Brammo Enertia electric motorcycle to be sold at Best Buy
By Nilay Patel 
posted February 28th 2009 3:39AM
posted February 28th 2009 3:39AM
posted February 28th 2009 3:39AM
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Now I'm sad...turns out they are all the same person.
On a related note, I'm elated to find out that noone is really that backward.
This thing would be awesome if they can get it to under 5k.
wow, these afterthoughts took a tangent.. feel the love.
"Eventually Brammo wants to sell bikes at every Best Buy location around the world"
I've never heard of Best Buy outside of America. It definitely doesn't exist anywhere near my country.
Last summer I traveled through Nova Scotia and Newfoundland. I saw Best Buy in both provinces. I realize that these are still "America", if not the U.S.
I also saw a Best Buy in Shanghai at the Super Brand Mall. Geek Squad and everything.
Is that claw hanging off the end some sort of stability device to be planted in your rectum?
i would prefer this vehicle than the Hayabusa
$12,000 a pop and very short 50 miles on one charge I hate to see how much the battey cost when they to be replaces I think I perf to buy a Yamaha V Star 250, XT250 or Honda Redel 250, CRF230L which all have about a estimated 80 mpg or about 200 miles per tank of gas and cost a hell lot less or could look at a Scooter at less 125 cc 4-stroke.
Why stick with a 250? Granted, they're -real- motorcycles, however, the "cool" factor just isn't there. You'll get decent fuel economy with just about anything you elect to climb aboard.
I personally love the lines of the Honda VTX 1800--its powerplant suffers none of the maladies normally associated with a big-bore V-twin: it's a smooth, counterbalanced, water-cooled beauty of a motor. Plus, the bike has that really cool cruiser look that's really popular these days.
The best part? it still gets ~43mpg. And the base price is only around $500 more than this electric thing.
What most people don't realize is that there is a minor bit of assembly required when a motorcycle arrives at a retailer. Usually, the handlebars are not attached to make shipping easier, similar to how bicycles get shipped.
Unless Best Buy hires freakin' Jesse James himself, would you REALLY want to buy a motorcycle from this store? Would you want some kid assembling your bike for you?
Do you think Best Buy will let some 'kid' put these togeter in the back? There will need to be proper procedures, special tools with torque meters and proper documentation with multiple people signing off on it saying it was put together correctly.
Best Buy is a large national company. One lawsuit from a hotshot injury lawyer representing a person who bought a bike, took it on the highway to only have the handlebars vibrate loose would cost them millions.
I work for Geek Squad. I'm not dumb. :(
I apologize. I forgot 90% of the people who comment on this website are self righteous pompous know it all do it all ignorant jackasses. Thank god that your opinions only account for a realistic .05 of the general public.
And you really think that car you bought REALLY costed 13000 to build. What a sucker.
I remember when Best Buy kept a large, $10,000 plasma TV in the window too. I don't think Best Buy displays such gadgets because they think somebody will actually buy them. I think they put them in the window to draw in the curious, in hopes they will sell them a DVD they wouldn't have otherwise bought.
meh ill stick with a street legal cr500
My ninja 650r cost about 1/3rd of that. :|
Way to insult some of the people who read your blog, Engadget. Some of the people who work at Best Buy know what they're talking about and don't try and sell you crap you don't need. (aka ME)
I also work at Best Buy, and I sell computers. I'm not an idiot, I don't sell people things they don't need. We're trained (yea, actually trained) to sell things to people based on their needs. If you don't need Geek Squad to install security software on your new system, by all means, don't have them do it. But the people that call us every day and can't even turn their speakers on, it's probably a good idea for us to set the computer up for them. Yes, prices are high, but I think 150 dollars to clean a furnace is high too. But it needs to be done and I don't know how to properly clean a furnace.
Our prices on computers themselves are low comparatively, and they're low because we offer these services and accessories. Take the time to say "no" if you don't want something we offer, and you'll get the computer for the cheap price. Those who need our services, they'll say yes. It's not that hard of a concept.
If you think our business model is failing, I can tell you right now it's not. I actually see the numbers every day, rather than making ignorant assumptions. It's a pretty cool idea.
F u. I work at Geek Squad.
Geek squad actually isnt all that ridiculously expensive: lets take the ADR(199.99). That's a lump fee for the entire time the unit is in the shot(my store its 24-48 hours). Now if i take that same computer to most of the mom and pop shops they charge PER HOUR. Yeah it says $50 computer repair on their tag but that fee is per hour and most shops ive been to charge a minimum of 8 hours for removal of viruses. Hmm, so for you that cant add: Geek Squad charges 200 for a virus removal, the competition charges 400 for the same repair. Also the same self righteous people who make posts degrading us that work at Geek Squad are the same people who think everyone in the world should know how to do advanced computer techniques right away. Until you get off your self-righteous horse(im looking at your Engadget), you will never realize what it is to be a public facing tech. So go back to your cubby/house/basement/office and leave the real technical support to the people who can do it. Next time you want to say that we dont know anything about computers and your in the Arizona area come visit store 260 and we will have fun with you.
Adding to what you said, I'm fairly sure most Mom and Pop stores don't have access the tools that Geek Squad uses. Their new MRI tool can boot into Windows without having a properly working operating system (that won't even boot in safe mode).
A multibillion dollar corporation has access to much more powerful and developed tools to remove viruses. Heck, half the time the computers at Geek Squad are fixed remotely.
Even Geek Squad's data recovery service (from damaged hard drives) is low priced compared to competitors.
@ Tamarasu
Well said. I would put money down that most people that work for Engadget actually know about half the crap they post on here, they probably see something that sounds cool on another blog, reword it slightly, the spend an hour trying to come up with some clever headline degrading another company or product.
@Verlin: There are at least half a dozen tools that I can think of off the top of my head that'll give a user access to a filesystem on a PC without cranking up the OS. Now, granted, you do actually have to posses some technical acumen to wield them, but they're out there--and some of them are even free.
I just didn't want folks to get the impression that only the Geek Squad has access to the Magic Beans(tm)(sm).
@Tamarasu: I have NEVER charged 8 hours labor for a virus removal. If the infection is that bad--and c'mon, fellow techies, we can usually tell right away--then I'll recommend an OS reinstall (nuking the site from orbit, as I jokingly refer to it) to the customer and only charge them 2.5 hours. More often than not the customer's rescue partition is still intact, and even if it's not--in the case of a bad drive--, Project Dakota makes an R&R just about as painless as it can be.
The customer gets a working PC again (and a strong suggestion to use Firefox as their primary browser) and a smaller bill from me. Everybody's happy.
Electric motobike sounds very eco :)
If I had extra 12000USD I would buy it...
http://technewsjapan.com
How come electric bikes are more expensiive than electric cars? Something is screwy here
Sweet bike!
Its not like they put a gun to your head and force you to buy.
If you dont want it.. Dont buy it.
Somebody who cant do it and wants to pay for it.. What is your problem?
@BananaBoat
Don't think that the calibration is actually worthless. I agree most people may not need it or not realize the benefit, but if you actually do some research, a good calibration can change your picture dramatically. Yes I know that bby advertises lower energy consumption and longer tv life. That is pretty much bs. It can lower energy, but the difference is minimal. Color correction and greyscale adjustment can be found in the service menu. You can't do a real calibration with just the user menu, although you can make some adjustments to help pq. Our equipment is by Sencore retails for $10,000. I can't remem the model off the top of my head. Do some research on your own before you just comment on our "calibration" service. Companies in my area (dallas) like Starpower and Ed Kellum offer calibration for $399. Both guys are isf certified like ours. Ours is $299 and I know most of the guys that do our calibrations, they do a good job.