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Barnes93cb wrote: Thu Apr 12, 2018 10:42 am
CorvetteWaxer wrote: Thu Apr 12, 2018 10:34 am Still don't get the Grom. Maybe if I was 130 pounds and 5'4".

I know they're cheap and supposed to be super fun, but it's kinda like seeing a 400 pound dude stuff himself into a Fiat/Mini/etc.
Yeah at 5 10 and 200lbs I dont think its worth the cost to me. But I do think it would be fun to hoon around a few times if a friend let me play on one.
I'm sure it would be awesome.... but I'm not going to spend $3k to have people laughing at my fat ass. :lol:
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CorvetteWaxer wrote: Thu Apr 12, 2018 10:34 am Still don't get the Grom. Maybe if I was 130 pounds and 5'4".

I know they're cheap and supposed to be super fun, but it's kinda like seeing a 400 pound dude stuff himself into a Fiat/Mini/etc.

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It was a toy bike for me that just happened to be street legal. It encouraged me to be a hooligan and was getting to the point where I was going to end up hurting myself on it.

I think it'd be great with a group of friends and parking lot race course, sadly, there wasn't enough of a community around me for those sort of shenanigans.
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4zilch wrote: Thu Apr 12, 2018 10:45 am
CorvetteWaxer wrote: Thu Apr 12, 2018 10:34 am Still don't get the Grom. Maybe if I was 130 pounds and 5'4".

I know they're cheap and supposed to be super fun, but it's kinda like seeing a 400 pound dude stuff himself into a Fiat/Mini/etc.
It was a toy bike for me that just happened to be street legal. It encouraged me to be a hooligan and was getting to the point where I was going to end up hurting myself on it.

I think it'd be great with a group of friends and parking lot race course, sadly, there wasn't enough of a community around me for those sort of shenanigans.
We had about 12-15 of them here at work for awhile when they were new. Now I only see 1 or 2. They used to all ride together and most had exhaust or took off the stock or something and it sounded like a swarm of bees when they would all come/go from the garage. Most of the dudes were bigger though, so it really was comical and made me think of the clown car situation.
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4zilch wrote: Thu Apr 12, 2018 10:10 am new Grom colors http://powersports.honda.com/2019/grom/colors.aspx
i like that kawi green
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CorvetteWaxer wrote: Thu Apr 12, 2018 10:34 am Still don't get the Grom. Maybe if I was 130 pounds and 5'4".

I know they're cheap and supposed to be super fun, but it's kinda like seeing a 400 pound dude stuff himself into a Fiat/Mini/etc.

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Big Brain Bradley wrote: Thu Apr 12, 2018 10:51 am
4zilch wrote: Thu Apr 12, 2018 10:10 am new Grom colors http://powersports.honda.com/2019/grom/colors.aspx
i like that kawi green
I think if I were buying again I'd just buy the Kawi.
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4zilch wrote: Mon Apr 09, 2018 7:16 pm BMW gonna carbon fiber all the things. https://newatlas.com/bmw-carbon-composi ... ure/54068/
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thats a near breakthrough imo. A cost effective CF method. Making CF wheels cheap if really :mindblown:
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4zilch wrote: Thu Apr 12, 2018 10:56 am
Big Brain Bradley wrote: Thu Apr 12, 2018 10:51 am

i like that kawi green
I think if I were buying again I'd just buy the Kawi.
still slow and :flaccid: and over priced.

who would ever buy a grom.
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4zilch wrote: Mon Apr 09, 2018 7:14 pm Honda is bringing over a good looking 300cc

https://www.revzilla.com/common-tread/h ... 2019-model
That looks really cool. Serious :jelly:.
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stripethree wrote: Thu Apr 12, 2018 3:14 pm
4zilch wrote: Mon Apr 09, 2018 7:14 pm Honda is bringing over a good looking 300cc

https://www.revzilla.com/common-tread/h ... 2019-model
That looks really cool. Serious :jelly:.
why? you have a super cool starter bike.
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dubshow wrote: Thu Apr 12, 2018 4:41 pm why? you have a super cool starter bike.
I like the looks of this one even more.
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stripethree wrote: Thu Apr 12, 2018 5:19 pm
dubshow wrote: Thu Apr 12, 2018 4:41 pm why? you have a super cool starter bike.
I like the looks of this one even more.
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dubshow wrote: Thu Apr 12, 2018 11:58 am
4zilch wrote: Thu Apr 12, 2018 10:56 am

I think if I were buying again I'd just buy the Kawi.
still slow and :flaccid: and over priced.

who would ever buy a grom.
Exactly. I’d buy one of these instead.


https://www.asphaltandrubber.com/review ... de-review/

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4zilch wrote: Fri Apr 13, 2018 7:35 am
dubshow wrote: Thu Apr 12, 2018 11:58 am

still slow and :flaccid: and over priced.

who would ever buy a grom.
Exactly. I’d buy one of these instead.


https://www.asphaltandrubber.com/review ... de-review/

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Big Brain Bradley wrote: Fri Apr 13, 2018 7:39 am
4zilch wrote: Fri Apr 13, 2018 7:35 am

Exactly. I’d buy one of these instead.


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fixed i think
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Big Brain Bradley wrote: Fri Apr 13, 2018 7:39 am
4zilch wrote: Fri Apr 13, 2018 7:35 am

Exactly. I’d buy one of these instead.


https://www.asphaltandrubber.com/review ... de-review/

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Big Brain Bradley wrote: Fri Apr 13, 2018 7:39 am
4zilch wrote: Fri Apr 13, 2018 7:35 am

Exactly. I’d buy one of these instead.


https://www.asphaltandrubber.com/review ... de-review/

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so i have a short list of bikes going too:

ducati scrambler cafe ~10,5k
bmw r9t ~10k
yamaha xsr700 ~8k
fz-07 ~ 5,5k
older sv650 ~3k

I still need to ride the r9t. I may have ruled out the ducati scrambler as an over priced pretty bike, but DAMN it looks great.

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also yamaha bringing a lot to the table and love the looks of the new XSR.

http://www.thedrive.com/motorcycles/203 ... -of-riders
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dubshow wrote: Tue Apr 24, 2018 9:51 am so i have a short list of bikes going too:

ducati scrambler cafe ~10,5k
bmw r9t ~10k
yamaha xsr700 ~8k
fz-07 ~ 5,5k
older sv650 ~3k

I still need to ride the r9t. I may have ruled out the bmw r9t as an over priced pretty bike, but DAMN it looks great.

Image

also yamaha bringing a lot to the table and love the looks of the new XSR.

http://www.thedrive.com/motorcycles/203 ... -of-riders
FTFY
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dubshow wrote: Tue Apr 24, 2018 9:51 am so i have a short list of bikes going too:

ducati scrambler cafe ~10,5k
bmw r9t ~10k
yamaha xsr700 ~8k
fz-07 ~ 5,5k
older sv650 ~3k

I still need to ride the r9t. I may have ruled out the ducati scrambler as an over priced pretty bike, but DAMN it looks great.

Image

also yamaha bringing a lot to the table and love the looks of the new XSR.

http://www.thedrive.com/motorcycles/203 ... -of-riders
Also add a z900rs to your list.
As the only published author in a well-known motorcycle publication in the room...
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4zilch wrote: Tue Apr 24, 2018 10:07 am
dubshow wrote: Tue Apr 24, 2018 9:51 am so i have a short list of bikes going too:

ducati scrambler cafe ~10,5k
bmw r9t ~10k
yamaha xsr700 ~8k
fz-07 ~ 5,5k
older sv650 ~3k

I still need to ride the r9t. I may have ruled out the bmw r9t as an over priced pretty bike, but DAMN it looks great.

Image

also yamaha bringing a lot to the table and love the looks of the new XSR.

http://www.thedrive.com/motorcycles/203 ... -of-riders
FTFY
I had that same feeling. I just wanted to give it a fair shake after riding one. Right now the fz07 in used form has the best value.
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dubshow wrote: Tue Apr 24, 2018 10:24 am
4zilch wrote: Tue Apr 24, 2018 10:07 am

FTFY
I had that same feeling. I just wanted to give it a fair shake after riding one. Right now the fz07 in used form has the best value.
fz07 is meh. also man killer.
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