Previously few weeks back I had the opportunity to ride a '17 grey z125 at local dealership, I was hooked after that. Unfortunately no other dealers in the surrounding area had Groms in stock to compare, so I settled for the Z. Next was color, not a fan of the boring grey or the KRT. That left the regular green and the SE. That being said only SE available was about a 30min drive up the freeway. On Sunday afternoon 8/20/17 made the small trek up to Temecula Motorsports here in SoCal to take her home. OTD ended up being $4,900 with no additional service contracts, other than what comes from the factory.
After leaving the dealership, I was slightly disappointed as they did not fill the gas tank up fully like they said they would. At that point I was several blocks away and didn't want to turn around, so I stopped at the nearest Chevron. Got my wife following close by, behind me in the red CX-5.
The first initial ride after leaving the dealer was a whooping 40mile ride all the way home. Had to ride parallel to the freeway using side country roads, it was good first ride. That night immediately ordered a few things for the bike, exhaust, intake and fender delete kit. All which arrived last night. During the first few days of ownership I started to focus more on the bike, given the beginning hype. I started to notice two things, tire pressure and throttle play. Mainly the throttle itself felt really loose, had to rotate a good .25' or so to engage the throttle. Didn't think much of it until this morning when I was installing my parts.
Started with the Motodynamic Fender Eliminator, never realized how small under seat compartment is up until this point. Given the small space, it was a slight pain to put the wires back in place, otherwise easy job. At some point going transition to a blinker integrated tail light, but for now it looks way better than before.
Fresh out the bubble wrap package Competition Werkes GP Exhaust. Had to unbolt the right set to expose a bolt used to mount the back of the exhaust. I am glad I went with this exhaust due to the fact that it sits underneath and not stick up and out like most exhaust do.
Last but not least is the Chimera SRi with Sprint filter. At this point I was looking at the throttle cable etc. and the lower adjustment bolt was so loose it was off the thread it self. The cable line too was loose and not mounted properly, which would explain my throttle play.
Once I bolted everything back up and checked for leaked, all was well. I rode to the local dealership to have them properly adjust the cable and show me how its done. Now no more throttle play. Aside from all this I have Area22 rear spools on order, should arrive next week. I will also post up an exhaust video at some point.