WOW ! Spectacular scenery. The Groms are such fun little bikes. You are showing people a $20,000 motorbike is not required, for great adventures ! Thanks for the trick with the potato.
Tommy Kawasaki it was a great trip! if you don’t mind stepping out of the comfort zone you can do amazing trips for very little money. When touring I also think slower is better. If you want to get somewhere fast and comfortable why ride a bike in the first place? And btw If you have problems with a visor I recommend ”trying” a little bit of car wax from a petrol station. The potato is better than nothing but Wax is better still and I think just as easy to find as potatoes :D
Loved to watch the entire series. I was almost shouting "Turn RIIIGHT/ LEEEFT" as you passed some of my favourite roads, hehe. Thanks for making vids out of your trip and sharing. Too bad I could not join you, hehe. Long live the mini life and stay safe riding (too bad you sold your bikes). Best regards from Norway - Ask
A fantastic amazing journey and your series is interesting and inspiring. Thank you for showing us the potential and your spirit. Perhaps maybe you could share your opinions on the clothing you wore and your camping gear, and why you chose that gear over another brand. As well if possible share with us the modifications you found best for the MSX/Grom.
Thank you for your kind words. I wore a Spidi marathon set. It’s a three layer set which I have owned for about four years now I think. It’s the only gear I have so that’s why I chose it :D. But it works great. Keeps me dry and it’s really warm with the thermo layer. I think we had a few degrees below freezing at times and I never felt too cold. I didn’t have any waterproof gloves so I used covers when it got too cold or it was raining the heated grips helped a lot obviously. On my feet I had Sidi rain I think they are called. Ironically the feet were to only part of me that got wet and where I felt most cold. i bought some warmer socks in Norway but it could have been better. My helmet is an arai chaser. Nice helmet but the cheap e-bay visor had no hydrophobic layer so it was a mess during the rain. I used car wax to make it a bit better. Regarding camping gear we didn’t bring any tent for this trip. It would simply be too much to lug along on these bikes. We stayed in Airbnbs and huts. We did bring sleeping bags which we made use of one night in a hut. My buddy also brought a fireless cooking set. It used some form of chemical reaction to heat water to boiling. It worked pretty good. I can’t find the brand atm though. I didn’t pick any gear especially for the trip. I used it because that’s the stuff I always ride in. Regarding mod for the bike. I was very happy that I reinstalled the stock can for the trip. We did a trip about half as long the year before with my tyga exhaust and it gets quite tiring to listen to. With stock I felt no need for earbuds which is a big plus in my book. Luggage rack was a must. I even had to extend mine. Stock tires are a hazard in regular conditions and would have been a huge risk factor where we went. We both used michelin power pure which works pretty good. They are still pretty slippery in the wet though but much softer than the stock ones. While I often wished for more power to go up hill But there is now way I’d take a grom fitted with big bore kit on a trip like this. The stock engine is weak but it will take serious abuse. We rode WOT 90% of the time and we lost no oil at all. Spare no expenses I would liked to have beefed up suspension. It worked just fine on the road but once we were off pavement it really struggled. I have sold my grom but I do miss it. If they ever make a 200cc + version I’ll be first in line. I might pick up a 125 for cheap later on. I hope that answered your questions :)
So comprehensive. I have learned a lot from you. And Thank You once again for uploading this series and showing "us" "out here in TH-cam land" the possibilities. Also in time these videos will be your treasured memories to share with friends, family and Grandkids.
@@littlebigadventuring plan is to go through north europe and get the ferry from talin to Helsinki. It would be nice then to come back via Sweden and through Denmark
Mini Bike Matt the baltic coast is nice. My only worry would be that it might be a bit repetitive riding so far with the same scenery/landscape. I can imagine the roads are quite straight for most of the time. The grom was great fun in norway but Denmark was a bit boring. But if you do detours and stop a lot to do other stuff it can still be a sweet trip.
I ment on your way to finland. You’d see much of the same riding along the north coast for so long. the E4 through sweden is a 110km/h dual carriage way. I’d stay away from that unless your in a rush. And in that case you’re on the wrong bike ;) unless you plan on riding in october-april I wouldn’t worry much about the temperature. You’d want to have good waterproof and warm gear for sure for such a long ride anyway. Are there no ferries from the UK to norway anymore?
How tall are both of you? I'm 190cm, did my motorcycle licence now in my 40s, bought 2022 MSX125 in autumn sale and head to travel around central europe next year. Yes, I do look very silly on a Grom, but I feel fine and I don't care about look anymore. :)
Then you are me (guy on red grom). I’m also 190cm and just turned 40. I’ve moved on to the gentleman’s bike the 125 monkey now though 🤡 They are awesome for touring. You can ride it everywhere! I wanna go down to the balkans on it but I don’t think it will be next year. Have an awesome trip man and keep me posted
Amazing video, thank you
WOW !
Spectacular scenery. The Groms are such fun little bikes. You are showing people a $20,000 motorbike is not required, for great adventures !
Thanks for the trick with the potato.
Tommy Kawasaki it was a great trip! if you don’t mind stepping out of the comfort zone you can do amazing trips for very little money. When touring I also think slower is better. If you want to get somewhere fast and comfortable why ride a bike in the first place?
And btw If you have problems with a visor I recommend ”trying” a little bit of car wax from a petrol station. The potato is better than nothing but Wax is better still and I think just as easy to find as potatoes :D
Loved to watch the entire series. I was almost shouting "Turn RIIIGHT/ LEEEFT" as you passed some of my favourite roads, hehe. Thanks for making vids out of your trip and sharing. Too bad I could not join you, hehe. Long live the mini life and stay safe riding (too bad you sold your bikes). Best regards from Norway
- Ask
A fantastic amazing journey and your series is interesting and inspiring. Thank you for showing us the potential and your spirit.
Perhaps maybe you could share your opinions on the clothing you wore and your camping gear, and why you chose that gear over another brand. As well if possible share with us the modifications you found best for the MSX/Grom.
Thank you for your kind words. I wore a Spidi marathon set. It’s a three layer set which I have owned for about four years now I think. It’s the only gear I have so that’s why I chose it :D. But it works great. Keeps me dry and it’s really warm with the thermo layer. I think we had a few degrees below freezing at times and I never felt too cold.
I didn’t have any waterproof gloves so I used covers when it got too cold or it was raining the heated grips helped a lot obviously.
On my feet I had Sidi rain I think they are called. Ironically the feet were to only part of me that got wet and where I felt most cold. i bought some warmer socks in Norway but it could have been better.
My helmet is an arai chaser. Nice helmet but the cheap e-bay visor had no hydrophobic layer so it was a mess during the rain. I used car wax to make it a bit better.
Regarding camping gear we didn’t bring any tent for this trip. It would simply be too much to lug along on these bikes. We stayed in Airbnbs and huts. We did bring sleeping bags which we made use of one night in a hut. My buddy also brought a fireless cooking set. It used some form of chemical reaction to heat water to boiling. It worked pretty good. I can’t find the brand atm though.
I didn’t pick any gear especially for the trip. I used it because that’s the stuff I always ride in.
Regarding mod for the bike. I was very happy that I reinstalled the stock can for the trip. We did a trip about half as long the year before with my tyga exhaust and it gets quite tiring to listen to. With stock I felt no need for earbuds which is a big plus in my book. Luggage rack was a must. I even had to extend mine. Stock tires are a hazard in regular conditions and would have been a huge risk factor where we went. We both used michelin power pure which works pretty good. They are still pretty slippery in the wet though but much softer than the stock ones. While I often wished for more power to go up hill But there is now way I’d take a grom fitted with big bore kit on a trip like this. The stock engine is weak but it will take serious abuse. We rode WOT 90% of the time and we lost no oil at all. Spare no expenses I would liked to have beefed up suspension. It worked just fine on the road but once we were off pavement it really struggled.
I have sold my grom but I do miss it. If they ever make a 200cc + version I’ll be first in line. I might pick up a 125 for cheap later on.
I hope that answered your questions :)
So comprehensive. I have learned a lot from you. And Thank You once again for uploading this series and showing "us" "out here in TH-cam land" the possibilities.
Also in time these videos will be your treasured memories to share with friends, family and Grandkids.
Amazing views!
I'm hoping to ride my grom from the UK to Finland at some point.
Mini Bike Matt cool. Which route?
@@littlebigadventuring plan is to go through north europe and get the ferry from talin to Helsinki. It would be nice then to come back via Sweden and through Denmark
Mini Bike Matt the baltic coast is nice. My only worry would be that it might be a bit repetitive riding so far with the same scenery/landscape. I can imagine the roads are quite straight for most of the time. The grom was great fun in norway but Denmark was a bit boring.
But if you do detours and stop a lot to do other stuff it can still be a sweet trip.
@@littlebigadventuring might be good to try and get round the gulf along the E4.. I that may a bit far north and the weather may not be great
I ment on your way to finland. You’d see much of the same riding along the north coast for so long. the E4 through sweden is a 110km/h dual carriage way. I’d stay away from that unless your in a rush. And in that case you’re on the wrong bike ;) unless you plan on riding in october-april I wouldn’t worry much about the temperature. You’d want to have good waterproof and warm gear for sure for such a long ride anyway.
Are there no ferries from the UK to norway anymore?
How tall are both of you? I'm 190cm, did my motorcycle licence now in my 40s, bought 2022 MSX125 in autumn sale and head to travel around central europe next year. Yes, I do look very silly on a Grom, but I feel fine and I don't care about look anymore. :)
Then you are me (guy on red grom). I’m also 190cm and just turned 40. I’ve moved on to the gentleman’s bike the 125 monkey now though 🤡
They are awesome for touring. You can ride it everywhere! I wanna go down to the balkans on it but I don’t think it will be next year. Have an awesome trip man and keep me posted
What year Groms are those?
2013