Best Buy to start selling motorcycles(Scooters).......Yeahhhhhh

[jw]

Ashland, Ore. — Best Buy may begin selling motorcycles at five West Coast stores this spring.
According to a report in Greentech Media, the CE chain will carry a $12,000 electric motorcycle in select West Coast stores starting in May, with Geek Squad workers possibly providing repair services in empty car A/V installation bays.

The bike, called Enertia, was developed by Brammo, an Oregon business that Best Buy’s venture capital arm invested in last year.The 7-year-old company said it designs and manufactures sustainable specialty vehicles and "performance products for the next generation of transportation."
CEO Craig Bramscher told attendees at the Pacific Crest Clean Technology Conference last week in San Francisco that Geek Squad agents will perform "level one" repairs on the bikes’ brakes, tires and electronics components, Greentech said. The latter include a built-in Web server, open-platform software applications and possible add-ons like onboard cameras that could download images to travel blogs.
"What we're selling is a lot closer to consumer electronics than to transportation," Bramscher said.
The Enertia uses six lithium-phosphate battery modules that take about three hours to charge using a standard electrical outlet. The bike is highway legal with a 45-mile range and a maximum speed of 53 miles per hour, and the company is working on a two-seater model with a range of about 100 miles and a cruising speed of 75 miles per hour that may also be sold through Best Buy, Bramscher said.

source:Twice

blu-rays and scooters

[jkwest]

[Sussudio]

hey, a harris teeter (grocery store) i used to work at sold patio furniture, home theaters and televisions....i can believe this pretty cool tho

[Diesel]

wow, didnt see that coming


bill engvall will be happy

[mikejet]

They should sell the Honda Ruckus

[jkwest]

Originally Posted by mikejet

They should sell the Honda Ruckus

you laugh, but, I rode one of those and it was straightup kick ass...

[toef]

Originally Posted by Sussudio

hey, a harris teeter (grocery store) i used to work at sold patio furniture, home theaters and televisions....i can believe this pretty cool tho

Where was that? I thought Harris Teeters were a southern chain? I got used to them (and their overpriced food) while in college in NC.

[Teabaggins]

how much do those cost, the bike and the ruckus?

[jkwest]

Originally Posted by Teabaggins

how much do those cost, the bike and the ruckus?

the electric bike looks like about $12k...
The Ruckus..around $6k

[Teabaggins]

12k for an electric bike? wtf

[Bigdog]

It's a joke considering you most likely spend more for the electricity used to charge the batteries then you would filling a normal bike with fuel. Then also considering the pollution put out by making the electricity to charge the bike up and the green factor is thrown right out the window. So you basically pay 12 grand for one of the most ugly bike designs money can buy, with a extremely limited 45 miles range and also takes hours to fully charge for that 45 mile distance.

You are still better off buying a real bike as it will still be cheaper to operate and better for the environment considering most bikes will surpass that 45 mile range off of one single gallon of fuel at $1.85.

[Halcro 1]

12K for that ???? Garbage

[jkwest]

it probably sounds like a weedwhacker passing you too....that would freak me out...

[mikejet]

Originally Posted by jkwest

you laugh, but, I rode one of those and it was straightup kick ass...

If I had the spare cash i would buy one right away and start modding it. These things are cool for cruising your neighborhood and quick trips to get ice cream or something like that.

[Ferris]

Wow.... I did NOT see this coming. Best Buy, of all places to buy this.