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Honda to Enter RTL250F
Trials Competition Racing Machine-Equipped with Newly Developed
250cc 4-stroke Engine- for Spot Appearance in WTC Weider Japanese
Grand Prix
May 17, 2004.- Honda
Motor Co., Ltd. announced today that it plans to enter its 4-stroke
engine equipped RTL250F trials competition machine, currently
under development for commercial release, in the Weider Japanese
Grand Prix. The competition (the third in the 2004 FIM World
Trials Championship series) will be held Saturday and Sunday,
May 22-23, 2004 at Twin Ring Motegi in Tochigi Prefecture.
Honda
has independently developed the new bike, with the goal of combining
solid competitiveness and outstanding environmental performance,
in anticipation of the expected regulation changes that will
require all competitors to run 4-stroke engines starting in
2006. The single-cylinder, 250cc water-cooled engine comes equipped
with electronic fuel injection (Honda Programmed Fuel Injection
System, or PGM-FI) -a first for a trials machine. The RTL250F
will compete in the World Trial Championship's Weider Japanese
Grand Prix on a spot basis, in order to gather data on its performance
under actual race conditions. The organization for this test
run is shown below.
Team name: Team HRC*1
Rider: Tomoyuki Ogawa, ranked second in the IAS*2 class of the
All-Japan Trials Championship for 2003
Motorcycle: RTL250F
*1 HRC: Honda Racing Corporation
*2 IAS: International A-class Super (highest-ranked competitive
license in Japan)
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