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Afternoon all,
Signed up to the forum for inspiration & support to get this project finished in the coming months (that's the plan anyway)
I run a small YouTube channel following my love for cars/bikes and have always been more of a "bolt on" builder than custom fabrication and have always wanted to try my hand at an engine swap - what better base than a Grom!
I've done the normal pass your test, keep going through the ranks of getting faster and faster bikes over the years combined with track days & last year a trip to the Nurburgring on my KTM RC8R but there is something cool about the Grom that builds my desire to put a bigger motor in one.
First episode filmed before Christmas (just waffling more than anything)
Collected the bike last month, nice low mileage 2017 model, under estimated its size for a small bike but thankfully still managed to squeeze it in the back of my friends Kia without causing any damage to the car or bike.
The following day it was time for the deep clean, really tidy little bike (probably to good for stripping/hacking to bits to be honest) but the previous owner had been using it through winter back roads without washing so combined with the dark evening it was a bit of blind purchase.
I completed a temporary fix on the split exhaust to complete the stock road review video, it almost held up but fell apart on the last leg of the journey as detailed in the video. Very loud and embarrassing
The first ride out video on the stock engine, actually really good fun and nippy enough unto 30mph! being 93kg/6'2 tall I managed a best top speed of 60mph lol...
I'm a massive Ken Block fan for the company/brand he built whilst still enjoying the sport professionally, as I'm sure most of you are aware he's passing last month was sad news! I've always enjoyed he's bonkers powered cars so what better name for the project than the HOONIGROM (the plan is to complete the build in the original Hoonicorn colour scheme too)
Next video will be stripping it down and selling off all the stock parts I won't need, originally the idea was to fit a 250cc single but my friend advised 300cc as it wasn't going to be a great deal larger and would be even more bonkers, the biggest issue I can see is getting suitable size radiators in place to keep it running at the correct temperature but this will all be part of the fun!
Comments welcome
Signed up to the forum for inspiration & support to get this project finished in the coming months (that's the plan anyway)
I run a small YouTube channel following my love for cars/bikes and have always been more of a "bolt on" builder than custom fabrication and have always wanted to try my hand at an engine swap - what better base than a Grom!
I've done the normal pass your test, keep going through the ranks of getting faster and faster bikes over the years combined with track days & last year a trip to the Nurburgring on my KTM RC8R but there is something cool about the Grom that builds my desire to put a bigger motor in one.
First episode filmed before Christmas (just waffling more than anything)
Collected the bike last month, nice low mileage 2017 model, under estimated its size for a small bike but thankfully still managed to squeeze it in the back of my friends Kia without causing any damage to the car or bike.

The following day it was time for the deep clean, really tidy little bike (probably to good for stripping/hacking to bits to be honest) but the previous owner had been using it through winter back roads without washing so combined with the dark evening it was a bit of blind purchase.

I completed a temporary fix on the split exhaust to complete the stock road review video, it almost held up but fell apart on the last leg of the journey as detailed in the video. Very loud and embarrassing








The first ride out video on the stock engine, actually really good fun and nippy enough unto 30mph! being 93kg/6'2 tall I managed a best top speed of 60mph lol...
I'm a massive Ken Block fan for the company/brand he built whilst still enjoying the sport professionally, as I'm sure most of you are aware he's passing last month was sad news! I've always enjoyed he's bonkers powered cars so what better name for the project than the HOONIGROM (the plan is to complete the build in the original Hoonicorn colour scheme too)
Next video will be stripping it down and selling off all the stock parts I won't need, originally the idea was to fit a 250cc single but my friend advised 300cc as it wasn't going to be a great deal larger and would be even more bonkers, the biggest issue I can see is getting suitable size radiators in place to keep it running at the correct temperature but this will all be part of the fun!
Comments welcome