Issaquah WA

[Qutaneous]

New owner here. After contemplating about 2 months on a Brammo I drove the 170 miles to Portland and drove a demo at the Best Buy in Cascade Station. Confirmed they had a prepped bike for sale before I drove down and after driving the demo, decided to take it home with me. What a beauty! Subliminal Green of course.
Qutaneous

[Brammofan]

Welcome to the forum, Qutaneous!  Sounds like you had a fun trip.  Pics, if you get a chance, and don't forget to post yourself on the map.

So, what's your riding experience prior to this?

[Gavin]

Congrats...have fun...drive safe...

Is this bike for fun or commuting or both?

Gavin

[Qutaneous]

Now have 250miles on bike exclusively from my 5mile one way commute.
Haven't been to the gas station to fill my truck up for a month now and I still have 1/2 tank of gas!
Meeting with a technology reporter from a local paper up here. Want to get the word out.
Bike is performing flawlessly but is not coming close to a 40mile range per charge. But that's okay.
Extremely pleased with all other aspects of my Enertia.

Q

[HighlanderMWC]

Bike is performing flawlessly but is not coming close to a 40mile range per charge. But that's okay.

What speed is your commute at?

[Qutaneous]

25mph for approx 1mile
35mph for approx 3miles
30mph for last mile.
The clinker is I have a 3/4 12% grade I need to go up to get to work.
That type of climb really sucks the juice but if I keep it at 30 up the hill it saves significantly.
And I coast it almost all the way down.

Looking at about 25miles b/w charges.

Q

[HighlanderMWC]

Does that big hill seem to pull more out of the battery each time (on the same charge)? I have a hill with a 45mph speed limit on the beginning + end of my commute and it really seems to suck more out of the batteries at the end than the beginning.

[Qutaneous]

I have found that to be true. The lower the state of charge, the quicker the discharge when loading up the motor.