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Team Brammo Coming to GP! (Indy!)

Posted: Wed Apr 03, 2013 6:44 pm
by Deleted User 287
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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

Re: Team Brammo Coming to GP! (Indy!)

Posted: Wed Apr 03, 2013 6:51 pm
by enigmaT120
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.

Re: Team Brammo Coming to GP! (Indy!)

Posted: Wed Apr 03, 2013 6:55 pm
by Deleted User 287
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)

Re: Team Brammo Coming to GP! (Indy!)

Posted: Wed Apr 03, 2013 6:56 pm
by Deleted User 62
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

Re: Team Brammo Coming to GP! (Indy!)

Posted: Wed Apr 03, 2013 7:02 pm
by Deleted User 287
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.

Re: Team Brammo Coming to GP! (Indy!)

Posted: Thu Apr 04, 2013 8:45 am
by Chuey
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? :)

Chuey

Re: Team Brammo Coming to GP! (Indy!)

Posted: Thu Apr 04, 2013 9:19 am
by Major Softie
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
Blaupunkt

Re: Team Brammo Coming to GP! (Indy!)

Posted: Thu Apr 04, 2013 10:43 am
by Chuey
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
Blaupunkt
Oh. Loud Blaupunkt Rock, huh?

Chuey

Re: Team Brammo Coming to GP! (Indy!)

Posted: Thu Apr 04, 2013 10:44 am
by Major Softie
nyuck nyuck

Re: Team Brammo Coming to GP! (Indy!)

Posted: Thu Apr 04, 2013 11:14 pm
by melville
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
Blaupunkt
Oh. Loud Blaupunkt Rock, huh?

Chuey
No. Lawrence Welk.