Picked this up this weekend

miweber929

2014
CBR650F
650 Alumnus
Staff
Feb 13, 2015
Woodbury, MN
Riding Since
1975
Took a quick trip this weekend to pick up a little something for my dad, he’s been wanting one since we saw they were introduced again last year: a 2021 Honda Trail 125. Unfortunately he hesitated ordering until they were all sold out literally everywhere even remotely local and we had no hope of getting one until late fall or even 2022, but on a whim a call to a little out if the way shop in North Carolina scored us one that happened to show up 2 months early. I tried to convince them to hold it for me until I came down in June on vacation but they didn’t want it sitting around that long so we made a quick run to get it.

Pics are at the shop in North Carolina, unpacking it here in Minnesota, my truck after a 2,308 mile trip including a snow/ice storm in Indiana and Illinois, and finally tucked away in storage until spring :)
 

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MrFritz86

2019
CB650R
Sep 28, 2019
Nashville, TN
Amazing what you did to finally get what your dad wanted
With everything that is going on
I'm glad you guys got back home safe
That Bike is awesome 😀
Hopefully riding season will come soon!!
 

miweber929

2014
CBR650F
650 Alumnus
Staff
Feb 13, 2015
Woodbury, MN
Riding Since
1975
Amazing what you did to finally get what your dad wanted
With everything that is going on
I'm glad you guys got back home safe
That Bike is awesome 😀
Hopefully riding season will come soon!!
Thanks!!! Best thing is he doesn’t know yet we did it, and his birthday is tomorrow so I mailed him a T-Shirt from the shop, and printed the pictures I took of the process and put them in a box for him. He’s getting it all late, probably Thursday at the earliest, because we didn’t get into town until late yesterday, but it’ll be a great little winter surprise for him.

I feel a little bad that I talked to him on the way down there and called him yesterday when I was returning the trailer and had to do a few white lies but in the end it’ll be very worth it!!!!!!
 

MrFritz86

2019
CB650R
Sep 28, 2019
Nashville, TN
Thanks!!! Best thing is he doesn’t know yet we did it, and his birthday is tomorrow so I mailed him a T-Shirt from the shop, and printed the pictures I took of the process and put them in a box for him. He’s getting it all late, probably Thursday at the earliest, because we didn’t get into town until late yesterday, but it’ll be a great little winter surprise for him.

I feel a little bad that I talked to him on the way down there and called him yesterday when I was returning the trailer and had to do a few white lies but in the end it’ll be very worth it!!!!!!
How did it go?
I can't image the excitement

What you did is amazing, and those aren't lies, it was just a surprise!!!

EDIT: Happy Birthday!! even though is late 😅
 

miweber929

2014
CBR650F
650 Alumnus
Staff
Feb 13, 2015
Woodbury, MN
Riding Since
1975
How did it go?
I can't image the excitement

What you did is amazing, and those aren't lies, it was just a surprise!!!

EDIT: Happy Birthday!! even though is late 😅
Went great!!!!! He was absolutely caught off guard and he thought it was such a great surprise. I’m so glad I got to do this for him, and can’t wait now for him to pick it up in the spring :)
 

miweber929

2014
CBR650F
650 Alumnus
Staff
Feb 13, 2015
Woodbury, MN
Riding Since
1975
Honda has really come out with some cool re-releases the last couple years.
They really have. Now that it’s sitting around I’ve been back to kicking around getting a Monkey or seeing how far they discount leftover Grom’s once the updated 2021’s start shipping. I loved my Grom when I had it, it just wasn’t as practical as a scooter was. Even a Super Cub might be a fun toy.........
 

Atucker

2019
CBR650R
Aug 18, 2020
Riding Since
2001
I've been on the fence between the Grom and Super Cub. My local Honda has Suber Cubs heavily discounted. Groms seem to never drop at least around me.
 

miweber929

2014
CBR650F
650 Alumnus
Staff
Feb 13, 2015
Woodbury, MN
Riding Since
1975
My local Honda has Suber Cubs heavily discounted. Groms seem to never drop at least around me.
Yeah, I've seen the Super Cubs just sitting as well and they are discounting them a bit (I think I have seen $2999 but not sure what fees are all on top of that).

I had one of the original Grom's in 2014, it was another one of this type of deal: I saw they were releasing them, thought they were cool but hesitated doing anything until they were all sold out everyone. Just happened to stop by a local dealer (that is since gone) to pick up some oil, asked about the Grom and was told (again) nope they had some but all were long since sold. I left my name with him and 3 days later got a call they had gotten in 2, one sold right away, the second guy had financing fall through, they couldn't get a hold of the third guy, and he saw my name on a piece of paper on his desk, remembered I asked so they offered it to me. I ran down that afternoon, paid for it and enjoyed it for 2 years and like 450 miles and "sold it" for a $300 loss (traded it in for my 650F along with my NC700X).

I've always regretted getting rid of my Grom and have been waiting for the prices to drop since but they just haven't, though there are a ton of 2019's and 2020's sitting at dealers all over the country so I am hoping for the best. I won't buy a used one, they get SO beat it's unreal, I just hate to pay retail on something also plentiful.

This Trail is so cool, the amount of stuff you can do to them is staggering. I have my name at a few dealers around here and just may see if one of them ends up with an extra.
 

Atucker

2019
CBR650R
Aug 18, 2020
Riding Since
2001
Same price here. $2999 seems almost too good to pass on. They also have Groms, but won't seem to budge on the pricing even though they have multiple left overs just sitting. Hopefully that changes soon with the new model coming out. I couldn't agree more with passing on used Groms. I've seen some insane things done to them and people still getting crazy money for them used!
 

miweber929

2014
CBR650F
650 Alumnus
Staff
Feb 13, 2015
Woodbury, MN
Riding Since
1975
Well, dad‘s coming next weekend to pick his Trail up, I’ll be sad to see it go but I’m very anxious to see him get it.

I watched a video with my wife last night of Zack Courts and Ari Henning running Honda Monkey‘s 1000 miles in Baja sort of recreating a Baja 1000 race and got me all excited to get a yellow Monkey as an homage to the yellow Z50 I grew up riding. Looked all over the US, called a bunch of dealers and unless I want to pay a dealer in Florida a $1000 premium for an already premium priced bike, yellows are all gone. Speaking to a local dealer, Honda has no plans to discount Monkeys or 2020 Groms, even the 2019 Monkeys are getting full MSRP because the supply chain is still messed up.

We got to chatting about Groms and it turns out they had just placed their order for 2022‘s and no one had claimed their one allotted ‘22 Grom SP they were getting.

Until today that is.

Deposit placed, no idea when it’s coming in, but it’s mine. Hoping May but may be June based on what the latest info shows. Or sooner based on my Trail experience; it‘ll be a surprise.
 

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miweber929

2014
CBR650F
650 Alumnus
Staff
Feb 13, 2015
Woodbury, MN
Riding Since
1975
Still, I think it's your dad who's sitting on the babe magnet bike ;)
Ha!!! He came down and picked it up last weekend.
 

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miweber929

2014
CBR650F
650 Alumnus
Staff
Feb 13, 2015
Woodbury, MN
Riding Since
1975
Just learned new Grom’s are pushed back until August or September for delivery. I didn’t want to lose the whole season so I picked this up in the meantime; it’ll be for sale when the Grom arrives.
 

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Jluu

2019
CB650R ABS
Jul 21, 2019
Just learned new Grom’s are pushed back until August or September for delivery. I didn’t want to lose the whole season so I picked this up in the meantime; it’ll be for sale when the Grom arrives.
I want!!
 
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