On the fence: 2016 Victory Empulse TT

[new-brammo-guy]

Hi All,

Back in August 2019 I almost bought a 2014 Brammo Empulse R with ~1.5k miles on it but noticed some motor and/or transmission leaking during my overnight test drive (I posted the topic here: https://brammoforum.com/index.php?topic=3819.msg26934#msg26934)

So instead I'm now close to buying a 2016 Victory Empulse TT with just over a 100 miles on it. I was able to get the log files and looks like it was kept properly charged and the High-Low Cell Volts is about 1.5 mV (which seems good). It was only discharged down to SOC 10% briefly one time otherwise has been kept up in the 60-90% most of its stationary life.

Does anyone know if the motor / transmission leaking happens on both the Brammo and Victory bikes? Based on other past posts it seems they both leak though not totally clear. How could they not have noticed and resolved this issue?!

Any other suggestions / thoughts would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks everyone for all of your posts - the info on this forum has been extremely helpful.

[Cross4u]

Well I had just under 4K on my impulse before it started leaking. Make sure that the person bought the extended warranty because the replacement is 3k.  I was able to get another 16k miles before the battery went out. 

[Leander]

those leakages are an easy fix.

[HadesOmega]

The warranty on the Victory battery packs is 100,000 miles or 5 years they will replace if it has lost 30% capacity.

Luckily I haven't had any problem with mine but I don't ride it as much as I'd like to.