I got to inspect and sit on and fondle the first Grom to hit the North American continent today at the Honda factory coral during the MotoGP at Laguna Seca. It is as I have been hoping it would be. I gave it a thorough exam and found it to be fit and healthy. The only thing I did not do was lube up a rubber glove and jam it in to the tail pipe.
I took some pictures of the places I haven't already seen in the catalogs and marketing brochures.
The hideous medallion:
I'm afraid the Composimo tidy tail will cause the winkers to hit the stock pipe. Guess I'll have to get a low pipe..
I plan on removing the fork reflectors.
According to Honda factory rep, the Grom is officially known as the JC61. I'm not sure why but the J in the VIN indicates it was manufactured in Japan (someone please confirm) but I thought all the bikes were made in Thailand...
Im not sure how I'm going to un-cork this airbox....
It may be as simple as putting a K&N filter right to the left of where it says 13 on the throttle body.
You can see what appears to be an 02 sensor on the head at the exhaust valve.
I'm not sure what this other sensor is. Maybe a temp sensor? Also notice that you can mount standard CRF type foot pegs. I like having that option.
The abdominal cavity....
Quite the tail on this thing.
An adult couple almost fit two-up..... This poor gal got kreemed on her Ninja just a few weeks ago, hence the bandages.
Another adult with the mind of a 21 year old and the intellectual agility of a small soap dish. This is the color I ordered too, but my white plastics are inbound from Asia.
I took some pictures of the places I haven't already seen in the catalogs and marketing brochures.
The hideous medallion:
I'm afraid the Composimo tidy tail will cause the winkers to hit the stock pipe. Guess I'll have to get a low pipe..
I plan on removing the fork reflectors.
According to Honda factory rep, the Grom is officially known as the JC61. I'm not sure why but the J in the VIN indicates it was manufactured in Japan (someone please confirm) but I thought all the bikes were made in Thailand...
Im not sure how I'm going to un-cork this airbox....
It may be as simple as putting a K&N filter right to the left of where it says 13 on the throttle body.
You can see what appears to be an 02 sensor on the head at the exhaust valve.
I'm not sure what this other sensor is. Maybe a temp sensor? Also notice that you can mount standard CRF type foot pegs. I like having that option.
The abdominal cavity....
Quite the tail on this thing.
An adult couple almost fit two-up..... This poor gal got kreemed on her Ninja just a few weeks ago, hence the bandages.
Another adult with the mind of a 21 year old and the intellectual agility of a small soap dish. This is the color I ordered too, but my white plastics are inbound from Asia.