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Old 02-09-14, 09:50 AM   #41
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Oh yeah.... Can't wait, we gon go crooosin'
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Old 02-09-14, 10:10 AM   #42
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Some shots of the Grom

Grom on a short person:
GruntyGiggles - 5ft 3 ish



Grom on a fatty: Stretchie - 5ft 8ish touch over 14 st



Stretchie grinding the pegs on the Grom AWESOME
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Old 03-09-14, 06:47 PM   #43
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Old 03-09-14, 07:37 PM   #44
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Fits those 2 people pretty well, I thought it looked tiny and was worried it would be like an original money bike and end up being dangerous as no one could see you! Seems perfect for local riding and commuting.
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It is small, it looks a bit dafter side on to be honest but it also looks awesome, and it's so low and short you hardly have to lift your leg up to get on it.
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Old 22-09-14, 01:24 PM   #46
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I rode past a group of MSX125s in Hyde Park yesterday and thought of you.

By chance one of the bike vloggers caught the same group.

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Old 23-09-14, 04:15 PM   #47
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It is small, it looks a bit dafter side on to be honest but it also looks awesome, and it's so low and short you hardly have to lift your leg up to get on it.
It's actually easier to swing a leg over to sit on the pillion seat on the GROM than it is to swing a leg over most bikes normal seat

I believe there is photographic evidence of it's unsuitability for taking pillions
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Old 23-09-14, 07:35 PM   #48
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I see no evidence of unsuitability here:

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Old 09-10-14, 10:51 PM   #49
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Well I had my first track session on Monday night with the Grom.

Found myself at the local Karting track, Swindon Karting the other week poking around about mini motos (but that's another story). The track has recently changed ownership and the guys who run the place now are well into their bikes and are trying to get the interest back up in the area. One of the things they are running is a pit bike night on a Monday so I took the Grom up for them to look over and I got the ok to bring it on.

So I rock up, full leathers, and head out onto the track. Took it fairly easily at the beginning learning the circuit, trying to workout where I should be and what gear works best. But as the night went on I got quicker, smoother, and more into it. So much so by the end I was getting my toes down on most corners and dragging a knee at the top corner with the rear sliding around on the original plastic tyres. I even hit 38mph on the main straight before squealing the front tyre under braking into the hairpin.

I spent most of the lap in first gear but short shifting into 2nd before attacking the top corner would see me briefly in 3rd on the main straight. But with time, practice, and if I wasn't so worried about dropping it I think I could go faster and re-examine the gear selection. Overall the Grom is a great little track bike, turns well but needs more grippy tyres. However compared to a pit bike I don't think its as quick, but that could be due to the rider more than the machine...

Unfortunately I didn't really get any pictures of it. But some of the other riders there on pit bikes who were somewhat confused when they came up behind a bike with a number plate, indicators, and headlight were filming. I spent a lot of the first hour or so moving out of their way but as my confidence grew I was happy to act as traffic for them and they were very polite with me on the corners. So here is a little video of an incident, both riders are ok, small fracture on a hand and the exacerbation of an old leg injury, but that isn't going to stop them. At the end there is a white Grom taking avoiding action, blink and you'll miss it.

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10152743064526221

And apologies, no idea how to embed a Facebook video.
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Old 16-10-14, 06:26 PM   #50
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Steve, your adventures at the track sound like a lot of fun, but to really turn the grom into a GP beast you surely must make it look the part....





Check out this U.S based grom build for wallet emptying inspiration
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