Comments on: Brammo details Empulse electric motorbike

By: New_man84

New_man84 — Sun, 13 May 2012 04:07:00 +0000

On the upside you will be able to clearly hear them.

By: Matti

Matti — Fri, 11 May 2012 20:17:00 +0000

Quote: Brammo say that the bike is capable of reaching speeds up to 100mph, and can travel up to 121 miles on a single charge.

I’m pretty sure you’ll only get 12.1 miles (maybe less) if you ride it at 100mph. You could, of course, ride it at 10mph and get the full 121 miles :P

I’m a motorcyclist and do look forward to bigger, better electric rides in the future, but the silence scares me. It’s already dangerous enough that soccer moms in their rotund SUVs can’t see me when they cut lanes, but now they won’t be able to hear me either. Yikes!!

By: Douglas

Douglas — Fri, 11 May 2012 17:04:00 +0000

I wonder how easy it’ll be to stand one of these bikes up. An interesting aspect of electric motors is that all of their available torque is immediately available, so the engine doesn’t have to wind up to high RPMs. I imagine (though it’s just speculation) that these could be significantly different than riding any other bike.

By: milton sanchez

milton sanchez — Fri, 11 May 2012 15:18:00 +0000

I would get me a car for that price