I have a friendly Honda store nearby. I was talking to the service manager about this today and he said he hasn’t heard of this. I think most people that bought one aren’t serious riders and the majority of these Groms are sitting in garages with low miles. I’m thinking about purchasing the 5 year extension warranty. Mine expires next month. It would buy me piece of mind. I shouldn’t have to but I do like the bike enough to keep it and I can cancel it anytime and get a prorated refund if the issue is ever identified and an easy fix. This wasn’t what I expected when I bought a Honda.
Any 2022 Grom owners having this noise issue?
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I would expect if you report this problem within your warranty period, and they do come out with a fix, you will be covered. Chances are they will probably fix it if your bike is out of warranty and you had not reported it.
IMO those extended warranties aren't worth the paper they are written on. That's why the dealerships push them so hard on new sales. It's all profit for them.
If you have not had the noise, just drive the piss out of it, don't worry and be happy. No need in worrying about a problem your bike doesn't have.
If you have had the noise report it. Either to Honda NA (or where you live), or take it to the dealer.
Keep us updated, because mine does the exact same thing..I’m a bigger guy at 260lbs and thought it was just because I’m a big dude, but seeing others that’s smaller with the same issue makes me nervous
Final word on mine and it's not good.
Dealer looked at the "countershaft and 32-tooth gear." Bearings went bad and my motor got hot enough that Honda has instructed them to replace all gaskets and the piston rings.
All parts are on backorder, of course. So who knows when I'll get my half-rebuilt bike back.
Not too happy with Honda right now.
Dealer looked at the "countershaft and 32-tooth gear." Bearings went bad and my motor got hot enough that Honda has instructed them to replace all gaskets and the piston rings.
All parts are on backorder, of course. So who knows when I'll get my half-rebuilt bike back.
Not too happy with Honda right now.
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If this issue is melting motors... uhhhhh.... I just don't know what to say...
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So, countershaft bearing... that actually sounds plausible. They better quick like start replacing bearings or they are gonna be replacing motors. I smell a recall.
There's already a thread about a 23 with this issue.
Dealer says in addition to rings, the countershaft, bearings and gears are being replaced. "Anything that got hot and discolored." So who knows what all else.
I asked if they could just get me a new motor from Honda. Nope.
I don't know about yall but I'm in Arkansas and I've seen a lot of four wheeler engines get rebuilt by dealerships because someone swamped them in a mud hole.
I've never seen ONE of those engines go on to be anything but a mosquito fogger after a couple months.
I asked if they could just get me a new motor from Honda. Nope.
I don't know about yall but I'm in Arkansas and I've seen a lot of four wheeler engines get rebuilt by dealerships because someone swamped them in a mud hole.
I've never seen ONE of those engines go on to be anything but a mosquito fogger after a couple months.
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This will 100% depend on how good the mechanic is that puts your motor back together. I would need to disassemble and re assemble the motor myself with lots of photos afterward. Just in case the mechanic fucked something up. (They always do) I would use a torque wrench on nearly every bolt during re-assembly. You will be lucky if a torque wrench touches your bike. I would give Honda hell for this.
Barring not getting a new motor, or your being able to pull it apart afterwards and see that nothing is fucked up, I would sell it. Sorry to put it that way but...
I have a very low opinion of dealerships. I never let anybody touch my shit. Honda does a recall, and it inside the motor, they are not seeing my bike. I'll do the work myself. If I have to. Out of my own pocket. Depending on cost...
YMMV
I am likely on the extreme end of things here but just my 2 cents. Don't put too much stock in a single opinion.
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A good mechanic will reassemble your motor and it will be better than new. Good mechanics don't work at Honda shops. At least not for long.
No, I feel the same way. This whole thing sucks.
The bike is gone whenever I do finally get it back.
I thought about trading it to them on something used and cheap but they don't have anything I want.
Sold my 2022 Grom. The 5 speed didn’t work out for me. I lost faith in the quality due to the noise issue in the upper gears. I was without a Grom for a few days but scored a 2020 Grom today with 600 miles on the od and a Corbin seat. Looking forward to doing some long rides.
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Sorry you lost confidence and ended up selling your bike. I am happy to hear you picked it another grom! Keep on riding!!
I am sure Honda will take care of this eventually. I'm just gonna keep riding mine. I just rolled 1,800 miles and she runs like a champ. I have not heard the noise again since I last reported.
I hit 82mph the other day banging off the rev limiter in 5th. I was doing the squealing then!!!
Long rides are so fun!
While the noise issue has been rather quiet on this forum, what are you doing here? Your first post and you copied and pasted one of my thoughts from this thread word for word as if it were your own, and with out quoting the source? Trying to stir the pot or exacerbate an issue?
Although I've ran 16,000 miles on my 2022 Groms without any sound issues, I am still interested in hearing from those that actually do claim to have an issue.
Bug off.
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Just picked up a used 2022 grom with 2300 miles on it. I've maybe put 100 miles on it so far and have had no issues. Hopefully I don't have any, but if I do it is nice to know that the parts to replace the countershaft, second gear, and the bushing are only like 40 bucks: 2022 Honda GROM125 2AC TRANSMISSION | Babbitts Honda Parts House
And you really might only need the bushing.
Of course you'd need a case splitter, torque wrench, all the torque specs, a clean work space, and a bunch of sockets and stuff.
I forget where I read the issue, but it seems like it's the bushing that second gear idles on on the countershaft when in gears that aren't second. I wonder why this has been a problem for some groms? Is it that not enough oil is reaching this bushing at sustained high speed? Fix by overfilling the oil some? I've elected to run my oil level just over the top of the sight glass personally....
And you really might only need the bushing.
Of course you'd need a case splitter, torque wrench, all the torque specs, a clean work space, and a bunch of sockets and stuff.
I forget where I read the issue, but it seems like it's the bushing that second gear idles on on the countershaft when in gears that aren't second. I wonder why this has been a problem for some groms? Is it that not enough oil is reaching this bushing at sustained high speed? Fix by overfilling the oil some? I've elected to run my oil level just over the top of the sight glass personally....
I put over 16,000 combined miles specifically on my 3 2022 Groms. No issues. Based on the chatter here I'd say your chances of having an issue are pretty slim.
After more than 750,000 Groms sold you'd think Honda would act quickly and decisively to protect their newest generation's reputation of reliability if they had a wide spread issue on their hands.
Most people that have complained of a noise issue usually have low miles on a relatively new bike. I'd surmise after 2300 miles it would have presented by now if your bike was going to have an issue. Enjoy your bike and don't fret. YMMV
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