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Title: Time to vote on the future of electric motorcycles again
Post by: Richard230 on October 09, 2012, 12:51:22 AM: Here is a link to a MotorCycle News electric motorcycle poll. Time to vote. Too bad their choices are a little twisted.

http://www.motorcyclenews.com/MCN/News/newsresults/New-bikes/2012/October/oct0812-poll-are-electric-bikes-the-future/ (http://www.motorcyclenews.com/MCN/News/newsresults/New-bikes/2012/October/oct0812-poll-are-electric-bikes-the-future/)
Title: Re: Time to vote on the future of electric motorcycles again
Post by: ZeroSinMA on October 09, 2012, 03:31:09 AM: Quote from: Richard230 on October 09, 2012, 12:51:22 AM
Here is a link to a MotorCycle News electric motorcycle poll. Time to vote. Too bad their choices are a little twisted.

http://www.motorcyclenews.com/MCN/News/newsresults/New-bikes/2012/October/oct0812-poll-are-electric-bikes-the-future/ (http://www.motorcyclenews.com/MCN/News/newsresults/New-bikes/2012/October/oct0812-poll-are-electric-bikes-the-future/)

With a pic of a non-existant Brammo Empulse R.

Why bother voting? It's like selling tofu to the patrons of Cotham's Mercantile in Scott, Arizona.

Waste of time.
Title: Re: Time to vote on the future of electric motorcycles again
Post by: protomech on October 09, 2012, 04:03:23 AM: What would you rather them use, a 2013 Zero?
Title: Re: Time to vote on the future of electric motorcycles again
Post by: paul on October 09, 2012, 06:20:13 PM: Quote from: protomech on October 09, 2012, 04:03:23 AM
What would you rather them use, a 2013 Zero?

hey, the '13 Zeros will most likely hit the streets before Brammo ever ships the empulse (vaporware) in volume...
Title: Re: Time to vote on the future of electric motorcycles again
Post by: protomech on October 09, 2012, 08:10:14 PM: Possibly - we'll know in about three months. Neither bike "exists" in the sense that it is currently available for sale.
Title: Re: Time to vote on the future of electric motorcycles again
Post by: ZeroSinMA on October 09, 2012, 10:23:11 PM: Quote from: protomech on October 09, 2012, 04:03:23 AM
What would you rather them use, a 2013 Zero?

Or a 2012. An actual volume shipping product not a prototype. In the case of Zero, since zero has proved itself reliable as a keeper of promises, a pic of a 2013 is a safe bet.
Title: Re: Time to vote on the future of electric motorcycles again
Post by: protomech on October 09, 2012, 10:59:38 PM: They did say "future" motorcycles. So I guess either a 2013 Zero or a 2013 Empulse would be fine.

Online polls mean almost nothing. Most of us here have voted with our wallets.. and Zero's sales, while still small in the grand scheme of things, are rising year over year. I suspect 2013 will see significantly higher sales, both for Zero and the resumption of Brammo sales.
Title: Re: Time to vote on the future of electric motorcycles again
Post by: Richard230 on October 10, 2012, 03:06:05 AM: We also have to keep in mind that this poll is from a British motorcycle magazine and I don't think electric motorcycles have penetrated the UK market to any noticeable extent. So, from their point of view, electric motorcycles really are in the future, at least as a product that their readers can purchase.