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Ninelives17, I know you said you’ve been really busy at work and home lately, but when you have time, will you give us an update on how your bike is running? I would love to hear more about how it performs with the high compression piston, ported larger valve head, and larger throttle body. What kind of speed can you realistically cruise at on the highway (flat ground and up hills)?
My buddy came in town from Colorado. He brought his 2018 Grom ABS. He bought it a year ago. Still has the original gas in it. Bone stock. Zero mods. Less than 50 miles. I live about 6300 feet lower than he does. The bike didn’t want to run! I reset the ECU and changed the altitude setting. We put fresh fuel in it. It ran like complete crap for about 30 minutes, then it started running normally. I think the problem was both the altitude change and bad fuel.
Riding it around my neighborhood made me appreciate all of my mods. Because I’ve changed so many parts gradually, I had gotten used to all of them little by little. Riding a bone stock Grom was eye opening.
His front fork bottoms out so easily. I don’t remember mine being that soft before the Ohlins upgrade. I guess it was. My 4-piston Brembo caliper requires a fraction of the lever pull his does. The ASV levers have spoiled me. I didn’t realize how bad the stock levers were, until I rode them again. My bike is noticeably faster too.
Not bashing his bike, but riding it really allowed me to appreciate all of the mods I’ve made.
My buddy came in town from Colorado. He brought his 2018 Grom ABS. He bought it a year ago. Still has the original gas in it. Bone stock. Zero mods. Less than 50 miles. I live about 6300 feet lower than he does. The bike didn’t want to run! I reset the ECU and changed the altitude setting. We put fresh fuel in it. It ran like complete crap for about 30 minutes, then it started running normally. I think the problem was both the altitude change and bad fuel.
Riding it around my neighborhood made me appreciate all of my mods. Because I’ve changed so many parts gradually, I had gotten used to all of them little by little. Riding a bone stock Grom was eye opening.
His front fork bottoms out so easily. I don’t remember mine being that soft before the Ohlins upgrade. I guess it was. My 4-piston Brembo caliper requires a fraction of the lever pull his does. The ASV levers have spoiled me. I didn’t realize how bad the stock levers were, until I rode them again. My bike is noticeably faster too.
Not bashing his bike, but riding it really allowed me to appreciate all of the mods I’ve made.