{"product_id":"akrapovic-heat-shield-carbon-honda-msx125-grom-p-hsh125so1","title":"Akrapovic Heat Shield Carbon Honda MSX125 Grom (2021-2026) – P-HSH125SO1","description":"\u003cp\u003eA hand-laid carbon part for a 125 cc mini bike. That sounds absurd for about three seconds, and then you remember what a Grom actually is: the most heavily modified motorcycle Honda sells, bought by people who spend more on it than it cost.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eKey Features\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHand-crafted carbon fibre, replacing the standard shield\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMade for the Akrapovic Slip-On Line on the MSX125\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCovers the 2021 generation of MSX125 and Grom\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAkrapovic publishes no weight figure for it\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eThe Grom Is a Special Case\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHonda's MSX125 exists in a category of its own. It makes about 10 PS, costs less than a set of race leathers, and has generated an aftermarket that would suit a superbike — big-bore kits, adjustable suspension, race bodywork and, yes, hand-made carbon fibre.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNobody buys this shield to improve a commuter. They buy it because the motorcycle is a project, and on a project the standard is what everything else on the bike is held to.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eWhat Is Visible on a Small Bike\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA Grom is 761 mm long in the wheelbase and has almost no bodywork. The exhaust, the shield and the swingarm are effectively the right-hand side of the motorcycle, and a woven carbon panel there is not a detail — it is a substantial fraction of what anybody sees.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn a litre bike the same part disappears under a fairing. Here it does the opposite.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eThe Manufacturer Gives No Numbers\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAkrapovic's entry for this part runs to two sentences and contains not a single measurement — no mass, no wall thickness, no temperature rating. This page will not invent any.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe construction is not in doubt: cloth laid up by hand, cured, trimmed, and bolted to the points the factory shield came off.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eWhere the Money Goes\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis shield costs a visible share of what a used Grom fetches, and the explanation is labour, not raw material. Woven carbon is cheap by the metre. Somebody laying it into a tool, curing it under heat and dressing the edge afterwards is not.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSeveral sets of hands touch each one before it is boxed, and that is the entire gap between it and a stamped steel panel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eOnly With the Akrapovic Can\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe mould was taken around Akrapovic's own MSX125 silencer. Honda's factory exhaust sits differently, so the shield neither lines up nor achieves what a matched pair is bought for.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eTwo Names, One Motorcycle\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMSX125 in Europe, Grom in North America and Japan. Same machine, same exhaust, same shield — the name on the side panel depends on where it was sold, and it makes no difference to what fits.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eSix Model Years\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHonda revised the MSX125 for 2021 with a new frame, a five-speed gearbox and different bodywork, and has kept the exhaust mounting since. One shield covers the run to date.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eRoad Approval\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNot applicable. A heat shield is neither an emissions nor a noise component. Whether the MSX125 is road legal depends on the silencer behind it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart number: P-HSH125SO1\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEAN: 3831126403386\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBikes covered: Honda MSX125 and MSX125 Grom, 2021 to 2026\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eType: heat shield, hand-crafted carbon fibre\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMade for: the Akrapovic Slip-On Line\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight and dimensions: not published by Akrapovic\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eApproval: none applies\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Akrapovic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53631017419018,"sku":"P-HSH125SO1","price":85.68,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0949\/7831\/0410\/files\/P-HSH125SO1.png?v=1790346172","url":"https:\/\/inter-pace.com\/products\/akrapovic-heat-shield-carbon-honda-msx125-grom-p-hsh125so1","provider":"Inter-Pace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}