TOKYO, Sept 13, 2024 – (JCN Newswire) – Team HRC, a Honda factory group( 1) run by Honda Racing Corporation (HRC), will take on the RTL ELECTRIC trial bike in the International A Super (IAS) Class of the MFJ( 2) All Japan Trial Championship series starting with Round 6, Yuasa, Wakayama.
The RTL ELECTRIC is Honda’s very first competitors electrical trial bike, recently established based upon the innovation and knowledge got from the Montesa COTA 4RT factory bike which is completing in the FIM( 3) Trial World Championship and has actually assisted Toni Bou win 18 successive titles. Advancement of the RTL ELECTRIC likewise acquires electrical (motor, battery) knowledge from the CR ELECTRIC PROTO, which started contending in this year’s FIM E-Xplorer World Cup, a world competitors for electrical off-road bikes.2004 FIM Trial World Championship winner and present Repsol Honda Team supervisor Takahisa Fujinami (Mie, Japan, age: 44) is functioning as RTL ELECTRIC advancement rider, and will ride in Round 6, Yuasa.
Honda is devoted to the electrification of motorbikes as the pillar of its future ecological technique, intending to accomplish carbon neutrality in all of its items and business activities by 2050, and in all of its motorbike items by the 2040s. In order to react to diversifying client requirements, Honda will even more advance its innovation by handling the obstacle of electrification in trials along with motocross.
Takahisa Fujinami|RTL ELECTRIC Development Rider
“I am extremely delighted to be associated with Honda’s efforts to accomplish carbon neutrality through trials. Electric trial bikes have boundless possibilities, and I want to utilize my experience as a rider to deal with the advancement group to make the maker even much better. Because I am not yet going back to active service as a rider, I am restricted to being an advancement rider, however I am eagerly anticipating riding in front of my Japanese fans for the very first time in a long while!”
Koji Watanabe, President of Honda Racing Corporation
“This year, Honda started contending in the FIM E-Xplorer World Cup, a brand-new classification of electrical off-road motorbike racing. We have actually now chosen to get in the All Japan Trial Championship also with RTL ELECTRIC. By increasing the variety of classifications in which we race electrical bikes, we will sharpen our competitive abilities, collect knowledge and understanding, and even more speed up the advancement of our personnels. Lastly, I want to reveal my genuine appreciation to Takahisa Fujinami for his complete assistance in this job!”
Group Overview
Group: Team HRC
Bike: RTL ELECTRIC
Rider: Takahisa Fujinami
Minder: Carles Barneda Romans( 4)
(1) Factory group: Racing group handled by the bike maker. For Honda, Honda Racing Corporation (HRC) handles its factory groups.
(2) MFJ: Motorcycle Federation of Japan
(3) Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme
(4) He is presently Tony Bou’s minder and was his minder for a long period of time throughout Takahisa Fujinami’s playing days.