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Honda Quit Racing??!!
Posted: January 23rd, 2009, 9:15 am
by Roostius_Maximus
Thismorning the radio tells me that after dropping their car racing weeks ago, Honda has decided today to stop their bike racing division aswell!
Who knows more about this that can clarify things for me?
Posted: January 23rd, 2009, 9:42 am
by Roostius_Maximus
Posted: January 23rd, 2009, 9:50 am
by teemtrubble
Posted: January 23rd, 2009, 10:10 am
by ~Trever
"The report states that off-road racing will be most heavily hit by the latest cost cuts"
ouch
Posted: January 23rd, 2009, 10:12 am
by Hellbear
Ouch!!
Maybe if they would have stuck with the 2-strokes it woulnd't cost so much.
Posted: January 23rd, 2009, 1:06 pm
by hoofarted
Hellbear wrote:Maybe if they would have stuck with the 2-strokes it woulnd't cost so much.
Good point! Maybe Mr. Honda would of rethunk his idea of phasing out two strokes...
Posted: January 23rd, 2009, 3:11 pm
by Ported&Polished
That sucks, hard to beleive they would cut the European racing since it is huge in comparison to the US. Nissan quit racing back in the late 80's also, and the Nissan Motorsports division was reduced to a skeleton operation that only sold old stock race parts. They made a comeback in the early 2000's though, so Honda will be back no doubt.
Posted: January 24th, 2009, 7:24 am
by Roostius_Maximus
Honda really dropped their pants tho with the 250cc class now allowing the 250cc two-stroke bike in. If the ama fools keep conforming to build a track based for fourstrokes and the 2strokes win ther'll be an uproar
