Honda Grom - SIGN ME UP!

[Firefight911]

It's time to have some fun!!!!!

Honda's All-New 2014 Grom

I envision a race series for these on kart tracks and I, for one, am IN!!

 

[Dirt_Dad]

A mini-bike for adults? I bet I could have fun with that...for about 10 minutes.

If it's free, I'll take two. If I have to pay for it...pass.

 

[mbabc]

I've a buddy who put a deposit down today.

I see a bunch to 50 year-olds acting like 16 again and orthopedic surgeons cashing in...

 

[autoteach]

Anyone done any mini racing? a group of guys and I got together one small bore dirt bikes, total blast. Now some want to go supermini racing. Love the idea.

 

[Don in Lodi]

Where'd they come up with that name? ::025:: "Ug, me Grom! Me smash!"

 

[Darzuk]

GROM. Get Real Old Man.

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[burnoil]

It means "Thunder" in Russian...not sure if that was their inspiration, though

 

[merchant]

125cc and 12 inch wheels. No thanks. I'd get creamed in Dallas traffic.

 

[thfraser]

To me, it's an urban runabout, I read somewhere they believe the max speed will be about 55 to 60mph. Now if it came out in a 250...

 

[mbabc]

Update...

Now I've 2 friends who've put down deposits.

One guy is 5'8" - 140 lbs. The other is 6'2" - 250 ibs.
Don't know about the second guy on that bike....

 

[Firefight911]

Update...

Now I've 2 friends who've put down deposits.

One guy is 5'8" - 140 lbs. The other is 6'2" - 250 ibs.
Don't know about the second guy on that bike....

Simple! Once you get it going you just keep the momentum going up. Brakes are only for use when pitting. Drive it in, pitch it sideways, drive it out.

 

[Firefight911]

This is going to be on par with the YSR-50 niche. Only bigger.

 

[GrahamD]

Where'd they come up with that name? ::025:: "Ug, me Grom! Me smash!"

grom
A grom or grommet isn't necessarily a beginner surfer but a YOUNG surfer... usually under the age of 15. Most of the time people that are called groms are youngins who RIP (are good)

Grommet

A young surfer, usually (but not always) under 16 years of age.

Among the most important terms in surfspeak, grommet generally refers to a young surfer, one often, but not always, insolent or smarmy toward his elders.

Typically sporting sun-bleached hair, sun-split lips, baggy trunks and a goofy grin, the grommet has for decades been the subject of cruel and unusual punishments.

He is pantsed, suffers all manner of physical abuse (charley horses, purple Hermans, Indian burns), is routinely force-fed booze till the puking point and, perhaps most tragically, sits next to last in line (ahead of non-locals) for waves at his homebreak.

Extreme cases of grommet hazing are not rare. In some instances, as with the infamous "Grommet Pole" at North Narrabeen in Australia, it's common for hapless youngins to be tied to it naked, lashed with leashes and doused in doo-dee.

Yet the grommet represents the future of every homebreak. In him, the elder sees himself many years ago and therein exists an unspoken respect, that all parties are part of a rich heritage, tied to the ages.

Exact history of the term is hazy, but accepted theory has it being a bastardization of its '50s California forerunner "gremmie," which itself was a variation of gremlin. And a gremlin is what little surf kids often look liked with sun blisters, dirty feet and salty skin.

Australians, genetically predisposed toward flavored slang (brekkie, dunnie), probably factored into the etymology as well. Whatever the case, the term is in no way related to the actual word, grommet. Webster defines the term as "an eyelet of metal, plastic or other material..." Variants, most notably "grom" ("Let's go beat those groms!") and "helgie" (a Santa Cruz amalgam of hell and grommet) abound, but grommet itself remains the perennial favorite.

It's worth noting that grommet does not imply that the kid surfs like a kook. In fact, nearly every legendary ripper (excluding Tom Curren and Dave Parmenter) was at one time a cheeky grommet ripe for the titty-twisting.

It should further be noted that how old one is isn't necessarily the issue. For festive, prankster-minded vets such as Corky Carroll, Rabbit Bartholomew or Robbie Page, grommethood is clearly more a state of mind than a reflection of age

Cowabunga, dudes!

 

[Don in Lodi]

http://www.wallaceandgromit.com/ Here's the Gromit I know and love... ::008::

 

[autoteach]

GROM. Get Real Old Man.

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Is this a Freudian slip, or did you mean "Get Real, Old Man"

 

[limey]

http://youtu.be/kN7IUXep8jY looks like a fun bike..