Off-road electric bikes next in the Brammo product pipeline?
Brammo Enertia off road evidence - click above for high-res image gallery
Although the Enertia cafe-commuter still hasn't reached showroom floors, Brammo seems to have another product waiting in the wings. How do we know? BrammoCraig himself, that's CEO Craig Bramscher to you and me, tweeted last month, "rode our newest product again today - can not wait to show it to the world...". That tease had slipped our minds until recently when Brian Wismann, the company's director of product development and designer of the Enertia, began posting pics of bikes that have obviously been taken off tarmac and collected a bit of dust for their trouble, not to mention a short video clip catching a pair of bikes in the act. Then there is also the above photo of a machine shoed with a set of knobbies. This latest evidence has prompted Plugbike.com to explore outloud the possibility of a dual sport Enertia in the offing.
While we agree that the sealed AC motor would lend itself well for off road application, we suspect the next Brammo product announcement will be all about sport bikes. We're not saying they couldn't do a DS in the future but it takes a lot more than a set of dirt hoops to make it happen. Besides that, the company has already spent a lot of time and effort building the very lovely TTRs that it brought to the Isle of Man for the TTXGP and the sport bike is a very popular market segment. Hit the jump for a brief taste of Enertia soft roading action (check out the saddlebags) and leave us your thoughts.
Gallery: Brammo Enertia off road
Gallery: Brammo Enertia TTR race bike
[Source: Plugbike / Brian Wismann]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Erik Ness 7:25PM (8/25/2009)
Those fenders have to be changed if they expect you to ride that thing off road. There's only an inch of clearance for mud.
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jpm 8:51PM (8/25/2009)
I'd be excited to see a better street bike from them, but not the price tag.
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Brammofan 8:57PM (8/25/2009)
I like Ray's idea of a "pimp my chopper" and "electrify my pimpmobile." Seriously... I'd watch it.
This was a fun PR stunt and it's generated a lot of buzz for both OCC and Siemens. If it happens to have the additional effect of generating interest in EVs for someone who might not have thought about them before, then I'm all for it.
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Brammofan 9:01PM (8/25/2009)
Wow... that's an old comment that got filled in automatically. Wish there was an "edit" button here.
Anyway, you might be right about the sportbike, but my guess is that the new product is either the "undervolved" scooter-ish version, or the "overvolved" TTR version, similar to what they raced at the Isle of Man TTXGP last June.
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