Team Brammo Coming to GP! (Indy!)

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Team Brammo Coming to GP! (Indy!)

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I might have to find some Valium and go fight the crowd for this one!

Brammo Race Day Schedule (subject to confirmation).

Race 1: May 5, Infineon Sonoma Raceway, Sonoma, CA with AFM
Race 2: June 2, Thunderhill Raceway, Willows, CA with AFM
Race 3: July 21, Laguna Seca Raceway, Monterey, CA with FIM
Race 4: Aug 18, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indianapolis, IN with FIM
Race 5: Sept 1, Miller Motorsports Park, Tooele, UT with FIM
Race 6: Sept 29, Laguna Seca Raceway, Monterey, CA with FIM

http://brammoinc.createsend1.com/t/View ... 0C80B74D5E
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What bikes will they be racing against? Just think, if they were all also electric you wouldn't need your ear plugs. Unless the audience is really noisy.

Beer: liquid valium. I get it.

As far as I know, these guys are the competition for Brammo:

http://www.zeromotorcycles.com/zero-ds/

but Brammo is an Oregon company. Are their bikes made here? If they were, I would expect them to brag about it.

I think both are in the 16,000 dollar range. Sigh.
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OH! They sell the Valium at the concession stands! How clever.
Too bad it makes you piss and most likely tastes like piss, too. (I've tried beer)
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enigmaT120 wrote:I think both are in the 16,000 dollar range. Sigh.
You need to think smaller: http://thevintagent.blogspot.com/2013/0 ... small.html
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Tim Shepherd wrote:
enigmaT120 wrote:I think both are in the 16,000 dollar range. Sigh.
You need to think smaller: http://thevintagent.blogspot.com/2013/0 ... small.html
I LIKE it!

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But for me it would need fenders.

I've sometimes thought of my R65 frame as a starting point for an electric bike, but it is so heavy, I think I would be wasting a lot of electrons just moving it down the road.
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A guy rode past my work the other day on one of those electric bikes. I think it was the same brand as the one pictured in the opening post. Surprisingly, it was actually not that quiet. As in, more mechanical noise than I'd expect. It wasn't a sophisticated sounding whir that I expected. Not at all like a loud motorcycle but not so quiet either. Most def louder than a quiet motorcycle such as a Gold Wing.

Speaking of that, just how does a Gold Wing rider stay alive on the road? :)

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Chuey wrote:Most def louder than a quiet motorcycle such as a Gold Wing.

Speaking of that, just how does a Gold Wing rider stay alive on the road? :)

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Major Softie wrote:
Chuey wrote:Most def louder than a quiet motorcycle such as a Gold Wing.

Speaking of that, just how does a Gold Wing rider stay alive on the road? :)

Chuey
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nyuck nyuck
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Chuey wrote:
Major Softie wrote:
Chuey wrote:Most def louder than a quiet motorcycle such as a Gold Wing.

Speaking of that, just how does a Gold Wing rider stay alive on the road? :)

Chuey
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Oh. Loud Blaupunkt Rock, huh?

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