Honda
Honda Powersports is the motorcycle division of the Japanese based company, Honda. They've been one of the top motorcycle manufacturers since 1959 and has been involved in the motocross industry since the start of the sport. Honda formed a new division named Honda Racing Corporation (HRC) in 1982, with its main task being to help market Honda's motorcycles by racing championships throughout the world. Since 1982, HRC has expanded their efforts to a world wide effort, and they currently support teams in Australia, Europe, Canada, Japan, and the United States. As of 2016, Honda has two full-factory race teams in the United States.
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2016 AMA 250 East Supercross Championship: Malcolm Stewart
2015 MXGP MX2 World Championship: Tim Gajser
2014 AMA 250 East Supercross Championship: Justin Bogle
2013 AMA 250 Motocross Nationals: Eli Tomac
2012 AMA 250 West Supercross Championship: Eli Tomac
2012 AMA 250 East Supercross Championship: Justin Barcia
2011 AMA 250 East Supercross Championship: Justin Barcia
2010 AMA 250 Motocross Nationals: Trey Canard
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2020 Vital MX 450 Off-Road Shootout (feature story)
Posted by Klinger on 3/25/2020 8:39 AM
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Victory for Ricky Brabec in the Sonora Rally (press release)
Posted by Klinger on 3/23/2020 8:18 AM
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JCR Speed Shop CRF450RX Enduro Build (feature story)
Posted by Klinger on 3/20/2020 4:29 PM
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Social Scoop (feature story)
Posted by Klinger on 2/25/2020 11:10 AM
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Vital MX Poll: Honda HRC vs. Smartop/Bullfrog Spas/Motoconcepts Honda (feature story)
Posted by Klinger on 2/13/2020 11:05 AM
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Social Scoop (feature story)
Posted by Klinger on 2/4/2020 4:40 PM
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Ricky Brabec 2020 Dakar Rally Winner (feature story)
Posted by Klinger on 1/28/2020 9:46 PM
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A Closer Look At The All New Honda CRF450RW (feature story)
Posted by Klinger on 1/23/2020 3:10 PM
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First Look: Honda HRC MXGP Team On Possible 2021 Honda CRF450RW (feature story)
Posted by Klinger on 1/23/2020 9:05 AM
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Honda HRC Rally Racer Ricky Brabec Makes History Winning Dakar Rally (news story)
Posted by Klinger on 1/20/2020 2:36 PM
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Penrite Honda: Racing In The USA (video)
If you've seen any motocross or supercross racing from Downunder, then you know that Penrite Honda is one of the top teams in Australia. Mitch Oldenburg has been racing for them this "off-season" and the whole team decided to fulfill a dream and come race AMA Monster Energy Supercross in The Sta...
Posted by Klinger on 1/9/2020 2:29 PM
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Race Shop Build: 2002 Honda CR125 (video)
Michael Leib was second in the 125 class at the 2019 Red Bull Straight Rhythm on what started out as a basket-case 2002 Honda CR125. Obviously, they got the bike working pretty darn good, and Ping got his hands on this machine to do a little track test. Check it out!
Posted by Klinger on 1/8/2020 9:26 AM
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Chassis Development with Honda HRC (video)
Each year, Supercross teams are presented with the latest model year bikes. Sometimes, there aren't many changes so not much work has to be done, but other times, chassis geometry, linkage curves, and suspension settings change, giving factory teams a lot to work out. Shane Drew, Chassis and Susp...
Posted by Klinger on 12/28/2019 8:13 AM
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Will 2020 Be Vince Friese's Best Season Ever? (video)
With some great off-season performances, MotoConcepts Smartop Racing's Vince Friese is coming into A1 with a head of steam. Perhaps this is the year that Vince, and MotoConcepts, surprises the factory efforts.
Posted by Klinger on 12/23/2019 10:05 PM
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Seeing Red: Honda 2020 Team Intro (feature story)
Posted by GuyB on 12/4/2019 11:27 AM
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2020 Vital MX 450 Shootout: FULL TEST (feature story)
Posted by Klinger on 9/16/2019 6:06 PM
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This is yet another year that Honda has gone to work on its CRF250R with a long list of changes. In 2018, the bike was changed from the ground up with a whole new engine architecture, frame, and suspension, which made it somewhat surprising that for 2019, they also made changes to boost b...2020 Honda CRF250R
Vital Review First Impression: 2020 Honda CRF250R (product review)
Posted by Klinger on 8/14/2019 8:51 PM
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First Impression: 2020 Honda CRF450R Recently we got our hands on the 2020 Honda CRF450R and took a day at Milestone MX to give it a test ride. Renovations to the CRF450R included major updates to the mapping, suspension updates as well as the new addition of three levels of traction cont...2020 Honda CRF450R
Vital Review First Impression: 2020 Honda CRF450R (product review)
Posted by B_Rez991 on 8/12/2019 9:47 AM
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Vital MX 2019 Dream Bike Winner Announcement! (feature story)
Posted by Klinger on 7/8/2019 11:30 AM
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The science of a CRF - with the HRC CRF450RW (video)
Join Team HRC to check out what it takes to build an MXGP Championship-winning CRF racer
Posted by Klinger on 6/3/2019 2:12 PM
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First Look: 2020 Honda Motocross, Cross-Country, and Trail Bikes (feature story)
Posted by Klinger on 5/7/2019 9:00 AM
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Ken Roczen Re-Signs with Team Honda HRC (press release)
Posted by Klinger on 5/3/2019 4:15 PM
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OEM Tech: Honda Chassis Retorquing (video)
Want to make your bike handle better for free? This no-cost tip applies to all dirt bikes, but especially applies to the 2019 Honda CRF450R. This model's new chassis design tends to "bind up" with normal riding and after about 10 hours, it is a good idea to retorque critical bolts.
Posted by Klinger on 4/25/2019 10:17 AM
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First Impression: 2019 Honda CRF-F Line (video)
Call them kids bikes, play bikes, family bikes, or trail bikes... We call them the gateway to motorcycling. Honda has taken the CRF110F, CRF125F, and all new CRF250F and brought them into the future with EFI and other important updates. Thanks to Kelly Yancey of Kelly Yancey Motocross Training wh...
Posted by Klinger on 4/15/2019 4:42 PM
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Five Things We Know For Sure About Honda’s CR-E (feature story)
Posted by Klinger on 4/5/2019 4:58 PM
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OEM Tech: How To Remove The Shock On A 2019 Honda CRF450R (video)
When we get new bikes, it is obviously more fun to focus on the changes we feel on the track. But there are also changes in the garage. Here is the best way that we have found to remove the shock from a 2019 Honda CRF450R.
Posted by Klinger on 3/22/2019 11:25 AM
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