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Top Ten Brammo Stories of the Year
Time to count ‘em down, folks. These are, in my fair and balanced opinion, the top ten Brammo stories of 2010, in reverse order, of course:
10. Brammo Enertia wins the Edison award for “Best New Product: Transportation.”
9. Ali Afshar and ESX Motorsports starts showing off the Brammo Enertia at Malibu’s “Rock Store,” Bob’s Big Boy, and the Power Rangers convention. Ali – ESX, weekly rides and Power Rangers.
8. Brammo branches out of the Best Buy marketplace, looking for dealers, and finding at least one: Hollywood Electrics. See: Dealership development director solicitation and the Hollywood Electrics story. (There would have been at least an Honorable Mention for the Brammo Enertia Appears on BestBuy.com story, but for the unfortunate attempted buying experience story).
7. The Hong Kong Police test a fleet of Brammo Enertias.
6. Main stream media cover Brammo and some even call it the “Best Electric Motorcycle of 2010.” See, also, Cycle World review, Popular Mechanics , Entrepreneur, National Geographic (not on the site, yet), CNBC Power Lunch – one of the best products of 2010, and too many more to list here.
5. Jackie Chan and his company, JCAM, team with Brammo to introduce the motorcycles to Asia and to an upcoming Jackie Chan movie. And, basically, the world gets to see the Brammo bikes at EICMA in Milan and at the Hong Kong Motorcycle show.
4. Brammo announces the partnership with Flextronics to produce electric motorcycles around the world.
3. Brammo Empulse RR Racebike revealed and prepares for 2011 season.
2. Brammo unveils the Brammo Enertia Plus with Double the range.
And finally, the top story in my opinion, of 2010:
1. Brammo announces the Empulse – 100 mph, 100 mile range, naked streetfighter.
Some honorable mentions:
Brammofan wins Brammo Evangelist of the Year and of course Enertia Day, Kansas City.
Skadamo and I open the doors of the Brammo Owners Forum.
Voyage of Rob Novey, and the (hopefully) soon-to-be-published book of Zen and the Art of Electric Motorcycle Maintenance.
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It looks like I’m not the only one putting together a list of the great year Brammo has had. Click here to see their 2010 Christmas Card with a slide show that includes many of the stories, above.
Brammofan’s BrammoBabe of the Year
So many Brammo Babes, so little time.
Disclaimer: If you knew my background, you’d know that I am all about treating women as men’s equals (although, for the life of me, I can’t understand why women would want to lower themselves to our level). If any of my female readers or, heck, any of my readers regardless of gender want to suggest winners of this year’s “Brammofan Brammo Beefcake of the Year,” have at it.)
(UPDATED: December 15, 2010. One of the nominees has requested that her likeness and name not be used in this competition. I have complied. If you happened to be one of the many people who voted for her, I’m sorry, but your votes just got flushed. I edited the poll so that you may vote again.)
(UPDATE: Due to the FLOOD of requests following the write-in votes for Susanna Schick (aka @pinkyracr ), her photos have been added, below, and her name has been added to the poll, as well. In her own words: “I’m the only one doing it for LOVE” )
The nominees, in order of appearance:
Laguna Seca, Brammo Empulse unveiling
From left: Jessica, Alana, Kelly, some ugly dude, and she-who-wishes-to-not-be-named.
Here’s my favorite pic from the event:
From left: Alana, Kelly, and Jessica
EICMA, Milan, Italy
From left: Vessy, Suzanna, Alessandra, and Alessia
Another picture:
From left: Alessia, Alessandra, Suzanna and Vessy
Macau Grand Prix and Hong Kong Bike Show:
From left: Jojo, Mark Buckley (not in the running for Brammo Babe of the Year), and Ceres.
And another:
From left: Ceres and Jojo.
And by special request:
Pinkyracr, back when we had no idea who the masked rider was...
And, for the evening gown portion of the show . . .
Pinkyracr, again, on an Orange Enertia this time...
I definitely have my favorite(s), but I figured that among my millions, thousands, hundreds, dozens of readers, there were likely a few who had favorites as well. So I’ll throw it open to the minions for a vote:
Answers due . . . soon.
(Note: because of the addition of pinkyracr, I have additional, write-in votes that need to be added on to her final total. Also, the write-in vote for “some ugly dude,” referencing the first picture from the Laguna event, will have to be discarded, as the Brammo Man of the Year contest has not been announced yet.)
Brammo & ESX Motorsports at Cycle Gear
A two-seater?
ESX Motorsports showed up at a Cycle Gear store in Flangdangle, California last weekend and posted these photos, for your amusement. Looks like it was a bit wet that day, which would go a long way toward explaining why Ali Afshar’s red Enertia ended up inside the store, and the Best Buy mutations ended up exposed to the weather.
Brammo Enertia – Ultimate Pit Bike?
According to our friends at ESX Motorsports, the Enertia works well as a pit bike. For those unfamiliar with the concept (as I was, until a few months ago), a pit bike is what is used by the drivers or riders and the pit crew to get around the areas under the stands, in the paddock, and around the parking lot of a racetrack during a racing weekend.
This week Brammo starred at the IDRC International Finals. It’s official: the Brammo Enertia is the ultimate pit bike – quiet, fast, maneuverable, and clean. They were a true asset and helped us secure the win in the ‘True Street’ division.
When the bikes weren’t running through the crowds catching eyes, they were at home base on display comfortably in the Brammo tent. People flocked to our area to learn more about the exciting bikes buzzing around the event. Here we showed videos, distributed flyers, and answered any questions people had about Brammo.
Slideshow:
Powercycles for Power Rangers
Ali Afshar is a man of many talents. He’s an actor, a racer, a Brammo Babe wrangler, owner of ESX Motorsports, producer of the upcoming movie “Born to Race” and an owner of one Ferrari Red Brammo Enertia. I met Ali at the Laguna Seca race and can report that he’s an approachable, friendly, and genuinely funny man who truly believes in the mission behind Brammo – Saving the World, Two Wheels at a Time. Saving the world is a pretty big proposition when you think about it. But Ali has powerful friends – close, personal and powerful friends. In Ali’s listing on the Internet Movie Data Base is the “Power Rangers Turbo” television show. He was the voice of the Phantom Ranger.
This would explain the ringtone on Ali’s phone, which was very busy that July weekend:
Here’s the priceless pictures:
And a bonus video of Ali at Morphicon, the Power Rangers convention:
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www.youtube.com/esxmotorsports
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