Comments on: Brammo Cuts Price On Enertia Electric Motorcycle By 33% http://gas2.org/2009/11/16/brammo-cuts-price-on-enertia-electric-motorcycle-by-33/ What is the future of fuel? What's new? What's next? Since 2007, Gas 2 has covered a rapidly changing world coming to terms with its oil addiction. Sat, 26 May 2012 14:59:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: dennymack http://gas2.org/2009/11/16/brammo-cuts-price-on-enertia-electric-motorcycle-by-33/#comment-13295 dennymack Wed, 27 Jan 2010 23:52:10 +0000 http://gas2.org/?p=4070#comment-13295 8 grand sounds reasonable, as long as you don't compare this bike's performance to a gas bike. A Ninja 250 will outperform this by a huge margin and be easy to refuel. It also get great mileage, and weighs very little. The little Ninja costs less than 4 grand. For a more similar price you can ride home on a Ninja 650R, which has performance specs that rival a a high end supercar: 0-60 in about 3 seconds, top speed in the 160 range, about 4 lbs. per horsepower...and it still gets good mileage. If one goes for green above performance, a little engine econo-bike still performs, but without the limit of 42 miles per day. Many 125 cc bikes get over 80 mpg when babied. When one considers the energy spent to charge the battery, and the waste involved in the battery, this bike may not even be particularly green. Neat idea, but as anything more than feel good mental imagery, it still falls short. 8 grand sounds reasonable, as long as you don’t compare this bike’s performance to a gas bike. A Ninja 250 will outperform this by a huge margin and be easy to refuel. It also get great mileage, and weighs very little. The little Ninja costs less than 4 grand.

For a more similar price you can ride home on a Ninja 650R, which has performance specs that rival a a high end supercar: 0-60 in about 3 seconds, top speed in the 160 range, about 4 lbs. per horsepower…and it still gets good mileage.

If one goes for green above performance, a little engine econo-bike still performs, but without the limit of 42 miles per day. Many 125 cc bikes get over 80 mpg when babied. When one considers the energy spent to charge the battery, and the waste involved in the battery, this bike may not even be particularly green.

Neat idea, but as anything more than feel good mental imagery, it still falls short.

]]> By: dennymack http://gas2.org/2009/11/16/brammo-cuts-price-on-enertia-electric-motorcycle-by-33/#comment-36555 dennymack Wed, 27 Jan 2010 23:52:00 +0000 http://gas2.org/?p=4070#comment-36555 8 grand sounds reasonable, as long as you don't compare this bike's performance to a gas bike. A Ninja 250 will outperform this by a huge margin and be easy to refuel. It also get great mileage, and weighs very little. The little Ninja costs less than 4 grand. For a more similar price you can ride home on a Ninja 650R, which has performance specs that rival a a high end supercar: 0-60 in about 3 seconds, top speed in the 160 range, about 4 lbs. per horsepower...and it still gets good mileage. If one goes for green above performance, a little engine econo-bike still performs, but without the limit of 42 miles per day. Many 125 cc bikes get over 80 mpg when babied. When one considers the energy spent to charge the battery, and the waste involved in the battery, this bike may not even be particularly green. Neat idea, but as anything more than feel good mental imagery, it still falls short. 8 grand sounds reasonable, as long as you don’t compare this bike’s performance to a gas bike. A Ninja 250 will outperform this by a huge margin and be easy to refuel. It also get great mileage, and weighs very little. The little Ninja costs less than 4 grand.

For a more similar price you can ride home on a Ninja 650R, which has performance specs that rival a a high end supercar: 0-60 in about 3 seconds, top speed in the 160 range, about 4 lbs. per horsepower…and it still gets good mileage.

If one goes for green above performance, a little engine econo-bike still performs, but without the limit of 42 miles per day. Many 125 cc bikes get over 80 mpg when babied. When one considers the energy spent to charge the battery, and the waste involved in the battery, this bike may not even be particularly green.

Neat idea, but as anything more than feel good mental imagery, it still falls short.

]]> By: Benjamin @ EV http://gas2.org/2009/11/16/brammo-cuts-price-on-enertia-electric-motorcycle-by-33/#comment-13294 Benjamin @ EV Wed, 27 Jan 2010 03:23:35 +0000 http://gas2.org/?p=4070#comment-13294 I'd say 4,995 is an ideal price point for this, it isn't really an everyday option but sale would go through the roof if you could drop it down below 5k. I’d say 4,995 is an ideal price point for this, it isn’t really an everyday option but sale would go through the roof if you could drop it down below 5k.

]]> By: Benjamin @ EV http://gas2.org/2009/11/16/brammo-cuts-price-on-enertia-electric-motorcycle-by-33/#comment-36554 Benjamin @ EV Wed, 27 Jan 2010 03:23:00 +0000 http://gas2.org/?p=4070#comment-36554 I'd say 4,995 is an ideal price point for this, it isn't really an everyday option but sale would go through the roof if you could drop it down below 5k. I’d say 4,995 is an ideal price point for this, it isn’t really an everyday option but sale would go through the roof if you could drop it down below 5k.

]]> By: John_balls http://gas2.org/2009/11/16/brammo-cuts-price-on-enertia-electric-motorcycle-by-33/#comment-13293 John_balls Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:46:06 +0000 http://gas2.org/?p=4070#comment-13293 For 40 miles to a charge that price is way to steep. They need either to get better range or drop their price by 3k if they are going to sell this product. For 40 miles to a charge that price is way to steep. They need either to get better range or drop their price by 3k if they are going to sell this product.

]]> By: John_balls http://gas2.org/2009/11/16/brammo-cuts-price-on-enertia-electric-motorcycle-by-33/#comment-36553 John_balls Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:46:00 +0000 http://gas2.org/?p=4070#comment-36553 For 40 miles to a charge that price is way to steep. They need either to get better range or drop their price by 3k if they are going to sell this product. For 40 miles to a charge that price is way to steep. They need either to get better range or drop their price by 3k if they are going to sell this product.

]]> By: Steve Shurts http://gas2.org/2009/11/16/brammo-cuts-price-on-enertia-electric-motorcycle-by-33/#comment-13292 Steve Shurts Tue, 17 Nov 2009 02:53:24 +0000 http://gas2.org/?p=4070#comment-13292 Conceptually, it sounds great - as long as you only have to go 21 miles (You do need to get home and, where I work, they don't have sockets sitting around for me to plug in.)... At best, this is an $8k toy for those who want to feel "green". Reality is that it isn't practical for most applications. Conceptually, it sounds great – as long as you only have to go 21 miles (You do need to get home and, where I work, they don’t have sockets sitting around for me to plug in.)… At best, this is an $8k toy for those who want to feel “green”. Reality is that it isn’t practical for most applications.

]]> By: Steve Shurts http://gas2.org/2009/11/16/brammo-cuts-price-on-enertia-electric-motorcycle-by-33/#comment-36552 Steve Shurts Tue, 17 Nov 2009 02:53:00 +0000 http://gas2.org/?p=4070#comment-36552 Conceptually, it sounds great - as long as you only have to go 21 miles (You do need to get home and, where I work, they don't have sockets sitting around for me to plug in.)... At best, this is an $8k toy for those who want to feel "green". Reality is that it isn't practical for most applications. Conceptually, it sounds great – as long as you only have to go 21 miles (You do need to get home and, where I work, they don’t have sockets sitting around for me to plug in.)… At best, this is an $8k toy for those who want to feel “green”. Reality is that it isn’t practical for most applications.

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