Empulsive Contest...

[Gavin]

a few more photos and we will have to get some tech/geek to "stitch" the photos together.


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[Mr.Rodgers]

Photo #3 in our treasure hunt is out in the wild! Hope you're able to pin down it's location!

Clue 3

seems easy...

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Wow.  Now this is definitely a good teaser

[FreepZ]

Wow indeed. I agree with EB: All that carbon fiber looks expensive. I wonder how much cheaper it would have been to use plastic, and what difference it would make in performance. There's no doubt that is look really very nice, though!

[socalmike]

I wonder if the carbon fiber will only be available on the Empulse-R vs some sort of polymer/plastic on the reg Empulse?

[EmpulseRider]

I wonder if the carbon fiber will only be available on the Empulse-R vs some sort of polymer/plastic on the reg Empulse?

I hope so... my budget is 14-15k at the most.  CF isnt cheap...

[Vibetrippin]

Given that I have virtually no time on my hands, and that I'm not on any social media other than twitter, would anyone take exception to posting all these teaser pics after the contest is over?

[FreepZ]

I think that would a great idea. It would be nice to have all the images available together. And if Gavin can find that magic software, we should have an awesome rotating bike, in 3D and with surround sound! (Ok, I may be over optimistic here...)

I suspect that the competition will go on until the reveal on the 8th. Also, since to win the competition you need to email them the link to the image, rather than the image itself, posting the full images before the competition is over should be okay (perhaps making a copy of the image, rather than direct linking would be best, to avoid giving the location away.)

The questions would be: when is it okay to post the image. Possible answers:

• Two days after the clue was announced.
• One week after the clue was announced.
• As soon as the next clue is announced.
• Some other time?

What do you think?

[flar]

Carbon fiber or not, that tail reminds me of the martian spaceship eye/lasers from War of the Worlds.  Who was it that was asking about the photon torpedoes?

[flar]

What do you think?

I think the hunt generates excitement going into the final round of their unveiling marketing ramp-up.  Publishing their teaser images would deflate that just a bit so I think it is disrespectful towards their launch festivities to share things that they are reserving for just the dedicated fans...

[Brammofan]

Publishing the images prior to the May 8 unveiling is against the terms of use of the forum.  To wit:

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Do not share images of the Brammo Empulse found while searching social media sites as part of the Brammo contest announced on their Facebook page.  Posting those images on the forum may lead to banning, loss of forum privileges, and dandruff.

[FreepZ]

Well that clears that up! Nobody want's dandruff! (Or to be banned...)

I guess you'll just have to find the images your self or just wait for the big reveal on the 8th. (You could also Private Message somebody who has already found the images. I'm sure that if asked nicely, they might very well send you the links, or at the very least tell you how to get to the images in 3 simple steps. )

[Vibetrippin]

Publishing the images prior to the May 8 unveiling is against the terms of use of the forum.  To wit:

So on May 9th will someone post the images to the Forum? I would love to take part in the search but I know that I'm not going to have the time to sign up for a dozen sites that I'll never use again.

[Gavin]

yes...of course on May 9th we will also be posting full images from the release event...


So the whole bike, not just pieces, will be on display here.

Gavin

[FreepZ]

I know that I'm not going to have the time to sign up for a dozen sites that I'll never use again.

So far all of the websites used allow you to see the images without joining anything. (I haven't signed up for any of those sites, except for Facebook, and I've been able see the images.)

[flar]

Latest clue:

If you could visit Brammo HQ right now, we could show you the next photo in our treasure hunt. You could CHECK IN and see it. *sigh*