Too late. I just got finished emailing her and telling her you made a good point. Even if i didnt want to ride it around town every day, it would still be a great bike for the track because it would match and because it is street legal. So i could take it to the gas station, store, around the grounds at Barber, etc. But most importantly, it would match. I am sure you have notice how my current pit bike is always parked off somewhere by itself.
Chris you won't be disappointed. It's a fun little bike, but make sure you get the gearing handled because it feels like turd without doing that.
LOL...Eddie is the swing vote. I think you need to put a small ball on it and roll with a fold-it trailer. Never know when you might need to buy out the local convenience store.
Just one more reason the XR100 is superior for all applications that don't involve (legal) street use. I can break 4 XR's before approaching the cost of a stock Grom, then break 2 more in exhaust, rearsets, etc. But I do hope the Grom catches on. It would be great to snag them for $1500 in a few years when they're absurdly common on the used market.
No doubt. Those little gold Brembo Grom calipers are funny to me. Going to have to make that happen, regardless of how good the OEM brakes are.
What is the stock gearing? What should I do, go -1 in the front? Can it reach redline with stock gearing?
Good call. I am going to rig up something like that so i can pull the tire cart with it. Something like Eddie has on the Zuma. That comes in handy. I know but the XR100 doesnt make me laugh. I already have an XR100. I need a Grom. The XR is a tool, the Grom is funny.
It likely won't. I hit redline on mine at the track with stock gearing (vid I posted), and it was indicating 72mph. It was flat ground, no draft, but there was likely a bit of a tailwind. Every other time I haven't been able to hit the limiter, and it tops out around 64-67mph. That's fully tucked, and I'm small. -1 on the front would probably work well, and you'd be able to pull redline, which would probably be right around 65mph.
