I actually was @ Honda dealer today and put deposit on one of this. Here's my reasoning:
1) I have 4 CT70s and 2 Z50s, love them but always wanted to have NEW one, not Chinese clone but new from Honda.
2) There's no any other street legal motorcycle coming from Honda Yamaha Suzuki or Kawi with engine displacement below 250cc or so. Those who was born abroad or older generation people know that there's whole motorcycle world in the engine displacement category below 250cc but unfortunately it is completely not represented on American market and roads this days
3) Grom is fuel injected small class motorcycle and for $3k your only option would be a japs scooters or Chinese clones or Taiwanese Sym Wolf which is also a knock off of Honda
BTW Grom has many meanings in Russian for instance it means Thunder lol