*I found my lost footage from the Sand Storm!!* Check out the Short Film I made of it! *kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ap2RqJCeusywkZ8.html*

I am a 74 year old man that did what you did twice, first in a 1964 Honda 50 that they now call a 'Cub'. It was 50cc and on a good day would go 35 MPH. I rode it from Lockport N.Y. to Nick Stoner Lake in the Adirondack Mts. taking back roads the whole way. Your video made me relive those great days. I have never been that far West and enjoyed seeing the scenery. Thanks for the super video. My wife recently passed away and I have returned to motorcycling here in Florida. I might just take a road trip.

Your patience is legendary to ride a 125cc for so many miles is legendary.

And here I am, worried about driving from Georgia to California and back in October on my Yamaha V-star 250. I think I'll be okay after all.

Usually I don’t sit through the entire video without skipping but I legit just watched your whole video and thoroughly enjoyed it man! Keep up the great content!

I am 64 and driving a 2016 Grom in Hungary..though my longest trips are typically 120km beween my home in Budapest and our lakeside house at Balaton, your journey and video convinced me to venture longer trips next summer...I love my Grom and my faith it is a dependable lil critter was just further corroborated by your journey..I wish I could make that trip like you, I love South Western US and made long car trips there with my family..thanks for your account..

I am impressed with your integrity in taking responsibility for the low tire. A Class act! Best Wishes from Montana! M.H

Dude. This last throtl build could not have gone to a cooler person. So stoked to see you post content and this in particular! I have been itching for a Grom for months and so excited to watch this.

14:32 refreshed, relaxed and at peace. I got goose bumps from this. Great narration.

I went solo cross country in July on a MT-09. I went from Connecticut to Washington then back to Connecticut. 7386 miles. Couldn’t imagine doing it on a Grom. Great story thanks for sharing.

You're the guy who won the contest for Throttle. Your vehicle's dope. Like how they put that solar panel on your hood Of your vehicle. Mad respect And my props.

I love this, he's so professional with the commentary too, bless his soul

thank you, youtube algorithm! what a gem. Also- if you were in Arizona in like June or July those Monsoons are no joke. It's crazy how quickly they can form. The state basically gets its entire yearly rainfall in a few weeks so all the storms are violent as hell. Great video!!

Well done! I've been Coast-to-Coast on bikes a few times, (CERTAINLY not on Groms.. you DO have a Pair!)... and I can fully appreciate all the challenges you mentioned. As I'm an older rider, I laughed when you mentioned losing your Waze and online mapping; the first time I ever rode across (1981) there were no ATM's, laptops, or digital phones; you had to use paper maps (I still do!), and carry a pocket full of quarters to use in phone booths. Congratulations! Next time, you might want to bump-up to a Honda 750 or something.

I've been looking at grom related videos thinking of getting it to learn manual and save money on gas to get to work. I'm glad I stumbled upon your channel. This video is so chill, I feel like I'm on a road trip with you! Epic that you decided to do this

Out of all the bikes to travel 5kmi on the grom is definitely at the bottom of my list. Huge respect lol

I love that you have a small enough bike to keep it in the room overnight. I have a Kawasaki KLR 650 and there’s not even a chance it would fit through the door. The 6 gallon tank gives me a 280 mile range though. Great video, I really enjoyed it.

What an awesome adventure. I am going to purchase a grom purposely to throw in the back of our truck while RV'ing. Your vlog has increased my perspective of these little beast. Love the way you have it set up and will be adding the luggage etc to make mine similar to go adventuring cost effectively around our RV destination. Can't wait, excited, thanks.

I do appreciate your beer review!

I watched this video a long time ago, and this journey still comes to mind sometimes, just amazing the trip you had and you staying tough and going through with it.

29:48 I’m surprised you didn’t add a tire gel sealant that coats the inside of your tire so if you have a leak it will still keep pressure considering you were going on such a long journey. 😅 the gel sealant is cheap tire insurance, however if your tires are doing that …. They have to be old or a bad rubber compound for highway use. 😅

I just stayed up an hour later than i wanted....it was SO worth it! Thanks for letting me ride along!!😊

I did a very similar trip on a Yamaha R3 (321cc so basically I was cheating in comparison to you) a few years ago. I left from Kansas City, Missouri -> TX -> NM -> AZ -> San Diego -> San Francisco -> NV -> UT -> CO -> KS -> Back home to KC. It was an epic almost 5000 mile trip (I think it was roughly 4900). Now I try to do crazy rides every few years. This year I'm planning on going to Key West and back.

Me too... I love it when the fuel gauge is on full❤️❤️

Great storytelling of a trip you'll always remember. Thanks for sharing! I'd love to see more!

I know this video is a year old, but wow what a journey!! I live in Cali (San Diego, too!) and not sure if anyone explained this, but the signs say no bicycles or motor-driven cycles (like e-bikes). Motorcycles are allowed on the freeway, but they must be 150cc or more. Sooo technically the grom shouldn't have been on the 8, but what a fun journey anyway!! Hoping to ride my Honda Rebel from San Diego to Dallas someday!

Enjoyed it! Love that you took one of the least highway oriented bikes ever on this trip. Grom 🔥

You just described the joy and excitement that comes with riding a Harley cross country. I own a 2022 Harley Ultra limited and Grom. I have a blast on both, but keep the Grom within 20 miles of home. So glad to see your vblog of the trip and glad you arrived safe. Thanks for sharing your experience.

Slime is some great stuff to stop tire air leaks. It has little rubber particles that help fill in holes with its bonding agents.

Congrats on your trip!

i jus bought my second grom. this is coming from a guy who owns a 2018 honda cbr 1000rr i love my grom more. i have a 2018 and now a 2023 and i love them cuz they arent fast their jus a good speed. but in that speed you have more time to take everything in and truly enjoy the experience. it is amazing. i would choose the grom over and over and over again.

thums up man! just to let you know in vietnam it is common for backpackers to buy bikes for $300 or less and then travel/explore the country going mostly from hanoi to hochiminh or vice versa, maybe a little over 1000miles on 100cc overly used and recycled bikes

I ride my Grom 30 miles to work and that is a long trip for me. Surprised the Grom made it up those hills on the I-8 coming to SD, they are steep and it is a long ride to the top. Great video.

Amazing man, u gotta have balls to do it on a small bike and that too in USA where bikes aren’t that popular, I live in India and bikes are the primary mode of commute here, I have a 160cc proper motorcycle with 5 gears but always think it might be underpowered for me to go long like 300kms etc , u cleared my doubt

Last October I road my Benelli tnt 135 from Chicago IL > Nashville TN (~500 miles) in a singular day. 13 hours of riding. Also had to make the trip back at the end of the weekend. True test of reliability with these tiny bikes

That sand storm is a sick story to tell😂 gotta exaggerate the story for the kids lmao

I feel for you riding in the rain like that, happened to me as on I-5 in Grants Pass, OR. I had only waterproof overpants and my jacket felt like chainmail, definitely a story to remember

That's a cool trip. The sand storm part is crazy, it's like driving in Forza Horizon.

Thank you for this video u honestly just made me experienced a new level of what I really wanna do I want to meet new people and just explore this great country before we are 100% dictated and forced to drive electric vehicles and have to stop for 5 hours for a 120 mile range !

Very cool video. I’m planning a trip from NY to Florida with 2 extra motors and cranks on a Buddy 50. Will be doing stops to fish, site see and and staying at motels. Real men do such trips. Glad you made it. Much love.

Whenever I buy a Honda motorcycle, I take my seat apart by carefully taking out the staples and removing the vinal top. I then cut a long strip out of the center of the foam to relive the pressure of my man parts. It's amazing for long trips. Your tailbone and perineum will thank you.

That little Yamaha YSR you checked out at the dealership, I had one of those back in the 80's when I was 12. Loved that thing. You are braver than me! I might do something like this but no way in hell I'd get on the freeway in San Diego in a car much less a Grom.

Please let me share. In 1992 when I graduated high school I had just bought a 1987 KLR 650. I rode that from Tucson, Az back to Maryland. Many M/C trips later, in September/October 2019 I I rode my Honda Silverwing (Scooter) from Tucson back to Maryland using only back roads. 3000 miles, about 300 a day. I used google maps and just put it on bicycle route. I took 10 days as I was in no hurry. Not riding interstate is the best ever. 5 Years ago I did an actual bicycle trip from Oregon back to Maryland. I used to drive long haul 18 wheelers so travel is in my blood. Now I'm a travel nurse. Maryland is where I grew up which is why I always end up there on a trip. And, that road in Nm that you're standing on with no traffic, I have a pic of my current bike parked in the middle of that road. LOL Edit. Where you stop at the Honda place is where I just bought my last bike. Honda 300 Rally. Edit # 2. You stopped in 3 points. LOL. you weren't very far from me and my riding grounds. Edit # 3 Awesome man. Just finished watching. Its really good to hear how grateful you are to do this trip. BTW, motorcycles are allowed, it's " motor-driven cycles" that aren't allowed. Essentially a bicycle with a motor. No Bueno.

I finally put the Coleman Maddog seat cover on my KLR650, and it makes a huge difference in butt comfort. It was pretty cheap, too.

I did my first big trip on a bike this fall. 2,000 miles solo from Chicago, to Badlands National Park, to Rushmore, Black hills, back to Badlands, then back to Chicago. I had a lot of the same problems going far. Lesser gas than I thought, longer than I thought, Places where gas was far away. Ass hurty. I didn't google what badlands even looked like. Just heard it was pretty, planned what I needed to bring, and put it in google. Straight up no planning really. Decided on a Saturday, left on Monday. Cannot wait to go back though.

Dude I watched this video thinking you had 567k subs not knowing it was 5.67k, I’m a subscriber now but don’t understand why you don’t have more, plan on bringing your videos tonight. Much love, from Texas too

That sand storm was insane! And aint no way you just casually swooped by mexico! Insane hahaha definitely wanna do something like this once in my life 😂😂

Fun video. If you do more travel vids, please provide more information on the route you take. Maps are great, but referring to the highway numbers is good too. Have fun, and stay safe.

i found this so insightful and the limitlessness of the honda grom. thank you so much for showing us your journey! i got my little grom not too long ago and looking into what and where i can take it to.

I love doing big rides on a smaller bike I find you get to enjoy the scenery waaay more instead of concentrating on everything else. I have a 50CC Air cooled Derby Atlantis scooter with good mods a Leo Vince pipe bigger carb and jets it's been lightened lighter varriator weights and a modified stock air box. On flats with not much wind I do 93-95 kph and I'm a pretty big guy. I would much rather ride it then either of my big bike's. I'd imagine that ride on the Grom would have been absolutely beautiful and awesome. Cheers

First of all, IDK why you are apologizing for the wind noise, if someone is getting irritated coz of wind noise, it's better they stay away from motorcycles and moto vlogs... Now to the main part what an epic fking journey, thank god YT decided to recommend this video, I am in a place that is the polar opposite from where the trip took place, and thank you for covering it and sharing it, enjoyed the whole thing, and of course those scenic roads and especially the sandstorm part was nerve-racking, and once again big kudos and thanks for taking country roads and back roads, I enjoyed the whole thing, subbed to see more epic journeys like this. Thank you.

amazing, makes me want to go buy a grom today! you got some guts going into Mexico with everything going on. Glad you made it!

Amazing video! I haven't rode my grom in over a year and this makes me want to jump back on it and go out and explore! Stay safe

Subscribed! Amazing adventure, rain, tires, sand storm, border crossings. This inspires me to do something like it. Thank you for sharing.

I'm getting ready for California, to NYC and back trip 6 months from now. Its been raining all day here in the bay area. But I feel like I'm on the road. Great video. Can't wait to check out more!

One question that has never occurred to me before - do Corbin make touring seats for Grom's? Cycling pants do help significantly with hard seats. You'd likely get better gas mileage with road tires. Those engines are very under stressed and will run flat out forever provided the oil is changed frequently.

Bro, subbed... thst was a crazy ass, fun, and self fullfiling adventure. Much props to you for sticking it through.

Please make a video on how you mount everything on your grom! How did you get all of your gear on the back? Im really worried about carrying gear when riding so would love to see how you set everything up!

Mmmmmmm beer! 😋 Great video man! I'm touring Cambodia & Laos on my 2018 Honda Dream 125cc, SE Asia edition.Putting around the country at 40 mph. Bike is running great and so am I. Lots of Groms here in Cambodia. Popular with the guys.

i went to big bear during the summer and rented a grom ans went up there. it was so scary being 7 k feet up on a cliff on a little bike but my god it was pretty. im living through you in this video. one day i wanna go cross country on a chinese daul sport. this deserves so much more thank you!!!!

....Great video.... I'm going to try that...Note: when your exhaust pipes turn blue it means the engine is running rich, when the pipes turn gold the engine is running lean...

Awesome videos man! I just bought a 2023 Grom couple weeks ago but it's still cold here in PA so I need to wait till I can really get riding. This is my first "bike" and am super excited to get riding. I have watched this video multiple times now and want to take it on a road trip once I get better and more comfortable riding. It won't be as far as you did but I want to go to my favorite store in Connecticut from PA. It's a 3 and half hour trip one way in a car so it will still be a haul for me on the Grom. I can't wait. Thanks for the awesome video!!!

I live about 15 minutes from the white sands, a beautiful place! & great video

I was watching to see if I could do a 2 hour drive and holy moly I couldn’t even imagine all the effort you had to go through

Love from the UK brother! Watched the Throtl vid on your truck and switched over to this video. Loved it ❤️

Nice video. Looked like a good time. Man that dust storm was a trip. I never thought of a Honda Grom as being a touring bike. A daycruiser yes but not multi state.

I haven’t even finished this video yet still watching but I LOVE your style of content/road trip video so far. Well done man. I’m definitely gonna be checking out your other videos!

That was a great vid. One of my favorites in a long time. I can't wait until my Grom actually arrives and do some back country trips. I have always had big bikes and took the direct routes. Should be fun to take the slow routes. Great quality vid

Riding through a sandstorm is a bad idea because the sand and fine dust is getting pulled into your air filter and will clog it, some of it might also get past the air filter and get sucked directly into your cylinders. Great video though.

I am quite a bit older than you and I have been riding motorcycles most of my life. I was just at a big Buc ees for the first time. Very cool. Some where between Austin and San Antonio. I had a blast riding around San Antonio for a few hours about 4 or 5 days ago. I am from Oregon and this is the second year in row that I have traveled from Oregon to Ohio and than south to Texas and west to Arizona I am in Tombstone Arizona right now. If I am able to do it again next year maybe we could meet up and go for a ride. Keep up the good work maybe you'll be famous someday.

Now I don't feel so bad on my Navi when a 20 min trip takes me 40 mins due to me avoiding highways lol. DOpe vlog! Glad you made it back to Cali safely!!

Grom: you can sleep with it in your hotel room. 😂⭐️

Loved visiting my grandparents in Alamogordo and going to white sands that place is amazing

Great video! I watched this over a couple days. I need more long range grom trips.

Badass video bro! That little Yamaha motorcycle you saw at the dealer is a Yamaha ysr50 (50cc 2 stroke) they're air cooled and top out at around 50 to 60 depending on gearing and fully street legal, used to have one to put put around back in the day

Randomly got this vid recommended and knew I’d love it and I was right

I’m from Lewisville/Carrollton area and will be taking my lesson for M endorsement. I’ve been eyeballing the Grom. Thanks for the video

Enjoyed the video! That sandstorm was wild.

At 60 seconds I felt that wave bye, you really don't wanna but it's your calling 😂 good job bro. 👏 live your life 🤙

I should be studying for my bio final tomorrow, but it is what it is.

You were lucky when you passed through Mexico, glad you had a safe journey. I did and still do long trips on Honda Groms. Getting a new 2024 soon, time for getting into 5th gear 😂

Bro respect got my 50cc want to drop a 250cc in as soon as possible❤

What a awesome video my friend! Thankful to the good lord your safe and healthy! I’m getting ready to purchase a 22 grom, and you have gave me an idea to do something amazing like this. Definitely will be following you! Stay safe and god bless👏🏻

Congrats on the accomplishment. I enjoyed your trip and memories of my own through the southwest. Never run into a sandstorm but those rains take me back.

Lowkey adventure I like. You can see more going at a slower speed. Who said you have to live your life full throttle

I love it brother! Great video from start to finish. I would sooo do this if i wasn't married with children. Wife hardly wants me to ride into town😂 but i refuse to give it up! Never again! Ride safe

I needed this, I’m planning on buying a Grom as a daily and eventually do some road trips in! Obviously with group of people! (One car and a few other motorcyclists)

Im gonna do something like this you inspired me to go on an adventure sandstorms and downpoors is my type of happy miserable 😁

12:00 me: “I’d bring that in the room instead of leaving it out” 13:05 “YES!!” 😂

what an adventure! im from sierra vista, just a heads up that dust storm is called a haboob. pull off the road far and dont use your lights

Great moment to be alone! Hope next time you travel with atleast 1-2buddy.... thank you for the blog! Atm, come across your blog while looking for a reliable 125cc and that Honda grom is a Monster ( good thing here in the Philippines every town has a Honda shop) ....Would definitely have your adventure on my bucket list!✅

What an awesome journey! That was very inspiring.

Awesome awesome video. Great ride and thank you for putting in all the work to video ,edit, and post the ride so we could enjoy it from the comfort of wherever we may be. !!!

You know, much respect for the ride and nothing but love from a fellow grom owner, you got a sub from me man

Awesome video. My grom keeps getting pushed back since May for delivery. I almost gave up waiting and almost just bought a CFMoto adventura. The main reason for the Grom was a minimoto trans america trail journey next year.

Next time slime your tires bud! I put tire slime in all my motorcycle tires! It works on tube or tubeless tires! It also balances out when you ride so no need to worry about wobbly tires. Awesome video by the way cool trip!

Add synthetic two-stroke oil to help with the constant high rpm.

Sweet man I’m from Yuma and while doing my research on buying a grom I ran into your video lol. I know exactly where you exited to Mexico and where you entered back into the country this was a fun video to watch

Fantastic video. Cheers to you 🍻🍻 epic epic journey, was happy to watch it!

I have a brand new 22 Grom I got in the spring and I am ten miles away from 13000 miles and I live in Vt been through 3 rear tires 3 chains 3 sets of sprockets bunch of oil changes and clutch screen cleanings going to try and get the ten miles between snow storms.