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  • Honda Grom with a Ducati Panigale 1199 engine!

    Insanity at its best or worst? You decide!

    A gentleman in Pattaya, Thailand, thought it was a good idea to put a Ducati Panigale 1199R engine inside a Honda Grom! This is for those who felt their Honda Grom was underpowered! Called the Mod Dam, the 205bhp Ducati engine now powers this little Honda, or whatever is left of it.It all started off with this video that Mario Kleff, the builder of this motorcycle, shared on his facebook page.

    https://www.facebook.com/ceo.kleff/videos/932496383507819/

    Now the Honda Grom was designed to be ridden with a 125cc engine that 'belted' out 9 odd ponies, not the 205bhp that the Ducati produces. This might seem like a disaster waiting to happen to most mortals, but undeterred work continued on the Mod Dam.

    A few days later Kleff posted pictures of the bike which was ready to rumble



    Unfortunately this turned out to be a failed experiment as the bike apparently caught fire immediately after being ridden as Mario posted this - "AFTER SUCCESSFUL TESTRUN MOD DAM GOES IN FIRE BECAUSE OF A FUEL LINE LEAK. BYE BYE MOD DAM"

    "Just after test run, my mechanic friend liked to try as well... fuel line went of obviously, the engine stopped, 30 sec. later all in fire."


    But not to be disheartened because Mario Kleff was still feeling motivated and ordered his second set of Panigale R and Honda Grom as he informed people in his post - "This morning ordered a new Panigale 1199R plus a new Honda MSX 125. The Mod Dam concept is worth to keep going. Professionalism is to complete a mission you are believing in, envy and jealousy is to do nothing but to laugh about and to talk badly. At the end I will have it, and all others who keep talking negative will be sucking on thumb."


    As he further explained yesterday his reasoning behind building this incredibly insane motorcycle and investing both time and money in this project - "
    Let me tell you: if you buy your future wife a diamond ring for the ceremony but lost it on the way, what are you going to do, give her a glass ring instead?! When you love that woman, you will work out a second round for the diamond ring - simple is that."


    For more about this incredible project you can visit the Mario Kleff's Facebook Page!

  • #2
    Re: Honda Grom with a Ducati Panigale 1199 engine!

    Originally posted by NewsReaper View Post

    Let me tell you: if you buy your future wife a diamond ring for the ceremony but lost it on the way, what are you going to do, give her a glass ring instead?! When you love that woman, you will work out a second round for the diamond ring - simple is that."
    Now thats a great way of putting a biker's take on his bike into words!!

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    • #3
      Re: Honda Grom with a Ducati Panigale 1199 engine!

      Insanity!!!

      *take a bow*
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      • #4
        Re: Honda Grom with a Ducati Panigale 1199 engine!

        Lol just revving in neutral might result in a slight wheelie because of that short wheelbase and the weight of the bike😂

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        • #5
          Re: Honda Grom with a Ducati Panigale 1199 engine!

          Wow. Thats a brilliant Idea.

          I'm also gonna do an Aprilia SRV 850 - Honda Navi engine switch. *





















































          ​* In my dreams

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          • #6
            Re: Honda Grom with a Ducati Panigale 1199 engine!

            Originally posted by HyperRetard View Post
            Wow. Thats a brilliant Idea.

            I'm also gonna do an Aprilia SRV 850 - Honda Navi engine switch. *

            Oh yeah, and navi has got enough free space that you dont even have to switch engines!
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            • #7
              Re: Honda Grom with a Ducati Panigale 1199 engine!

              This was a good idea, but not well executed with reference to safety anyways. Panigale engine is made for a frameless bolt-on-parts setup. And the first picture I see above, shows CUSTOM (aren't they?) tubes for exhaust...!! Are you kidding me?? Did they even research what material Ducati used for the stock exhaust pipes?


              A petrol-ignited flame burns at about 2200'C... This is much higher than the typical flame, and definitely higher than the 100'C boiling water that gives our skin painful blisters.
              Its not a joke.
              Any petrol fire means a hellish painful death, and even poured water gets boiled into thin air, before it reaches the core of such a fire. A powerful fire extinguisher or sand bucket, remain the ONLY POSSIBLE WAYS in such cases to douse the fire.



              And you know how India is, now. Instead of saving a man in danger, a footage of this happening from their 8MP electro-spy-rubbish is more important!


              Biker brothers, take care and do maintain testing safety measures. Like, In all un-certified engine mods, run the engine at idle at least for 20-25 minutes in beginning, then ride slowly, and then only you increase speed...
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              • #8
                Re: Honda Grom with a Ducati Panigale 1199 engine!

                Honda grom looks like honda navi... Then what exactly Indian designers from honda did on navi?? Lol
                Big Power Comes With Big Responsibility

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                • #9
                  Re: Honda Grom with a Ducati Panigale 1199 engine!

                  Originally posted by Darchorse View Post
                  Honda grom looks like honda navi... Then what exactly Indian designers from honda did on navi?? Lol
                  They did the hard part. Made a groom out of a scooter
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