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nsaP posted:5 thousand dollar piece of poo poo pit bikes god damnit poo poo Preach it. From what I can tell based on the last motorcycle meet i went to, all the dorks riding on rusty tuned mopeds switched over to groms. I saw a lone mosquito fleet dude across the street from a pack of farkled up groms, then saw them ride by and pop their little baby wheelies on the way out.
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Linedance posted:They're $3000 CAD brand new from Honda. That's like $2300 USD. Who the hell is charging, and paying, $5000 USD for a Grom? Idiots. Groms MSRP at ~3k USD.
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Jun 25, 2016 04:21
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I think they're like 3200 msrp in the states
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Jun 25, 2016 04:27
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I've been going out of my life way to ride twisty roads lately instead of just commuting and stuff. Going downhill on a tight, twisty canyon is freaking scary. Talking about Balcom canyon road and the 150 in Ventura county if anyone is familiar.
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Jun 25, 2016 04:31
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A MIRACLE posted:I've been going out of my life way to ride twisty roads lately instead of just commuting and stuff. You should come south a bit and to Tuna canyon in malibu. It's that downhill canyon road, but it's one way so you don't have to worry about not taking a good line  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTsVboHJrd8
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Jun 25, 2016 07:29
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I'm down. I commute the 1 all the time to Santa Monica so it's not crazy out of the way for me. I've used Topanga canyon off the 101 when google tells me to. My main thing is I don't trust my brakes? Idk how to rectify that. I also think I might have some leftover yips from crashing a bicycle downhill doing like 30... multiple times. not ready to do that on a 400lb yamaha
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A MIRACLE posted:I'm down. I commute the 1 all the time to Santa Monica so it's not crazy out of the way for me. I've used Topanga canyon off the 101 when google tells me to. Your 400lb yamaha can stop a gently caress of a lot harder than a pushbike dude.
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Linedance posted:They're $3000 CAD brand new from Honda. That's like $2300 USD. Who the hell is charging, and paying, $5000 USD for a Grom? You're right it wasn't 5k, it was 4k. They were like 3200 but when they came out people were paying like 4k OTD. The ones that hit 5k would need a few of the stupid mods. There were dudes on craigslist a few months after they came out that were upside down on them and realizing they had paid out the rear end for a pit bike.
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I always thought a grom fulfils the hooligan fantasy of supermotos but in a more accessible package for people that want to whoolie around parking lots but I really don't get paying real money for something like that.
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I'd buy one second hand, and thrash the poo poo out of it, paint it home made urban camo colours and make it as obnoxious as possible and not give a single gently caress. Buy one new? No. Honestly its no worse than the billion crappy scooters you see everywhere. But then I'd like to get a Honda CT70 so I can ride to work and then just put it under my desk so I might be a corner case. 
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Jun 25, 2016 12:07
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Also I might also be biased because I am fairly tall. A tall hippy. I 'sat' on one like 3 years ago at Indy when they first came out and...well I'll let you judge their size. I could ride it but I'd have to sit on the passenger part. Maybe that's why I hate them cause I could never 'hoon' em.
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Groms make a lot more sense if you think of them as beefy scooters with manual transmissions rather than tiny motorcycles. They're geared way more towards scooter-type riding than the riding you would do on a full size bike. Once you realize you can have the benefits of a scooter AND a clutch and manual transmission they get a lot cooler. But yeah, comparing them to a cbr600 doesn't make sense, and you sort of have to be in the demographic that wants the benefits of a scooter. This is coming from someone who owns an RV90 and an elite 250 though so I'm like the main grom target demo.
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Your sv must feel like a H2R with you on it
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Jun 25, 2016 14:42
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M42 posted:Meanwhile What do you use for ballast?
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Jun 25, 2016 17:22
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My huge balls
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M42 posted:Meanwhile Look at that little guy! And the Grom!
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Grom would probably be the best MSF bike. So easy to balance, so easy to flick.
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Nitrox posted:Grom would probably be the best MSF bike. So easy to balance, so easy to flick. Our MSF course had two Groms available, and the people who rode them loved it. It was also nice to have them available for shorter riders.
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M42 posted:My huge balls nods I'm in the same boat as nsap though, gotta sit on the passenger seat if I'm gonna ride the thing. Didn't realize initially that is what I was doing when I took it out for a spin, so...yeah.
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M42 posted:My huge balls 
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Chichevache posted:What do you use for ballast?  M42 posted:My huge balls 
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Jun 25, 2016 19:20
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Jim Silly-Balls posted:Groms make a lot more sense if you think of them as beefy scooters with manual transmissions rather than tiny motorcycles. They're geared way more towards scooter-type riding than the riding you would do on a full size bike. What I don't get is why the tw200 is considered a legit small starter bike for cities and the grom is considered a joke bike for idiots. Or am I misinformed and they're both joke bikes for idiots?
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Jun 25, 2016 23:13
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Chichevache posted:The only bikes I hate have more than 2 wheels.
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My best guess is that the tw is a dual sport and can be used off-road, and so falls higher up on the "CA scale of utilitarianism", than the grom which is street oriented only. Really though it's just cool to hate on the grom right now.
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Rev. Dr. Moses P. Lester posted:So you like Buell Blasts? I do not have hate in my heart for any bike.
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Jim Silly-Balls posted:Really though it's just cool to hate on the grom right now. Not for me. I still like it despite what local rednecks say. You can usually find a few by-owner examples on CL for $3k or less.
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Motorcycle discussion: I'm currently escorting TapTheForwardAssist back from his tdub purchase, and my question is, if I "accidentally" run him over with my car, will there be much damage to the bike?
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Follow up question: can a TW200 fit in the trunk of a Mazda 6?
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Question for you! Why not just leave the crap behind and ride the bike home?
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Jim Silly-Balls posted:My best guess is that the tw is a dual sport and can be used off-road, and so falls higher up on the "CA scale of utilitarianism", than the grom which is street oriented only. The TW200 is also substantially larger than a grom and nears actual-bike scale.
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Jim Silly-Balls posted:My best guess is that the tw is a dual sport and can be used off-road, and so falls higher up on the "CA scale of utilitarianism", than the grom which is street oriented only. TW200 is 200ccs vs 125 for the grom. It's also from 1935 and costs $1500 used vs "bro, I put in 7k in mods so you're getting the bike for free lol" used. But yeah, the grom is great. Just not as great as the tw200.
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Linedance posted:What I don't get is why the tw200 is considered a legit small starter bike for cities and the grom is considered a joke bike for idiots. Or am I misinformed and they're both joke bikes for idiots? Because the IQ the the bike hive mind is the IQ of it's stupidest member divided by the number in the group.
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Foxtrot_13 posted:Because the IQ the the bike hive mind is the IQ of it's stupidest member divided by the number in the group. ATGATT!!!
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Foxtrot_13 posted:Because the IQ the the bike hive mind is the IQ of it's stupidest member divided by the number in the group. So what is your IQ?
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nsaP posted:So what is your IQ? savage
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Foxtrot_13 posted:Because the IQ the the bike hive mind is the IQ of it's stupidest member divided by the number in the group. This is why I'm big on wearing an expensive helmet.
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Chichevache posted:This is why I'm big on wearing an expensive helmet. Same reason why people buy fancy toilets?
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cursedshitbox posted:Same reason why people buy fancy toilets? Jesus Christ.
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All bidets all the time
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