Canard to race Honda CR Electric in Japan

[snydes]

Looks legit I think…

Cycle News

Canard to race new electric CR...

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[Philip]

If true, this deserves headline news!

Honda To Race New Electric CR Prototype In Japanese Nationals (Updated)

Honda Racing Corporation (HRC) announced that it will enter the electric motocrosser CR ELECTRIC PROTO in the Japan Motocross Championship.

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[Fod]

How cool to see Canard line up again! And on an electric!!!

 

[snydes]

I’m excited to see an electric CR, but I’d bet that best case they’d be years yet from a production bike, but I hope I’m wrong. Let’s hope Stark will motivate the big manufacturers to stop sitting on their hands and play ball. I feel like the flood gates are beginning to open up though.

 

[Swank171]

Wondering if this is some top secret project Honda has been hiding and will accompany some big news at the race….one can only hope!! Haha!

It was last talked about years ago….I’m sure they didn’t just drop the idea after a 2019 prototype.

 

[HadesOmega]

That Mugen bike has been around for a couple years now. So it's not anything new. The Honda bike looks almost identical to the Mugen bike. They've gotten to the point where they are going to race it now I guess. I'm surprised Honda has done much with Mugen in terms of electric motorcycles. Mugen is the King of Isle of Mann TT Zero.

 

[Swank171]

The fact that it’s nothing new gives reason to believe they have been developing something to drop on us in a top secret manner in my eyes.

 

[snydes]

The fact that it’s nothing new gives reason to believe they have been developing something to drop on us in a top secret manner in my eyes.

I hope you’re right!

 

[HadesOmega]

Saw this on facebook, hope they do well.​

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Dunlop Motorcycle Tires​

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The electric motocrosser CR ELECTRIC PROTOTYPE will be entered in the D.I.D All Japan Motocross Championship, this weekend at Round 8 in Saitama.
This will be Honda’s first attempt to enter a Honda-developed electric motorcycle in the All Japan Championship, and will make a wildcard appearance as @hondaracingcorporation.
@treycanard , 2010 AMA Pro Motocross 250 class champion, will ride the CR ELECTRIC PROTO at the event. Complete with Dunlop tires.
#RideDunlop #RaceDunlop #Honda #HRC #Hondamotorcycle #Hondaracing #Motocross #MX #Offroad #Motorcycle #Racing #Motorsports #EVbike #Electricbike #crelectricproto

 

[HadesOmega]

Honda CR ELECTRIC PROTO debut starts strongly... | Honda.Racing

Honda CR ELECTRIC PROTO off to a flying start at the opening day of Round 8 of the All Japan Motocross Championship

honda.racing

 

[HadesOmega]

2nd in qualifying

Canard Debuts Honda Electric Bike - "I Was Happy to Have a Good Lap"

Team HRC’s Trey Canard got the Honda CR ELECTRIC PROTO off to a flying start at the opening day of Round 8 of the All Japan Motocross

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[stephane]

Do you guys know what he did during the race? I can not find any info on it.

 

[snydes]

He got together with the leader and DNF’d

 

[Swank171]

 

[RacerBoyX]

That Mugen bike has been around for a couple years now. So it's not anything new. The Honda bike looks almost identical to the Mugen bike. They've gotten to the point where they are going to race it now I guess. I'm surprised Honda has done much with Mugen in terms of electric motorcycles. Mugen is the King of Isle of Mann TT Zero.

The Mugen bike was powertrain was developed by Mission Motors. I was there when the partnership was launched and Mugen was Honda's proxy throughout the project. At the time Mission couldn't speak about the project but our engineers were sent along with the team to the TT Zero.

Fun side note - Honda Japan bought two MY2017 Redshift MX's from the the very fist production run at Alta Motors. Fairly standard practice, Yamaha also bought a bike, but Honda could care less and paid with a corporate check. I considered that high praise...

 

[Beagle]

The Mugen bike was powertrain was developed by Mission Motors. I was there when the partnership was launched and Mugen was Honda's proxy throughout the project. At the time Mission couldn't speak about the project but our engineers were sent along with the team to the TT Zero.

Fun side note - Honda Japan bought two MY2017 Redshift MX's from the the very fist production run at Alta Motors. Fairly standard practice, Yamaha also bought a bike, but Honda could care less and paid with a corporate check. I considered that high praise...

Wooo, juicy, I had never heard about that connection with Mission motors. That bike was a gem by the way.