one thing that has continually impressed me with Bramscher / Brammo is that they CONSISTENTLY under-promise and over-deliver. In terms of range , top speed etc.

So yes – the speed , quickness , plush yet sporting suspension , BRAKES , all awesome. Range too. Since I’m a real urbanite my trips are often just 15 or 20 block round trip errands. I have done 20 over a period of 10 days and never looked at the wall receptacle let alone plugged the bike in – and at the end of the ten days it still has 60% power.

THAT to me is cool. Plus I’m used to ICE euro bikes and cars that kill their own batteries just SITTING. This power meter doesn’t budge when the bike is sitting for 3 days or more.

I cannot attest to how hills sap range or power – I have no hills in NYC with which to gauge.

At 12k my thoughts ( not just for me – in general ) was ” Maybe I’ll wait for version 2.0″ .

For 7 grand ? It’s exactly as much bike as you’d demand for the money. You COULD buy an SV650 or Gladius. But who cares. They are both great values ……but not gonna change your life. This bike is a bit transformational; even though that seems like a bold statement.

Of course you’re not going to buy this if you need your ONE BIKE to go 80 miles on the freeway every friday to your country cabin , after spending the whole week commuting.

In America however , I really don’t know one guy who does all that on one bike anyway.
maybe 1-2 online moto buddies that also own KTM Adventure giant Dakar replica bikes.
they are suprisingly versatile and could do “all the above”. But they are like riding horses – you need a ladder to get in the saddle – and parking them is a 400lb sweat inducing hassle.

In NYC we park on sidewalks because paralell-parkers knock curbside bikes over, every time. when I pull a KTM onto the curb – oftentimes a shop or cafe owner will look at me in a disparaging way. Sometimes even as unfriendly a glare as to make you wonder if he’d TRY and get it towed.

With this – the reaction is antithetical. ” Is that electric ? Do you want to park it IN my store ?”

THAT stuff cracks me up. IF YOU TEST ONE FOR MORE THAN 2 MINS expect, to buy it :)

I can attest to the fact the Enertia will hit 60mph (61+ mph in fact).

As for the claimed range, I’ve never ridden an Enertia to empty, but have no reason to believe it wouldn’t go 40+ miles as claimed.

I rode an Enertia around Ashland, stop and go traffic, hills, and a fast straight, about 8 miles total, and had over 75% of battery life left when we finally stopped. Actually, I think the bike showed 5/6 charge.

I’ll admit I’m someone that drank the electric motorcycle Kool-Aid, but it didn’t come easy. I truly believe electrics are the future, but are they an immediate replacement for every market segment? Of course not…at least not yet.

I don’t think we have long to wait though before performance and price parity for electrics meets or exceeds combustion engines.

One thing I wanted to clarify in posting is the way you compare the power. I think its a misnomer to convert 13kw of electric energy and say the bike has the power of a 17hp motor. While that might be technically correct, the butt-dyno says otherwise. Instead, consider the fact that electrics provide linear power, while combustion motors have progressive power delivery.

The affect means that acceleration off the line is better (under comparably powered motors), and there are no flat spots in the power delivery. This to me is a more important factor for everyday riding, I know few commuters who bounce the tachometer off the rev limiter for maximum HP.