Jewtoys Posted March 16, 2015 Report Share Posted March 16, 2015 Considering picking up a Honda Grom to troll to work with. The only issue is dealers won't let you test ride one..... I hate the fact of buying something before I ride it. Any of you pedophiles have one, or any seat time with one? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geeto67 Posted March 16, 2015 Report Share Posted March 16, 2015 can you wait till July? Honda and kawasaki used to bring demo bikes to VMD at mid-ohio, I don't know if they still do it. I just looked at their factory demo days bikes and the grom isn't on the list so not sure if there is going to be a traveling Demo Day that would cover that in our area anytime soon. Honda does have specific Demo Ride Dealers and the nearest one to us is: Mid-Ohio Honda 494 Harcourt Rd Mount Vernon, OH 43050-3918 (740)397-5272 Call them and see if they will give you a Grom demo ride. I don't have any seat time but there is a guy who commutes to downtown on one. I see him all the time when I am dropping off my kid at daycare. He seems to like it a lot. Do you fit on it? I'm tall and I don't really like it but then again I don't like monkey bikes either. I am going to be the wet blanket and point out it is still a motorcycle and it still requires motorcycle insurance and a motorcycle license. For $800 more you can get a CB300F and that is a real motorcycle that you can take on the highway and will probably cost the same to insure. I can tell you from my fascination with Grom racing that the stock bikes top out around 65-70 and the modded ones will pull 80mph. the Grom is supposed to get 81mpg but the 300F gets 71mpg. There are people hypermiling the Grom and getting 100mpg but that is not exactly riding one fast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geeto67 Posted March 16, 2015 Report Share Posted March 16, 2015 (edited) sorry double post. Edited March 16, 2015 by Geeto67 double post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
l36tols1 Posted March 16, 2015 Report Share Posted March 16, 2015 Well.. Now I officially want one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jewtoys Posted March 16, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 16, 2015 can you wait till July? Honda and kawasaki used to bring demo bikes to VMD at mid-ohio, I don't know if they still do it. I just looked at their factory demo days bikes and the grom isn't on the list so not sure if there is going to be a traveling Demo Day that would cover that in our area anytime soon. Honda does have specific Demo Ride Dealers and the nearest one to us is: Mid-Ohio Honda 494 Harcourt Rd Mount Vernon, OH 43050-3918 (740)397-5272 Call them and see if they will give you a Grom demo ride. I don't have any seat time but there is a guy who commutes to downtown on one. I see him all the time when I am dropping off my kid at daycare. He seems to like it a lot. Do you fit on it? I'm tall and I don't really like it but then again I don't like monkey bikes either. I am going to be the wet blanket and point out it is still a motorcycle and it still requires motorcycle insurance and a motorcycle license. For $800 more you can get a CB300F and that is a real motorcycle that you can take on the highway and will probably cost the same to insure. I can tell you from my fascination with Grom racing that the stock bikes top out around 65-70 and the modded ones will pull 80mph. the Grom is supposed to get 81mpg but the 300F gets 71mpg. There are people hypermiling the Grom and getting 100mpg but that is not exactly riding one fast. I live In NC. I can walk into my Triumph/Ducati dealer and ride anything I want, stinks all the Honda dealers won't let you. I've owned a ton of bikes, a 300 does nothing for me but the little Grom looks like a blast. The 55-60ish MPH top speed is obviously limiting on what you can use it for... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geeto67 Posted March 16, 2015 Report Share Posted March 16, 2015 Where in NC? Honda has 7 Demo dealers in the state: Cycle Center, Inc. 520 Cox Ave Asheboro, NC 27205-7073 (336)629-2092 Team Charlotte Motorsports 3004 Freedom Dr Charlotte, NC 28208-3860 (704)394-6666 Turner's Honda 1111 W Ehringhaus St Elizabeth City, NC 27909-6910 (252)335-5489 Team Powersports 222 Hwy 70e, Bx 390 Garner, NC 27529 (919)772-7866 Ron Ayers Motorsports 1929 N Memorial Dr Greenville, NC 27834-1134 (252)758-3084 Iron Horse Motorcycles 1600 W Roosevelt Blvd Monroe, NC 28110-2753 (704)283-9467 Capital Honda Powersports 10920 Star Rd Wake Forest, NC 27587-7772 (919)719-0700 From personal experience Ron Ayers supports a lot of guys in the vintage suzuki world with parts so they seem pretty helpful. Keep in mind this list is both dealers that are supposed to have demo bikes or are participants in honda's demo ride program. You may have to call more than one till you can find one that will let you ride one as a demo. Why not join the Grom forum and ask on there if someone local to you will let you ride his grom? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jewtoys Posted March 16, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 16, 2015 Where in NC? Honda has 7 Demo dealers in the state: Cycle Center, Inc. 520 Cox Ave Asheboro, NC 27205-7073 (336)629-2092 Team Charlotte Motorsports 3004 Freedom Dr Charlotte, NC 28208-3860 (704)394-6666 Turner's Honda 1111 W Ehringhaus St Elizabeth City, NC 27909-6910 (252)335-5489 Team Powersports 222 Hwy 70e, Bx 390 Garner, NC 27529 (919)772-7866 Ron Ayers Motorsports 1929 N Memorial Dr Greenville, NC 27834-1134 (252)758-3084 Iron Horse Motorcycles 1600 W Roosevelt Blvd Monroe, NC 28110-2753 (704)283-9467 Capital Honda Powersports 10920 Star Rd Wake Forest, NC 27587-7772 (919)719-0700 From personal experience Ron Ayers supports a lot of guys in the vintage suzuki world with parts so they seem pretty helpful. Keep in mind this list is both dealers that are supposed to have demo bikes or are participants in honda's demo ride program. You may have to call more than one till you can find one that will let you ride one as a demo. Why not join the Grom forum and ask on there if someone local to you will let you ride his grom? I will try one of those, Thanks. I figured someone here would have one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPL_Josh Posted March 16, 2015 Report Share Posted March 16, 2015 Hoblick has one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeitgeist57 Posted March 16, 2015 Report Share Posted March 16, 2015 $3-4k??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramsey Posted March 16, 2015 Report Share Posted March 16, 2015 Saw a boosted one on ig. glwp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jewtoys Posted March 16, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 16, 2015 $3-4k??? Yeah super cheap Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noobiemcnooberson. Posted March 18, 2015 Report Share Posted March 18, 2015 I want one badly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ItzaME Posted March 18, 2015 Report Share Posted March 18, 2015 Whaaat those things look sick hahah mini motards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Brian Posted March 18, 2015 Report Share Posted March 18, 2015 Looks like something that would be fun for an hour Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigOxley Posted March 18, 2015 Report Share Posted March 18, 2015 $3-4k??? There is a used one on CL for $2700 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
35RFTW Posted March 19, 2015 Report Share Posted March 19, 2015 they are awesome, that is all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
On3Performance Posted March 19, 2015 Report Share Posted March 19, 2015 I have one, rode it maybe a few 100 miles last year. Extremely fun bikes to mess around with Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KentStateTsi Posted March 19, 2015 Report Share Posted March 19, 2015 http://www.cycleworld.com/2014/12/10/product-recall-2014-honda-grom/ Fuel pump recall Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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