microsteve40's build thread!

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microsteve40

Discussion Starter · Mar 10, 2014

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I picked up my Grom here in Boise the week they came out in August. Called and the dealership had 2, and my buddy TheMadSupra and I scooped them up. I had a Ruckus that I'd done a ton of stuff to, but I wasn't really into it. I sold it a couple years ago, and while I didn't miss the Ruckus, I did miss riding. I'm not really in to bikes, but I do enjoy these small, highly modifiable, Japanese bikes, so when the Grom came out, I was all over it. Didn't do anything to it in the fall except for the MNNTHBX fender eliminator, but I started collecting parts over the winter. Not sure what else I'll do to it, but we'll see. I plan to go to Japan for Tokyo Auto Salon next winter, so modding my Grom and my 350Z will probably take a back seat this year.

Here's a list of what I've got so far:

MNNTHBX fender eliminator
Spiegler stainless steel brake lines
Composimo RaceBarz w/black mount
CRG Blindsight 2" mirrror
Composimo 2" fork lowering kit
Composimo stretch kit w/ 6" lowering mount
Ohlins coilover
Hotlap Boso-Ichibanboshi exhaust
Composimo swingstand kickstand mount

Not a very long list of mods, but sweet Zeus that cost a lot of money!

On to the pics!

Here she is at the dealership when I bought her:

Out for a ride the first weekend:

Got rid of the giant rear fender thingy:

My key:

MNNTHBX fender eliminator:

Started collecting parts. Here's the Ohlins coilover:

Composimo RaceBarz:

Composimo stretch kit:

Hotlap Boso-Ichibanboshi exhaust. This thing is a work of art!

Longer DID chain to accommodate 6" stretch:

Composimo 2" fork lowering kit:

Composimo swingstand kickstand mount:

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microsteve40

Discussion Starter · #2 · Mar 10, 2014 (Edited)

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Now, after collecting all the parts I wanted, it was time to get to work. It's now March and spring is coming!

Spent part of Saturday afternoon getting the bars and fork kit on.

Ready to mod:

Bars mounted:

Stock bar ends are a son of a gun to remove! We had to drill one out, and use a grinder to get the other one off after our bit broke off in it:

End of Saturday modding:

CRG Blindsight mirror:

Sunday. Time to get the extension and coilover mounted.

Getting set up:

Jackstands on the swingarm, one under the motor just in case, and a board under the front wheel:

Super custom brake holder!

Extension!

Ohlins!

Wheel back on:

Back on the ground:

Was late, but we wanted to see and hear the Hotlap exhaust, and it didn't take long to mount:

Later in the week, bled the brakes and mounted the headlight:

Took her for a ride to Fuddruckers for a burger. The stock kickstand mount is hitting the ground on left turns...Ugh!

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microsteve40

Discussion Starter · #3 · Mar 10, 2014 (Edited)

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You've seen the progression of my Grom makeover. Here are some of the details.

Had to trim down the license plate mount on the MNNTHBX fender eliminator. It was hitting the Ohlins reservoir just barely. I still need to smooth and paint this section.

Wanted to ride on Friday, so I just found a bracket in my garage and made a quick license plate mount. I'm making a new one, in the process of painting it.

Rerouted the kickstand sensor to the Composimo mount:

Rear Spiegler stainless brake line, with gold fittings:

Front Spiegler stainless brake line, with gold fittings. MNNTHBX's site says they come with factory grommets, but mine did not, so I re-used the stock ones:

CRG Blindsight mirror showing a glimpse of my other baby:

Closeup of the Hotlap exhaust:

Rising sun!

I love the bend of the header!

Beautiful welds from Hotlap!

Cut off the stock kickstand mount. I smoothed and painted it last night, but haven't taken a pic yet:

Anyway, that's it for now. I'll post more when I take them! Thanks for looking!

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BlueRidge

· #4 · Mar 10, 2014

wow.. welcome and hell you are already into the grom addiction more then most of us.. congrats.. that exhaust is awesome:big smile:

ShapeShifter

· #5 · Mar 11, 2014

Wow! Where did you get your Hotlap pipe?

Hater

· #6 · Mar 11, 2014

Where did you pick up the black Composimo bars from?

Gotwake424

· #7 · Mar 11, 2014

Hater said:
Where did you pick up the black Composimo bars from?

There is an option to have it powder coated on his site extra 20$ or something to that affect

Blackberry 10

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1BadGROM

· #8 · Mar 11, 2014

Looks awesome! Btw the ohlins shock can be mounted upside down. I have noticed it's mounted that way on the other lowered and stretched groms.

microsteve40

Discussion Starter · #9 · Mar 11, 2014

ShapeShifter said:
Wow! Where did you get your Hotlap pipe?

I ordered it from Minimotolab.

Hater said:
Where did you pick up the black Composimo bars from?

Yeah, you can just pay an extra $20-$25 or something like that and he'll PC it before he ships it.

1BadGROM said:
Looks awesome! Btw the ohlins shock can be mounted upside down. I have noticed it's mounted that way on the other lowered and stretched groms.

Thanks man! I'll have to do mount it upside down this weekend. The cap on the reservoir is hitting the plastics on the underside of the seat and I don't want to damage that cap somehow.

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microsteve40

Discussion Starter · #10 · Mar 11, 2014

BlueRidge said:
wow.. welcome and hell you are already into the grom addiction more then most of us.. congrats.. that exhaust is awesome:big smile:

Thanks! And yeah, I got into it pretty good. Can't wait til the weather warms up and I can put some serious miles on it!

Powerbeast

· #11 · Mar 11, 2014

Came out great man

microsteve40

Discussion Starter · #12 · Mar 11, 2014

Powerbeast said:
Came out great man

Thanks man I appreciate it!

Rob

· #13 · Mar 11, 2014

Looking good!
How loud is that pipe?

microsteve40

Discussion Starter · #14 · Mar 11, 2014

Rob said:
How loud is that pipe?

I don't have much to reference it to, so I'm not sure. I think it's pretty loud, but not obnoxious...

dangle10

· #15 · Mar 11, 2014

Looking good man, cant wait to see our bikes together, let me know if you want to ride sometime

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microsteve40

Discussion Starter · #16 · Mar 12, 2014

dangle10 said:
Looking good man, cant wait to see our bikes together, let me know if you want to ride sometime

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Are you in Idaho? If so, I'm down to ride! BT just sold his so I need someone to ride with haha

dangle10

· #17 · Mar 12, 2014

Ya im in boise, iv run into you at meets and seen you driving the Z, but iv never talked to you lol, i have a black s13 hatch with a purple engine bay, names Dustin

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microsteve40

Discussion Starter · #18 · Mar 12, 2014

dangle10 said:
Ya im in boise, iv run into you at meets and seen you driving the Z, but iv never talked to you lol, i have a black s13 hatch with a purple engine bay, names Dustin

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Do you have a red one? I saw someone mobbing on Fairview one night a couple months back on a red one. Only other one I've seen around besides Brett's.

Do you know Mike Brown? He was telling me he knows someone else who's got one...

dangle10

· #19 · Mar 12, 2014

Ya mines red, i work at the les schwab on Fairview, i know Mike

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microsteve40

Discussion Starter · #20 · Mar 20, 2014

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Completed my super custom license plate bracket. I mounted it towards the back of the swingarm where the fender was attached, using the stock hardware.

I put a rubber washer in between the swingarm mount and the bracket. Nothing fancy, but it's functional and should keep me from getting harassed by the Five-O!

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