# Discuss / Brammo's Bike **URL:** \ **Category:** Shift518 Automotive\ **Created:** [September 1, 2009, 10:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/discuss-brammos-bike/246521 "2009-09-01T22:16:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jammer](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jammer/32/6349_2.png) [@Jammer](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jammer)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2009, 10:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/discuss-brammos-bike/246521/1 "2009-09-01T22:16:59Z")
[http://www.brammo.com/home/](http://www.brammo.com/home/) This Enerta is what they gave the Atom up to focus on… I’m sure there were some fat grants though. ---
**Author:** ![underboosted](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/underboosted/32/6424_2.png) [@underboosted](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/underboosted)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2009, 10:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/discuss-brammos-bike/246521/2 "2009-09-01T22:19:04Z")
Seems like it would be awsome to commute with. ---
**Author:** ![bennyfizzle](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bennyfizzle/32/6291_2.png) [@bennyfizzle](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bennyfizzle)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2009, 4:17am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/discuss-brammos-bike/246521/3 "2009-09-02T04:17:22Z")
I fucking love all the electric technology coming out now. Makes me wet. ---
**Author:** ![Boost\_Creep](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boost_creep/32/6366_2.png) [@Boost\_Creep](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Boost_Creep)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2009, 7:35am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/discuss-brammos-bike/246521/4 "2009-09-02T07:35:56Z")
I like that a lot. Would rock. ---
**Author:** ![99FRC](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/99frc/32/6335_2.png) [@99FRC](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/99FRC)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2009, 7:38am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/discuss-brammos-bike/246521/5 "2009-09-02T07:38:54Z")
Sorry. I don’t like it. Cost: $12.5K after all fees Top speed: 60MPH. Range: 43 miles Charge time: 4 hours All that is, is an over glorified moped with higher gearing for more top end and a bigger design to make it look like a motorcycle. And it has what, the equivilant of like 25HP? For that price range I would rather have a Ducatti. ---
**Author:** ![Vovchandr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/vovchandr/32/6275_2.png) [@Vovchandr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Vovchandr)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2009, 8:33am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/discuss-brammos-bike/246521/6 "2009-09-02T08:33:26Z")
Infinite Mpg is a nice plus. For $4k you can buy electrical moped alternatives, for the money only few people will buy as a novelty, not as a solution to stop using gas. Opens the door for the market though. Give an electrical bike I can track with top speed of 145mph and I’m going to the bank. ---
**Author:** ![Oleg](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/oleg/32/6276_2.png) [@Oleg](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Oleg)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2009, 11:43am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/discuss-brammos-bike/246521/7 "2009-09-02T11:43:00Z")
I can’t find the link but just a couple days ago I read on some blog about a guy who built an electric out of an old gsxr, that gets 150 miles, with 120 top speed and charge time of about 5 hours. The entire project cost him about 10k, probably labor included. The specs on enertia are a joke considering a faster one-off can be made cheaper. ---
**Author:** ![Vovchandr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/vovchandr/32/6275_2.png) [@Vovchandr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Vovchandr)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2009, 6:33pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/discuss-brammos-bike/246521/8 "2009-09-02T18:33:59Z")
Link or ban! ---
**Author:** ![Oleg](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/oleg/32/6276_2.png) [@Oleg](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Oleg)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2009, 9:03pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/discuss-brammos-bike/246521/9 "2009-09-02T21:03:26Z")
Firefox history search feature is great. Here’s the link; > **[Riding Clean](https://www.popsci.com/environment/article/2008-06/gasless-racers)** > > Among his other unusual hobbies (he also builds sculptures featuring fire-spewing robots), 32-year-old Justin Gray makes custom electric motorcycles. To create his latest drag racer, the R144, Gray tore the motor and gasoline systems out of a 1999... $10,300 for the project 1999 R1 as donor bike (probably could have been a lot cheaper with another body) 420 lbs 100 hp top speed 150 mph Range 60-100 miles (not quite what I thought it was but still a lot better then enertia) Q.e.d. ---
**Author:** ![Hank1](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/hank1/32/6329_2.png) [@Hank1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Hank1)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2009, 9:14pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/discuss-brammos-bike/246521/10 "2009-09-02T21:14:43Z")
I dont care for that one but there is a couple that I actually do kind of like. that r motards. [http://thekneeslider.com/archives/2006/05/24/electric-super-motard-motorcycle/](http://thekneeslider.com/archives/2006/05/24/electric-super-motard-motorcycle/) > **[Zero S electric motard set to scare commuters later this month](https://www.engadget.com/2009/04/08/zero-s-electric-motard-set-to-release-later-this-month/)** > > In the world of motorcycling the motard is a bike for crazies -- not packing much power but offering plenty of grunt for wheelies and other urban antics, makin... [http://www.thunderstruck-ev.com/ACMotard.htm](http://www.thunderstruck-ev.com/ACMotard.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Oleg](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/oleg/32/6276_2.png) [@Oleg](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Oleg)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2009, 10:22pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/discuss-brammos-bike/246521/11 "2009-09-02T22:22:46Z")
You missed the point Hank 🙂 The one I posted is equal to a sport-bike in performance aside from it’s relatively small range. All those motards on the other hand top out at 60 mph. Who cares what it looks like if it performs like poo? ---
**Author:** ![Hank1](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/hank1/32/6329_2.png) [@Hank1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Hank1)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2009, 12:28am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/discuss-brammos-bike/246521/12 "2009-09-03T00:28:44Z")
I dont believe i missed any point. thread was about elec. bikes… i simply stated i didn’t care for the one posted , meaning the first one. I never open the link to the one u posted . cause I simply didn’t see the link . But I still like the other 2 bikes better. And what exactly was ur point , also ? ---
**Author:** ![Vovchandr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/vovchandr/32/6275_2.png) [@Vovchandr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Vovchandr)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2009, 4:09am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/discuss-brammos-bike/246521/13 "2009-09-03T04:09:57Z")
If I can find thr links I’ll post them up, but there are even cheaper alternatives for thr DIY model. They won’t have the top speed or the range (upto 15 miles) but it makes the daily commute for a lot of is free, especially if you can plug it in at work. ---
**Author:** ![ninety1two40](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ninety1two40/32/6332_2.png) [@ninety1two40](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ninety1two40)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2009, 4:35am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/discuss-brammos-bike/246521/14 "2009-09-03T04:35:00Z")
> [@WTB: Honda](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wtb-honda/22330/8): > > Firefox history search feature is great. > Here’s the link; > [Riding clean | Popular Science](http://www.popsci.com/environment/article/2008-06/gasless-racers) > $10,300 for the project > 1999 R1 as donor bike (probably could have been a lot cheaper with another body) > 420 lbs > 100 hp > top speed 150 mph > Range 60-100 miles (not quite what I thought it was but still a lot better then enertia) > > Q.e.d. I wonder what motor he used. 100hp is a good amount for that size motor. ---
**Author:** ![MX-5](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mx-5/32/6336_2.png) [@MX-5](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MX-5)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2009, 5:31am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/discuss-brammos-bike/246521/15 "2009-09-03T05:31:45Z")
…it doesn’t have gears or a clutch. That’s the most fun part! ---
**Author:** ![Oleg](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/oleg/32/6276_2.png) [@Oleg](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Oleg)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2009, 10:26am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/discuss-brammos-bike/246521/16 "2009-09-03T10:26:37Z")
> [@Marvel Ultimate Alliance](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/marvel-ultimate-alliance/20205/7): > > I dont believe i missed any point. thread was about elec. bikes… i simply stated i didn’t care for the one posted , meaning the first one. I never open the link to the one u posted . cause I simply didn’t see the link . > But I still like the other 2 bikes better. And what exactly was ur point , also ? My point was that enertia’s specs are crap, and it’s obscenely overpriced for what it is. My link is there, I dunno why you can’t see it. Oh and when you first posted I thought it was in response to the bike I posted, not to enertia. My mistake. ---
**Author:** ![KrazyKid](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/krazykid/32/6371_2.png) [@KrazyKid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/KrazyKid)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2009, 10:38am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/discuss-brammos-bike/246521/17 "2009-09-03T10:38:06Z")
that rear elka shock looks like it came off a mini-quad. ---
**Author:** ![RocketPunch](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rocketpunch/32/6429_2.png) [@RocketPunch](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RocketPunch)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2009, 12:10pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/discuss-brammos-bike/246521/18 "2009-09-05T12:10:27Z")
IMO, plug-in’s is what I would call “transitional technology”, electrically powered cars is as old as the combustion engine. However, it never gain the popularity to take the center stage. We are trained as a “I need it nao” sociality. Until we have the infrastructure to fill-up our tank with hydrogen in minutes for fuel cells, electric powered vehicle that rely on plug-in’s can only work in an “hybrid” environment. While I do believe these kind of “transitional technology” is essential to the development of electrically powered vehicle by advancing the development of technologies in conserving, storing and regenerating power. At this stage it can only be something for a specific group of people who truly believe in it and willing to partly fund the development as a novelty buy.