The Honda Grom has been called by many one of the most fun motorcycles on this planet. For 2022 it got a boost in power, has a 5 speed tranny and achieves a mind blowing level of fuel efficiency. 155 mpg and just as many smiles per gallon.

In a world maybe a bit too focused on safety Honda has once again made a compelling argument against electric motorcycles and a return to what made motos fun in the first place. Small, confidence inspiring machines that just sip fuel.

I went into the fun store today expecting to just look around and came entirely too close to buying a new Grom.

Bravo Honda! My son, who is too young to ride on the street knows your tiny bike by name (he didn’t learn it from me). This is proof you are capturing the attention of the next generation of riders!

I am beginning to think a blue Grom just might find its way into my garage.

155 mpg is crazy !

I wonder what the accident ratio is for folks riding electric bikes on the freeways/roads given how quiet they must be? (accident meaning other operators hitting them)

I doubled my money on one.

Bought it for $1,500 used with very few miles. Thought my daughter would learn how to ride. She tried twice, and gave up.

After 2 winters of it sitting in my garage, I cleaned and polished it up, did some light maintenance...replaced all the now cracked turn signals from my daughter dumping it in the grass, and listed it for sale.

Sold quite quickly for $3,200.

Bought a Ranger 150 with it for the kids. Now its been over a year since they've drive/ridden that, so I'm going to polish and clean it up try to get it sold before winter.

This time I'm buying camera gear. My kids can buy their own toys.

I'd need two, one for each cheek of my ass....

I've ridden a friend's and have come too close to buying one a few times.

My neighbor had one and let me ride it. Its a hoot! But only for short trips around town though.

At around 220-230 lbs it weighs roughly half of what my current bike weighs. Light bikes are confidence inspiring and just plain fun. It has a top speed of 63 mph in stock form thanks to a 38 tooth rear sprocket and the addition of a 5th gear.

Honda actually went to the Grom forums for intel when they redesigned the latest Grom. Well done lads. To say Honda stared down the pitcher and knocked it out of the park would be an understatement. Honda has sold 750,000 Groms world wide. One of the most innovative motorcycle companies ever to exist is at least making what I view as a solid effort to secure the future of motorcycles.

If the retro looking Honda Monkey had gotten the latest Grom’s engine and transmission I would have bought one today. It felt more comfy than the Grom but unfortunately it still has the previous gen Grom engine.

I went in today to look around and expected to see very few motos in their showroom. To my complete shock I nearly left with a new Grom.

I told my 11 year old son “I almost bought a Honda Grom today”. His response was “what!?!? Why the heck didn’t you??? Did you take any pics?” You know I did.

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Originally posted by HRK:
I'd need two, one for each cheek of my ass....

Was gonna ask if they made it in size "Husky."

I've always had an interest in a Grom. Think I will buy the newer version in the near future. My commute to work is 4 miles and I work 3rd shift. Perfect time for me in my small town, you pretty much have the steets to yourself.

Those who think the Grom is too small should really sit on a Honda Monkey. It’s seat is huge! I was surprised how comfy the ergos felt for such a tiny bike. I hope Honda puts the new Grom power plant into the Monkey for 2023.

The only motorcycle I have had was a '78 (maybe a '76) Honda 360CB. I paid well under $1000 for it in 1982. It was small and light - easy to ride. It got 50 or 60 mpg. It was a great bike for riding around town - even a big town like Houston.

I was able to get my (at that time) 240lb butt with my 40lb son on my lap, up to 50mph on a gravel road with it. You don't get there quick, but it will get there.

The little buck nothin gal that bought it from me could probably have no problem winding it up to 60mph. For around town, it's a great little bike.

I simply noticed the dealerships were out of them...and the demand was huge, so I polished up the little turd and sold it for more than a new one was going for at the time.

As a younger person I had closeted a fondness of motorcycles for many years--my family was very conservative and in the 1950s motorcycles and motorcyclists had a bad image. I also hated the sound of 2-stroke m/c engines (but loved that of Harleys). In 1972 Honda came out with their 2-cylinder 350 twin and I was hooked. Bought one (nearly 35 years old!) and rode it for several years. I even had an after-market exhaust system installed to get better sound. Loved that little bike.

flashguy

I have four bikes on the road currently.

1977 Yamaha xs650
1978 Honda GL1000
1980 Honda CB900C
1982 Honda CB450SC Nighthawk

See a trend here? Recently Honda resembles the Honda of the 1970s, and I'm loving it. I so want a brand spankin' new Honda Trail 125. I daily commute on my xs650, but I'd love to have the 150mpg Trail for a commuter. I'd zip tie a milk crate to that big platform behind the seat and use it for trips to Home Depot.

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Honda has once again made a compelling argument against electric motorcycles and a return to what made motos fun in the first place. Small, confidence inspiring machines that just sip fuel.

Fitting - that's what made Honda Honda.

A Trail 70 was my gateway drug into the world of motorcycles. The new Trail 125 has my attention, too bad it doesn’t have the dual range transmission the old ones did.

I’m at the stage of contemplating adding another bike to the stable. The Grom could fit...so could an 890 Duke.

I've been shopping Groms for a while, with this redesign, I'm sold!

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Originally posted by AKSuperDually:

Bought a Ranger 150 with it for the kids. Now its been over a year since they've drive/ridden that, so I'm going to polish and clean it up try to get it sold before winter.

This time I'm buying camera gear. My kids can buy their own toys.

Sorry for the quick thread drift but were you ever able to get the damn thing out of turtle mode??
Can’t get turtle mode to turn off for the life of me.

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Originally posted by sigcrazy7:
...I so want a brand spankin' new Honda Trail 125....I'd zip tie a milk crate to that big platform behind the seat and use it for trips to Home Depot.

Ha, I see several of us are on the same page in this thread, as I was jumping in to mention the new CT 125. Not 2 weeks ago I sent one of my brothers an email about this new retro ride.

I grew up as a little kid, riding on the back of several of my Dad's little bikes,including on the back of an old yellow Trail 90. I remember several rides in town and mountain trail trips. Dad was a big guy and I was so little that I couldn't see around him, so I just hung on to him and either looked off to the sides or stared at his back. Dad couldn't find a proper motor cycle helmet for my little mellon, so my first motorcycle helmet was a kid's football helmet. We had his old Trail 90 for probably 20 plus years, mostly just taking up space in the garage, before his age and health issues prompted us to sell it and replace it with a TW 200.

I've been kicking around the idea of a little scooter for around town errands, and maybe even some light trail riding...even more so with gas prices spiking.

The new CT125 seems to be getting a lot of early positive buzz, and it looks like you can bump it up 3 or 4 more HP with some mods.

Little bikes like the Grom, Monkey, Super Cub, and Trail series really look like fun, and make practical sense for certain riding environments.

@ 5 minute review


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQgckHUzaSo


@ 14 minute street ride review


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfrbHUUgxfs


@ 15 minute showroom to trail review


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fa6LpN3ra74

Got a 2015 I bought used with 2500ish miles a year ago for $2k in perfect condition, which is cheap for these. Ride it quite a bit. Of course I threw a bit of money at it to get an extra 1 or 2 horsepower, and even without the minor mods it is fun as hell to ride.