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Brammo Enertia review by 300mpg.org
« on: April 23, 2012, 08:12:47 AM »


I thought this gentleman did a great job reviewing an Enertia that had apparently been loaned to him.
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Re: Brammo Enertia review by 300mpg.org
« Reply #1 on: April 23, 2012, 04:41:19 PM »
Every time I see a video of someone riding an Enertia, I am impressed at how advanced the Enertia was when it was first introduced, compared with the more expensive 2008-2009 Electric Motorsport GPR-S and the 2009 Zero, which were its competitors at the time. The Enertia still has good performance several years later, while the GPR-S (now called Native) is sold as a you-build-it-from-your-own-parts kit bike and the Zero has only just passed the original Enertia in performance, but still does not measure up to the Enertia's quality of its chassis components.
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Re: Brammo Enertia review by 300mpg.org
« Reply #2 on: April 23, 2012, 09:21:32 PM »
Yup, the grand old lady still looks good after all that time. I'm just happy that the newer bikes have a more streamlined start up sequence and charge up process. The ones on the Enertia seem a little bit too cautious.
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Re: Brammo Enertia review by 300mpg.org
« Reply #3 on: April 24, 2012, 12:00:27 PM »
"grand old lady"  :o

Hey, it's only been three years - two and half if you're counting when they actually showed up on the Best Buy sales floor.

At worst, the Enertia is more like a MILF than a GOL.
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Re: Brammo Enertia review by 300mpg.org
« Reply #4 on: April 24, 2012, 12:21:08 PM »
Well since I plan to ride my MILF at lunchtime (sky rockets in flight.....), I think we need a better term...

EVILF is my suggestion...

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Re: Brammo Enertia review by 300mpg.org
« Reply #5 on: April 24, 2012, 12:30:40 PM »
In 3 years time, the Enertia dropped from its introduction (8/2009) at $12k down to $8k, then doubled its battery capacity, gained a bit more power as the Enertia Plus and was reintroduced at $11k.

The Zero bikes likewise have gone from a 3.6 kWh $10k street bike (60+ mph) to a 5.3 kWh $11.5k highway-capable bike (75+ mph) .. in about 2.5 years.

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Re: Brammo Enertia review by 300mpg.org
« Reply #6 on: April 24, 2012, 12:36:46 PM »
EVILF sounds kind of ... evil.
I'm just trying to get away from an appellation that makes the Enertia sound like the Queen Elizabeth II.
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Re: Brammo Enertia review by 300mpg.org
« Reply #7 on: April 24, 2012, 02:15:25 PM »
Well I found it kinda funny that we were having a "semi" serious conversation about the Enertia being a MILF....

Though I must admit that at lunch not only did I take her for a ride, but I also showed her my O-ring face...O, O, O....

On a side note, the O-ring chain feels good...very quiet...very smooth...though it might just be that putting on a new chain always feels like that at first?

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Re: Brammo Enertia review by 300mpg.org
« Reply #8 on: April 24, 2012, 04:40:12 PM »
The term you want to use for the original Enertia is the "classic". That is a much better description than what has been suggested so far. Plus, years from now it will be really be a "classic" electric motorcycle - if not a "vintage" one.   :)
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