News comes today by way of Brammofan.com that the Brammo Enertia has finally hit Best Buy locations on the West Coast. Apparently, the actual bike that came in third place at the TTXGP zero-emissions motorcycle race earlier this year at the historic Isle of Man is on display at Cascade Station Best Buy in Portland, Oregon.
A quick phone call to the store location revealed that this particular location has bikes in stock and ready to go. “We have three in the back, ready for test drives. All you need is a driver’s license with a motorcycle endorsement,” said a store employee by the name of Jessica.
As a refresher, the Brammo Enertia electric motorcycle costs $11,995 to start, has a top speed of over 55 miles per hour with a range of roughly 50 miles per charge. Click past the break for a video of the machine in action.(via Autoblog Green)
If one of these comes to the east coast, I’ll be all over that test ride. I’ve thought about trying to contact Brammo and see if they want to work out some sort of promotional deal and allow me to take one to a local track day. I’m pretty sure I could run a strong pace at the right track and it would help open people up to the idea of eclectics.
The future is bright for electric power, but I’m afraid a $12k grocery getter won’t be a smash hit.
