Brammo Empulse recall

[Richard230]

It looks like the Brammo Empulse caught a disease from an old British bike:

Recalls - Search Results | Safercar.gov | NHTSA

[Athlon]

hope my Empulse R will arrive already fixed

[Richard230]

Here are the details regarding this issue, as posted by Brammo Quality Control on the Brammo Owners Forum:

http://www.autoevolution.com/news/br...eak-92219.html

They also mentioned that affected bikes that were sold in Europe would soon be recalled there, too. I imagine that before any more Empulses will be delivered in Europe, they would have already been retrofitted.

[Shineysideup]

hope my Empulse R will arrive already fixed

From the article that Richard cited:

"The manufacturer says that bikes manufactured after VIN 51RUB5567ET00831 and 7/8/2014 no longer have this problem..."

AFAIK, this is a rare problem: The bike has to be operated in sub-freezing temperatures and revved to over 5000 rpm before the tranny oil has had a chance to warm up.

The fix is easy and worth doing for sure.