@@RoadcraftNottingham 1.8S Hatchback Carmine Red, 1-8-85. C352 MRB where are you now? Sold it to a heavy metal fan in Stafford. When you go up the Via Gellia the junction after Grange Mill, from Elton to Longcliffe it could clear that Duke of Hazard style and land gouging out a piece of road on the other side. Oh happy days, don't worry have calmed down a lot now with age!
Hi Russ, we wanted our bikes with us when camping with our van conversion camper and eventually plumped for a moto lug double trailer which takes my street twin and hubbies tiger. It’s been a revelation, easy to tow, reasonably easy to load and unload (now we have the nack !) and have taken them to the alps, gorges du verdon, lakes, Scotland etc I wouldn’t be without our bikes now when camping, it makes the trip perfect. We do get a few odd looks on campsites in this country but in Europe we blend in a treat 🤗. Nice review!
I stayed at that caravan site many years ago. Not much of a view, but the owls in the cliffs were a hoot :) I'm fitting out a Movano panel van as a campervan that will also carry my V- Strom 1000 inside. Getting that bike up the ramps isn't easy, so I'm thinking of buying a Honda SH300i, a lightweight, big-wheeled scooter that performs almost as well as my old 600cc Honda Silverwing. scooter.
Nice Russ - I still often miss our little 125 - a Kymco. size doesn't matter, one just rides whatever bike in whatever way it works and one always has a big grin. I need a vehicle I can put the 500X in, so I can stop wearing out tyres doing thousands of K's to get to good trails :)
I wouldn't mind a 250/300cc Grom. I just can't stand how slow 125s are. Going uphill with a headwind you'll be lucky to get 40mph which just isn't safe for country roads.
I had a 2013 grom, loved it but the seat (even though I modifyed it) was just too uncomfortable. Have you seen the 2021 grom? Looks like they may have sorted all those problems 👍and will have a 5th gear so hopfully that will make a difference although not sure if the little thing will have the power to deal with the torque needed in 5th......we will see. Nice bike though mate 👍🍻
Love Derbyshire - as well as just being lovely (and with great cafes) there's fantastic limestone & gritstone rock climbing. A Grom would be fun for round town but Edinburgh is small enough to walk round - cycle or bus if in a hurry - so it would be overkill. But what about that camera - how does that work??! Awesome. PS I admire your courage in admitting to having a motorhome... :-)
Looks a fun little bike but don't think it will pull with me on very well. Nice ride over the Cat and Fiddle, Goyt valley and even Winnatts Pass. A good review enjoyed watching.
Glad my GSX 400E doesn't have a signal cancel button ;P It is one of those levers you push back into the middle. Like it a lot more. The only downside is that you can overshoot it when your hands are too cold. Though that is also a good indicator that you shouldn't ride with those hands.
You do have some nice toys! Wouldn't something like a DT175 have fitted? Listed at 99Kg....Now that really would have been different, and you could have done some lanes. Nice 360 footage.
Lovely bike, I was going to buy this over my gsx r125 but I did look ridiculous on it when I test rode it. No such thing as a big 125 unfortunately. Might get one eventually for the amusement factor.
Beeping indicator switch! 🤣 What the beep were Honda thinking? Every time I ride a Honda I do exactly the same. Other than BMW (who love to be different, though they've now conformed) we all know how the horn and indicator layout should be.
@@paullee6663 Not that I know of. Drives loads of people crazy. I'm sure if you owned one and rode it regularly you'd adjust, but jumping from bike to bike, it's a right pain.
That looks a really good little bike for pottering about on for short runs and a very nice stand out colour to boot .Maybe you could put some knobblies on and do some gentle lanes too.
@@RoadcraftNottingham I did actually consider one when I was looking for my first bike. Everyone I know that’s been on one says they are such a laugh to ride.
![I bought a Honda Grom for a very SPECIFIC purpose [QuickTest#8]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/gJ09Mse31L0/mqdefault.jpg)
more impressed with bike transporter .. cool ... where in Derbyshire is that Russ ? ..
That's Grin Low Rd Buxton
@@RoadcraftNottingham thanks Russ .. ill check it out when weather improves ..lol
@@RoadcraftNottingham Ha ha My Mrs broke an engine mount there in my new Opel Manta when I let her have a go! Oh showing my age now.
😂 I nearly bought a 1.8s berlinetta in 85. ☺
@@RoadcraftNottingham 1.8S Hatchback Carmine Red, 1-8-85. C352 MRB where are you now? Sold it to a heavy metal fan in Stafford. When you go up the Via Gellia the junction after Grange Mill, from Elton to Longcliffe it could clear that Duke of Hazard style and land gouging out a piece of road on the other side. Oh happy days, don't worry have calmed down a lot now with age!
Loved the 'trail brake' comment.
Top vid, RN
😂 I can't resist!
Hi Russ, we wanted our bikes with us when camping with our van conversion camper and eventually plumped for a moto lug double trailer which takes my street twin and hubbies tiger. It’s been a revelation, easy to tow, reasonably easy to load and unload (now we have the nack !) and have taken them to the alps, gorges du verdon, lakes, Scotland etc I wouldn’t be without our bikes now when camping, it makes the trip perfect. We do get a few odd looks on campsites in this country but in Europe we blend in a treat 🤗. Nice review!
Sounds ideal. Thanks for the comment. ☺
Just lovely countryside .. Thanks ...
Loads of these little gems here in Thailand.
I stayed at that caravan site many years ago. Not much of a view, but the owls in the cliffs were a hoot :) I'm fitting out a Movano panel van as a campervan that will also carry my V- Strom 1000 inside. Getting that bike up the ramps isn't easy, so I'm thinking of buying a Honda SH300i, a lightweight, big-wheeled scooter that performs almost as well as my old 600cc Honda Silverwing. scooter.
Them camera angles were bob on buddy 👍
How is it mounted? What’s the sound quality like, does it suffer with wind noise?
I mute the sound as it's awful when moving. It's on the end of a selfie pole which I'm sat on.
@@RoadcraftNottingham an invisible selfie stick?! That's some sweet editing if so!
@@topchris175 invisible selfi........ MY EDITING! 😂 😂
Nice Russ - I still often miss our little 125 - a Kymco. size doesn't matter, one just rides whatever bike in whatever way it works and one always has a big grin.
I need a vehicle I can put the 500X in, so I can stop wearing out tyres doing thousands of K's to get to good trails :)
I wouldn't mind a 250/300cc Grom. I just can't stand how slow 125s are. Going uphill with a headwind you'll be lucky to get 40mph which just isn't safe for country roads.
I had a 2013 grom, loved it but the seat (even though I modifyed it) was just too uncomfortable. Have you seen the 2021 grom? Looks like they may have sorted all those problems 👍and will have a 5th gear so hopfully that will make a difference although not sure if the little thing will have the power to deal with the torque needed in 5th......we will see. Nice bike though mate 👍🍻
Thanks.
Love Derbyshire - as well as just being lovely (and with great cafes) there's fantastic limestone & gritstone rock climbing.
A Grom would be fun for round town but Edinburgh is small enough to walk round - cycle or bus if in a hurry - so it would be overkill.
But what about that camera - how does that work??! Awesome.
PS I admire your courage in admitting to having a motorhome... :-)
As you know, I don't like to go with the crowd, I'm happy doing my own thing. ☺
Looks a fun little bike but don't think it will pull with me on very well. Nice ride over the Cat and Fiddle, Goyt valley and even Winnatts Pass. A good review enjoyed watching.
Thanks. ☺
Wot a little belter it is , now i want the Respol on my Honda MSX :)
Glad my GSX 400E doesn't have a signal cancel button ;P
It is one of those levers you push back into the middle. Like it a lot more. The only downside is that you can overshoot it when your hands are too cold. Though that is also a good indicator that you shouldn't ride with those hands.
You do have some nice toys! Wouldn't something like a DT175 have fitted? Listed at 99Kg....Now that really would have been different, and you could have done some lanes. Nice 360 footage.
Used to have one and it would be great.... Hmmmmmm. ☺
Lovely bike, I was going to buy this over my gsx r125 but I did look ridiculous on it when I test rode it. No such thing as a big 125 unfortunately. Might get one eventually for the amusement factor.
Beeping indicator switch! 🤣 What the beep were Honda thinking? Every time I ride a Honda I do exactly the same. Other than BMW (who love to be different, though they've now conformed) we all know how the horn and indicator layout should be.
@ Mike Roberts have they ever given a reason for swopping it around? They had it the other way around for many years?
@@paullee6663 Not that I know of. Drives loads of people crazy. I'm sure if you owned one and rode it regularly you'd adjust, but jumping from bike to bike, it's a right pain.
My NC700 has the horn above the indicators. Took me a while to get used to it! Kept honking
😂 😂
That looks a really good little bike for pottering about on for short runs and a very nice stand out colour to boot .Maybe you could put some knobblies on and do some gentle lanes too.
There's an idea. ☺
Great idea for getaways 👍
Double comment time...what brand of heatproof paint did you use on your piston? I'm looking to do the same.
Thanks again
It's pj1 satin heatproof. Not easy to get in satin but excellent quality
Top man, thanks mate.
Looks great fun
I really like that bike 😍
Thanks. It's funky. ☺
I keep thinking about getting an MSX for my commute as I could get the bike in my house so I could use it daily 🤣
They're real fun. You'd love it.
@@RoadcraftNottingham I did actually consider one when I was looking for my first bike. Everyone I know that’s been on one says they are such a laugh to ride.
Don't bother. Get the benelli tnt 125,
Way cheaper, faster, and look much better. Plus 6 speed box
I see that you’ve found a worthy replacement for the Tuono 😉
😂 It's almost as much fun. ☺
@@RoadcraftNottingham
I need the same repsol kit for my grom... where can I buy this decals and the plastics?? Best Regards Thomas
It was already done so best just Google it. Good luck. ☺
I shouldn't like these but I do 😬 I fancy one instead of the xr through winter 🤔
Did you leave tier 3 notts to visit tier 1 Derbyshire you naughty boy ?
😂 Recorded in August 😝
I wonder how it compares to the Monkey 125?
Probably just a bit bigger but same fun factor
So nothing to Gromble about then?
Grooooooooaaaaaaaa.... M
Review the new honda monkey bike next please.
Get me one then. ☺
it is a fantastic bike , \ll of us of a cettain age will know.
Great mpg, miles and miles on a tank full - makes far more sense than electric
But I'm lucky enough to have both toys. ☺
Grom means Thunder in Russian. ATB🙏🏻🍀💚
Thanks for that. Good job it doesn't mean "disease" or something 😂
@@RoadcraftNottingham Yes, indeed😂