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Brammo RR gets a major overhaul...
« on: June 22, 2012, 12:42:32 PM »


Woah...

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Re: Brammo RR gets a major overhaul...
« Reply #1 on: June 22, 2012, 12:45:26 PM »
I do wonder if the VERY HUGE seat is to help with SteveO's back injury....

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Re: Brammo RR gets a major overhaul...
« Reply #2 on: June 22, 2012, 12:59:17 PM »
Holy crap! How many times have they revised this beast? Best of luck to Brammo this weekend... should be a sweet race!

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Re: Brammo RR gets a major overhaul...
« Reply #3 on: June 22, 2012, 01:20:28 PM »
well it does look like they added a bunch of "stuff" down low by the radiator...

perhaps to address the leaking fluid.

and the tank seems a bit longer...maybe for either balance or more space for SteveO to lay his chest (also for balance)...

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Re: Brammo RR gets a major overhaul...
« Reply #4 on: June 22, 2012, 02:07:53 PM »
http://www.asphaltandrubber.com/bikes/2012-brammo-empulse-rr-photos/


perhaps the seat isn't much bigger than before...just better hidden with the paint job...

and all the side extra bits....could have just been hidden with the side fairing bits...

so maybe not a huge difference after all...

Will they finish the fairing?

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Re: Brammo RR gets a major overhaul...
« Reply #5 on: June 22, 2012, 04:55:30 PM »
news from Practice:

Team Icon Brammo complete their second test session at PIR and log a top sped of 147 mph - Steve O and the #1 Empulse RR are both on good form. Thats the end of our practice sessions for today.


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good top speed...i wonder how this compares to last year at this track?

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Re: Brammo RR gets a major overhaul...
« Reply #6 on: June 22, 2012, 06:03:18 PM »
Last year PIR and VIR were dropped. Unfortunate, I was planning to trek out to VIR.

Presumably the picture here is the bike without its aero fairing. Looks a bit awkward.
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Re: Re: Brammo RR gets a major overhaul...
« Reply #7 on: June 23, 2012, 06:11:19 AM »
Thanks for updating this thread, guys.
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Re: Re: Brammo RR gets a major overhaul...
« Reply #8 on: June 23, 2012, 06:16:36 AM »
http://www.twitvid.com/H1XVN
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Re: Brammo RR gets a major overhaul...
« Reply #9 on: June 23, 2012, 11:55:59 AM »
Like the mix of bikes on the grid... Looks like E-bikes are ready to throw down with the oil burners  :). GO BRAMMO!

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Re: Re: Brammo RR gets a major overhaul...
« Reply #10 on: June 23, 2012, 11:02:50 PM »
I don't fully understand what happened, but I think brammo qualified third behind the MotoCzysz bikes. However, saw a tweet by Czysz saying something about the bikes still having the iom battery packs in and that, since they could do better with the short track packs, they won't race. I'm sure we'll get more info.
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Re: Brammo RR gets a major overhaul...
« Reply #11 on: June 24, 2012, 09:00:38 AM »
I love the empulse rr. If they would bring the nose and side fairings to the empulse R world domination would ensue.

I do wish it was a little easier to follow the race though.

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Re: Re: Brammo RR gets a major overhaul...
« Reply #12 on: June 24, 2012, 10:24:47 AM »
I don't fully understand what happened, but I think brammo qualified third behind the MotoCzysz bikes. However, saw a tweet by Czysz saying something about the bikes still having the iom battery packs in and that, since they could do better with the short track packs, they won't race. I'm sure we'll get more info.

Yes, strange...they have the two fastest bikes...those bikes are at the track...they spent the time and money to get them there...they do great at qualifying. And they pull them from the race because they feel other batteries could do better? Not to be mean, and I know all the racers try to be supportive of each other, but I feel some level of shenanigans is at play.

Run the race and win and get the points and then improve the battles for next time...or run the race and come in second and get the points and improve the batteries for next time...but pulling out at the last minute doesn't sound like they think they could finish the race at all and would end up with no points and some bad press...

But maybe I'm missing something.

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Re: Brammo RR gets a major overhaul...
« Reply #13 on: June 24, 2012, 10:43:56 AM »
With fairing in place....




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Re: Brammo RR gets a major overhaul...
« Reply #14 on: June 24, 2012, 10:54:26 AM »
Here are some very few pieces of info readily available on the web. It's really frustrating that no one has yet to think about live streaming or at least a "play-by-play" blog (anything beyond FB and Twitter). When I said that the electric motorcycle world needed better journalists I should have said any journalist. No threads at elmoto.net either. What's going on? People just gave up on elmotos altogether and forgot to let us know? Or am I missing anything?

The first link has a an interest idea that might explain their MotoCzysz move:
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This could just be them bowing out as not to interfere with a points championship they had no intention competing for in the first place. Or they had technical problems that hasn’t been mentioned.

Anyway, i am happy to see VTech's team putting on a good show. I hope they finish in second and put some pressure on Steve just to make the race fun. I should pay them a visit some time soon.

Without Czysz, Brammo should have a fairly easy round, though.

http://esbk.co/
http://www.electricracenews.com/2012/06/ttxgp-has-finally-come-to-portland.html
http://electricracingnews.com/TTXGP.php
http://www.egrandprix.com/news.php?id=284

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