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Frodus's Brammo Empulse R #24
« on: February 08, 2013, 01:27:38 PM »
Well, I took the plunge and made my down payment for a Brammo Empulse R. Waiting on financing paperwork from my bank to finalize early next week.

I decided to get "White Noise"..... Can't wait to get it!


« Last Edit: March 05, 2013, 01:55:58 PM by frodus »

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Re: Took the Plunge
« Reply #1 on: February 08, 2013, 01:35:15 PM »
Congrats, Travis!  Man...I am so excited for you to get your hands on one of these.   :D
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Re: Took the Plunge
« Reply #2 on: February 08, 2013, 01:46:05 PM »
Me too.

Finally decided that my project had stagnated and that selling my eVFR and my SV650 would allow me to put a sizeable amount towards a new bike.... so that's exactly what I did.

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Re: Took the Plunge
« Reply #3 on: February 08, 2013, 01:48:29 PM »
That white is SO HAWT! Congrats!

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Re: Took the Plunge
« Reply #4 on: February 08, 2013, 02:11:04 PM »
Frodus, do you know which dealer you would be using?  I didn't think there were any yet in the Northwest.

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Re: Took the Plunge
« Reply #5 on: February 08, 2013, 02:43:21 PM »
Well, my situation is a bit different. Brammo said they'd let me know if any engineering/marketing bikes came available. One came available last week and Brammo extended an offer to me, which I accepted. That's all I can divulge per our agreement.... and it sounds like it was a one-time thing.

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Re: Took the Plunge
« Reply #6 on: February 08, 2013, 03:06:03 PM »
I assume this means you can use Sport mode up to max RPM right away : )
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Re: Took the Plunge
« Reply #7 on: February 08, 2013, 03:17:13 PM »
Oh yeah! Completely forgot about that! This vehicle has ~500 miles on it.... but I'll probably be in economy for a while. Still somewhat of a beginner motorcyclist (less than 50 rides).


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Re: Took the Plunge
« Reply #8 on: February 08, 2013, 04:04:38 PM »
Cool...have fun and ride safe.

I would check with Brammo about the break in period...it still might be 600 miles as most "marketing"/ "test" bikes are refit with new parts when sold to customers.

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Re: Took the Plunge
« Reply #9 on: February 08, 2013, 04:28:59 PM »
I'll ask, good point.

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Re: Took the Plunge
« Reply #10 on: February 08, 2013, 06:42:27 PM »
That is great news, Frodus.  So when are you going to tell the Elmoto crowd about your new bike?  The last time you brought the subject up of buying a factory-built electric motorcycle, you could hear the groans.   ;)

The fact that you are getting a pre-production prototype is really cool.  :)
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Re: Took the Plunge
« Reply #11 on: February 08, 2013, 07:14:04 PM »
I have stated suck in the "Today, I..." thread. Should I start a new thread? I was having issues with tapatalk on my phone so I couldn't post much.

Also, It's not a prototype, it's a production bike, just one of the earlier ones that they used for test/marketing.

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Re: Took the Plunge
« Reply #12 on: February 13, 2013, 04:19:43 PM »
Brian said I'll be OK to go into sport mode, although I'll likely go ahead and get used to the bike in economy mode.


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Re: Took the Plunge
« Reply #13 on: March 01, 2013, 05:38:51 PM »
If all goes well, I should have mine by the end of the weekend.

I want to personally thank Brian, Ken, Adam, Adrian and Jake at Brammo and my loan officer Joshua at Numerica CU.
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Re: Took the Plunge
« Reply #14 on: March 01, 2013, 06:15:23 PM »
congrats. have fun. ride safe. show the bike off to everybody :)

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