Well, I've owned an Empluse TT for a Month and a half but never saw it until today. I finally had a friend bring it down from the dealer in Michigan. I'm pretty pleased with it but only have had time to put 10 miles on today. While I was waiting for the bike to arrive, I loaded up on parts for it. I had a Competition Werkes fender eliminator kit on the shelf and installed it this afternoon. Real easy, no harnesses to cut. I just needed to buy four bullet connectors at the auto parts store to terminate the ends of the turn signals that were provided in the kit. I also replaced the license plate lamp with LED while the tail light was sitting there. I think its a real improvement over the original bracket. I also bought the upgraded Marzocchi on E-bay so they are going on along with frame sliders and the short Victory windshield. I think I hit the jackpot today on E-bay as I scored a complete, new in the box Brammo carbon fiber kit which includes the front and rear fenders, upper cover, headlight housing and tail light cover (which is useless with the relocated tail light. Total price was $200 plus $40 shipping!
Two concerns. First, if you own one of these you might want to check the cooling hose that runs from the motor up to the radiator on the left side of the bike. You can see it coming out of the motor. Just follow it toward the front and look where it passes behind the metal shield that forms the radiator and motor controller support. On my bike, a sharp edge on the shield had already started to cut into the hose. I took the lower cowl off, removed the shield, blended the sharp edge with a Dremel tool and touched up the paint. When I put the fender eliminator kit on, there was a piece of split wire loom that wasn't needed any longer and the diameter and length was just right to put over the hose to protect it from further abrasion. It's worth a look.
The other concern is the transmission. I know there is a lot of backlash---but I was surprised at just how much there is along with noise from the transmission. I checked the oil level and the oil that came out of the level plug was almost black. I am going to change it tomorrow and keep an eye on it. It looks like clutch material ( I didn't see any shiny bits). The bike had about 15 miles on it when I got it so I am sure someone "demo" rode it--so much for the 600 mile break-in.
Other a couple of loose fasteners and the above two items, the bike is going to be fun to fool around with. BTW--I would also be interested to know how many of these were made by Polaris. Vin #'s would shed some light on it. My bike was built in September, 2015 and the last three numbers on the VIN are 094. The other bike the dealer had was in the 70's so maybe some other owners could chime in and start to fill in some blanks.
