Custom Bikes Of The Week: 3 December, 2017
The best-looking Suzuki Bandit we?ve seen in years, a Honda Grom with a 500% horsepower increase, a delicious Bonneville T120 finished in British Racing Green, and an ancient BMW R68 hiding some very sneaky modern upgrades. The custom builders have been smoking some strong stuff this week.
Honda ?Gromaha? by Jesse Davis Honda?s Grom may have redefined the fun of motorcycling. Riding one, you can?t help but smile incessantly as its miniscule proportions make you feel (and look) like a giant child.
Its tiny motor demands a full twist of the grip, at all times. Unless you?re Jesse Davis, and you?ve shoehorned a Yamaha YZ250 engine into the gap left by the stock Honda 125 mill. Without modifications, the 2-stroke swap takes horsepower from a comical nine to a maniacal 49. Fit up a Tyga Performance exhaust kit, like Jesse has, and the powerband gets even crazier. Thankfully Jesse also upgraded the suspension on his ?Gromaha? to include a JRi rear shock and the forks from an Aprilia RS125 GP bike.
What?s most impressive is that this pocket rocket still looks mostly like a stock Grom. Sure, there?s the tuning fork badging, bigger radiators and beefy expansion chamber, but Jesse?s modifications haven?t strayed from the Grom?s infinitely appealing monkey bike aesthetic. Which is a triumph of both engineering and lunacy. [More]
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