Article on the Empulse
« Reply #3 on: May 09, 2012, 12:41:57 PM »
0-60 time is stated by BrammoBrian in the LA Times video (go to about 2:10 in).

It's about as fast or a bit faster than my GS500 (which was no sport bike). Actually quite a bit faster if you didn't dump the clutch. Wonder if you can do that on the Empulse.
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Re: LA Times Article on the Empulse
« Reply #4 on: May 09, 2012, 05:16:29 PM »
That is the best video report I have yet seen for the Empulse R.  I must say that the bike has a much larger radiator than I had expected. Brammo must need to get rid of a lot of heat at the bike's top speed.
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Re: LA Times Article on the Empulse
« Reply #5 on: May 10, 2012, 03:44:51 AM »
Why didn't they let her ride it?

If the first deliveries are in June, it doesn't leave much time for reviews.
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