People are hating way too much on this. You guys aren't that bad it's just kind of a cheesy production quality. I guess you got to listen to the fans but personally I would watch more videos just the way this one is
@Bunnyshooter 223 I tell you what my friend, if you too tired someday I will gladly help you by taking your place and you can take a rest day. No no, you do not have to thank me!
There needs to be a comparison between the modern Grom class (actual Grom, Monkey, Gromasaki, etc) and some of the 1970s mini enduros that used to be everywhere, and can still be had for cheap. Frankly I think the old minis were better. They tended to have more power but with that fun 2-stroke delivery, they were even lighter, they had awesome style, they were ridiculously reliable and easy to work on, and on top of it all they had genuine off-road capabilities. I would love love LOVE to see a showdown between a 2020 Grom and a 1970 Kawasaki G4 100.
JETZcorp: TS125, KE175, and one of those funny Hodaka Road Toads that never made it the UK. But stirred an early interest from a Cycle World magazine of the mid 70’s.
Definitely! The 1972 Kawasaki G5 100 had a rated top speed of 66 mph and the one we had would do considerably more than that. My SL-125 Honda was fine on the Interstate (of course, the national speed limit then was 55 mph). I have a feeling that changing the exhaust, tinkering with the airbox, and updating the carb would get a lot better performance from these bikes. The horsepower figures for them are more like for 90s than 125s.
@@peterholthoffman Oh you can easily double the power from them if you did some porting and put on a "good" expansion chamber. The stock configuration is extremely mild even by the standards of that time, let alone what you can do today.
This has to be one of my favorite videos on RU-vid. You guys seemed to have a blast, and that is exactly what riding is all about. I just purchased a Honda 2020 Grom a month or so ago, and they are every bit the fun you guy's displayed in your video. Awesome!!!
i have an orange z125 just like the one adam was riding and its such a fun little city rider. It brings tons of smiles to my coworkers when i show up at the office and park it right in front of the entrance. Not only does it bring smiles to people it also has inspired some to want to start riding since its such an easy bike to ride. I think i have more pure fun on the streets riding this than i did on a gsx-r600
Mini motos can definitely inspire non riders to ride. That's exactly what happened to me. Got a Grom in 2018, a year later a Ninja 400, last week just bought myself a 2019 Ninja ZX6R!!
I have a Honda Navi (a 110cc CVT scooter sold in India loosely based on Honda Grom). Its fun to ride, especially if you ride any normal sized bikes on most days and realise how much fun a mini bike is!
Establish a relationship with your nearest track day group if possible. Of thats out of the question ebay i suppose or keep saving those dollars and find one new in your price range. Happy hunting!
Back in August, I went on a ride with my Grom, an older gentleman on a Monkey, Z125, Zuma 125 scooter and a big bore Grom. The gentleman on the Monkey smoked the rest of the 125's through the mountains and kept up with the big bore Grom.
This was fun! I like the hosts. I think the it's the editing that's the problem. There's clearly plenty of great fun and banter going on, but we didn't see any of it until the end.
Great episode. It was fun to watch but honestly, the outtakes were the funniest to watch. Great compilation of Waheed yawns LOL Here is my 2 cents: have one of the 4 plan everything for the episode and then have the other 3 hosts truly come without any heads up. You can do road trips, camping trips, more comparisons or any shannanigans but that would make this feel more natural, just take out the cursing when editing. Either way, this was great!
I did a similar shoot out many years back at a fun little industrial lot that allowed a figure 8, thirty five secondish lap course. Riding a 7 hp Honda MB5 50cc 2 stroke I did battle with a Kawasaki GPz750 and a Honda Nighthawk 650. I beat the Nighthawk but lost out ever so slightly to the GPz. The Kawie rider almost lost the front end a couple of times as he said he no way was he gonna loose to a 50 cc " keychain ". Those were the days. The industrial lot no longer allows impromptu races but is still lots of fun having went on to become a cannabis production facility :)
It's a good post, but the need for a full size 125cc bike is almost here. Those bikes have a top speed of 80 mph, so you can move around in normal situations. It's amazing the 300-400 series of sport bikes have a top speed of 105-115 mph, but people put them down. We must get over needing a 1000cc sport bike.
no journalist were harmed in the making of this video... because there were none.... just Cali-Corp clowns with computers and cameras. RIP Motorcyclist Magazine...... You were once a great Lady.....
I worked at a Honda/Kawi dealership and we used to do a ride with the Groms/Z125s, even at 6'5" 260lbs, you could see the grin through my full face helmet when we would get back.
Really enjoyed this episode seen a bunch of big guys on groms. Like I was and my son October of last year Both of our groms got stolen. And the police have not found them. But we don't have the money to replace them. But that was the best little bike I've ever owned. Mine was stretched lowered everything my sons had exhaust on it. I miss that little bike. But anyway, really enjoyed the episode.
Them little bikes are traffic Kings. BUTT, BBK that adds another 20hp really needed, Light kit, Forward light bar, higher rear set, with the right bbk you will do 14s on the 1/4 mile.
I hope the end was just foreshadowing more MC Garage videos in the pipeline :) . I really need to improve, spent most of yesterday just changing the tires and doing the brakes. I thought I'll get it done during morning and spend the rest riding :( .
By far all the best stuff was in the bloopers, y'all need to leave that stuff in! That's like the salt of the show, kind of bland without it. But great content and looked like tons of fun!
Cool video! You folks brought back the road trip fun videos! Need to do more videos like these. Got to do a dual purpose bike (250cc) adventure with overnight camping...
I've rode the z125 and the Grom. They are fun but I wouldn't bother with the hwy. They are neighborhood bikes. I don't even like riding them in city traffic. Good learner bikes.
So many mixed emotions! On the one hand the Gromkhana videos were so so good and surely the grom novalty is well and truly worn off in 2020... But at the same time... what a blast lol
@adamwaheed please do another comprehensive sport tire review. Then do the commentary after the day is done. Last time was brilliant you were baked after a full day of adrenaline
