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So got new KLX 110 bars for the grom

Also these arrived along with new brake pads.

Just need to go to collect some brake fluids and get that fitted

Looks cool in a crazy kind of way.

I have to admit I don't get Groms. What do you do with them?

asmethurst99 wrote: Sat Apr 10, 2021 8:26 pm

formula400 wrote: Sat Apr 10, 2021 2:03 pm You on about this??

Yes but I,m not serious ... wont be able to have one after October anyway ULEZ

Are they not ULEZ compliant? I find that very odd - my 2003 Rockster is ULEZ compliant! (or was, are they changing the acceptable level of gaseous outputs?)

Rockburner wrote: Tue Aug 24, 2021 10:34 am

asmethurst99 wrote: Sat Apr 10, 2021 8:26 pm

formula400 wrote: Sat Apr 10, 2021 2:03 pm You on about this??

Yes but I,m not serious ... wont be able to have one after October anyway ULEZ

Are they not ULEZ compliant? I find that very odd - my 2003 Rockster is ULEZ compliant! (or was, are they changing the acceptable level of gaseous outputs?)

I meant velosolex mopeds - I don't imagine they would get through the ULEZ rules automatically-

asmethurst99 wrote: Tue Aug 24, 2021 2:30 pm

Rockburner wrote: Tue Aug 24, 2021 10:34 am

asmethurst99 wrote: Sat Apr 10, 2021 8:26 pm

Yes but I,m not serious ... wont be able to have one after October anyway ULEZ

Are they not ULEZ compliant? I find that very odd - my 2003 Rockster is ULEZ compliant! (or was, are they changing the acceptable level of gaseous outputs?)

I meant velosolex mopeds - I don't imagine they would get through the ULEZ rules automatically-

Ah right. I thought you were on about the Grom.

Skub wrote: Tue Aug 24, 2021 10:10 am I have to admit I don't get Groms. What do you do with them?

right them, just great for the wallet, they do 130/140 miles for £6 petrol, slow though. but quite good fun.

Rockburner wrote: Sat Apr 10, 2021 2:25 pm Nice! I nearly bought one last month, but insurance around here (on anything) is over 1/4 of the bikes value per annum and I thought "sod that!"

Don't do it!
I have had two.

18mph is NOT safe.......

And before any one says they are easy to tune...I have two words to say....



overhung crank.

David wrote: Fri Aug 27, 2021 7:21 am

Rockburner wrote: Sat Apr 10, 2021 2:25 pm Nice! I nearly bought one last month, but insurance around here (on anything) is over 1/4 of the bikes value per annum and I thought "sod that!"

Don't do it!
I have had two.

18mph is NOT safe.......

I was taking about Groms, not Solexes.

Thank goodness for that...

Enoy!

There's a ton of mods you can do, as you well know.

For me the most useful include fitting a CBR125 rear brake caliper (bigger) or rear brake master cylinder (smaller) to add power and decrease woodenness, and a better rear shock. Better forks would also be right up there, but it's not a quick/cheap bolt-on mod so I never did it.

You can put a ton of money into these things trying to make them faster, but it's all just silly as even if you go as far as a 180cc kit, it won't be any faster than any other learner-legal 125cc, even the 4 stroke ones.