I was a little disappointed. No specs for the potential buyer or how the bike works in the real world. Hammering it around a skate park isn't exactly what I'd call a proper road test for a street-legal bike. They never bothered to mentioned it's fantastic gas mileage, either which is a real shame.
At the risk of sounding like an old fuddyduddy the MSX125/Grom does have some very practical aspects for a daily rider and Cycle World chose to make it sound like a toy and nothing more.
In an urban environment, most definitely! But then again, that is what the Honda Z50J Monkey was designed for - urban exploration and basic transpo. However it is the users that will define the Grom, not Honda marketing.
Will it be the ultimate fun close-range commuter, or the platform for customizing and extracting an unnatural amount of horsepower from a tiny engine. I like to think of it as the latter...... but that's me....
Since it goes 60+ mph, I use it frequently for highway (R lane only) commuting. It is legal to take it on interstates in Texas. In fact, I prefer it for medium length trips of 50 miles or so on the highway to San Antonio usually because of the excellent mileage. I don't think of it as a toy...just a small displacement motorcycle. For shopping trips, I have scooters I use, and for long interstate trips or when I am in a hurry, I take a faster motorcycle. If I couldn't take it on the interstate, I would sell it though cause that's how I generally get from one side of town to the other. It is more versatile than some are giving it credit for, at least for me.
I am keeping this issue of Cycle World. Usually I donate them to local hosp. for reading material. I like that they pictured the SLOW red one on the cover-just like mine!
Can one of you guys post up a picture or scan of the pages relating to the article?
We can't get that magazine in the UK.
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