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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 3, 2012   Sayaka Kaneshiro Becomes the Newest Member of Team Honda Muscle Milk   Torrance, CA: American Honda announces the addition of Sayaka Kaneshiro to Team Honda Muscle Milk for the 2012 Women’s Motocross Championship (WMX) series. Kaneshiro will join three-time Women’s Motocross Champion Ashley Fiolek aboard factory prepared Honda ...    Read more

Torrance, CA: Nearly 47,000 fans were in attendance to see Honda riders on the podium at round 12 of the Monster Energy AMA Supercross, an FIM World Championship series in Toronto, Canada. Team Honda Muscle Milk’s Justin Brayton finished second, scoring his third podium of the season aboard his CRF450R ...    Read more

The Jerez circuit opened its doors today to welcome the MotoGP riders for the last pre-season test of 2012, which will finish on Sunday. After the tests held in Malaysia and, for the first time with factory and CRT bikes sharing the track, the Repsol Honda team again topped the ...    Read more

Torrance, CA: Round 10 of the 2012 Supercross season took place this weekend at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. This year’s Daytona Supercross by Honda marked Honda’s 21st year of sponsoring this unique and historic race. Daytona is always tough, but this year a downpour turned the ...    Read more

Chad Reed and Jeremy McGrath will be joining all of the other Honda racing stars for autographs and more during the Honda Daytona Kick-Off Party on Friday, March 9 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at Honda’s main display area. Don’t miss this opportunity to join in on the fun ...    Read more

Come join the Honda Supercross Red Riders as they support the Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation® Ride for Kids® at the start of Daytona Bike Week! The team is appearing at the Honda Daytona Kick-Off Party on Friday, March 9, from 6-8 p.m. in Honda’s Main Display Area in front of the ...    Read more

ST. LOUIS (March 3) – Three proved to be the magic number for GEICO Honda's Justin Barcia during Saturday night's Monster Energy AMA Supercross Lites East race at Edward Jones Dome. On the third day of the third month, Barcia won his third straight race to start the East season ...    Read more

Date : 01/03/2012 Weather : Dry Temperature : Air: 31 degrees, Ground: 50 degrees Humidity : 65% The Repsol Honda team leave the Sepang circuit satisfied with a job well done. Casey Stoner set the fastest time of the day with a flying lap of 2'00.473 and team mate Dani Pedrosa recorded the second fastest ...    Read more

Due to an engine failure on Dani Pedrosa's RC213V machine yesterday, HRC sent the engine to Japan for analysis. The feedback after the investigation was positive, however it arrived after lunch when the Sepang circuit was drenched by heavy rain, so unfortunately the Repsol Honda riders were unable to take ...    Read more

The second Official MotoGP™ Test of 2012 commenced in Malaysia on Tuesday, with Repsol Honda’s Casey Stoner and Dani Pedrosa topping the timesheet at midday before stormy tropical weather conditions washed out much of the afternoon’s testing. Leading the early pace in the opening half of day one was ...    Read more

The Repsol Honda Team had a positive start to the second Official MotoGP test in 2012 in Malaysia. Honda factory riders Casey Stoner and Dani Pedrosa topped the time sheets at the end of the first day both happy with the feeling they had with their 1000cc machine. A thunderstorm ...    Read more

Torrance, CA: Round six of the Monster Energy AMA Supercross, an FIM World Championship series took place this weekend in San Diego, CA. Honda had a successful night on the podium with TwoTwo Motorsports’ Chad Reed and Troy Lee Designs/Lucas Oil/Honda racing’s Cole Seely both capturing second place in ...    Read more

Date : 01/02/2012 Weather : Dry Temperature : Air: 32 degrees, Ground: 55 degrees Humidity : 66% The Repsol Honda Team has enjoyed a productive second day of testing at the Sepang circuit in Malaysia with Casey Stoner topping the time sheets. After missing the first day of testing yesterday due to a ...    Read more

MotoGP Official Test | Sepang Date : 31/01/2012 Weather : Dry Temperature : Air: 34 degrees, Ground: 45 degrees Humidity : 64% Today the Repsol Honda Team officially kicked off the 2012 MotoGP season with the first of three days testing at the Sepang International Circuit, Malaysia. Due to early morning rain, the track conditions ...    Read more

By Aaron Frank | Photography by Honda Honda has introduced the next chapter in its ongoing effort to redefine two-wheeled “mobility” with a new range of crossover motorcycles powered by an innovative parallel-twin engine mated to the auto-shifting Dual-Clutch Transmission (DCT). The maxi-scooter-like Integra, standard-styled NC700S and adventure-light NC700X all combine ...    Read more

The Repsol Honda Team, 2011 Triple Crown Champions, hosted the media at a Team Presentation in the Pan Pacific Hotel in Kuala Lumpur tonight with a press conference and welcome party. After the winter break, team riders Casey Stoner and Dani Pedrosa returned to the media spotlight refreshed and eager ...    Read more

Torrance, CA: Team Honda Muscle Milk rider Trey Canard was involved in a crash on the opening lap of last night’s Supercross event at Dodger Stadium. Canard injured his back in the incident, and an MRI this morning showed fractures the doctors are evaluating. Canard has 100-percent feeling in ...    Read more

By Aaron Frank | Photography by Honda The only serious electric superbikes so far have been one-offs from upstart manufacturers like Brammo or design firms like Mission and MotoCzysz. That may change now that Honda has revealed this stunning RC-E concept at December’s Tokyo Motor Show. It’s no surprise that Honda ...    Read more

Torrance, CA: The 2012 season of the Monster Energy AMA Supercross, an FIM World Championship series kicked off this past weekend at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, California, to a sold-out crowd of 45,050 race fans. Anaheim marked the debut of Team Honda Muscle Milk, with Justin Brayton finishing fourth in ...    Read more

It’s been quite a while since the Mechanical Meditations blog has been updated, because instead of wrenching on and writing about the MB5, I’ve been riding it! The bike has been tuned and registered (temporarily, anyway) and has carried me to work in shrieking style a dozen times in the ...    Read more

Saturday morning I sprang out of bed and was at the workbench by 8:00 am. The frame was back from the Doctor’s and the only thing keeping me from starting the MB5 for the first time was assembling the thing! I forwent my normal morning mountain bike excursion and dove ...    Read more

Viewed from the street, John “the Frame Doctor” Fromberg’s shop just looks like another crowded mechanic’s bay in a busy industrial park. But walk past the racks of metal stock and rows of dusty bike frames into the back room and you’ll see this is no ordinary chop ...    Read more

At some point in the last three decades, the MB5 must have been crashed. Hard. As it turns out, both Comstar wheels and the beautiful powder-coated X-frame are badly bent. The frame and fork have been perched on the center stand in my living room for several weeks now, and ...    Read more

Those who read Motorcyclist on any quasi-regular basis probably remember how much our Aaron P. Frank loved the automatic dual-clutch transmission version of Honda’s steamy, 1237cc V-4 in Japan. But the basic manual-shift six-speed didn’t exactly hit one out of the old road test ballpark a few months later. Extra ...    Read more

The contents in the various boxes and crates are steadily dwindling. When I started this project 3 months ago the shoebox-sized plastic bin I use for random fasteners weighed about 10 pounds and was fist-deep. Now the tub weighs less than a pound and the layer of hardware is shallow ...    Read more